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Midland Trail

Index Midland Trail

For the trail's section in West Virginia see: The Midland Trail in West Virginia. The Midland Trail, also called the Roosevelt Midland Trail, was a national auto trail spanning the United States from Washington, D.C. west to Los Angeles, California and San Francisco, California (though the Lincoln Highway guide published in 1916 states the original eastern terminus was in New York City). First road signed in 1913, it was one of the first, if not the first, marked transcontinental auto trails in America. [1]

108 relations: Amargosa Desert, Auto trail, Automobile Club of Southern California, Berthoud Pass, Big Pine, California, Bridgeport, California, California State Route 14, Cerro Gordo Mines, Charleston, West Virginia, Clifton Forge, Virginia, Cochetopa Pass, Colorado, Covington, Virginia, Denver, Dugway Proving Ground, Ely, Nevada, George Samuel Clason, Goldfield, Nevada, Grand Junction, Colorado, Great Basin Desert, Great Salt Lake Desert, Green River, Utah, Ibapah, Utah, Independence, California, Interstate 80 in Utah, Inyo Mountains, Iosepa, Utah, Jawbone Canyon, K-10 (Kansas highway), Kansas City, Missouri, Kremmling, Colorado, Lake Tahoe, Lancaster, California, Lexington, Kentucky, Lida, Nevada, Limon, Colorado, Lincoln Highway, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Louisville, Kentucky, Mammoth Lakes, California, Merced, California, Midland Trail (West Virginia), Modesto, California, Mojave Desert, Mojave, California, Monarch Pass, Mono Lake, Morehead, Kentucky, Neuralia, California, ..., Nevada, New York City, Newport News, Virginia, Owens Valley, Placerville, California, Rand McNally, Red Rock Canyon State Park (California), Richmond, Virginia, Rosamond, California, Salem, Illinois, Salt Lake City, San Fernando Road, San Fernando Valley, San Francisco, San Joaquin Valley, Santaquin, Utah, Scodie Mountains, Sedalia, Missouri, Siding (rail), Sierra Highway, Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Southern Pacific Transportation Company, St. Louis, Staunton, Virginia, Stockton, California, Tehachapi Pass, Tennessee Pass (Colorado), Tonopah, Nevada, Topeka, Kansas, Twenty-mule team, U.S. Route 1, U.S. Route 11, U.S. Route 150, U.S. Route 220, U.S. Route 24, U.S. Route 250, U.S. Route 33, U.S. Route 395 in California, U.S. Route 40 in Colorado, U.S. Route 50, U.S. Route 6, U.S. Route 60, U.S. Route 60 in Virginia, U.S. Route 89, United States, Utah, Victory Highway, Vincennes, Indiana, Virginia State Route 22, Virginia State Route 39, Virginia State Route 42, Virginia State Route 54, Washington, D.C., Westgard Pass, White Mountains (California), Willow Springs, Mono County, California, Wolcott, Colorado, Yosemite National Park. Expand index (58 more) »

Amargosa Desert

The Amargosa Desert is located in Nye County in western Nevada, United States, along the California–Nevada border, comprising the northeastern portion of the geographic Amargosa Valley, north of the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge The desert is named after the Amargosa River, so-named for the Spanish word for bitter because of the bitter taste of the water.

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Auto trail

The system of auto trails was an informal network of marked routes that existed in the United States and Canada in the early part of the 20th century.

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Automobile Club of Southern California

The Automobile Club of Southern California is the Southern California affiliate of the American Automobile Association (AAA) federation of motor clubs.

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Berthoud Pass

Berthoud Pass (el. 11,307 ft./3446 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado in the United States.

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Big Pine, California

Big Pine (formerly, Bigpine) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Inyo County, California, United States.

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Bridgeport, California

Bridgeport is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Mono County, California, United States.

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California State Route 14

State Route 14 (SR 14) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of California, largely in the Mojave Desert.

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Cerro Gordo Mines

The Cerro Gordo Mines are a collection of abandoned mines located in the Inyo Mountains, near Lone Pine, California in Inyo County, California.

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Charleston, West Virginia

Charleston is the most populous city in, and the capital of, the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Clifton Forge, Virginia

Clifton Forge is a town in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States which is part of the Roanoke Region.

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Cochetopa Pass

Cochetopa Pass is a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of south-central Colorado.

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Colorado

Colorado is a state of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

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Covington, Virginia

Covington is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Denver

Denver, officially the City and County of Denver, is the capital and most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Dugway Proving Ground

Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) is a U.S. Army facility established in 1942 to test biological and chemical weapons, located about 85 miles (140 km) southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah and 13 miles south of the 2,624 sq mi Utah Test and Training Range forming the largest overland special use airspace in the United States.

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Ely, Nevada

Ely is the largest city and county seat of White Pine County, Nevada, United States.

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George Samuel Clason

George Samuel Clason (November 7, 1874 – April 7, 1957) was an American author.

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Goldfield, Nevada

Goldfield is an unincorporated community and the county seat of Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States.

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Grand Junction, Colorado

The city of Grand Junction is the home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Mesa County, Colorado, United States.

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Great Basin Desert

The Great Basin Desert is part of the Great Basin between the Sierra Nevada and the Wasatch Range.

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Great Salt Lake Desert

The Great Salt Lake Desert is a large dry lake in northern Utah, United States between the Great Salt Lake and the Nevada border which is noted for white evaporite Lake Bonneville salt deposits.

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Green River, Utah

Green River is a city in Emery County, Utah, United States.

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Ibapah, Utah

Ibapah is a small unincorporated community in far western Tooele County, Utah, United States, near the Nevada state line.

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Independence, California

Independence is a census-designated place in Inyo County, California.

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Interstate 80 in Utah

Interstate 80 (I-80) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey.

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Inyo Mountains

The Inyo Mountains are a short mountain range east of the Sierra Nevada mountains in eastern California in the United States.

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Iosepa, Utah

Iosepa (or, with the I like an English Y) is a ghost town in the Skull Valley, located approximately southwest of Salt Lake City in Tooele County, Utah, United States.

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Jawbone Canyon

Jawbone Canyon is a geographic feature in the Mojave Desert and a Bureau of Land Management area located in Kern County, California, north of Mojave on CA 14.

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K-10 (Kansas highway)

K-10 is a 38-mile (61 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas.

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Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri.

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Kremmling, Colorado

The Town of Kremmling is a Statutory Town in Grand County, Colorado, United States.

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Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe (Washo: dáʔaw) is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the United States.

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Lancaster, California

Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California.

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Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, consolidated with Fayette County and often denoted as Lexington-Fayette, is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 60th-largest city in the United States.

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Lida, Nevada

Lida, Nevada is a small ghost town in Esmeralda County, Nevada, near the border with California.

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Limon, Colorado

The Town of Limon is the Statutory Town that is the most populous municipality in Lincoln County, Colorado, United States.

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Lincoln Highway

The Lincoln Highway was one of the earliest transcontinental highways for automobiles across the United States of America.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Los Angeles Aqueduct

The Los Angeles Aqueduct system, comprising the Los Angeles Aqueduct (Owens Valley aqueduct) and the Second Los Angeles Aqueduct, is a water conveyance system, built and operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

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Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 29th most-populous city in the United States.

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Mammoth Lakes, California

Mammoth Lakes is a town in Mono County, California, the county's only incorporated community.

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Merced, California

Merced (Spanish for "Mercy") is a city in, and the county seat of, Merced County, California, United States, in the San Joaquin Valley.

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Midland Trail (West Virginia)

The Midland Trail is a National Scenic Byway which carries U.S. Route 60 (US 60) through a portion of the southern part of the U.S. state of West Virginia between Charleston and Sam Black Church.

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Modesto, California

Modesto (Spanish for "modest"), officially the City of Modesto, is the county seat and largest city of Stanislaus County, California, United States.

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Mojave Desert

The Mojave Desert is an arid rain-shadow desert and the driest desert in North America.

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Mojave, California

Mojave (formerly, Mohave) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States.

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Monarch Pass

Monarch Pass, elevation, is a high mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of south-central Colorado in the United States.

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Mono Lake

Mono Lake is a large, shallow saline soda lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin.

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Morehead, Kentucky

Morehead is a home rule-class city located along US 60 (the historic Midland Trail) and Interstate 64 in Rowan County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Neuralia, California

Neuralia is a former settlement in Kern County, California.

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Nevada

Nevada (see pronunciations) is a state in the Western, Mountain West, and Southwestern regions of the United States of America.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Newport News, Virginia

Newport News is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Owens Valley

Owens Valley is the colonial name of Payahǖǖnadǖ (Numic: place of flowing water), the, now, arid valley of the Owens River in eastern California in the United States, to the east of the Sierra Nevada and west of the White Mountains and Inyo Mountains on the west edge of the Great Basin section.

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Placerville, California

Placerville (formerly Old Dry Diggings, Dry Diggings, and Hangtown) is the county seat of El Dorado County, California.

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Rand McNally

Rand McNally is an American technology and publishing company that provides mapping, software and hardware for the consumer electronics, commercial transportation and education markets.

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Red Rock Canyon State Park (California)

Red Rock Canyon State Park features scenic desert cliffs, buttes and spectacular rock formations.

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Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Rosamond, California

Rosamond is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, USA, near the Los Angeles county line.

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Salem, Illinois

Salem is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, Illinois, United States.

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Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and the most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Utah.

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San Fernando Road

San Fernando Road is a major street in the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County.

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San Fernando Valley

The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley in Los Angeles County, California, defined by the mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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San Joaquin Valley

The San Joaquin Valley is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California that lies south of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the San Joaquin River.

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Santaquin, Utah

Santaquin is a city in Utah and Juab counties in the U.S. state of Utah.

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Scodie Mountains

The Scodie Mountains are a sub-mountain range of the Southern Sierra Nevada rising from the Mojave Desert, and located in Kern County, California.

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Sedalia, Missouri

Sedalia, Missouri is a city located about south of the Missouri River in Pettis County.

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Siding (rail)

A siding, in rail terminology, is a low-speed track section distinct from a running line or through route such as a main line or branch line or spur.

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Sierra Highway

Sierra Highway or El Camino Sierra is a road in Southern California, United States.

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Sierra Nevada (U.S.)

The Sierra Nevada (snowy saw range) is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin.

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Southern Pacific Transportation Company

The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1998 that operated in the Western United States.

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St. Louis

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Staunton, Virginia

Staunton is an independent city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Stockton, California

Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California.

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Tehachapi Pass

Tehachapi Pass is a mountain pass crossing the Tehachapi Mountains in Kern County, California in the United States.

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Tennessee Pass (Colorado)

Tennessee Pass elevation is a high mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado in the United States.

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Tonopah, Nevada

Tonopah is an unincorporated town in and the county seat of Nye County, Nevada, United States.

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Topeka, Kansas

Topeka (Kansa: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County.

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Twenty-mule team

Twenty-mule teams were teams of eighteen mules and two horses attached to large wagons that ferried borax out of Death Valley from 1883 to 1889.

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U.S. Route 1

U.S. Route 1 (US 1) is a major north–south U.S. Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States.

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U.S. Route 11

U.S. Route 11 (US 11) is a signed north–south (while physically generally northeast-southwest) highway United States highway extending 1,645 miles (2,647 km) across the eastern United States.

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U.S. Route 150

U.S. Route 150 (abbreviated Route 150 or U.S. 150) is a 571-mile (919 km) long northwest-southeast United States highway, signed as east–west.

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U.S. Route 220

U.S. Route 220 (US 220) is a north–south U.S. Route in the eastern United States.

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U.S. Route 24

U.S. Route 24 (US 24) is one of the original United States highways of 1926.

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U.S. Route 250

U.S. Route 250 (US 250) is a route of the United States Numbered Highway System, and is a spur of U.S. Route 50.

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U.S. Route 33

U.S. Route 33 is a United States Numbered Highway that runs northwest–southeast for 709 miles (1,141 km) from northern Indiana to Richmond, Virginia, passing through Ohio and West Virginia en route.

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U.S. Route 395 in California

In the U.S. state of California, U.S. Route 395 (US 395) is a route which traverses from Interstate 15 near the southern city limits of Hesperia, north to the Oregon state line in Modoc County near Goose Lake.

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U.S. Route 40 in Colorado

In the U.S. state of Colorado, U.S. Route 40 is a major east–west route.

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U.S. Route 50

U.S. Route 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching just over from West Sacramento, California, to Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlantic Ocean.

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U.S. Route 6

U.S. Route 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system.

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U.S. Route 60

U.S. Route 60 (US 60) is an east–west United States highway, traveling from southwestern Arizona to the Atlantic coast in Virginia.

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U.S. Route 60 in Virginia

U.S. Route 60 in Virginia runs west to east through the central part of the state, generally close to and paralleling the Interstate 64 corridor, except for the crossing of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and in the South Hampton Roads area.

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U.S. Route 89

U.S. Route 89 (US 89) is a north–south United States Highway with two sections, and one former section.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Utah

Utah is a state in the western United States.

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Victory Highway

The Victory Highway was an auto trail across the United States between New York City and San Francisco, roughly equivalent to the present U.S. Route 40.

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Vincennes, Indiana

Vincennes is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Indiana, United States.

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Virginia State Route 22

State Route 22 (SR 22) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Virginia State Route 39

State Route 39 (SR 39) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Virginia State Route 42

State Route 42 (SR 42) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Virginia State Route 54

State Route 54 (SR 54) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Westgard Pass

Westgard Pass (el. 7,313 ft. / 2,229 m.) is a narrow gap between the White Mountains and Inyo Mountains ranges in the Basin and Range Province of eastern California.

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White Mountains (California)

The White Mountains of California and Nevada are a triangular fault-block mountain range facing the Sierra Nevada across the upper Owens Valley.

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Willow Springs, Mono County, California

Willow Springs (formerly, Willow Spring Lodge) is a motel and trailer/RV park in Mono County, California.

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Wolcott, Colorado

Wolcott is a census-designated place (CDP) and a U.S. Post Office located in Eagle County, Colorado, United States.

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Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park is an American national park lying in the western Sierra Nevada of California.

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Redirects here:

Clark Hill Trail, Midland Trail Association, National Roosevelt Midland Trail, Roosevelt Midland Trail, Roosevelt National Highway.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_Trail

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