 Yellowstone Trail | |
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| Route information | |
| Length | 3,719 mi (5,985 km) According to the 1920 Yellowstone Trail Route Guide.[1] |
| History | The Yellowstone Trail was established on May 23, 1912. The Yellowstone Trail Association was incorporated in 1918, and ceased in 1930.[1] |
| Major junctions | |
| West end | Seattle, Washington |
| East end | Plymouth, Massachusetts |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Highway system | |
The Yellowstone Trail was the first transcontinental automobile highway through the upper tier of states in the United States, established on May 23, 1912. It was an Auto Trail that ran from the Atlantic Ocean in Plymouth, Massachusetts, through Montana to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, to the Pacific Ocean in Seattle, Washington.[citation needed] The road slogan was "A Good Road from Plymouth Rock to Puget Sound".[citation needed]
- ^ a b Meeks, Harold A. (2000). On the Road to Yellowstone. Missoula, MT: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. p. 169. ISBN 1-57510-079-7.