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WELCOMESan AntonioFebruary 12, 2015
“Sunny San Marcos”
“Comal Catchy and Captivating”
“Seeing Scintillating San Antonio”
“Little Lytle Looms Large”
Meridian Road in Texas, 1916 Travel Guide
What is the Project?
Project Background
• Sponsors
2
What is the Project?
Project Goals
• Work Products
– Report
– Web-Based Content
– Images
– Research Materials
3Source: CAH
What is the Project?
Project Goals
• Applications
– Planning Tool
– Public Awareness
– Heritage Tourism
– Preservation
• Designations
• Tax Incentives
4
Source: CAH
What is the Project?
Project Path
• Oklahoma to Laredo and Galveston
5
Source: CAH
What is the Project?
Project Schedule
• Presentations – February 2015
• Draft Historic Context – May 2015
• Survey and Fieldwork – May to November 2015
• Draft Survey Report – December 2015
• Final Report – April 2016
6
Source: CAH
What is the Meridian Highway?
Names Over the Years
• Meridian Road (1911)
7Sources: HCM&A and CAH
What is the Meridian Highway?
Names Over the Years
• Meridian Highway / International Meridian Highway (1913)
8Source: StMU Source: CAH
What is the Meridian Highway?
Names Over the Years
• State Highway No. 2 (1917)
9
Source: TSLAC
What is the Meridian Highway?
Names Over the Years
• US 81 (1926)
• Ringgold to Laredo
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Source: TSLAC
What is the Meridian Highway?
Names Over the Years
• SH6 (1926)
• Waco to Galveston
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Source: TSLAC
What is the Meridian Highway?
Names Over the Years
• SH 6 (Waco to Hempstead [Houston])
• US 277 (Red River to Wichita Falls)
• US 287 (Wichita Falls to Bowie)
• SH 95 (Temple to Elgin)
• US 290 (Hempstead to Houston)
• US 75 (Houston to Galveston)
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What is the Meridian Highway?
Names Over the Years
• IH 44 (Red River to Wichita Falls)
• IH 35W (Fort Worth to Hillsboro)
• IH 35 (Hillsboro to Laredo)
• IH 45 (Houston to Galveston)
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Historical Influences
Good Roads Movement
14Source: Google Books
Historical Influences
Good Roads Movement
• Bicycling
15Unknown location in Texas. Source: PTH
Historical Influences
Good Roads Movement
• Road Conditions
16Unknown location in Texas. Source: PTH
Historical Influences
Good Roads Movement
• Muddy Roads
17
Falls County, Texas. Source: TxDOT
Historical Influences
Rising Popularity of Automobile
• Introduction of Model T (1908)
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Source: THFSource: THF
Historical Influences
New Freedom and Opportunities
• The “Vagabonds”
19
Source: THFSource: THF
Historical Influences
New Freedom and Opportunities
• Tourism for a Growing Middle Class
20
Source: TOT
Source: TWC
Historical Influences
New Freedom and Opportunities
• Commerce and Trade
21
Source: PTHSource: KHS
Source: THF
Historical Influences
Military Significance
22
Source: PTHSource: FHWA
Historical Influences
Other National Routes
• Lincoln Highway
23Source: LHNM&A
Historical Influences
Other National Routes
• Bankhead Highway
24
Source: BiPL
Historical Influences
Other National Routes
• Old Spanish Trail
25
Source: PPOO
Historical Influences
Other National Routes
• National Old Trails
26
Source: FHWA
What is the Meridian Highway?
Organization and Early Years
• Founded 1911
• John C. Nicholson of Newton, Kansas
27
Source: KSH
Source: KSH
What is the Meridian Highway?
Established Routes
• Chisholm Trail
• Santa Fe Trail
28Source: UNO
What is the Meridian Highway?
Established Routes
• Railroad Network
– MKT
– IGN
– H&TC
– FW&DC
29Source: LOC
What is the Meridian Highway?
Origin of the Name
• Named for Sixth Principal Meridian
30
Source: BLM
What is the Meridian Highway?
The Meridian Highway in Texas
• David E. Colp
– Texas Division of Meridian Highway
– Texas Good Roads Association
– Texas Highway Commission
– Old Spanish Trail
– Glacier to Gulf Highway
– State Parks Board
31
Source: CAH
What is the Meridian Highway?
32
Organization and Early History
• Importance of Route and Shared History
– Colorado to Gulf
– King of Trails
Source: TSLAC
33
Meridian Highway
Colorado to Gulf Highway
King of Trails Highway
Source: TSLAC
How the Meridian Highway was Promoted
Promotions and Promoters
• Path Finders and Caravans
34Unknown location. Source: HCM&A
How the Meridian Highway was Promoted
Promotions and Promoters
• Banners
35
Source: HCM&A
How the Meridian Highway was Promoted
Promotions and Promoters
• Banners
36
Fort Worth Texas. Source: HCM&A
How the Meridian Highway was Promoted
Promotions and Promoters
• Meridian Road Magazine
37
Source: HCM&A
How the Meridian Highway was Promoted
Promotions and Promoters
• Meridian Road Magazine
38Source: HCM&A
How the Meridian Highway was Promoted
Promotions and Promoters
• Caravans and Tours
39
South Texas. Source: HCM&AVicinity of Navasota, Texas. Source: PPLD
How the Meridian Highway was Promoted
Promotions and Promoters
40
San Antonio, Texas. Source: PPLDSan Antonio, Texas. Source: PPLD
How the Meridian Highway was Promoted
Promotions and Promoters
• The Meridian Road In Texas (1916)
41Source: CAH
How the Meridian Highway was Promoted
Brochures and Pamphlets
42
Source: HCM&A
How the Meridian Highway was Promoted
Brochures and Pamphlets
43Source: HCM&A
Plotting the Meridian Highway Route
The Meridian Road as an Idea
44Source: CAH
Plotting the Meridian Highway Route
Early Maps
45
Source: CAH Source: CAH
Plotting the Meridian Highway Route
Texas Highway Commission Maps
46
Source: TSLAC
Plotting the Meridian Highway Route
Federal Highway Maps
47Source: TSLAC
Plotting the Meridian Highway Route
Texas Highway Department – County Highway Maps
48Source: TSLAC
Plotting the Meridian Highway Route
Texas Highway Department – County Highway Maps
49
Source: TSLAC
Plotting the Meridian Highway Route
Composite Map Showing Alignments Over Time
50
The Meridian Highway in the Area
51
The Meridian Highway in the Area
52
The Meridian Highway in the Area
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The Meridian Highway in the Area
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The Meridian Highway in the Area
55
The Meridian Highway in the Area
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The Meridian Highway in the Area
57
What We Are Doing
Field Documentation
58
What We Are Doing
Field Documentation
59
What We Are Doing
Field Documentation
60
What We Are Doing
Research
61Source: CAH
What We are Doing
Research
62Marlin, Texas
What We Are Doing
Research
63State Fire Insurance Map – Lorena, Texas. Source: VGCHL
What We Are Doing
Research
64Source: WCC
What We Are Doing
Research
65
Source: WCC
What We Are Doing
Research
66
Bowie, Texas
What We Are Doing
Research
67
Source: TxDOT
What We Are Doing
Research
68
Source: TSLAC
What We are Doing
Research
69
Source: TCBU
What We are Doing
Research
70Source: Newspaperarchives.com
What We Are Doing
Research
71Source: Newspaperarchives.com
What We Are Doing
Research
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Round Rock, Texas. Source: TxDOT
What We Are Doing
Research
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Vicinity of San Antonio, Texas. Source: TxDOT
What We Are Doing
Research
74
Source: thesocietypages.org
What We Are Doing
Research
75Source: THF
What We are Doing
Research
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Galveston, Texas. Source: BoPL
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
77Bankhead Highway - Mount Vernon, Texas
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
78Meridian Highway - Decatur, Texas
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
79Bankhead Highway - Albany, Texas
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
80Meridian Highway - Decatur, Texas
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
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Meridian Highway - Decatur, Texas
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
82Meridian Highway - Itasca, Texas
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
83Meridian Highway - Waco, Texas
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
84
Bankhead Highway - Mineral Wells, Texas
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
85
Meridian Highway - Waco, Texas
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
86Bankhead Highway - Eastland, Texas
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
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Meridian Highway - Bowie, Texas
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
88Bankhead Highway - Abilene, Texas
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
89Bankhead Highway - Fort Worth, Texas
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
90Meridian Highway - Waco, Texas
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
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Austin, Texas. Source: TxDOT
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
92Galveston, Texas. Source: HCM&A
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
93Meridian Highway - Marlin, Texas
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
94Taylor, Texas. Source: PTH
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
95San Antonio, Texas. Source: Mysanantonio.com
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
96
Meridian Highway - Hillsboro, Texas
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
97Waco, Texas. Source: TOT
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
98
Laredo, Texas. Source: NARA
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
99Meridian Highway - Waco, Texas
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
100Bankhead Highway - Vicinity of Naples, Texas
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
101Meridian Highway - Lovelace, Texas
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
102
Meridian Highway - Vicinity of Bartlett, Texas
What We are Doing
Types of Resources
103Meridian Highway - Vicinity of Hillsboro, Texas