The Jefferson Highway in Oklahoma: The Historic Osage Trace
The Jefferson Highway in Oklahoma: The Historic Osage Trace
The Jefferson Highway in Oklahoma: The Historic Osage Trace
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Jefferson</strong> <strong>Highway</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Oklahoma</strong>: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Osage</strong> <strong>Trace</strong> (Jonita Mull<strong>in</strong>s) <strong>Oklahoma</strong> s central location makes it a natural crossroads, and the trails of yesterday became the superhighways of today. Perhaps the best example is Route 69, also known as the <strong>Jefferson</strong> <strong>Highway</strong>. <strong>The</strong> paved highway was begun <strong>in</strong> 1915, but its course was heavily traveled for centuries before that. Eng<strong>in</strong>eers could map no better path than the generations who cut it through the wilderness out of necessity. Author Jonita Mull<strong>in</strong>s leads a journey along this ancient way that recalls some of <strong>Oklahoma</strong> s most important history and celebrates some of its most fasc<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g characters."<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Jefferson</strong> <strong>Highway</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Oklahoma</strong>: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Osage</strong><br />
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