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Back in the 1920s, before standard numbering of U.S. highways, new automobile roads across the nation vied for marketing supremacy — and the accompanying tourist dollars — by touting their routes with colorful names. What was the Texas Transcontinental Trail mentioned on page 1 of the Dickens County Times for July 12, 1928? Email us if you have any further information!
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