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Running California's Ridge Route.
By Harrison Irving Scott.
America Truck Historical Society | Wheels of Time, Vo. 25 No. 5, September-October 2004.

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This is a dramatized account of what a trip might have been like for a trucker in the early 1920s over the Ridge Route, California's first mountain highway. Author Harrison Scott used excerpts and photos from his book, "Ridge Route, The Road That United California," to tell this tale. Scott was one of the speakers at the 2004 American Truck Historical Society National Convention and Antique Truck Show in Fontana, Calif., in May 2004. To order the book, contact the author at 310-320-3205.

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RIDGE ROUTE ROAD

SEE ALSO:
Road Construction

Ridge Route Series
by Alan Pollack
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3

Story by Harrison Scott 2004

Auto on Ridge Route ~Late 1910s

1918-1930

1920s

Castaic Area ~1920s

Serpentine Drive x2

Ridge Route ~1930s

Grapevine Grade (Mult.)

Speed Warning 1920s

Graceful Turns ~1930s

4-26-1937

Film: Gorman to Grapveine, Winter 1939

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