America’s Historic Roads
Puzzle 44 · The Automobile Finds a Route · Page 66 in print
Yellowstone Trail
A 1915 publicity drive sought to cross South Dakota on the Yellowstone Trail in one day. Parmley’s party traveled in a Studebaker Six to demonstrate the route’s possibilities.
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Aberdeen
South Dakota stop documented in the publicity drive.
Gasoline Tank
Vehicle tank refilled at the Aberdeen stop.
Ipswich
South Dakota home community of the association president.
J W Parmley
Yellowstone Trail Association president in the 1915 publicity run.
Lemmon
Starting community for the 1915 statewide publicity run.
Low Gear
Low-speed transmission setting required on the wet stretch.
Marvin
Community near a flooded stretch of the 1915 publicity route.
Mud Chains
Traction chains installed during the publicity run.
Ortley
South Dakota stop reached on schedule in the 1915 publicity run.
Ortonville
Minnesota endpoint named for the publicity run.
Plymouth Rock
Eastern landmark used in the Yellowstone Trail slogan.
Puget Sound
Western landmark used in the Yellowstone Trail slogan.
Studebaker Six
Automobile used for the 1915 Yellowstone Trail publicity run.
Trailman
Local representative associated with the route.
Yellow Paint
Color marking used to identify the historic Yellowstone Trail.
Sources
- Monthly History Article | Read about South Dakota HistoryAberdeen Sunday American (1915), reproduced by SD Historical Society Foundation
- The National Arrow, no. 1Yellowstone Trail Association
- M. W. Torkelson memorandum (1955), WisDOT history document HC-5Wisconsin Department of Transportation