America’s Historic Roads
Puzzle 70 · Life Beside the Road · Page 98 in print
Motor Camps
Motor camps such as Camp Joy near Lebanon, Missouri, offered travelers places to spend the night. Some camps provided water, fuel wood, showers, toilets, and laundry facilities beside the road.
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Camp Joy
Auto camp near Lebanon, Missouri.
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Courtyard
Central open area around which court cabins were arranged.
Elbo Ranch
Large cabin camp near Jenny Lake.
Flush Toilets
Sanitary facilities available at some auto camps.
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Fuel Wood
Fuel supplied at some early auto camps.
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Highlands
Auto court near Jenny Lake.
Jenny Lake
Lake near a cluster of ranches and auto camps.
Kimmel Kabins
Auto court near Jenny Lake.
Laundry
Washing service or facilities provided at auto camps.
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Lebanon
Missouri community near Camp Joy.
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Parking
Vehicle space included at the center of auto courts.
Red Arrow
Auto campground identified at Thoreau.
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Showers
Washing facilities available at auto camps.
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Supervisors
People responsible for camp services.
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Thoreau
New Mexico community with the Red Arrow campground.
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Sources
- 4. Postwar Years: 1945 - 1960National Park Service
- Auto Camps - Grand Teton National ParkNational Park Service