California Highways: A Descriptive Record of Road Development by the State and by Such Counties as Have Paved Highways

Ben Blow

Jan. 1920 · H.S. Crocker Company

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Provides a wealth of information on early roads in California, illustrated throughout with contemporary photographs and numerous maps. Covers everything: The Bureau of Highways, the California Highway Commission, type of roads and construction, convict labor, maintenance, tree planting, camp sites, State highway routes, campaigning for good roads, etc. Specific specialized sections cover the elimination of the Bell Springs Grade; building the state highway up the Sacramento River Canyon; the Sacramento-Yolo Causeway; the Boulevard around San Francisco and San Pablo Bays; the San Juan Mountain and Zaca Canyon controversies; the Tejon-Castaic Ridge Route and the Colorado Desert, etc. --from dealer description.