DT Data Page #

289

Newspaper

Humboldt Times

Newspaper Date

7/25/1939

Page #

5

Item Type

Oral History

Place

Freshwater Park

Text

Oldtimers gathered at Freshwater Park for a reunion. Lawrence F. Puter, speaker of the day, recalled early history of the highway system. He believes that the late ex-governor Gillette was the father of the state highway. In the early 1890s Gillette envisioned when a great highway would run from Canada to Mexico through California. When he was elected governor he signed the bills that started the vast movement of good roads.

Key Words

Gillette, State Highway

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