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65 Years Ago: Ellis Armstrong and America’s Interstate Highway System
Described as the largest public works project in the history of the world, the monumental Federal-Aid Highway Act that finally made possible the building of a planned super highway system was signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 29, … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Transportation history, Uncategorized, Western history, Wyoming history
Tagged Better Highways Information Foundation, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ellis Armstrong, Federal Highway Administration, Federal-Aid Highway Act, Highway Development, I-25, I-80, I-90, Interstate Highway System, Transportation Evolution, Wyoming Highway Commission, Wyoming Interstate System
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It’s About Dam Time!
Have you ever passed a dam and paused to think of how it came to be? In the early and mid 20th century, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation industriously set to altering much of the hydrological … Continue reading