Traveling Virginia's Tobacco Trail: A Postcard Roadside History of U.S. Highway 301 From Dahlgren to Emporia, 1920-1965

by Tim O'Gorman

In the 1940's and '50's, during the "Golden Age of the Automobile", U.S. Highway 301 was a heavily traveled east coast pathway to Florida, rivaling U.S. Highway 1 in popularity. Given the nickname of "The Tobacco Trail" because of its route through the tobacco growing states of Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia, Highway 301 extends from Delaware to Sarasota, Florida, a distance of 1,100 miles. Generously illustrated with over 430 images, 254 of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1530369762
• ISBN13: 9781530369768
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.5" x 8.5"