Jefferson Highway Links

There are several very good websites featuring local knowledge about the Jefferson Highway as well as historical societies and museums with archives on this fascinating history. I will be putting links to these groups as I find good ones so that you can learn as much as you can about this subject.

• This is a very good account of the 1919 motorcade from New Orleans to Winnipeg. http://www.morrisoncountyhistory.org/history/?page id=420 Thank you Mary Warner and the Morrison County Historical Society.
  
• Oklahoma is 100 years old  and a centennial project marking parts of the old Jefferson Highway with new signage has been undertaken  www.oklahomacentennial.com/Projects.php. We are tracking down more info on that project and will let you know what we find. Thank you Amy Weaver!
  
• The Leonard H. Axe Library at Pittsburg State University has some Jefferson Highway maps and artifacts. http://library.pittstate.edu/. Thank you Janette Mauk!
  
• The Powers Museum in Carthage, Missouri has an extensive collection of Jefferson Highway maps and memorabilia.  Visit their website and browse for awhile. http://www.powersmuseum.com/about/jeffhwy1.html 
  
• Cass County Historical Society in Harrisonville is involved with several projects to revive the Jefferson Highway. www.casscountyhistoricalsociety.org/
  
• An interesting mural of the Jefferson Highway has been created by artist Daniel Brewer. Thanks to Carol Bohl of the Cass County Historical Society  and the Powers Museum we can see more Jeff highway history at
   http://powersmuseum.com/about/jeffhwymural.html
  
• A Mr. Lyell Henry of the Lincoln Highway Association drove the Iowa section of the old Jefferson Highway in 2000 and posted his story in their newsletter. Once you connect to this link just scroll down about 4 stories and you will see "Welcome to the Jefferson Highway" it is a good read with pictures. http://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org
  
• There is a brief outline of the Louisiana portion of Jefferson Highway from Encyclopedia Louisiana at
  http://enlou.com/routes/highway1.htm#highwayhistory
  
• Menahga is a small town in Minnesota that was visited by the Palm to Pine motorcade from New Orleans to Winnipeg in 1919 and they have kept that occasion alive by calling their town "The Gateway to the Pines". http://www.menahga.com/History.aspx
  
• The Poplar Heights farm located in Butler, MO organized a "Sociability Run" on a section of the old Jefferson Highway. Their account with pictures...  http://www.poplarheightsfarm.org/html/jefferson_hwy.html
  
• Caddo, Oklahoma was on the Palm to Pine Highway and a local account of the 1919 "Sociability Run" was sent to us by Mary Maurer, secretary, The Town Restoration Association of Caddo.
  http://www.caddo-ok-today.org
  
• The Jefferson Parish Historical Society is dedicated to preserving the legacy of their area. The longest piece of the Jefferson Highway that is still called by that name runs through Jefferson Parish to the boundary with New Orleans.
  www.JeffersonHistoricalSociety.com
  
• University of Manitoba Archives have sent us some great pictures from the 1926 motorcade. They are also very interested in preserving the history of the Jefferson Highway. Thank you Lewis St.George Stubbs!
  http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/