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[[Image:AYP.gif|left|thumb|150px|Highway Marker]]ATLANTIC | [[Image:AYP.gif|left|thumb|150px|Highway Marker]]ATLANTIC, YELLOWSTONE, PACIFIC HIGHWAY. The Atlantic-Yellowstone-Pacific (AYP) Highway started with the citizens of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Membership included many business owners and other well-respected citizens who desired to increase tourist revenues and showcase the nation’s natural beauty. | ||
Although hopes for a "coast-to-coast" route were in the minds of early promoters, their primary goal was to complete a route from Chicago to Yellowstone National Park. Their efforts were aided by $38,000 in initial membership contributions. | |||
In September 1923, following six months of correspondence between the route’s sponsors and the Iowa State Highway Commission (ISHC), the ISHC authorized the AYP Highway Association’s board of directors to establish a route from just south of the Iowa/Minnesota state line near Larchwood southeastwardly to Waterloo. In the summer of 1924, the AYP Highway was extended from Waterloo to Dubuque, where it crossed the Mississippi and proceeded to Chicago. | |||
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Revision as of 03:55, 15 July 2010
ATLANTIC, YELLOWSTONE, PACIFIC HIGHWAY. The Atlantic-Yellowstone-Pacific (AYP) Highway started with the citizens of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Membership included many business owners and other well-respected citizens who desired to increase tourist revenues and showcase the nation’s natural beauty.
Although hopes for a "coast-to-coast" route were in the minds of early promoters, their primary goal was to complete a route from Chicago to Yellowstone National Park. Their efforts were aided by $38,000 in initial membership contributions.
In September 1923, following six months of correspondence between the route’s sponsors and the Iowa State Highway Commission (ISHC), the ISHC authorized the AYP Highway Association’s board of directors to establish a route from just south of the Iowa/Minnesota state line near Larchwood southeastwardly to Waterloo. In the summer of 1924, the AYP Highway was extended from Waterloo to Dubuque, where it crossed the Mississippi and proceeded to Chicago.