Old Trails

The Midland Trail

The first in a series of articles about historic highway signage. We will be featuring many, many more articles, on a great variety of sign-related topics, on the AARoads Shield Gallery. This Midland Trail overview is made possible by the indispensable research of Devon Mich’l, the foremost authority on Nevada highway signs in general, and especially the Midland Trail. All accurate facts in here are to be credited to Devon. [...]

By |2018-01-17T09:16:43-05:00July 25th, 2010|California, Nevada, Old Trails, Sign History|26 Comments
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sunny Union County IV

a trip to Mills Canyon, along the Canadian River in northeastern New Mexico. A demon beetle! These creatures are all over Mills Canyon. They’re two inches long and make shrieking noises. Oh, and they fly. The Canadian River, in infrared. This is where we park for a lazy day of being lazy. Really, this is our parking spot. It’s a little-known feature of the International Harvester Scout: Jesus Mode. Here, [...]

By |2018-01-17T14:09:20-05:00July 21st, 2010|New Mexico, Old Trails, U. S. Highways|3 Comments
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