New York Times!
Posted on Jun 6th, 2009 at 7:49 am by Bengt
We’re just three days away from kicking off the cross-country drive and the build up is happening fast. The Maxwell arrived to Brooklyn at 9:30 p.m. Friday evening with Tim and Barb Simonsma and the beautifully decorated trailer from the Renze Display group in Omaha, NE! Pictures to come later on the website! It’s pretty stunning.
Emily, Rich and Margaret (Sister, Dad and Mom and baby Kaisa) arrived late from Seattle into Newark Airport. We all headed at the various NY family apartments around 3 a.m. for a quick snooze.
Now, Saturday morning we’re up early…to find the NY Times “Wheels” blog posted all about us!
What an excellent way to start kicking off this grand adventure!
Here are a few more articles we’ve found - The Smithsonian.com article is especially good.
Smithsonian.com
PRWeb
Centennial Drive of First Woman to Cross America Begins June 9th Seattle Woman Re-Creates 1909 Drive in a 1909 Maxwell to San Francisco, was successfully distributed via our Online Visibility Engine on June 06,2009.
Detroit News
Yahoo News
Smithsonian Museum
Stay tuned for more updates from us on, and off, the road.
-The Alice Ramsey Centennials
We are waitingto see the pictures and to see the Journey begin
Dennis McGuire on June 6th, 2009 at 9:18 am #
Check out the original 1909 New York Times article about Alice’s Drive: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9400E3D6173EE033A25755C0A9609C946897D6CF
The Team on June 6th, 2009 at 9:54 pm #
I live in the city and I would love to join you at the departure or to connect with you prior to that date.
It so happens that my grandparents, Richard and Lucy Hurd, were the first family to cross the USA by car. They drove a Packard from Los Angeles to New York City in May, 1910, 1 year later than your “single woman” trip. They brought along their 10 year old daughter, my mother, Mary Hurd Lawrence who was 10 years old at the time and her youmger sister, Ellie who was 7. I have a series of photographs (about 50 pictures) and notes written by my grandmother describing the trip from across the deserts, staying as close as they could to the Union Pacific railroad tracks. It was tough work at times and they were helped by a chauffeur, and apparently good weather. Some of the pictures are great.
If you are interested I could bring the notes and photos with me. When exactly are you leaving?
David Lawrence
800 Park Ave,
NYC, NY 10021
212-517-5183
David Lawrence on June 7th, 2009 at 7:44 am #
Can’t wait to see you in Omaha, NE at Railroad days! I just learned of your adventure and think it is so awesome!
Victoria on June 8th, 2009 at 8:19 am #
I work in Cedar Rapids, IA, and one of my fellow employees introduced me to the Lincoln Highway Association. That route somewhat parallels much of the routed you are taking, and you will be passing through Cedar Rapids, IA where the old Lincoln Highway (first coast to coast highway) existed. There are still some memorial markers posted along original parts of that route near and in Cedar Rapids. If you did not already know about it, I thought you might find some interesting parallels between the two routes. Have a safe trip, and feel free to look me up when you are here if you need help with anything.
Lt Chuck Mincks
Cedar Rapids, IA Police Dept.
505 1st Ave SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
WK: 319-286-5347
CEL: 319-521-3270
Chuck Mincks on June 8th, 2009 at 9:13 am #
clangclangclangclangclangclangclangclang……
Warden! We want pictures!! We want pictures!!
Terry Huston on June 8th, 2009 at 9:14 am #
Please change the CRPD address to read:
505 1st Street SW
What can I say-it’s Monday morning……
Chuck Mincks on June 8th, 2009 at 9:15 am #
We would like to know if you will be following state route 9 from Poughkipssie N.Y. north throu Hudson N.Y. on your way to Albany we would like to put on lunch for your group & arrange the local newspaper for photos. please reply to this email wearever@tvconline.net
Lou
Lou Iaccino on June 8th, 2009 at 4:32 pm #
Well, Emily wanted input from various members of the crew so here it is. We all met for the first time this evening and went over our special assignments and set the agenda for the first day. We will gather at 1930 Broadway about 7:30 tomorrow morning for our 9:30 departure. Special guests for tomorrow are members of the Ramsey family. I felt we had an instant bonding and will be a happy crew supporting Emily. I am comfortable with my assignment as the storyteller for Alice and helping with anything else as needed. Kay and I bumbled our way back from Brookyn on the subway and chatted so much we nearly missed our first stop. I hope Rich or someone will list the crew and assignments here so you readers can feel a part of the adventure by knowing the players.
Sally Barnett on June 8th, 2009 at 7:41 pm #
We are departing tomorrow morning (the 9th), at 9am from 1930 Broadway. We have a short program scheduled to begin at 8:45, come on down if you can! Sorry we haven’t been able to reply sooner, we have been super busy finalizing the last details of the trip!
The Team on June 8th, 2009 at 7:42 pm #