jackson, horatio nelson

Historical photographs and text help chronicle the 1903 cross-country drive of Vermont doctor Horatio Nelson Jackson and his friend Sewall Crocker--the first automobile trip ever made across the U.S.--in a vehicle without a roof, windshield, or speeds higher than thirty miles an hour, without the aid of paved roads or streetlights.

In 1903, two men were first to drive a car across the U.S.

Historical photographs and text help chronicle the first automobile trip across the United States, by Horatio Nelson Jackson in 1903.