The Texas Historical Commission (THC) is undertaking a two-year study of
the historic Bankhead Highway. As part of this project, the THC and
local organizations are holding public outreach meetings along the
Bankhead Highway to exchange information and visual items with the
public. This exciting project has the potential to assist Bankhead
Highway towns with future heritage tourism and economic development
endeavors. These meetings kicked off in August starting at the
northeastern-most part of the Bankhead Highway in Texarkana and we are
working our way westward.
Van Horn meeting: Thursday, November 7, 5:30-7pm, Hotel El Capitan
El Paso meeting: Tuesday, December 3, 5:30-7pm, El Paso Community Foundation, 333 N. Oregon Street, 1st floor
The Bankhead Highway was one of the nation's earliest transcontinental highways. Its beginnings can be traced back to 1916 when the Bankhead Highway Association was organized to promote the highway's development. The roadway extended from Washington, DC to San Diego, California, by way of Alabama, home of US Senator John H. Bankhead and a major supporter of the highway. Its path crossed approximately 850 miles of Texas, passing through Texarkana, Mt. Vernon, Dallas, Fort Worth, Abilene, Midland, Van Horn, and El Paso, among other communities, and roughly followed US 67 and US 80.
The
Bankhead Highway was one of the nation's earliest transcontinental
highways. Its beginnings can be traced back to 1916 when the Bankhead
Highway Association was organized to promote the highway's development.
The roadway extended from Washington, DC to San Diego, California, by
way of Alabama, home of US Senator John H. Bankhead and a major
supporter of the highway. Its path crossed approximately
850 miles of Texas,
passing through Texarkana, Mt. Vernon, Dallas, Fort Worth, Abilene,
Midland, Van Horn, and El Paso, among other communities, and roughly
followed US 67 and US 80. - See more at:
http://www.thc.state.tx.us/preserve/projects-and-programs/historic-texas-highways/bankhead-highway#sthash.dCriyMhS.dpuf
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