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How to visit a college

Do women lack the packing knack?

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Falcon station wagon, one

of Ford's many answers

to low-cost reliability and

care-free fun on the road.

You can see it and drive

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Times

ine

July 1961

Vol. 54 No. 7

CONTENTS

2 How to Visit a College

ROBERT MARTIN HODESH

7 Look as Smart as Your Car

JO COPELAND

10 Down the Canyon on a Mule

CRISTIE FREED

17 Do Women Lack the Packing Knack?

They Sure Do!

MARY AUGUSTA RODGERS

DICK EMMONS

20 They Hunt for Relics of Rogers' Rangers

23 Wagon Train East

CHARLES HARPER

26 How to Beat the Heat

LARS MORRIS

29 Digger in Velvet

FRANKLIN M. RECK

EUGENE T. PETERSEN

31 The Road through Fourth of July

LEON A. BEROTH

32 Piggyback on Penobscot Bay

LEW DIETZ

38 That Clam Chowder Debate

42 Land of a Million Years Ago

MARGARET E. JENSEN

51 Guilford after 322 Years

SALLY BENSON

62 Last Outpost of the Indian Wars

NELLE BLACK and PHILIP S. EDWARDS

"Seeing Detroit" Starts Here-14

Ford Times Automotive Dictionary-36

Glove Compartment-40 He Sold Fords in 1903-46

New Facts for High Mileage-48

Comforts of Home

Outdoors-55

Favorite Recipes of Famous Taverns-59 Letters-64

HARLES F. MOORE, JR., Chairman, C. R. BEACHAM, J. R. BOWERS,

REY, L. A. IACOCCA, WILLIAM LAAS, E. F. LAUX, M. S. MCLAUGHLIN,

CKE, JR., WALTER T. MURPHY, JAMES O. WRIGHT

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painting by Alphonse J. Shelton

I provided for motorists by the State of Maine on

EVER there was a pleasant little trip on salt water it's the one

newly-inaugurated

motor vessels in Penobscot Bay. Leaving from the seaport towns of

Rockland, Lincolnville, and McKinley, these boats skirt the open

Atlantic Ocean in voyages to such pleasant and isolated islands as

Vinalhaven, North Haven, Islesboro, and Swans Island. The painting

above is entitled "Arrival Time for the Maine Ferry." The story of these

ferries and the islands they link is told on page 32.

Front cover-In this painting by Charles Harper, a modern-day

scout leads a lengthy train of covered wagons up a primitive road

over the wild Unicoi Mountains. For the story behind this annual

Fourth of July trek from Tellico Plains, Tennessee, to Murphy,

North Carolina, read "Wagon Train East," story on page 23.

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Meadows and forests in the Arboretum at the University of Michigan

How to Visit a College

Is your family planning a "college tour"?

Here is some timely advice on how to have fun-

get the

and

youngster into school

by Robert Martin Hodesh

D Dad? Just because you did?"

o I have to go to your alma mater,

"Not so fast, son. The admissions

people may have something to say

about it."

"But I want to go to Williams, with

some of my own bunch. Or maybe the

University of Michigan."

"The same applies to both of those

places.'

"Why?"

Because (Dad might have answered)

out of the thousands who apply for

admission to the great colleges and

a percentage will be chosen. The ratio

universities around the country, only

of college aspirants to available space

or pre-stressed concrete, has led-since

in our halls of learning, whether ivied

cation of students. That is, the student

World War II-to the multiple appli-

applies for admission to two, or three,

getting into one.

or even more colleges in the hope of

It is this situation which has made

institution. When the high school

the "college tour" a modern-day family

junior's questions reach the unanswer-

able point, he goes to the college

towns and campuses to see for himself..

The number of families making such

tours is increasing at a great rate-in

some cases quadrupling since the war.

There is a right way and a wrong way

to make such a tour.

Quite aside from the beauty of most

colleges and college towns, this trip is

not alone for sight-seeing. It has its

serious side: serious for the family

about to make one of its most impor-

tant decisions and investments, serious

for the youth who knows that a college

education is increasingly important.

There are now nearly four million

college students in this country; by

1970 the number is expected to be

around six and a half million. As early

as the sophomore/freshman year in

high school, the problem of choosing a

college insistently enters the family's

thoughts and conversation. Before long

this leads to writing for college cata-

logs, and finally the decision:

"Let's make our vacation this year

Typical of campus tranquillity-a scene at the University of Idaho

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Suspension bridge across the Colorado is far below the

Down the Canyon on a Mule

For a real adventure try this overnight trip

to Phantom Ranch in the depths of Grand Canyon

paintings by V. Douglas Snow

by Cristie Freed

F YOU are not bothered by acrophobia

I and can gaze straight down undis.

turbed fifteen hundred feet to the

muddy Colorado River, from the sway-

ing back of a mule as he stumbles along

a trail that averages about four feet

wide, then I recommend that you

brave all other minor inconveniences

the Grand Canyon.

and take the mule trip to the bottom of

canyon's south rim, from Bright Angel

Lodge. The first glimpse of the canyon

trail miles-mostly down-from where

The distance is approximately twelve

world

you park your car to a remote little

I spot you'll find only the essen-

cluster of cabins called Phantom

tial accoutrements of civilization. Our

Ranch. In this quiet away-from-the-

way of plumbing, and we dashed across

cabin sported a single washstand in the

was electricity, and when you've made

camp to the communal shower. But

you really don't mind sharing your

our bed linen was crisply clean, there

bellied lizard.

cabin with a harmless species of blue

it to the bottom of the Grand Canyon

We had traveled down from the

The

party

is awesome. Even the most articulate

are silenced. As we looked to the

bottom of that tremendous gorge from

Yavapai Point, we were exhilarated by

the realization that we would do what

many white men, as far back as 1540

when the canyon was discovered by a

Spanish explorer, had fruitlessly

yearned to accomplish.

The trip fee of $35.00 includes the

mule, lunch, a knapsack to store

necessities, dinner at Phantom Ranch,

shelter and bed, breakfast the follow-

ing morning, guide service back up to

second lunch.

a designated point on the rim, and a

Other information: "Anybody weigh-

ing 190 pounds or more must walk. No

mule's gonna' drag that load back up!"

"More'n a thousand folks a year take

so you can stick on your'n."

the trip. They don't fall off their mules,

At 9:30 a.m., you and the mules

gather in a small corral. I was hardly

in the saddle when Mamie (my animal)

dismounts to rest at an oasis called Indian Gardens

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"Seeing Detroit" Starts Here

Famous Ford Rotunda celebrates 25th year as hospitality center

for the millions who come to watch cars built

HIS YEAR marks the silver anniver-

no building associated with industry is

sary of the Ford Rotunda. Probably

better known throughout the world. In

its quarter century as Ford Motor

Company's hospitality center in Dear-

born, nearly 16,500,000 visitors from

doors.

countries have passed through its glass

fifty states and eighty-six foreign

Americans on tour, for the Rotunda is

Most of the visitors have been

seeing in this country. Among the

the top destination for industrial sight-

ment officials and royalty, for our own

government routes them to Dearborn

foreign visitors have been top govern-

to see the Rouge Assembly Plant, the

greatest concentration of industrial

might in the United States.

point for tours of the Rouge, is famous

The Rotunda, which is the starting

as a showplace in its own right. It was

designed and built in Chicago in 1934

to house the company's exhibits at the

Century of Progress Exposition.

At the close of the fair the building

was dismantled into numbered pieces,

loaded on a string of freight cars, and

shipped to Dearborn where it was

rebuilt and redecorated, with a new

facing of Indiana limestone. In 1936 it

was opened as a reception center for the

thousands of visitors who were already

arriving each year to see the Ford

River Rouge plant. During World War II

the Rotunda served as an office build-

ing, and in 1953 it was refurbished as

a part of Ford Motor Company's 50th

anniversary celebration. It has since

served exclusively as a visitor center,

offering two or more shows a year based

on timely themes.

In its record year the Rotunda drew

1,700,000 visitors.

The Rotunda was designed in the

shape of a giant transmission three-

ring cluster gear, with its first ring 110

feet high. The third ring brings the

height to 130 feet. Its diameter is 212

feet and with its two wings it has

25,000 square feet of floor space. One

of the wings houses a 388-seat theater

for presenting motion pictures.

and a straightaway engine and per-

the increasing total of Ford guests is

formance test. The track is so designed proof that this appeal has been realized,

There is no admission charge for the

Rotunda shows or plant tours, and

that driving at no more than 30 mph

gives the effect of real operation on a

high speed test track.

The Rotunda presentations are

large free parking

areas are

provided.

For information about special exhibi

designed to appeal to the whole family tions or group tours write to Ford

-from children to grandparents-and Rotunda, Dearborn, Michigan.

A gyroscope balances the Gyron on its two tandem wheels

See the Gyron this Summer

The Ford Rotunda also is a showplace for glimpses taken by Ford

stylists and engineers far into the automotive future. The air-supported,

wheelless Levacar was a recent example. This summer's Rotunda

visitors will see the Gyron, shown above in the company's advanced

styling studios where it was built.

The Gyron is a delta-shaped vehicle running on two centered wheels

in tandem instead of the conventional four wheels. Although it is

not operational in its present form, its aerodynamic design would

lend itself to extremely advanced power sources, such as fuel cells. A

built-in gyroscope no larger than two feet in diameter would stabilize

the Gyron while running. Two small retractable outrigger wheels at

the rear could be lowered automatically to balance the car when the

gyroscope was inactive.

A dial could replace the steering wheel, and a pushbutton com-

puter could enable a future motorist to "program" an automatic

journey on a non-stop expressway.

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View from blockhouse across reconstructed sections of fort to Mackinac Bridge

They Hunt for Relics of

Rogers' Rangers

En route to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, stop to watch the

archaeologists reconstruct historic Fort Michilimackinac

by Eugene T. Petersen... color photo by Glenn R. Kopp

A peninsula, almost under the

shadow of the mighty Mackinac Bridge,

THE UPPER TIP of Michigan's lower

visitors have a rare opportunity to act

supervising power shovels gulping

as sidewalk superintendents on an

unusual digging operation. Instead of

earth for a new building project,

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The lengthiest wagon train of this century heads up the Unicoi Mountains

Wagon Train East

Over the Fourth it leads the way into

the last large primitive area east of the Rockies

story and paintings by Charles Harper

ET'S RUN a covered wagon over the

mountains to Murphy." Thus

spoke Sam Williams, and the folks

around Tellico Plains, Tennessee, still

tell him it was the most sensible thing

he ever said.

big park in abundance of camping,

fishing, and hunting facilities since it

is national forest land where such

activities are more widely permitted.

Civic-minded citizens and organiza-

tions, led by W. E. Michael of Sweet-

water, Tennessee, were looking for a

way to dramatize the horse-and-buggy

status of the existing interstate road.

Sam Williams had it.

It happened at a meeting of the

Tellico Plains Kiwanis Club, during a

discussion of how to attract attention

to a far-reaching plan to forge a 700-

mile chain of scenic highways and

forest service roads in Tennessee's

Cherokee National Forest, North

Carolina's Nantahala National Forest,

and the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest.

Such a road system would open to full

tourist travel and recreational potential

the last large primitive area in the East,

400,000 rugged acres adjoining the

southwest side of Great Smoky Moun-

tain National Park. Although about

equal in size and topography, this

remote area could easily surpass the

The "pioneers" water their mules during a ten-minute break on the trail

Four years ago, fifty wagons made

the first Wagon Train trip from Tellico

Plains, on the western side of the

primitive area, to Murphy, North

Carolina, forty-two miles away-eight

of them unnavigable by car. By 1960

the annual train had grown to 105

wagons (most of them pulled by long.

eared mules), and four hundred horse-

back riders, and was enjoyed by thou-

sands of visitors. Its route, which

follows the backbone of the proposed

development, boasted three miles of

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The mole is a model of subterranean ambition

Digger

in Velvet

This little guy who wrecks your lawn

is a near-sighted dynamo

by Franklin M. Reck

TATURE'S strong boy is the common,

or garden variety, mole. This

palm-sized nuisance with the velvety

fur is the world's greatest sandhog,

and ounce for ounce one of the most

powerful mammals alive.

A mole is a collection of odd facts.

He "hears" with his snout and his tail

rather than his ears. He can neither

walk nor run. Place him on pavement

and his efforts to crawl are ludicrous.

Put him on soft ground and he'll

disappear before you can say antidis-

establishmentarianism.

Dig him out of damp or dusty soil

and his gray-black fur, softer than silk,

is scrupulously clean, a trick any

mother of a five-year-old would like to

learn. The mole tunnels to eat and eats

to gain more energy to tunnel, and if

he stops for a weekend he'll starve to

death. Each day he eats his weight in

worms, grubs, and beetles to gain the

strength to hunt more worms, grubs,

and beetles.

paintings by Charles Culver

pushes the ground up. Like Samson

pushing apart the pillars, the mole

pushes apart the earth. Digging at the

rate of fifteen feet an hour, he can

mess up a lawn overnight.

His ears are merely holes in his

skull and all his eyes are good for is

to tell light from dark. If there is a

break in the roof of his tunnel he

knows it, and he promptly shoves sod

around, shutting out daylight, because

to him all the evils of the world are in

the outer air where live such monsters

as owls, hawks, and cats.

His most remarkable organ is his

long and plaintive snout, ending in

tiny flat nostrils. This instrument,

with its highly organized nerve system,

enables him to sense the little vibra-

tions made by worms and grubs. His

nose is his compass and his antenna.

His tail, another sensitive organ,

handles all posterior alerts.

The next time you catch one of these

unrelieved nuisances, pause to admire

When the mole tunnels he turns on

the world's most efficient sapper with

his side, shoves the dirt back, and the silky fur and one-track mind.

Here the wrecker starts work amidst flowers

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Coeur

d'Alene

FOURTH OF JULY

CANYON

The Road

through Fourth of July

Scenic highway across Idaho panhandle

follows military trail named by patriotic pioneers

story and paintings by Leon A. Beroth

CENTURY AGO, on July 4, 1861, a

A group of road builders, weary from

their labor, pioneer hardships and

warring Indians, reached a huge can-

yon about eighteen miles east of Coeur

d'Alene, Idaho. After gazing into the

yawning depths, they encamped, un-

furled the United States flag from the

tallest tree, and frightened the Indians

in the neighboring Cataldo Mission

with the noise of their celebrative

rifles as they gave their discovery its

intriguing name, "Fourth of July

Canyon."

Today as the tourist treks west on

U.S. 10, climbing through the Bitter-

root Range and over Lookout Pass into

Idaho, a scenic pathway with a colorful

history lies ahead of him across the

state's narrow panhandle. In the mid-

1850s a young army captain, John

Mullan, stationed at Fort Benton in

central Montana, was commissioned

Boise

Washington. The stupendous task took

four years, at the extreme. cost, for

those days, of $250,000. On com-

pletion, Mullan's Military Road was

nothing more than a narrow trail 624

miles long, winding over precipitous

mountains, following rushing moun-

tain streams, and "just wide enough

to back out" if the occasion warranted.

Now the motorist rolls through

Fourth of July Canyon on a four-lane

strip of blacktop that cost $2,171,771

for its 4.3 miles. Along the way he can

still see evidences of the old road zig.

zagging across the steep forbidding

cliffs and in the crevasses of shaded

canyons. Below the pass, at the Sho-

shone Camp Grounds, he can pitch a

tent under a bower of trees and enjoy

one of the red-gold sunsets of the

Northwest. And if it happens to be the

Fourth of July, the final flare may

seem like a ghostly flash from that

to find a way through the uncharted long-ago celebration by Captain John

mountains of Idaho to Walla Walla,

Mullan and his men.

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PENOBSCOT BAY

Portland

Piggyback

on Penobscot Bay

Every Maine island is

"The Island" to its natives

Pick your own

via new seagoing car ferries

by Lew Dietz

paintings by Alphonse Shelton

HERE'S a coastal story that con-

cerns a Maine

islander ashore at

Rockland for the first time. He hap-

pened to mention the fact that he

was from "the island" and he was

SHELTER

"Vinalhaven, of course," he replied,

downright perplexed when he was

asked which island he hailed from.

"What other island be there?"

The tale is told of any one of the

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Arrayed around the handsome tureen of clam

chowder are the basic ingredients that go into it

That Clam Chowder Debate

The traditional seacoast dish is a subject on which tempers get hot

and friendships cold. Even the White House plays it safe

VERY true aficionado of seafood wilk

E recognize in the photograph on the

opposite page the ingredients of that

great American dish, clam chowder.

The picture was set up for us by Phil

DeGraff, a vacation expert and gour-

met, who dispenses fun and fine food

at his winter resort on Demeré Key in

Florida and a summer resort in

Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

This is Phil's recipe: sauté one

pound of salt pork diced as finely as

possible until all the fat is out, but

so slowly that it does not brown. Lift

out the cooked salt pork, drain off as

much fat as possible, and put the pork

into the chowder kettle. Dice two

medium-to-large cooking onions very

fine and sauté them in the pork fat,

adding them to the kettle when done.

Cover with one quart of water, adding

a little white pepper, and simmer

endlessly.

Peel and dice four large potatoes and

add these to the kettle. Add two cups

of ground clams, put the cover on, and

simmer gently until you get tired of

seeing it on the stove. Taste and add

more salt and pepper if desired. Milk

and cream are added to this and heated

to serving temperature-but not boiled.

Let us reiterate: this is Phil DeGraff's

chowder, nobody else's. We can

already hear readers on the New

England coast saying, "Huh, that's not

the way to make a clam chowder." For

one thing, New Englanders don't use

ground clams-they dig fresh ones.

For another, they always age a clam

chowder for a day or two in a refrig.

erator before eating it; they say aging

will turn a poor chowder into a pass-

able one, and a good one into a great

one.

A chowder that a proper New

Englander will accept involves a quart

of shucked clams, half a pound of salt

pork, three onions and two potatoes,

and six cups of rich milk, or half milk

and half cream.

At the risk of bringing clam chowder

into politics we got in touch with the

White House because its present tenant

knows his way around seafood. It turns

hard and fast chowder recipe, but likes

out that President Kennedy has no

"any good Boston-style clam chowder

made with cream instead of milk."

as long as it's heavy on the clams and

Will he lose the Manhattan vote?

photograph by Robert Leahey

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in 1903

He Sold Fords in

Pioneer auto men pay a tribute to Billy Hughson

who still is "Mr. Ford Dealer" in San Francisco

painting by Louis Macouillard

WINTER when the National Auto-

I mobile Dealers Association held its

annual convention in San Francisco, a

high point of the gathering was the Old

Timers' Luncheon honoring turn-of-

the-century businessmen who pioneered

in selling the new-fangled horseless

carriage.

These men who ventured capital and

hard work to bring this startling new

product to the public had broken ground

for the new car dealer business, which

today gives employment to about

600,000 persons. A number of these

early-day dealers were honored, but few

have had the colorful experience of

William L. Hughson who at age 94 is

still actively associated with the Ford

dealership in San Francisco that he

established in 1903. It was the same

year that Ford Motor Company was

founded, and it made him the first

franchised Ford dealer in the world.

After the luncheon Benson Ford pre-

sented Mr. Hughson with the original

painting of a San Francisco scene shown

on the opposite page. The painting is

by Louis Macouillard, a native San

Franciscan whose works have appeared

frequently in FORD TIMES.

Hughson had met Henry Ford in

Chicago in 1902, where the latter had

a "motor carriage" exhibit, and they

shook hands on a deal.

Hughson came to Detroit in 1903

with a borrowed $5,000 to buy cars.

The Ford Motor Company was in the

process of formation, and, since there

investing the money in the new com

were no cars yet, Mr. Ford suggested

pany. Hughson's backers refused, and

it has been estimated the decision cost

them $35,000,000.

When Mr. Hughson brought his first

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MOBILGAS

ECONOMY RUN

The Mobilgas winners, Falcon (above) and Fairlane (opposite) traversed...

New Facts for High Mileage

Why a "novice" driver almost matched the

winning Falcon's 32.68 mpg in this year's Economy Run

car requires gasoline, of course,

Second place in the event, which

A but there is a continuing dispute included sixty-five entries, went to

over how much gasoline. Last March

the Mobilgas Economy Run, for stand-

ard four-door cars, was staged for the

twenty-fifth consecutive year-minus

the four years of World War II-as

the high court of settlement for that

dispute. A Fordor Ford Falcon sedan

with manual transmission finished the

test run in first place, obtaining 32.68

miles per gallon while covering the

2,500-mile course.

another Falcon which obtained 31.6199

mpg. A 1961 Ford Fairlane V-8 with

automatic transmission took first place

in the Class E division (low-priced

eight-cylinder cars) with 21.3314 mpg.

All three cars used regular gas.

Every gasoline mileage figure-in or

out of competition, high or low-is the

the car, basic design and engineering

sum of car plus driver. In the case of

skill are responsible for creating a

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The Old Stone House (1639), one e

of Guilford's gifts to posterity

Guilford

After 322 Years

Your guide to one of Connecticut's loveliest Colonial villages,

by a noted writer who lived there

by Sally Benson... paintings by Sascha Maurer

THE INTEREST in anything that has

I managed to last a long time is what

has made New England call attention.

to its villages by signs placed along the

highways that boast, for instance, of

"Olde Muffin-Settled 1640."

Yet a place cannot hold an audience

by being merely old. It has to be

beautiful, interesting, and kind. And it

has to have a story to tell. Guilford,

which lies about fifteen miles east of

New Haven just off the Connecticut

Turnpike, has all these things.

It is old, of course, having been

settled in 1639 by the Reverend Henry

Whitfield and twenty-five families who

sailed with him from England. And,

naturally, they bought it from the

Indians. I don't know what they paid

for it, but I've often speculated as to

whether they didn't think they'd been

had when they first tried to thrust a

spade into the rocky soil!

Anyway, they set to work building a

combined garrison and meeting house

of native stone, which was also to

serve as a home for Mr. Whitfield.

They built it to last, and it still stands.

Now it is a museum, a very fine one,

too. Outside it there is a lovely, old-

fashioned herb garden, scenting the

air with lavender.

Running parallel to the Guilford

Green is Boston Street. The Hyland

House stands here, with roses and

sweet william growing vividly against

its dull red paint. An old woman once

told me that this particular shade of

red was achieved by adding a brew

made from the magenta-colored joe-pye

weed. The Hyland House (1660-1720)

is also open to the public, and I usually

go inside just to sniff its nostalgic air

-a combination of dried wood, old

fires, and the damp odor from the

thick-walled cellar.

Farther up Boston Street is the

house Nicholas Loyelle used to own.

He was a Frenchman who taught young

ladies Court French, and when his

king, Louis XVI, died, he had his

house painted black as a symbol of

At left is Griswold Department Store; right, Methodist Church

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TIME

painting by Charles Banks Wilson

The Red Barn

One of the historic old barns of Fort Scott, Kansas,

was converted into this attractive restaurant which is

decorated with antique hay hooks, horse collars, and neck yokes.

Dinner is served daily from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.; on

Sunday there is a special chuck wagon dinner served

11:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Charles and Charlotte Hackney own

and manage this eating place located a quarter of a mile

east of the junction of U.S. Highways 54 and 69.

RED BAD

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painting by Joseph Csatari

Lambertville House

Established during the War of 1812, this noted hostelry has been

in continuous operation ever since. It is fifteen miles from

Trenton on the Delaware River at the New Hope Bridge, on

U.S. Highway 202 in Lambertville, New Jersey. Lunch and

dinner served daily; overnight accommodations. Reservations

advised during the summer.

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Officers' quarters and

commandant's home

pictured here have sur-

vived unaltered for

nearly a full century

Last Outpost of the Indian Wars

In Kansas during its centennial year,

visit pioneer Fort Larned to retrace the Santa Fe Trail

by Nelle Black and Philip S. Edwards. . . paintings by Edwin Fulwider

Interior of the nearest

building shown above

is filled with interest-

ing relics of frontier

days and Indian wars

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AURER

painting by Sascha Maurer

NO HANDSOME is Guilford, Connecticut, that the British, when they

were at their most disagreeable two centuries ago, didn't pillage it.

And today it is very much as it was then-and hospitable to visitors

with a highly refined taste in splendid Colonial architecture. It has as

fine a collection of early houses as you will find in any search through

Yankee territory.

One superb example is shown in the painting above-the Hyland

House on Boston Street, built in 1639. It is now owned by the historical

society and maintained as a museum. For one person's view of this

lovely town, see the story on page 51. It was written by a long-time

resident, Sally Benson, a celebrated author whose writing credits

include the book of the musical comedy "Meet Me in St. Louis," and

many stories in The New Yorker.

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