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The Spring 2013 Edition American Roads Magazine

 

 

American Roads is proud to present the 2013 Spring Edition of American Roads Magazine.

As always, there is a wide variety of destinations.
This issue introduces a new column and a whole new concept by Renée S. Gordon called Americans on the Road. This column takes you on trips overseas that Americans will love.

 

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Adirondack Trail Mix  

Wiawaka
Manifesting A Woman’s Dream Of
Renewal For The Spirit Of All Women

By Persis Granger

The Village of Lake George, on the southern fringe of New York’s Adirondack Mountains, is a Mecca for tourists, poised at the south end of the 32-mile lake for which it is named. Motels and eateries line Canada Street, along with shops promising everything from T-shirts to tattoos. On hot summer days, Million Dollar Beach and its smaller counterpart at Shephard’s Park are packed with swimmers and sun worshipers. The cannon at Fort William Henry booms at predictable intervals and a calliope pipes tunes as an old paddle-wheeler filled with passengers churns its way along a sight-seeing route a few miles down the lake and back again. There’s no shortage of daytime activities and shopping in Lake George Village, and at dusk the rollicking nightlife begins.

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Agri Lanes

Funny Food Festivals

by Kathleen Walls

Agri-tourism is an important new trend in travel. Taken in its broadest form it is a means promoting any agricultural, aqui-cultural or ranching enterprise in an area.   One form of agri-tourism has been going on for a long time. Local food festivals are a way a town or area promotes and brags about its favorite local agricultural product.  I have gathered a few of the most unusual festivals of this kind.

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Americans on the Road

Smooth Traveler:
Glasgow, Scotland, Experience the Spirit

by Renée S. Gordon

An old Scottish proverb states, “Twelve highlanders and a bagpipe make a rebellion.” While this is not entirely accurate it is a huge indication of the character of the people. Their independence has shaped their character and pride in their shared culture, history and institutions, is visible everywhere and it is all laced with an ability to embrace life and laugh at it all. Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland, is the ideal place to learn about and experience the real Scotland in all its manifestations.

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Art Trails

Wow Delaware:
Wee state, Outstanding art, Wonderful museums

by Anne Jenkins

Delaware often gets overshadowed by her flashy big neighbors   the mega-metropolis' of Washington D.C., Philadelphia and New York but don't be fooled, it's no sleepy hollow. Delaware is a feisty, independent little state with a vibrant art scene.  And the arts are anchored by three top-class institutions, the excellent Delaware Art Museum (DAM), the edgy and innovative Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (dcca) in the big northern city of Wilmington and the charming Biggs Museum of American Arts in the heritage park of the capitol, Dover.

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Chuckwagon Roundup

 They Take the Cake

by Kathleen Walls

Everyone want to enjoy a great restaurant but sometimes being a great restaurant isn't enough. Bakeries who can provide a special cake are necessary for birthdays and special occasions but what about that hearty sandwich or special meal?  However when you combine the two you have a place you want to visit regularly. That's the case with these restaurants/bakeries that combine great food with fantastic cakes you have a sure winner. Here are some of my favorite cafe and bakery combination.

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Civil War Trails

The General

by Kathleen Walls

The outcome of war is often decided by events other than battles. The Kennesaw/Marietta area was the scene of one of the Civil War’s most daring spy stories.  It began with a secret meeting in Fletcher House, now Marietta History Museum on the night of April 11, 1862.

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Cort's Crossroads

Carrabelle~Discover Old Florida
Where Time Stands Still


by Leigh Cort

I imagined that one day I would find a secret place in Florida that would capture my imagination with intoxicating stories and images of the people who were courageous enough to pioneer its mystical treasures. Driving four hours from northeast Florida to Carrabelle, an easy journey toward Tallahassee then southward through the Osceola National Forest to the Gulf of Mexico, I expected a serious dose of solitude. What I discovered was a porthole into the rare beauty of the ‘Forgotten Coast’. I couldn’t recall why I chose to visit this tiny rural community of long-gone conquistadors, gamblers and tycoons. But by the time I returned home, I couldn’t imagine why I would ever want to leave again.

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Exploring With Eleanor

Guten Tag, Texas

By Eleanor Hendricks McDaniel

With all the buzz about the popular new film, Django Unchained, many moviegoers have questioned the presence of the German, Dr. King Schultz, in antebellum Texas. (Christoph Waltz won an Academy Award for the role.) Actually, he wasn’t a figment of the screenwriter’s dramatic license, because beginning in the 1830s, thousands of Germans migrated to Texas. Throughout the Lone Star State, traces of German history have been lost, but, of those who settled in the gritty Hill Country, much of Old World Deutschland heritage has been retained in Fredericksburg (which was named for Prince Frederick of Prussia).

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Fork in The Road

The Mint: It's Solid Gold

By Kathleen Walls

Dining at the Mint Restaurant in Ridgeland just outside Jackson is a treat that is hard to beat. When I went there for dinner,  I  fell in love with the decor before I ever put a bite of the food into my mouth. It was so impressive. The huge glowing red chandelier over the bar would do justice to a exclusive 19th century brothel in the old Crescent City.

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Happy Trails

Revolutionary War Trails:
Ninety Six

By Tom Straka
Photographs by Pat Straka

Which state can claim the most Revolutionary War battle sites? Probably Massachusetts or Virginia came to your mind. South Carolina can claim that distinction with 250 Revolutionary War battle sites. One of the major battle sites is Ninety Six. In the 1700’s it was at the edge of the frontier, strategically located at the intersection of major Indian trails and, supposedly, 96 miles from the Cherokee Indian village of Keowee. The location made it a trading hub.  In 1760 frontier friction between Indians and settlers developed and a stockade was quickly built at Ninety Six. Fort Ninety Six offered protection from two Indian attacks.  A peace treaty allowed settlement up to the Keowee area.

 

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Inn Roads

Beau Rivage:
Everything  You Want

By Kathleen Walls

Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi is a city within a city. Whether you want to pull the slot leaver, flip a blackjack card or play high stakes poker, The Beau Rivage Resort & Casino can accommodate you. In fact, even if you have no interest in gaming, you can shop, swim, surf or pool, get a massage or loll in a spa, dock at the marina or dine, be it snack or elegant cuisine, the Beau Rivage can accommodate travelers of any stripe. It fits anyone to a “T.”

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Music Row

The Father of Country Music

By Kathleen Walls

Jimmie Rodgers was born on September 8, 1897, in Meridian, Mississippi, with a love of music in his heart. His mother died when he was very young and he was shuttled  off to relatives until his father remarried and brought him back to Meridian. Perhaps he had a premonition that his life would not be long so he started early to follow his dream. By the time he entered his teens, he had already run away twice to do a musical tour.

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Pot Luck

Pioneer Foods Inspired by Sarah Jane

By Mary Emma Allen

As I wrote my current Vagabond Traveler article for American Roads, about Plymouth, NH's 250th Anniversary, I wondered about foods grown and served in those days, foods you might find in other parts of the country, too, as you travel. Then I recalled my story about Sarah Jane.

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Product Review

Lightload Towels

By Kathleen Walls

These towels prove the old saying "good things come in small packages." They come as a deceptively tiny flat round  package. However, when you wet them, they open up to show their true character, a full size towel capable of many useful functions.

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Renée's Route

Delaware's Corridor of Courage

by Renée S. Gordon

The course of both slavery and abolitionism in Delaware was directed largely by three factors, its geographical position as a border state, the fact that no labor-intensive year round crop flourished there and the religious influence of the Methodists and the Quakers. There were never the large plantations, or numbers of enslaved, that developed deeper south, the largest owner having less than 70 enslaved workers. A single slave arrived in 1639, “Black” Anthony, the first black documented resident, aboard the Vogel Grip. At some point he was freed and by 1648 he was serving as the assistant of Governor Printz. By 1750 the number increased to 1,000 and on the eve of the American Revolution there were 2,000. The 1779 federal census records 8,887 slaves and 3,899 free blacks. Immediately prior to the Civil War there were less than 2,000 slaves and 19,829 free blacks in the state.

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Scenic Route 

Falling for the Park

By Kathleen Walls

The Falls of the Big Sioux River has been the heart of the area even before the founding of its namesake city of Sioux Falls in 1856. There is evidence that Paleolithic tribes used the falls area for much the same purpose it is used today, as a recreational area. The Lakota, who were the native people in the area when the white settlers first arrived, visited the falls for that purpose and told stories of them to European explorers.

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Vagabond Traveler

Enjoy Plymouth's 250th Celebration

By Mary Emma Allen

Experience the excitement of celebrations in various towns, villages and cities as you travel. These may commemorate historical events or present day festivities. However, they'll bring enjoyment to your visits in those locations.

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Warren's Bi-Ways

See the USA in your Chevrolet Part Two

by Warren Resen

After more than a month on the road, it was time to turn around and start heading back east. Leaving Cody, Wyoming, we headed for Devils Tower in eastern Wyoming, a must stop before entering South Dakota. This remarkable monolith, the remains of an extinct volcano, was used as a focal point in the movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” It was also this nation’s first national monument so declared by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906.

 

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