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Author : John Richard Waggener
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Snow Chi Minh Trail written by John Richard Waggener and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "During the Vietnam War, the Ho Chi Minh Trail was cut through the perilous mountain terrain by North Vietnamese to run supplies, ammunition and soldiers to reach South Vietnam. Similarly, a stretch of highway along the Interstate 80 corridor was constructed in rugged mountainous areas, which has not been popular over the years, especially during brutal Wyoming winters. John Waggener, a University of Wyoming associate archivist at the American Heritage Center, details the history of that 77-mile, I-80 stretch of highway, which became a public relations nightmare for Wyoming highway officials. The newly constructed stretch of I-80 was dedicated Oct. 3, 1970, but residents had warned highway officials of the adverse weather conditions around the Elk Mountain area and advised them not to build a road in that location. Wyomingites who knew their history reminded highway officials that the Union Pacific Railroad looked at that same area 100 years earlier when planning and constructing the nation?s first transcontinental railroad and decided against the shorter, more direct route. But, just four days after the highway was dedicated, a winter storm wreaked havoc on motorists traveling on the new highway, which Wyomingites referred to as a ?monument to human error,? Waggener says." -- from University of Wyoming press release.