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Archive Home > 2008 > July > 15 > On the road in a reshaped nation

On the road in a reshaped nation

Depression-era guidebooks show period’s aspirations - and how much has changed

By William Yardley / The Bulletin
July 15, 2008

WINTHROP, Wash. — They were still wearing Stetsons and spurs, not the tight cycling shorts you see these days, when a writer dispatched by the federal government during the Great Depression reached the end of the road here in the North Cascades.

Winthrop — population 365,....

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