The year was 1915, The Great War was ramping up in Europe, the RMS Lusitania had been sunk by a German U-boat, Alexander Graham Bell completed the first transcontinental telephone call between New York City and San Francisco, the Ford Model-T and silent motion pictures were all the rage. Raggedy Ann, aspirin in tablet form, and processed cheese, as well as the milk carton were invented. America was steadily growing in population, and that population was on the move. In San Francisco, the Panama-Pacific International Exposition opened in February, an event that introduced many wonders to the United States and the world at large. The Lincoln Highway (also known as Highway 30) opened as America"s first transcontinental automobile road, and today, much of that highway still exists.
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