EPISODE · Jun 12, 2026 · 3 MIN
Christopher Colles Gave The Early United States Its First Road Atlas
from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson
There were travelers before GPS and navigation apps, even in the early days of the US. And some of them turned to a set of paper maps that became the first US road atlas. Plus: tomorrow in Battle Creek, Michigan, it’s the National Cereal Fest. An 18th Century Survey of the Roads of the United States of America (Library of Congress)National Cereal Fest in Battle Creek, MIWe’ve mapped it out, and our backers on Patreon are the ones who make this show possible
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There were travelers before GPS and navigation apps, even in the early days of the US. And some of them turned to a set of paper maps that became the first US road atlas. Plus: tomorrow in Battle Creek, Michigan, it’s the National Cereal Fest. An 18th Century Survey of the Roads of the United States of America (Library of Congress)National Cereal Fest in Battle Creek, MIWe’ve mapped it out, and our backers on Patreon are the ones who make this show possible
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