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Sep 28, 2026 30 min

The First Highway to Florida

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In 1915, millionaire and highway innovator Carl Fisher aimed to complete a new project: a highway that stretched from Chicago to Miami. States would be scorned, drivers would be lost, and a new folly would be born. Read more of my writing with the Community Paper right here! Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our logo! Follow Chelsea on Instagram here! Read more about the highway right here on Florida Memory! I do not own the rights to the extra song used in this episode. Listen to the full track here: Dixie Highway by Journey. All of the music was originally composed.

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