Engineering:Vermont (automobile)
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Short description: The first automobile to cross the United States
The Vermont is a name given to a 1903 Winton that became the first automobile to cross the United States . It traveled from San Francisco, California to Manhattan, New York. The crew was owner Horatio Nelson Jackson, mechanic Sewall K. Crocker and their dog Bud.[1]
The car is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History after Jackson himself donated the vehicle to the museum.[2]
References
- ↑ "Crossing the Country" (in en). 2017-02-28. https://americanhistory.si.edu/america-on-the-move/crossing-country.
- ↑ Duncan, Dayton; Burns, Ken (2003). Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (1st ed.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-375-41536-X. https://archive.org/details/horatiosdriveame00dunc.
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