WWI Soldiers & Model Ts: A Northwest Journey

0:00Back in World War I, the Spruce Production Division drafted 30,000 soldiers from Vancouver Barracks, 25,000, to Choptreeson, the Forrests, 5,000 more at the Cutup Mill to supply lumber for warplanes and ships. Ford jumped in too, shipping Model T's by train from their Portland plan to dealers across the Northwest, including Vancouver Spot at Washington. Street and West Evergreen Boulevard. These cars flipped travel on its head, like when local mechanic G. Goodsell piled his wife and pals into a Model T sedan for a 92-mile round. Trip from Portland to Washington in April 1918. The new interstate bridge opened just a year earlier in 1917, made it doable for a nickel toll each way, even with occasional riverboat. Horn signaling lifts for boats passing under. They roll past farms, dairies, and the massive wood pulp stacks at Kamas Paper Mill, then into scenic washugal woods along decent unpaved.

1:00Roads windows down, fresh air flowing, a simple escape amid the global fight. That's your update from Canada News Today, powered by AI, I'm Corey with The Story.