Cannonball Baker’s 1914 coast-to-coast trek to be retraced

Photo courtesy Don Emde Don Emde, winner of the 1972 Daytona 200, has announced a new multi-year project that will retrace the record-setting 3,378-mile, 11-1/2-day route completed by Cannonball Baker in 1914. The historic feat shaved almost nine days off the existing record at a time when there were few highways west of the Mississippi, […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – Mr. Machesky’s watch

High-end watch (I’m sorry, “timepieces”) companies like to advertise to car guys, especially those car guys interested in high-end cars. There’s even quite a bit of crossover with timepieces branded to reflect a customer’s high-end automotive preference. Other than the mechanical aspect, I don’t get it. But if I had $25,000 to splurge on a […]

March Military Campaign – coast to coast in a Mitchell Ranger, 1909

By 1909, crossing the country was a largely symbolic gesture, especially to deliver a message. Transcontinental runs were already becoming the stuff of legend, and trains and telegraphs had already connected the country.
However, the U.S. military had yet to fully grasp just how important the automobile would become. Considering how technologically advanced the military has […]