[or-roots] Snow & Winter - no genealgoy
Chris & Bill Strickland
lechevrier at earthlink.net
Sun Feb 8 11:35:03 PST 2009
As part of our historical roots, and seasonally topical, comes this:
In January 1926, Time magazine reported:
"Having used the motor car for almost every other conceivable purpose,
leading Detroit automobile makers have now organized a company entitled
"Snow Motors Inc.," to put out a machine which will negotiate the deepest
snowdrifts at six to eight miles an hour. The new car will consist of a Ford
tractor power-plant mounted on two revolving cylinders instead of
wheels-something on the order of a steam roller. ... In Oregon a stage
line uses a snow motor in its two daily round trips over the Mackenzie Pass
between Eugene and Bend."
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=568_1233111054
Does anyone know if there is one of these contraptions still local to Oregon? I know there are a couple near Sacramento. (the Hedrick Agricultural History Center & the Towe Auto Museum) Maybe in places like Brooks? Don't recall any at Collier Park.
Thanks,
Bill Strickland
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