If you’re going on a road trip this summer, you can thank Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, who popularized “autocamping” a century ago
This summer, at least 50 million American families will climb into their vehicles and speed off on road trips. The U.S. has long been the world’s pre-eminent car culture, so it’s easy to forget that the amenities which make those long trips possible—smoothly paved highways, cheap motels or campgrounds, roadside cafes and gas stations—haven’t always been a part of the American landscape.
Before the invention of automobiles, the average American rarely traveled more than 12 miles from home, because that was how far a horse...
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