Transport: New Road Old

At the turn of the century in California, two men had great dreams. Last week one dream finally came true and the other was an old nightmare in which both dreams fought.

The man whose dream came true was 72-year-old Dr. John Lorenzo Dow Roberts, who settled in Monterey 40 years ago. Many of his patients lived along the rugged coastal mountains reached only by difficult trails. Riding through this virgin terrain. Dr. Roberts grew to love its scrawny cypress, bosky gorges,, tall redwoods, dreamed of a scenic highway. Last week after 20 years...

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