From the Yellowstone Trail website: "In 1912, a group of small town businessmen in South Dakota undertook an ambitious project to create a useful automobile route, the Yellowstone Trail, across America. This was at a time when roads weren't marked, there were few maps and slippery mud was the usual road surface. The Yellowstone Trail Association located a route, motivated road improvements, produced maps and folders to guide the traveler, and promoted tourism along its length. It became a leader in stimulating tourist travel to the Northwest and motivating good roads across America."
Read more in this Redmond Patch article and this cyclist's thoughts and from Craig Magnuson's website.
Additional Comments - This shot shows the road but doesn't have much going for it artistically. I deliberately included the car fender for perspective. I see that I should have avoided the trash can on the left. It would have been more picturesque if I'd taken the photo at one of the few curves on the road. But there was a fair amount of traffic, the road is narrow and there weren't easy places to stop to take pictures.
At one point the sheep on the right was sticking its head through the fence thus demonstrating, "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence." The sheep appeared to be recently shorn.
I remember some brick streets in London. I don't think any of them were designated "historic!"
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