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Transcontinental car record set in near seven days
L B Miller and J W Wieber completed a round trip in a chrysler imperial two seater from San Francisco to New York and to Los Angeles totaling 6721 miles. The elapsed time from San Francisco departure to Los Angeles arrival was one minute shy of seven days, breaking both round trip and one way transcontinental records. They faced sleet rain and flood along the Lincoln Highway and National Old Trails routes with minimal sleep.
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L. B. Miller
Los Angeles
San Francisco
New York
Miller
Pacific Coast
Miller T
J. &. Wieber
Portland
Ore
Wieber
Western Union Telegraph Company
Lincoln Highway
Weber
Weather Bureau
Albuquerque
Gellup
New Mexico
Petrified Forest
Carson City
Salt Lake City
Cheyenne
Clinton
St. Fort Wayne
Ind
Pittsburgh
Trenton
Wheeling
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Trinidad
Cole
Finagstaff
Arizona