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History of Highway 300 East of Roswell
Claude Simpson narrates the early federal aid highway from Roswell east to Cap Rock and Tatum. The piece details postwar bidding, force account construction at eight thousand dollars per mile, and the 1922 final approval securing seven percent federal aid. It traces road design battles, right of way fights, and the roles of Roswell Chamber of Commerce, Lea County officials, and engineers like W. C. Davidson and Willis Ford, culminating in a modern Roswell to Jal highway amid oil downturns and public works drives.
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Claude Simpson
New Mexico
State Highway Commission
Roswell
W. C. Davidson
United States
Cap Rock
Tatum
Congress
Bronco
Texas
Brownfield
Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau
Lea County
Ford
Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
Santa Fe
Phoenix
San Francisco
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Willis Ford
Buck Macy
Lea Rowland
Jal