1962

This brief story is expansion on an odd incident 59 years ago, recorded in my hunting log. Since it had nothing to do with hunting, the log reference was one sentence. Since Ray and I both worked for the Jacksonville newspaper, next work day I checked with the down-state editor…

1962 Local News & History As 1962 opened I was 9 years old and in third grade. By the end of the year I was 10 and in fourth grade. What do I remember of school that year? Reading, writing and arithmetic, surely, but I also recall recess, walking to school, and my first crush…

Fun in the Children’s Section of a 1962 Library No travel this week, instead Roadtrip-’62 ™ will be staying indoors. Imagine you’re a kid and it’s a cold, rainy day, so let’s play with our toys! I’ve already talked about toy guns, card games, and candy that we might have had in 1962. Today I’ll review some children’s books…

Sea to Inland Sea…Redux Today’s mini-trip on a US-numbered highway takes Roadtrip-’62 ™ to US-31, which currently runs 1280 miles from just south of Mackinaw City, Michigan to Spanish Fort, Alabama. In 1962, it was a little longer on both ends. The north end went to the Mackinac Bridge and before 1957, it went…

C’ero anche io in Inghilterra, il Santo Stefano del 1962, quando la caduta della neve fu tanta da poter dire che fu come un terremoto, un “frostquake”. Così lo chiama lei, Juliet Nicolson, una nota giornalista e scrittrice inglese, autrice di questo libro di cui vedete la copertina qui a…

The Scenery Is Everything on this Road Trip This week, Roadtrip-’62 ™ travels along US-28, a number that was already gone by 1962! When it did exist, it was only 462 miles long and located completely in Oregon. It followed what is now US-26 about halfway across Oregon, from Ontario to Prineville. We already covered that section from…

(The following is an auto translate of a very interesting account of a Chinese soldier regarding the 1962 war. The original is at https://zhifangyang.weebly.com/ All copyright belongs to the author. This is just a translation for those who want to read it in English) A war that should not have…

On the Road in 1962 — Today Roadtrip-‘62 ™ is celebrating National Road Trip Day, which falls on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend, or May 24th in 2020. The holiday was created by Pilot Flying J, the largest operator of travel centers in North America. The company was started by James A. “Jim” Haslam II…