Talk:Jefferson Davis Highway

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There seems to be a great deal of confusion over the auto trails named "Jefferson Davis Highway." The North American Auto Trails web site (http://www.marion.ohio-state.edu/fac/schul/trails/national/natlist.html) lists three separate roads named after Jefferson Davis: The Jefferson Davis Highway, the Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway, and the Jefferson Davis National Highway. All three are mentioned in the Wikipedia article. However, they obviously were not the same road. One alignment of the J. D. Memorial Highway seems to have followed the western portion of US Highway 80 & 94 through Arizona and California. There is a plaque at Horton Square in San Diego placed by the Daughters of the Confederacy naming the spot as the western terminus of the "Jefferson Davis Highway." It is very close to the Pacific Milestone: the western terminus of the Lee Highway and the Old Spanish Trail. US 80 in southeastern Arizona is marked as the "Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway" on topographic maps. The J.D. Memorial Highway was evidently one of several "Borderland" highways, along with auto trails such as the Old Spanish Trail and the Dixie Overland Highway.


 * 'The western terminus of the highway was identified by a plaque (not a monument) on Horton Plaza, in downtown San Diego. The Jefferson Davis plaque on Horton Plaza was removed on August 16th, 2017, following the Charlottesville terror attack in Virginia.[12] The formal opening of the highway at this terminus was performed by President Warren Harding.'... wonder if anyone gets the odd coincidence, right across the street, north side of Broadway is the U.S. Grant Hotel. Yes, built by his son 'Buck'; and now owned, maintained, and cared for by the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation (who's reservation was signed into law [1875?] by the very same man. around it goes.)


 * Here's a local article re: plaque removal: http://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2017/08/16/jefferson-davis-confederate-plaque-removed-horton-plaza-park/ 2602:304:CDAF:A3D0:1CE7:7D33:2720:447D (talk) 05:10, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

It would probably be appropriate to have separate articles for the different roads.

Parsa


 * Seperate articles or not, the various routes should be specified at least with seperate sections in this article. -- Infrogmation 11:31, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

At least in the 1990s, Georgia DOT labeled the following routes; some information is from. --NE2 14:58, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway (Route 1)
 * U.S. Highway 29, Alabama? (at least LaGrange) to Atlanta
 * U.S. Highway 278, Atlanta to Augusta
 * Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway (Alternate Route 1)
 * State Route 44, Union Point (on Route 1) to Washington ( says Route 1, but that's a typo, poven by the county map)
 * U.S. Highway 78, Washington to Thomson (on Route 1) (not shown on county maps)
 * Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway (Route 2)
 * U.S. Highway 82, Alabama to Tifton
 * State Route 125, Tifton to Irwinville
 * State Route 32, Irwinville to Ocilla
 * U.S. Highway 319, Ocilla to Wadley (not clear between Telfair County and Wrightsville and in Jefferson County, which shows it using US 1 to Emanuel County - but says it turns at Wadley)
 * U.S. Highway 1, Wadley to Augusta (map takes it south from Wadley, but disagrees)
 * Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway (Alternate Route 2)
 * State Route 15, Wrightsville (on Route 2) to Sandersville
 * State Route 88, Sandersville to Wrens (on Route 2)

More details
This comes mainly from, , and :
 * Main route: Washington, DC (Virginia side of the Potomac) - Alexandria, VA - Fredericksburg, VA - Richmond, VA - Petersburg, VA - Dinwiddie, VA - South Hill, VA - Clarksville, VA - Oxford, NC - Durham, NC - Chapel Hill, NC - Pittsboro, NC - Sanford, NC - Southern Pines, NC - Rockingham, NC? - Cheraw, SC - Camden, SC - Columbia, SC - Leesville, SC - Batesburg, SC - Aiken, SC - Augusta, GA - Crawfordville, GA - Greensboro, GA - Madison, GA - Covington, GA - Decatur, GA - Atlanta, GA - Newnan, GA? - West Point, GA - Lanett, AL - Opelika, AL - Auburn, AL - Tuskegee, AL - Montgomery, AL - Lowndesboro, AL - Selma, AL - Catherine, AL - Thomasville, AL - Jackson, AL - Calvert, AL - Mobile, AL - Grand Bay, AL - Pascagoula, MS - Biloxi, MS - Gulfport, MS - Pass Christian, MS - New Orleans, LA - Baton Rouge, LA - Opelousas, LA - Crowley, LA - Lake Charles, LA - Orange, TX - Beaumont, TX - Houston, TX - Brenham, TX - Elgin, TX - Austin, TX - San Marcos, TX - New Braunfels, TX - San Antonio, TX - Uvalde, TX - Comstock, TX - Sanderson, TX - Alpine, TX - Fort Davis, TX - Valentine, TX - Van Horn, TX - El Paso, TX - Anthony, TX - Las Cruces, NM - Deming, NM - Lordsburg, NM - Duncan, AZ - Globe, AZ - Phoenix, AZ - Arlington, AZ - Gila Bend, AZ - Yuma, AZ - Brawley, CA - San Diego, CA - Los Angeles, CA - Santa Barbara, CA - San Francisco, CA - Blaine, WA


 * Branches
 * Augusta, GA - Wrens, GA - Louisville, GA - Sandersville, GA - Wrightsville, GA - Dublin, GA - Glenwood, GA - McRae, GA - Abbeville, GA - Fitzgerald, GA - Ocilla, GA - Irwinville, GA - Tifton, GA - Sylvester, GA - Albany, GA - Dawson, GA - Georgetown, GA - Eufaula, AL - Union Springs, AL - Montgomery, AL
 * Houston, TX - Wharton, TX - Victoria, TX - Goliad, TX - Beeville, TX - San Antonio, TX
 * Beeville, TX - Skidmore, TX - Gregory, TX - Corpus Christi, TX - Alice, TX?? - Pharr, TX - Brownsville, TX
 * Bowling Green, KY - Russellville, KY - Jefferson Davis State Historic Site (Fairview) - Hopkinsville, KY - Cadiz, KY - Fenton, KY - Paducah, KY - Mayfield, KY - Fulton, KY - Dyersburg, TN - Memphis, TN - Batesville, MS - Grenada, MS - Winona, MS - Durant, MS - Jackson, MS - Hazlehurst, MS - Brookhaven, MS - Osyka, MS - Kentwood, LA - Hammond, LA - New Orleans, LA
 * Memphis, TN - Holly Springs, MS - Oxford, MS - Water Valley, MS - Grenada, MS

Note that the original plan in Texas would have gone along the Rio Grande:


 * State highway numbers (1920s)
 * Virginia: 31 (became 12, 201 or 324, 32 south of South Hill and 122 between South Hill and McKenney ca. 1924)
 * North Carolina: 75, 50
 * South Carolina: 50, 12
 * Georgia: 12, 14
 * Alabama: 11, 26, 6, 10
 * Mississippi: US 90
 * Louisiana: 2, 1, 5 or 7?, 40, 2
 * Texas: 3, 6, 20, 2, 3, 54?, 1
 * New Mexico: 1, 4, 106
 * Arizona: US 180, US 80
 * California: US 80, US 94 (Campo Rd/Broadway/Federal Blvd), US 101, US 40?, US 99?
 * Oregon: US 99?
 * Washington: US 99


 * Augusta-Montgomery alternate
 * Georgia: 24, 15, 30, 11, ?, 50
 * Atlanta: 16, 15, 7


 * Houston-San Antonio alternate
 * Texas: 12, 16


 * Brownsville branch
 * Texas: 16, 12A?, 12


 * Bowling Green-New Orleans
 * Kentucky: US 68, US 45
 * Tennessee: 3
 * Mississippi: US 51
 * Louisiana: 33


 * Memphis-Grenada alternate
 * Tennessee: 4
 * Mississippi: US 78, N/A (now 7)

Cleanup
I am in the middle of a major clean up, with the object of removing the tag. But I'm falling asleep, and may not be able to get to this for a day or two. I would like it if I could finish it when I get back. Unschool (talk) 05:56, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
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 * Thank you, Barkeep. I will try to get to this within the next 24 hours.  Unschool (talk) 00:17, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'm done now. Hope that this looks better than this did.  Okay, anyone else wants to have at it, I'm okay with that.  There's a lot more that could be done. Unschool (talk) 01:09, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Source and help needed
A good source for some material this article on the Jefferson Davis Highway is the NRHP MPS document available now linked from Brook Road Marker, Jefferson Davis Highway article. That article, about a marker on the JDH, needs help from editors informed/interested about the highway. Help! And please enjoy the source. --doncram (talk) 23:57, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

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Washington State section of highway
I added details about 'Highway 99' never officially being renamed as proposed in 1939, and the final resting place of the stone markers as detailed in the local news. I hope there are no problems with these additions. Thanks C. W. Gilmore (talk) 18:29, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

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