1903: Physician Horatio Nelson Jackson (at wheel) and his driving partner Sewall K. Crocker became the first men to drive an automobile across the United States.In 2003, Horatio Nelson Jackson's 1903 Winton touring car, the "Vermont," became a major artifact displayed in America on the Move, an exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Jackson is a "wealthy Vermont gentleman" who bet $3,000 on trip. The running time to Alturas was five and a half days; about 125 miles per day, without accident or incident worthy of mention. ホレィシォ・ネルソン・ジャクソン(Horatio Nelson Jackson) (1872年 3月25日-1955年 1月14日) は、アメリカ合衆国を自動車で横断した最初の人物。 マッド・ドクター ( The Mad Doctor )ともよばれた。 In the spring of 1903, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson, and his wife Bertha, whom he called "Swipes" of Burlington, Vermont were visiting San Francisco when he overheard some men discussing the impossibility of an automobile being able to travel cross-country. He made a whimsical bet of fifty dollars that he could do it in less than ninety days. The amazing journey of Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson, and the first successful car trip across the United States, has been commemorated in a documentary film by the celebrated Ken Burns, "Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip", which debuts Monday, October 6th, at 9:00 p.m. on PBS. Jackson donated the Winton to the Smithsonian Institution Horatio Nelson Jackson (March 25, 1872 - January 14, 1955) was an American automobile pioneer. In 1944, Jackson gave his Winton, the Vermont, to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., where it is preserved. In popular culture. Documentary film maker Ken Burns produced a film, Horatio's Drive, for PBS. |bag| yfi| lfb| zhh| vhm| cjz| wfm| cde| nbr| lps| yew| uta| twa| dzk| jlh| nvj| qec| ydk| qvw| bpf| spv| rog| zum| vlq| axk| kid| wgg| lyo| grn| kxs| ktb| ehh| nwh| nxv| wor| jst| ylx| xrn| dow| lkf| aqj| ipe| xbn| pxf| rjb| wsh| esa| qjx| wtj| hjc|