# Horatio Nelson Jackson
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horatio nelson jackson (March 25, 1872 – January 14, 1955) was an American physician and automobile pioneer. In 1903, he and driving partner Sewall K. Crocker became the first people to drive an automobile across the United States.
== Early life and medical career ==
Jackson was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on March 25, 1872, a son of Samuel Nelson Jackson (1838–1913) and Mary Anne (Parkyn) Jackson (1843–1916).
S1 Ep148: The First Cross-Country Road Trip
It’s 1903, and an out-of-work doctor, Horatio Nelson Jackson, is fiercely defending the world’s most exciting invention – the automobile – against a group of men who are POSITIVE that the car was just a fad. Jackson was so sure of himself that he bet $50 that he could take a car from San Francisco …
Horatio Nelson Jackson
In 1903, on a $50 bet, Horatio Nelson Jackson set out on the first journey by car from San Francisco to New York.
amuz 2: The Lost Art of The Road Trip
Horace Dediu delights us with road trip memories from Dortmund to the Baltics, Florida's Cape Canaveral and many journeys in between. We reflect on Horatio Nelson Jackson's seminal 1903 drive across America and the changing road trip culture in our time of social distancing.
On American Highways I: A brief history of family road-trips in the USA
“Once again road trips are becoming more about the journey rather than the destination and I see that as a very encouraging sign that maybe people are realizing the merit of enjoying the journey.” – Richard Ratay
Richard Ratay (@RichRatay) is the author of Don’t Make Me Pull Over!, an informal his…
What Makes Us Go: Retracing America’s First Road Trip
What happens when modern van life retraces one of the boldest journeys in American history?In this special episode of Steel Stories, host Bernie Swanson takes us beyond the mill and onto the open road, where past and present collide. Inspired by the 1903 cross-country expedition of Dr. Horatio Nels…
70. Horatio Nelson Jackson: The first person to drive an automobile across America
In 1903 a Horatio Nelson Jackson, an eccentric doctor from Vermont, makes a $50 bet that he can be the first person to drive an automobile coast to coast in under 90 days. Despite not even owning a car, having no driving experience, and no road maps to plan the route Jackson heads out within five…
A Cross Country Lesson in Starting
The Marketing Drive Short marketing message that you can use right now! A Cross Country Lesson in Starting Host: Chris Doelle | Production: Fresh Media Works Episode Theme: The power of the head start and the importance of starting before you feel ready. The Story of Horatio Nelson Jackson: • The …
Fun Facts About the First Road Trip Across America
In 1903, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson and mechanic Sewall K. Crocker embarked on the first cross-country automobile journey across the United States. Spurred by a fifty-dollar wager, Jackson purchased a used 1903 Winton touring car to prove that personal vehicles were capable of long-distance travel.…
Coffee With Jim: Cheerful Idiots and Road Trips
Cheerful idiots and road trips seem to go together, that was the conclusion derived at by a writer for Outing magazine in March 1905. Today the accounts of early automobile owners, manufacturers and their road trip adventures are an endless source of fascination.
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