In 1914, a highway system called Dixie Highway was a network of roads that was meant to connect Miami to Montreal, Canada. The prime leader and investor of this operation was American entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher. By 1916, this portion of the highway near the Florida town of Espanola was complete. With tourists coming down to visit Florida’s east coast, this road would have hundreds of visitors a day driving the road on their Model T’s. By the mid-1920s, the project had a network of more than 5,000 miles of interconnected…
