Pulling Out of the Mud
Plank Road
Car Stuck in Dirt Roads
Car in Muddy Road Rut, ca. 1920
Cars Stuck in Muddy Road, 1924
'Inpassable' Dirt Road
Plank Road
Iowa's Roads
'Inpassable' Dirt Road
Time Frame: 1920
This handmade sign warned drivers that the road was impassable. (The sign maker wasn't a good speller!) Before hard-surfaced roads, Iowa's dirt roads became a sticky, muddy quagmire.
Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Transportation
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