European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Of Mokij i a combination of dust and some of the most magnificent scenery in the the 1300mile Alaska High Way from Dawson Canada to fair George i american automobile association fled gave this description of the Long drive in informal re ports to aaa Headquarters in he said he encountered so much dust that in different areas it had different but he said the dust does Little to detract from the importance and scenery of the major Overland route to what will some Day become the unions 49th the originally called the was built by the in 1942 to get sup plies to airfields on the flying route be tween this country and More than army engineers and civilian workers built the gravel Road in the unbelievable time of seven Burns said the Highway is 60 feet wide with the gravel so ground and imbedded in the Earth that it almost looks As solid and hard packed As it int he wrote one major difference is the aaa representative said every car trails a plume of dust almost a Quarter mile nearly the Width of the High Way and about 25 feet depending on wind and when you get caught in another cars by Joann up staff writer dust you suffocate through your rolled up peer anxiously if futilely to penetrate the fog beyond the Hood of your then just sigh a prayer that theres nothing ahead As you decelerate and wait resignedly for the Cloud to so you follow other of course at an exaggerated and when one approaches to pass you slow almost to a Stop until Hes Well ahead and youre out of his to resume your Burns said when an oncoming Auto is a Driver must Roll your windows fix in your memory a picture of the Highway ahead As it looked when you could see Muse As you glance at the approaching dust Cloud How Many cars Are hidden behind and plunge in offsetting the bumps and general driving Burns re is some of the most Beautiful scenery in the i believe if you pointed your camera out the car window and snapped the shutter every few minutes without even looking you d get a series of spectacular pictures he he said there Are then another Mountain its a unfolding soon the size and extent of it have a hypnotic youre living in a world of in despite the rugged driving Burns the Highway for the past three years has never been closed More than 24 Only occasionally is there any another he seem to think they have to come hauling a trailer full of extra spare All that necessary Are the Normal precautions youd take for a trip in the with one in the Winter you should carry with you the Means of starting a fire in Case of mechanical an old tire is the Best with a Little can of Gas to Start it Burns observed that much of the mis understanding about the Highway stems from the fact that returning in variably probably to inflate their own ego by making their trip a veritable hazardous he said the adventure of travelling the Highway is not the hazards of the an drive Day at 50which is the he stand some exceed the he Bih when a sign says they re not fooling when it says decelerate or Brace your and dont pass a truck from a Blind ing Cloud of these Are just common sense rules of then you have a Chance to enjoy the real magnificent the stars and stripes 13