![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In a time “when men were iron and cars were steel,” America’s dads by the millions sat behind the wheel on long pleasure drives down two-lane roads. The Americans who had served in World War II and Korea were home again, buying cars, building homes and raising families. In the late 1950s, gas prices were about 30 cents per gallon-cheaper sometimes-and the U.S. During that post-World War II era, the title of Jack Kerouac’s most famous novel also could have been an apt description of this nation: On the Road. Gas prices are rising, road rage is roiling and highways are hellish across America today, but Americans who were children in the late 1950s and early 1960s can remember times when families took pleasure drives down roadways that had not yet been standardized by the interstate highway system. ![]()
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