That was then (1953).
From chapter 45:
Hays, Kansas, began as Fort Hays, frontier military post. It shifted to being Hays City, railhead of the sixties, tough cattle town of the seventies. Now it is quiet and peaceful, and U.S. 40 runs east and west along its shaded 8th Street.
This is now. (Tree-shaded 8th Street was lined with elms 70 years ago. And I imagine the street has been widened since then.)
Google Maps
Fort Hays is 270 miles west of Kansas City.
Photo by Retiring Guy: 1952 Rand McNally Road Atlas (arrow added)
The population of Hays has more than doubled since George R. Stewart's visit.
Sosurce: Wikipedia
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Chapter 1: Beginnings. (7/19/2024)
Chapter 2: Coastal Plain. (7/20/2024)
Chapter 5. Six-Lane Highway. (8/4/2024)
Chapter 6. Bush River. (8/5/2024)
Chapter 7: Baltimore rows. (8/6/2024)
Chapter 8: Ellicott City. (8/7/2024)
Chapter 9. Frederick. (8/8/2024)
Chapter 11. Horrible example. (8/16/2024)
Chapter 12. Mount Prospect. (8/17/2024)
Chapter 13: Ridge and Valley. (8/18/2024)
Chapter 14: The Narrows. (8/19/2024)
Chapter 15: From Little Savage Mountain. (8/27/2024)
Chapter 16: Mason-Dixon Line. (8/28/2024)
Chapter 17: Fort Necessity (8/29/2024)
Chapter 18: Braddock's Grave, (8/30/2024)
Chapter 19: Toll House. (9/2/2024)
Chapter 20. Coal Mine. (9/5/2024)
Chapter 21: Wheeling. (9/6/2024)
Chapter 22: Cambridge, Ohio. (9/9/2024)
Chapter 23: S-bridge. (9/10/2024)
Chapter 24: Highway and tree. (9/11/2024)
Chapter 25: Mileposts. (9/12/2024)
Chapter 26. Tavern. (9/13/2024)
Chapter 27: Taylorsville Dam. (9/14/2024)
Chapter 28: In full glory. (9/16/2024)
Chapter 29. Farm on the National Road (9/17/2024)
Chapter 30: Victorian Elegance. (9/18/2024)
Chapter 31: Roadside Vendor. (9/19/2024)/
Chapter 32: Benjamin Harrison Era. (9/21/2024)
Chapter 33: Vandalia. (9/22/2024)
Chapter 34. Mississippi River. (9/23/2024)
Chapter 35: Road-building. (9/27/2024)
Chapter 36. Boonville. (9/28/2024)
Chapter 37. Double highway. (9/29/2024)
Chapter 38. Kansas City. (9/30/2024)
Chapter 39. Sign post. (10/1/2024)
Chapter 40. Hayfield. (10/5/2024)
Chapter 41: Bit of the Old West (10/11/2024)
Chapter 42: Kansas Corn (10/12/2024)
Chapter 43: Roadside park. (10/13/2024)
Chapter 44: Plains Border. (10/16//2024)
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