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In November 2018, a part of El Paso's past returned to the city's streets- the El Paso Streetcar.  Forty-four years after the last streetcar ran on city streets, the city inaugurated a new service. El Paso's first streetcar system began as horse-drawn cars in 1881.  Twenty years later, the first electric streetcars began operation.  The electric cars were operated by the El Paso Electric Railway Company.  At its peak, the El Paso Streetcar system consisted of 64 miles of track running seventeen lines. By the end of the Second World War, El Paso was down to a single line, the line that linked El Paso to Juarez, Mexico.  This line was the only local transit line to serve two different countries.  It was highly popular with tourists and residents of both cities. Well into the early 1970s, the streetcar was a popular option for travel from Juarez to El Paso and vice versa.  Here passengers board in El Paso bound for Juarez.  (Public Domain) The El Pas...

Arizona State Route 71 is a 24.16-mile state highway located in the Wickenburg area.  Arizona State Route 71 begins at US Route 60 in Aguila of Maricopa County and terminates to the northeast at Arizona State Route 89 at Congress Junction of Yavapai County.  The current iteration of Arizona State Route 71 was created during 1936 as part of a proposed extension of US Route 93.  The original Arizona State Route 71 corridor initially spanned between Solomonville to Clifton.  The original Arizona State Route 71 was extended over the Coronado Trail to Springerville during 1928 and was eventually absorbed by an extended Arizona State Route 81 during 1937.  The current Arizona State Route 71 can be seen on the 1951 Gousha Highway Map of Arizona.   The history of Arizona State Route 71 The original Arizona State Route 71 was created by the Arizona Highway Commission along with the initial set of State Highways on September 9, 1927.  The original Arizona S...

Jacksonville was a California Gold Rush mining community located on the Tuolumne River of southwest Tuolumne County.  The original alignments of California State Route 49 and California State Route 120 both once passed through the town site of Jacksonville.  Jacksonville was razed during 1967-71 to make way for the expanded Don Pedro Lake which inundated the town site.  Featured as the cover photo is California State Route 49 and California State Route 120 near Jacksonville as seen in the July/August 1963 California Highways & Public Works.  Below the original alignments of California State Route 49 and California State Route 120 in the Jacksonville area can be seen contrasted to the modern highway alignments.   Part 1; the history of California State Route 49 and California State Route 120 in Jacksonville Jacksonville was a community located on the Tuolumne River in southwest Tuolumne County.  Jacksonville was settled during Spring 1849 by Julian ...