We are going to have a party - a toast to the road. We're having a birthday cake and punch, tours of the Old State Capitol building and speeches from various dignitaries whom we have invited, including the governor, if he can make it. And everyone is invited.

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Most states along the route required trees to be sawed off even with the ground. Illinois allowed the foresters to leave a stump no higher than 15 inches. The big freight wagons were able to clear the stumps, but the smaller farm and family wagons had to steer around them.

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