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Dwight Eisenhower, far right, with three unidentified associates, in 1919 during the time the 29-year-old lieutenant colonel, four years out of West Point, participated in a transcontinental military convoy trek. The convoy left Washington, D. C. on July 7, travelled 3,200 miles (half on dirt roads). After nearly 60 days, the convoy entered San Francisco. It passed through the Ames-Boone area on July 25. The route across the U. S. was the Lincoln Highway, a transcontinental route established in 1913. (Photo courtesy of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library)