Larry's Travel Itinerary

1946 to 1954 Timeline of: Lawrence “Larry” Millard Hightower’s Wheelbarrow Journey around the world, to set a world record by Holly Beliveau-Hubbard copyright 2014 1946-Washington July 4, 1946 Ellensburg, WA Larry leaves on his journey toward Seattle, WA Started at 1:00PM at Besaw-McKendry Paint Store on Fourth St. in Ellensburg, WA with 150 onlookers cheering. July 5, 1946 Cle Elum, WA Here at 5:55am, 15 hours on his journey July 10th or 11th, 1946 Seattle, WA Larry stays here about a week. Larry crossed the Cascade Mountains via Snowqualmie Pass to Seattle in six days. He left Seattle about 2PM July 16, 1946 for Tacoma next then Portland, then San Francisco. July ? 1946 Puyallup, WA Larry’s wheelbarrow is licensed here (he mounts a small license plate on his wheelbarrow) August ? 1946 Vancouver, WA Larry and his wheelbarrow accrued an hour of flying time (in an airplane), officially logged 1946-Oregon Mon August 19, 1946 Eugene, Oregon Larry is on his 600th mile of his journey Tue August 27, 1946 Roseburg, Oregon (Larry stays here only 24 hours, next Grants Pass, arriving Sat Aug 31, 1946) 1946-California Mon October 7th, 1946 Roseville, California (20 miles NE of Sacramento, next abt 200 more miles to reach San Francisco) Mileage Counter now reads 1,100 miles on journey Mon Nov 1946 Fresno, California (Next Los Angeles) Mileage counter now reads 1,891 miles on journey 1947-Nevada March 8,1947 Las Vegas, Nevada 1947-Arizona April 9, 1947 Tucson, Arizona (next Mexico City, then to St. Louis Missouri) 1947-New Mexico July 3, 1947 Rio Grande, New Mexico (Now on the historic banks of the Rio Grande) July 4, 1947 Radium Springs, New Mexico 1947-Texas Aug 1947 Amarillo, Texas 1947-Missouri November 17, 1947 Adrian, Missouri (MO) Mileage counter now reads 5, 415 miles on his journey Tue December 2, 1947 Jefferson, Missouri (next St. Louis Missouri) Mileage counter now reads 5, 606 miles on his journey 1948-Michigan March 1, 1948 Three Rivers, Michigan Mileage counter now reads 6, 159 miles on his journey Sat March 6, 1948 Ann Arbor, Michigan (Headed Eastward, worn out 11 pairs of shoes and 669 pairs of socks) Fri March 12, 1948 Detroit, Michigan 1948-New Jersey Tue July 13, 1948 Princeton, New Jersey Mileage 7, 381 Larry has worn out 13 pairs of shoes and 696 pairs of socks. His diet is hash brown potatoes and toast (Next to New York) 1948-New York 1949-Texas July 4, 1949 Robston, Texas (next Mexico City) About 10,000 miles on the counter and shows logged 269 schools, 239 radio programs and 16 or 18 TV programs. Larry travels at the cool of the night in Texas. Sat July 30, 1949 Brownsville, Texas (Prior to here Larry was at Raymondville, TX and met with Ben Curry) (This article talks about many states on his journey in order) Mileage counter says over 9, 000 miles. Larry is now age 48. 1949-Mexico City 1950-Utah July 10, 1950 Salt Lake City, Utah Mileage counter now reads 19,055 miles on his journey (Larry has traveled all 48 states now up the Alcan Hwy, Mexico and Guatemala) 1950-Idaho August 10, 1950 Idaho City, Idaho (last week on Hwy in Boise, now heading for Ellensburg, WA by his 50th Birthday) Mileage counter now reads over 19,000 miles on his journey 1950-Washington October 26, 1950 Twin Cities, WA on Pacific HWY (then Olympia, WA) Mileage counter now reads just under 20,000 miles October 1950 Columbia Gorge, Washington (Next Alaska, via Seattle) Mileage counter now reads 19, 876 miles on journey through 48 states, Mexico and Guatemala and Canada October 28, 1950 Chehalis, Washington Mileage counter reads more than 20,000 miles Thur November 16, 1950 Ellensburg, Washington (returned on his 50th birthday to his home town, where he left on his journey Ellensburg, WA) 1951-Washington Feb 1951 Ellensburg, Washington Larry is a chairman of the Mountain Lion Hunting Expedition May 1, 1951 Ellensburg, Washington Larry talks to the Rodeo City Stamp Club Tue at the Roloff residence about his recent trip with his wheelbarrow with photographs of his journey 1952-Washington Tue March 18, 1952 Veterans Hospital in Seattle, WA (Larry is hospitalized with a wrenched knee from the snow) Mileage counter reads 20,204 miles North America, Canada, Mexico and Pikes Peak 1954-Washington Thur July 22, 1954 Moses Lake, WA Larry’s wheelbarrow is stolen in Moses Lake, WA where he lived. On Fri his wheelbarrow is found and returned to him. He says it is worth a million dollars to him for the value.

Broadcasting Telecasting Magazine April 24, 1950 Edition features Larry Hightower

Larry is interviewed by the manager of KDRO Radio in Colorado Springs at the summit in March 1950 his climb took him 5 days from sat March 11th to March 15th wed. Find Larry's story on page 50 of this magazine. Simply highlight file and then right click mouse and go to that page to view. americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1950/BC-1950-04-24.pdf file:///C:/aMERICAN%20RADIO%20HISTORY%20MAGAZINE%20APRIL%2024%201950%20PAGE%2024%20LARRY%20HIGHTOWER.pdf

Washington State Library Tumwater, WA link

http://www.sos.wa.gov/library/aboutus.aspx?c=hours

Larry has a collection from trip at Tumwater Washington State Library

A Collection of Larry's materials to view at the Washington State Library in Tumwater, WA are available to view http://stlow.iii.com/search~S2?/o122264951

Larry sends Earl Coe Secretary of State of WA inf. of his travels

Larry has a collection of his trip he sent home at the Washington State Library http://184.168.105.185/archivegrid/?q=(person%3Acoe+OR+fred)+AND+archivesort%3A%22Washington+State+Library%22&ss=&limit=25