General Roy Stone and The New York Times

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General Roy Stone and The New York Times

2009-09-24
By The Rambler
Series: FHWA Highway History Website Articles

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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
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Weingroff, Richard F.
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
Abstract:

On October 3, 1893, General Roy Stone opened the Office of Road Inquiry (ORI) in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He had a $10,000 budget and one employee, a stenographer. His modest agency grew into the Federal Highway Administration, while his work to convince America that it needed good roads led, after many a twist and turn, to the Eisenhower Interstate System. Even so, General Stone is best known today because of his important role in the Civil War. Many Civil War histories mention him, often in considerable detail. Visitors to Gettysburg National Military Park can walk along Stone Avenue, named after Major Roy Stone to commemorate his heroic efforts on the first day of battle, July 1, 1863, when he and his new Pennsylvania Bucktails held off the oncoming Confederates while Union reinforcements rushed to the battlefield. After the war, General Stone lived in western New York with his wife Mary and two children before moving to New York City. He became a prominent New Yorker who often was called on for challenging assignments and big projects. As a result, his name appeared often in The New York Times. These references provide a unique look at General Stone’s life, particularly his life between the Civil War and the ORI, to supplement the biographical information in the Highway History page’s “Portrait of a General” at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/stone.cfm
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