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Hillbilly and Race in the Queen City

21 Sep 202318 Jun 2026
The next city Highway 50 meets heading westward is Cincinnati, Ohio, coined "the queen city" for its sublime features since at least 1819. Highway 50's course through Cincinnati mostly clings…
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Cisco Clifton’s Fillin Station and Utah’s Uranium Boom

5 Jul 202518 Jun 2026
Widespread enthusiasm for America's “Central Pleasure Route” did not endure, as controversy over Highway 50's potential place in the 1956 Interstate Highway System, which offered some communities a Faustian pact…
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“One Must Imagine Sisyphus High on Benzedrine…”

30 Jan 202618 Jun 2026
** Movie spoilers ahead ** 1971’s Vanishing Point, starring Barry Newman and filmed mostly on or near Highway 50, is a nearly-forgotten masterpiece critiquing the counterculture values of the late-hippy…

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  • “One Must Imagine Sisyphus High on Benzedrine…”
  • Cisco Clifton’s Fillin Station and Utah’s Uranium Boom
  • Introduction: The Loneliest Road
  • The Birth of U.S. Highway 50
  • Rural Liberation

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