- [Narrator] Jackson's
quest as well as the intense

publicity surrounding
both the Packard and the

Oldsmobile journeys, had
not only aroused greater

public interest in the
Vermont's progress,

it had spurred the Winton
company into action.

- [Jackson] Darling Swipes,

On our arrival here, I was
much surprised to find a man

from the factory with a
letter congratulating me

and stating that they
were willing to place

men along the line with
supplies at their expense.

- The Winton company
now offered to provide

Jackson with the same financial
support the Oldsmobile

and Packard companies were
giving the other expeditions

but it would also mean
the Winton company
would be in charge

of the rest of the trip.

That evening, in his letter
to Bertha, Jackson revealed

his answer.

- I have informed
them that we have made

the trip so far without
their assistance and thought

that perhaps we two green
horns could do the rest of it.

- "Winton's man", he
added in a telegram

the next morning as
he pulled out of town

with Crocker and Bud, "cannot
understand how we made it."

(light music)

- Following the route of
the Chicago and Northwestern

railroad they sped across
Iowa and Western Illinois

in such a rush that Jackson
didn't even stop to send

telegrams to Bertha
about their progress.

(light music)

- Every where they went, people
turned out to cheer them on.

(banjo music)

- Four days after leaving
Omaha, they pulled into Chicago

where Jackson proudly told
reporters, "We have come to

the conclusion that we can
run our car over any road

that a man can take a team
of horses and a wagon,

providing we can get traction."

"We were honored with
receptions by city official,

automobile dealers and
hero worshipers generally,"

Jackson wrote, "But the
one thought in our minds

was to finish."

- The next day, a caravan
of automobile enthusiasts

escorted them out of Chicago.

Although their departure
was delayed a few hours,

until they could find
Bud, who had wandered off

in the crowd.

They rushed through Hammond
and South Bend, Indiana,

then Toledo, Ohio,

and on the 20th of July the
59th day of their journey,

they were personally greeted
by the Winton company's

advertising manager,
Charles B. Shanks,

who had accompanied Alexander
Winton on his aboarder trip

in 1901.

Then a convoy of cars led them
triumphantly into Cleveland.

- Monday evening.

Darling Swipes, well, old
girl, I have brought the car

to it's birth place and
a great reception it got.

We had quite a
procession into the city.

They are all like a lot of kids.

- Surrounded by reporters who
now hung on his every word,

Jackson sent his chief advice
to anyone trying to make

a similiar trip would be
for them to figure out their

expenses and
multiply that by 20.

(banjo music)

- [Man] The Jackson party
went to the Holland Inn Hotel

for a cleanup and for supper

while the faithful bulldog
mascot, so ugly that he's

handsome, remained in
charge and fought flies

and kept off
inquisitive newsboys.

The Motor Age.