WEBVTT 00:02.769 --> 00:05.038 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - [Narrator] Jackson's quest as well as the intense 00:05.038 --> 00:07.040 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% publicity surrounding both the Packard and the 00:07.040 --> 00:09.743 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Oldsmobile journeys, had not only aroused greater 00:09.743 --> 00:13.079 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% public interest in the Vermont's progress, 00:13.079 --> 00:16.916 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% it had spurred the Winton company into action. 00:17.851 --> 00:20.153 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - [Jackson] Darling Swipes, 00:20.153 --> 00:24.024 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% On our arrival here, I was much surprised to find a man 00:24.024 --> 00:27.527 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% from the factory with a letter congratulating me 00:27.527 --> 00:29.396 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and stating that they were willing to place 00:29.396 --> 00:33.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% men along the line with supplies at their expense. 00:35.035 --> 00:36.569 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - The Winton company now offered to provide 00:36.569 --> 00:39.973 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Jackson with the same financial support the Oldsmobile 00:39.973 --> 00:43.877 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and Packard companies were giving the other expeditions 00:43.877 --> 00:47.247 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% but it would also mean the Winton company would be in charge 00:47.247 --> 00:49.949 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% of the rest of the trip. 00:49.949 --> 00:53.653 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% That evening, in his letter to Bertha, Jackson revealed 00:53.653 --> 00:54.587 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% his answer. 00:55.989 --> 00:57.991 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - I have informed them that we have made 00:57.991 --> 01:01.961 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the trip so far without their assistance and thought 01:01.961 --> 01:06.132 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that perhaps we two green horns could do the rest of it. 01:08.168 --> 01:10.270 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - "Winton's man", he added in a telegram 01:10.270 --> 01:12.272 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the next morning as he pulled out of town 01:12.272 --> 01:16.443 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% with Crocker and Bud, "cannot understand how we made it." 01:17.977 --> 01:20.480 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (light music) 01:22.449 --> 01:24.517 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - Following the route of the Chicago and Northwestern 01:24.517 --> 01:28.021 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% railroad they sped across Iowa and Western Illinois 01:28.021 --> 01:30.757 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% in such a rush that Jackson didn't even stop to send 01:30.757 --> 01:34.928 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% telegrams to Bertha about their progress. 01:34.928 --> 01:36.663 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (light music) 01:36.663 --> 01:40.834 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - Every where they went, people turned out to cheer them on. 01:41.868 --> 01:45.772 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (banjo music) 02:07.160 --> 02:10.630 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - Four days after leaving Omaha, they pulled into Chicago 02:10.630 --> 02:13.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% where Jackson proudly told reporters, "We have come to 02:13.533 --> 02:16.870 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the conclusion that we can run our car over any road 02:16.870 --> 02:19.772 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that a man can take a team of horses and a wagon, 02:19.772 --> 02:22.342 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% providing we can get traction." 02:23.943 --> 02:26.779 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% "We were honored with receptions by city official, 02:26.779 --> 02:30.216 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% automobile dealers and hero worshipers generally," 02:30.216 --> 02:33.353 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Jackson wrote, "But the one thought in our minds 02:33.353 --> 02:34.621 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% was to finish." 02:37.390 --> 02:40.793 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - The next day, a caravan of automobile enthusiasts 02:40.793 --> 02:43.062 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% escorted them out of Chicago. 02:43.062 --> 02:45.999 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Although their departure was delayed a few hours, 02:45.999 --> 02:48.301 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% until they could find Bud, who had wandered off 02:48.301 --> 02:49.402 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% in the crowd. 02:51.771 --> 02:54.440 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% They rushed through Hammond and South Bend, Indiana, 02:54.440 --> 02:56.709 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% then Toledo, Ohio, 02:56.709 --> 03:00.647 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and on the 20th of July the 59th day of their journey, 03:00.647 --> 03:02.749 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% they were personally greeted by the Winton company's 03:02.749 --> 03:05.919 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% advertising manager, Charles B. Shanks, 03:05.919 --> 03:08.788 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% who had accompanied Alexander Winton on his aboarder trip 03:08.788 --> 03:09.622 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% in 1901. 03:12.325 --> 03:16.496 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Then a convoy of cars led them triumphantly into Cleveland. 03:20.066 --> 03:21.668 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% - Monday evening. 03:21.668 --> 03:26.005 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Darling Swipes, well, old girl, I have brought the car 03:26.005 --> 03:30.076 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to it's birth place and a great reception it got. 03:31.344 --> 03:33.780 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% We had quite a procession into the city. 03:33.780 --> 03:36.449 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% They are all like a lot of kids. 03:39.519 --> 03:43.122 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - Surrounded by reporters who now hung on his every word, 03:43.122 --> 03:45.825 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Jackson sent his chief advice to anyone trying to make 03:45.825 --> 03:48.027 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% a similiar trip would be for them to figure out their 03:48.027 --> 03:50.797 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% expenses and multiply that by 20. 03:52.765 --> 03:55.268 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (banjo music) 03:59.172 --> 04:01.708 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - [Man] The Jackson party went to the Holland Inn Hotel 04:01.708 --> 04:03.776 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% for a cleanup and for supper 04:03.776 --> 04:07.247 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% while the faithful bulldog mascot, so ugly that he's 04:07.247 --> 04:11.017 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% handsome, remained in charge and fought flies 04:12.385 --> 04:15.221 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and kept off inquisitive newsboys. 04:16.122 --> 04:17.290 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% The Motor Age.