'State Highway Commission of Kansas--History'

"Bad roads and good spirits will never be found together" was a saying in the early twentieth century. In 1915, Kansas had more than 111,000 miles of roads, the second largest mileage after Texas, but less than 100 miles were considered improved roadways. In 1917, the newly established Kansas Highway Commission was in the driver's seat to modernize the "bad roads."  Read the KGI Blog, on the State Highway Commission of Kansas' early years, written by Donna Casement,  provided by the State Library of Kansas' KGI Online Library...