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  1. Horatio Nelson Jackson - Wikipedia

    Horatio Nelson Jackson (March 25, 1872 – January 14, 1955) was an American physician, Army medical officer, businessman, and automobile pioneer.

  2. Watch Horatio's Drive | A Film by Ken Burns - PBS

    Ken Burns and Florentine Films put viewers in the front seat of Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson's historic — and hilarious — journey to be first person to cross the United States...

  3. The Coast-to-Coast American Road Trip Is 120 Years Old

    May 26, 2023 · In 1903, Horatio Jackson and Sewall Crocker became the first people ever to drive a car from one side of the United States all the way to the other.

  4. Vermonter Horatio Nelson Jackson First to Take Auto Trip Across …

    Exhibit at the National Museum of American History recreating H. Nelson Jackson’s first successful North American transcontinental automobile trip in a 1903 Winton touring car, the …

  5. Horatio's Journey - The Historical Marker Database

    Apr 28, 2021 · In the spring of 1903, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson became the first person to cross the United States in a car, following portions of what is now US 30 in Idaho and Wyoming. Dr. …

  6. Horatio Nelson Jackson – U.S. Highway 50

    Dec 31, 2017 · At the beginning of any cross-country road trip, it is only right to recognize the first person who drove a car across the United States: Horatio Nelson Jackson. That’s him at the …

  7. Horatio Nelson Jackson (1872 - 1955) - Genealogy - Geni.com

    Aug 16, 2023 · Horatio Nelson Jackson (March 25, 1872 – January 14, 1955) was a physician and automobile pioneer. In 1903, he and driving partner Sewall K. Crocker became the first …

  8. Horatio Nelson Jackson - The World Journal

    Aug 8, 2024 · Horatio Nelson Jackson was not one of those people. Born in 1872, he earned his medical degree at the University of Vermont in 1893. In 1899 he married Bertha Richardson …

  9. This Place in History: Dr. H. Nelson Jackson

    Jan 12, 2017 · Learn about Burlington native Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson's 1903 cross-country venture at This Place in History! Did you know the first transcontinental road trip was made by …

  10. Horatio Nelson Jackson - Wikiwand

    Horatio Nelson Jackson (March 25, 1872 – January 14, 1955) was an American physician, Army medical officer, businessman, and automobile pioneer.

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