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	Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway
		The Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway was conceived in 1913 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (U.D.C.).
		The memorial was justified on the basis that Jefferson Davis, as U.S. Secretary of War before the Civil War, had obtained appropriations and directed surveys for wagon roads and railroads to the North Pacific Coast.
		The Jefferson Davis Highway directors are doing constructive work in every state, and patriotically the women of the United States feel that nothing could tend to the greater unity and understanding of the people than that two transcontinental highways should be named for the two great leaders of the critical period of American history.
	www.fhwa.dot.gov /infrastructure/jdavis.htm (2413 words)

	Jefferson Davis Highway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway designation name was originally intended to be used on a nationwide highway early in the 20th century, as part of the National Auto Trail movement.
		The Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway was conceived in 1913 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (U.D.C.).
		Another monument marking the northwestern terminus of the Jefferson Davis National Highway was unveiled near the Peace Arch at Blaine, Washington in the northwestern U.S. near the border with Canada.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jefferson_Davis_Highway (573 words)

	Vancouver
		The concept of a Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway was presented and adopted at the UDC general convention in 1913.
		Davis made it mandatory for all surveys be done by the new geodetic method which provided a higher degree of accuracy by taking the curvature of the earth into account.
		The Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway 99 and markers are to honor all of Mr.
	www.seattleudc.org /markers.htm (541 words)

	U.S. Highway system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The major routes were named for American Presidents ; for example the Lincoln Highway ran from New York City on the Atlantic coast to San Francisco on the Pacific; the Jefferson Highway from New Orleans north to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
		The Jefferson Davis Highway ran from Washington, DC to Blaine in Washington State near the border with Canada.
		Such obsolete highway names survive only in scattered locations in the United States, mostly on old highway routes that have been bypassed by later larger highways and now are used mostly by local traffic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_highway (737 words)

	Jefferson Davis Highway Out West
		Soon after plans for the transcontinental Lincoln Highway (which became one of the most successful “auto trails) were announced in 1912, the southern ladies of the United Daughters of the Confederacy countered with a plan of their own for a southern “coast to coast rock highway” to honor their president.
		Once highways were brought under the umbrella of state and federal governments and were given their numbers it was more difficult to hang onto the names, especially in “foreign” territory so far from the source of the inspiration.
		The backers of the Jefferson Davis Highway had petitioned, as had other trail organizations, to be given just a single highway number for their route so that it wouldn’t be divied up between several of the new US Highways.
	www.livinggoldpress.com /jeffdavis.htm (960 words)

	Discovery of Jefferson Davis Highway outrages lawmaker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Jefferson Davis was the first and only president of the Confederate States of America.
		Highway 99, which used to be called U.S. 99 and is now Washington 99, once ran the length of the state from Oregon to Canada.
		The United Daughters of the Confederacy established the Jefferson Davis Highway in 1913 as a chain of highways.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/55734_highway24ww.shtml (366 words)

	Happy Birthday Jefferson Davis -- Johnson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Jefferson Davis was born on June 3, 1808, in the Kentucky Derby State of Kentucky.
		Jefferson Davis, who would become the first and only President of the Confederate States of America, was a strong Unionist and also a strong defender of the United States Constitution.
		It is written that, upon entering Davis' sick room, Cooper burst into tears and threw himself on his knees in prayer that God would spare the life of his old master and bless the Davis family.
	www.americasvoices.org /avarc2002/archives2002/JohnsonC/JohnsonC_060302.htm (794 words)

	Jefferson Davis Monument, Fairview, Kentucky
		The Jefferson Davis Highway snakes around the corridors of power in suburban Washington, DC, and sculptures and statues of the man adorn various places from Stone Mountain, Georgia to the University of Texas in Austin.
		The Davis monument was conceived in 1907, at a reunion of the Orphan's Brigade of the Confederate Army.
		According to some Confederate nationalists, the Jefferson Davis Highway is "the largest monument to an American," covering 3,417 miles and traversing 13 states.
	www.roadsideamerica.com /attract/KYFAIdavismonument.html (797 words)

	Horror: Jefferson Davis Highway in Washington State
		In 1939-40, markers were placed at each end of old Highway 99 naming the road Jefferson Davis Highway in honor of the president of the Confederacy.
		Jefferson Davis was the only president of the Confederate States of America.
		He had heard Jefferson Davis mentioned so often that he decided that Davis was a good name and chose it for himself.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/615669/posts (2416 words)

	From the Associated Press
		Gardner defended Davis, saying he accomplished good deeds as a soldier, U.S. Senator and Secretary of War before he led the South in the Civil War.
		Jefferson Davis highway markers were originally placed in Vancouver, at the southern end of Washington, as well as Blaine.
		Davis was arrested and jailed after the South lost the Civil War, but was never charged with treason.
	www.sierratimes.com /02/03/05/dxap030502.htm (632 words)

	The Jefferson Davis Highway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In 1939 the section of Highway 99 that ran from the southern border of Washington State at Vancouver, up to Blaine on the northern border of the state, was named for the President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis.
		The Jefferson Davis Highway stood to honor this famous American, from that day until Friday February 15, 2002, when the Washington State House of Representatives unanimously voted to recommend to the state Department of Transportation that the highway be renamed.
		However, the point we should not miss is that there was a time that many Americans, who were not living in the South, felt that Jefferson Davis, and the people that he led were worthy of remembrance.
	www.whitefuture.com /html/jdhiway.html (786 words)

	Stormfront White Nationalist Community - Jefferson Davis highway in Washington state-changing the name; multicultural ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		OLYMPIA -- In 1939-40, markers were placed at each end of old Highway 99 naming the road Jefferson Davis Highway in honor of the president of the Confederacy.
		Jefferson Davis was the only president of the Confederate States of America.
		In 1939-40, markers were placed at each end of old Highway 99 naming the road Jefferson Davis Highway in honor of the president of the Confederacy.
	www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=11071 (1558 words)

	Davis, Jefferson on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Marine Sgt. Jefferson Davis at the recruiting office in Mission Viejo, California.
		A mother and daughter walk past the monument to Confederate heroes, which was erected by the Daughters of Confederacy on Jefferson Davis Day in 1900.
		Medical student Glenda Wrenn Davis, center, is a fourth-year medical student at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in May, 2004.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/DavisJ1e.asp (501 words)

	Supplemental (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The on-ramp to the airport viaduct is located directly to the south of the property and several restaurants are located adjacent and north of the property.
		Zoning Ordinance Section 34.G.1 permits in the "C" districts, three (3) signs for each tenant, up to a maximum total area of sixty (60) square feet per tenant, or a total sign area of one (1) square foot per linear foot of the tenant’s frontage, whichever is greater.
		The final design of the Sign Plan consistent with this approval, including the precise locations, size, materials and the method of illumination shall be subject to prior approval by the County Manager or his designee prior to the issuance of any sign permit.
	www.co.arlington.va.us /Departments/CountyBoard/meetings/1999/99_3_13/6.B2.htm (1697 words)

	Fallen Heroes of Operation Enduring Freedom - Listed by date
		Davis died in Korengal Outpost, Afghanistan (near Kunar Province), when he came in contact with indirect fire while on patrol during combat operations.
		Davis was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York.
		Davis died in Kandahar, Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive device detonated underneath his HMMWV during ground assault convoy operations.
	www.fallenheroesmemorial.com /oef (12878 words)

	Horror: Jefferson Davis Highway in Washington State
		But the exaggerated rumors of his mistreatment by Nelson Miles while Davis was held at Fortress Monroe changed the image of Davis among white Southerners from a hated incompetent to a martyr to the Lost Cause.
		Johnson knew a military trial would make Davis a martyr, but Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, who was reponsible for the Fourth Circuit, refused to hear cases while Virginia was still under the military government and not until the writ of habeas corpus was restored.
		Towards the end Davis was detested, members of his cabinet refused to speak to him, Robert E. Lee was approached about a military takeover.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/615669/posts?page=76 (6003 words)

	Jefferson Davis corridor continues rebound
		Also known in Chesterfield as Jefferson Davis Highway or the “Pike,” Route 1 was lined with all the things travelers needed.
		It’s been a long fight, but the Jefferson Davis corridor is finally coming back to life.
		Smaller businesses are now thriving at the Jefferson Davis Enterprise Center, an incubator project hosted by the Jefferson Davis Association (JDA), a nonprofit group comprised of area residents and business owners working to revitalize the area.
	www.countyobserver.com /archives/sep03/htmfiles/9-03-jeffdaviscorridor.htm (770 words)

	Directions to DTIC HQ
		Continue south, past Pence Gate (the main Belvoir gate), until Jefferson Davis Highway intersects with the Fairfax County Parkway (Route 7100) and turn right onto the parkway.
		Continue south, past Pence Gate (the main Belvoir gate), until the Jefferson Davis Highway intersects with Fairfax County Parkway (Route 7100) and turn right.
		Metrobus route 9A (Richmond Highway line) provides service to the HQC and runs between the Pentagon Metro station and the Lorton Virginia Railway Express (VRE) station.
	www.dtic.mil /dtic/directions.html (746 words)

	Nicholas Strakon on renaming the Jefferson Davis Highway
		Even with all his pre-war Whiggery aside, Jefferson Davis fails definitively as an "absolute hero" because he was the head of a nation-state, and, as if that weren't bad enough, head of one that sank ever deeper into Consolidation and War Socialism as its struggle for existence dragged on.
		But in the historical context in which he actually found himself, Davis was moving in the right direction, and in that crucial respect he stood up against Whiggery and its Unstoppable Locomotive of History, against the over-inflated moribund de-republicanizing imperial republic that Abrahamus Cæsar and the Lincolnites stood for.
		If Jefferson Davis is admirable as a foe of the imperial Union, his name ought not decorate one square inch of its "public" territory.
	www.thornwalker.com /ditch/lights117.htm (1206 words)

	Happy Birthday Jefferson Davis -- Johnson
		Jefferson Davis' last marriage was a wonderful one to Varina, who gave her husband two sons and two daughters (Jefferson, Margaret, Winnie and Billy).
		The Davis family prayed that he was well and did well in his life.
		There are few people who have touched so many as did Jefferson Davis.
	americasvoices.org /avarc2002/archives2002/JohnsonC/JohnsonC_060302.htm (794 words)

	PLA0808 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The expectation was that these upgrades would enhance the remaining retail and also help create more of a connection with the 23rd Street South businesses located to the west across Jefferson Davis Highway.
		The developer was able to increase the street level retail by moving a loading dock and converting that space for retail purposes.
		The second larger sign, measuring 145 square feet, would be located at a height of 35 feet on the wall facing South Clarke Street and the Jefferson Davis Highway frontage.
	www.co.arlington.va.us /Departments/CountyBoard/meetings/2000/2000_1_29/6.A1.htm (2831 words)

	Jefferson Davis marker will rise again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A controversy over an old memorial to Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Peace Arch State Park has prompted the state to move the marker, but it won't be dumped as some lawmakers and civil rights activists wanted.
		In 1941, with blessings from state officials, the United Daughters of the Confederacy dedicated state Route 99 to Davis by placing the marker in Blaine, where the road originally began before Interstate 5 was built.
		Dunshee introduced a bill to remove the marker and rename the highway after a fl Union soldier; the measure died last week.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/62430_jeffdavis15.shtml (590 words)

	More Travels With Betty and Sally, Part 8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Interestingly in these politically correct days, this part of I-10 is known as the Jefferson Davis Highway.
		The highway signage does not pay homage to the Mississippian and former president of the Confederacy.
		The Jefferson Davis monument is in a prominent place.
	home.att.net /~nolantravels/travels8.html (1570 words)

	placemarkers
		The monument was dedicated December 6, 1975 by the Jefferson Parish Historical Commission.
		This marker, located in the median of Huey P. Long Avenue between 1st and 2nd Streets in Gretna, was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy to mark Jefferson Davis Highway, a nation-wide project, in honor of Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States of America.
		This plaque, purchased by the Jefferson Parish Historical Commission in 1984, commemorates the 100th anniversary of Gretna as the seat of government of Jefferson Parish.
	www.jeffersonhistoricalsociety.com /placemarkers.htm (570 words)

	Iowa History Timeline: Important Dates, Events, and Milestones
		James Baird Weaver of Bloomfield (Davis County, Iowa) was a Civil War general, a congressman, an historian, a lawyer, and a leading temperance orator.
		Carolyn Pendray was the first woman elected to either house of the Iowa legislature, and she was elected to the House in 1928 and the Senate in 1932.
		Viola Babcock Miller, as Secretary of State, was responsible for the founding of the Iowa Highway Patrol, one of the first such agencies in the nation.
	www.e-referencedesk.com /resources/state-history-timeline/iowa.html (4046 words)

	HeraldNet - DAVIS HIGHWAY : Legislator making a fuss over nothing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		I am not an admirer of the Confederacy or Jefferson Davis but I doubt that a piece of engraved stone, that most people are unaware of, has had or will have any affect on the citizens of this state.
		The highway is part of our history whether the name is politically correct or not.
		Dunshee's "outrage," desire to bury history, his threat to illegally remove the monument and to possibly serve jail time is more of an embarrassment than that chunk of stone will ever be.
	www.heraldnet.com /stories/02/1/30/15086587.CFM (241 words)

	Directions to NSBA
		After coming off of the exit ramp, you will be on Jefferson Davis Highway/Route 1 South.
		Continue on Jefferson Davis Highway, which will bear Left at one point, going over a bridge, and then it will bear Right.
		Jefferson Davis Highway will then become North Henry Street.
	www.nsba.org /site/view.asp?CID=1508&DID=33879 (833 words)

	The Jefferson Davis Funeral Train Story By
		That (It) is the Jefferson Davis Highway in memorial to a
		Jefferson Davis was born on June 3, 1808, in Christian
		The funeral of Jefferson Davis was no simple affair.
	www.knowsouthernhistory.net /Articles/People/jefferson_davis_funeral_train.html (586 words)

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