Afternoon with Florida History - Old Dixie Highway

[@darenyoung1872]

Great video

[@williammoore2982]

I remember as a little boy riding with my Daddy from the "Bimini section" the farm community of Flagler Co. to Hasting, Fla. on the old Dixie Hwy. It was in rough condition in the early 60's.

[@talesfromanoldmanpatoneal6372]

I've driven on that road a few times.....takes me back home. I miss Florida ❤️

[@luisfont6468]

Tks buddy.

[@hannahslaughter3495]

Drove this today and love learning the history of Florida.

[@MOASDaytona]

Hannah that's terrific! What did you think of it? Pretty neat to get to witness remnants of this #FloridaHistory in real time.

[@hannahslaughter3495]

@@MOASDaytona I wasn’t prepared for how long the road was! I was surprised at how well the bricks have held up too. I’m a 5th generation Floridian, so I couldn’t help but wonder if any of my relatives traveled on it while the road was active.

[@williammoore2982]

Well done documentary, The late Otis Hunter of Espanola knew a lot about the history of that area and Old Dixie Hwy. He lived right off of that road.

[@buckmartin2525]

I love the old history of Florida. I am just now beginning to look into the old road. I am amazed

[@MOASDaytona]

It's pretty amazing how far back we can look at Florida history. Seeing the remnants from the past in real time is pretty spectacular. Thank you for tuning into our channel. We'll have more Florida History episodes to share soon!

[@MOASDaytona]

Stay tuned, this Wednesday Zach Zacharias will be doing an episode on the Sugarmill Ruins in New Smyrna Beach, FL.

[@rustypugh123]

Love this stuff!

[@JimBailey]

Thank you MOAS that was very interesting. :)

[@newellbate]

Thanks.

[@MOASDaytona]

You're quite welcome!

[@roywhitman7109]

Pretty cool info! I'd searched out & rode portions of The Dixie in Ohio & Kentucky. It pretty much follows the path of today's I 75 in those 2 states using different roads south. You just have to know where to look. Thanks!

[@DefiantOffroad]

I did a video on this a few months ago, and gave you a shout out for having the best rundown of its history.

[@MOASDaytona]

Thank you very much! We really appreciate it!

[@YourOwnAdventure]

This is great. I covered and published the same story without seeing this first and it's pretty amazing how similar they are without any influence. Great minds! Thank you!

[@MOASDaytona]

Wonderful video! Great minds for sure!

[@sunderwood9321]

It was sad when all those big trucks working in the area destroyed a lot of it about 15 to twenty years ago! Really enjoyed this was so amazed to actually drive that , it is bumpy and I went very slow in a cutlass, not realizing it went all the way to Charlie T’s! Pretty amazing! I’m always thinking about the people who built things in history! The things they learned what they ate! What useful things they carried in their pockets! How did they wind up in the place they were! Working in underground utilities in st Augustine, one of the archeologists that usually has to be there was telling me the history of these uniformly cut pieces of round palm tree about 6 or 7 inches tall that they’ve found hundreds of over the years that were used to make roads and walkways!

[@KittyCarson]

That's cool! They were using what they had. Kentucky's early wooden roads were called 'post roads'. They laid entire posts side by side. The large round disks may have actually worked better. But they both sound brutal. 😂😂

[@richierich2534]

There's part of the original Dixie hwy in nort Miami ( arch creek ) right next to the railroad track my dad told he drove on it in the 1950s also the old natural bridge was part of it it collapsed in the 1970s

[@chargermopar]

Now I know where those bricks came from! I found a few of them in a lot I was removing trash from by US-1 in Florida City. Good thing I saved them!

[@MOASDaytona]

Tha'ts great! We're glad the video helped you identify the origin of the bricks. - James "Zach" Zacharias

[@omegaman1409]

Loughman, Fl you can see areas of brick road which looks like once asphalt was paved over but it has wore off exposing the bricks. Looks cool. I know Kissimmee has brick roads but they look more recent.

[@MOASDaytona]

Oh how neat! We'll have to explore those too! Thank you for sharing. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@MOASDaytona]

We'll be featuring another Florida History episode this Wednesday! FYI :)

[@DeezNutz-md5ej]

Were is it in miami florida?

[@MOASDaytona]

This is in Bunnell, FL within Flagler County.

[@af4od02]

What about State Highway 1 that runs east of Milton Florida, that parallels highway 90. It is a well preserved very early brick road. I thought it was created to link the Mobile-Pensacola area with Jacksonville.

[@hoaluong9201]

You try to give the video more brightness it will be great if you do

[@Woody_Florida]

The original US 1 brick road still exists parallel to modern hwy 90 from the Blackwater river and Milton, Fl. north of Pensacola, east for over 5 miles. Built in 1911. It is very cool and in great condition. Much bigger and better condition than this road. There are still houses and driveways on the west end and people still use it.

[@patrickgreen7308]

Old brick road runs along voluisa Ave just pass red john rd It's the old delamd to daytona ave Unless you lived in daytona then it was called daytona to deland Ave

[@smug8567]

How would you like it when you got to Florida it was closed. Roy Wally: Oh They don't close Florida.

[@darenyoung1872]

Not true some of Us 1 is the old dixie highway and in parts of st Lucie aand Vero Beach there is some you can still drive on.

[@deannakershner365]

That must have taken forever to build

[@MOASDaytona]

It was constructed and expanded from 1915 to 1929. Quite a while!

[@leftylou6070]

Excellent! One of the first roads us locals told the yankees to get on and head north. (.................and don't ever come back).

[@lizwildeshow6554]

#MAGA Highway we Love our Forefathers #Dixie

[@darenyoung1872]

Lets leave MAGa out of this history it has nothing to do with it. It has nothing to do with it till Trump made it up.