Gilbreath, William

Businessman and former Army Captain, Gilbreath was instrumental in the development and promotion of the north-south Dixie Highway. The Highway, begun in 1915, had two routes, a Western Division that carried travelers from Chicago, Illinois, into the south via Indianapolis, Indiana, Nashville, Tennessee, and Atlanta, Georgia; and an Eastern Division that had its northern-most terminus in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, with a route running through Detroit, Michigan, Toledo and Cincinnati, Ohio, and Lexington, Kentucky, with the southern terminus in Miami Beach, Florida.

From the description of Dixie Highway scrapbooks and photograph albums, 1915-1917. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 81283931