5 Minutes With Jim, Episode 97

It was an era of unprecedented opportunity, for those with vision, with passion, and with ambition. The world’s largest manufacturer of household items such as birdcages and ice boxes transformed into the manufacturer of luxury automobiles. Twin brothers manufactured violins and launched a photographic empire before turning their attention to steam cars. Opportunity and innovation were the order of the day when the world stood poised between the stirrup and the throttle. 

This weeks program is sponsored in part by Roadrunner Lodge in Tucumcari, New Mexico, a near perfect blending of the past and present, a living time capsule where the traveler is assured a restful night’s sleep after an adventuresome day on Route 66 and through the magic of crowdfunding - www.patreon.com/jimhinckleysamerica