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richlevy · 07-31-2009, 08:03 PM

There are also two roads besides the Expressway and Turnpike leading from Philadelphia to Atlantic City, the Black Horse Pike and the White Horse Pike. I noticed that neither history mentions the origin of the names.

There's even a book about it.

07-31-2009, 08:03 PM	#2
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	There are also two roads besides the Expressway and Turnpike leading from Philadelphia to Atlantic City, the Black Horse Pike and the White Horse Pike. I noticed that neither history mentions the origin of the names. There's even a book about it. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama