{"id":652,"date":"2011-12-01T11:47:33","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T19:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=652"},"modified":"2022-11-13T15:11:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T23:11:50","slug":"the-plank-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=652","title":{"rendered":"The Plank Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Warning: Avoid the plank road. A public warning was issued yesterday by the El Centro branch of the auto club of southern California that travel to Yuma via the plank road is dangerous. . . Parties attempting to travel suffer from thirst and hunger and are sometimes in danger of death as there is little chance of succor arriving unless a call for aid reaches Holtville or Yuma. <\/em>&#8211;Imperial Valley Press, April 29, 1919.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The story of San Diego&#8217;s wooden road across the sand dunes: the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Plank-Road.pdf\">Plank Road<\/a>.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"654\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=654\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/plank1.jpg?fit=776%2C469\" data-orig-size=\"776,469\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"plank1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/plank1.jpg?fit=776%2C469\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-654\" title=\"plank1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/plank1.jpg?resize=559%2C338\" alt=\"\" width=\"559\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/plank1.jpg?w=776 776w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/plank1.jpg?resize=300%2C181 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 10px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandiegoyesterday.com%2F%3Fp%3D652&amp;layout=standard&amp;show-faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:26px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warning: Avoid the plank road. 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