In 1903, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson, a wealthy doctor with a love for cars, made history by becoming the first person to drive across the United States in an automobile — a 63-day, 5,000-mile journey from San Francisco to New York in a 20-horsepower Winton touring car, accompanied by mech
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