Rename Dixie Highway? Some wanted to call it ‘The Cotton Belt Route’ or other wordy names back in 1914

A page from a January 1915 copy of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper shows an article about the then-upcoming meeting in Chattanooga, Tenn., of the governors of several states in which the proposed “Hoosier-Land to Dixie” Highway would run through. The route would later come to be known as the Dixie Highway. (newspapers.com/newspapers.com)