The Ford Model T No. 2 was the first vehicle to cross the finish line

From left: driver Bert Scott and mechanic James Smith were in the second
car to arrive in Seattle, Washington and ultimately win the race.

On June 23, 1909, a Ford automobile arrived in Seattle from New York City in
23 days flat, completing one of the very early transcontinental automobile races
across North America. This Model T Ford arrives first but is later disqualified
because the drivers changed the axle during the race. The winner, the second
to arrive, is a Shawmut. The race was part of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
(A-Y-P).

Initially as many as 35 autos were entered in the race, but when it started in New
York City on June 1, 1909, at 3:00 p.m., the exact moment that President Taft
officially opened the race, only six vehicles crossed the start line. They were an
Itala, Shawmut, Acme, Stearns, and two Model T Fords.

Lindsay Jean Wagner

Lindsay Wagner, best known for her portrayal of Jaime Sommers in the
television series The Bionic Woman (1976-1978 on ABC/NBC), was born
in Los Angeles and later moved with her mother and stepfather to Portland,
Oregon, where she attended David Douglas High School. Wagner furthered
her education at the University of Oregon. Before fame, she modeled prior
to starting her acting career.

Ross Simpson

Clyde Austin Drexler

Drexler is a Hall of Fame guard/forward known as Clyde “The Glide”. He 
won an Olympic gold medal with the legendary Dream Team in 1992; was
selected to 10 NBA All-Star games as a member of the Portland Trail
Blazers and Houston Rockets and won an NBA Championship with the
Rockets in 1995. In his best season came in 1992 with Portland; he
finished second in MVP voting behind the legendary Michael Jordan.

Then attorney Richard Nixon and his bride pose with their newly acquired
marriage license in front of a fireplace at the Mission Inn.

On January 16, 1938, Richard M. Nixon met Thelma C. Ryan, a schoolteacher
who went by the name of ”Pat”, at a rehearsal for a community play in which
they were both acting. The couple were later married in a small ceremony in
the Presidential Suite of the Mission Inn in Riverside, California. With only
family and a dozen friends in attendance, the couple exchanged vows in
front of a Quaker minister and left for a two week honeymoon in Mexico.
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