Dru'yor, J. Alvin (sold)
J. Alvin Dru'yor (August 18, 1903 - April 29, 1990) was an American newspaperman and publisher. Born in Wall Lake, Iowa, Dru'yor graduated from high school in Cherokee, Iowa, after which he attended advertising school in Indiana. He worked for the Cherokee Times and the Elkader Register before moving to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, in 1928 where he purchased the Crawford County Press. He founded the Travelmats Corporation of America in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, in 1948 as a secondary business to the Crawford Country Press, which he sold in 1954 to work full-time at Travelmats to continue to foster its success. He worked at Travelmats until 1972. Dru'yor was a member of the Kiwanis Club, the Masonic Lodge, and the Great River Road Commission, a board member of the Prairie du Chien Foundation and a founding member of the Chamber of Commerce. He married his wife Inez Bock in Tampa, Florida, on February 6, 1928, with whom he had one daughter.
Jimmy Buffett Highway, before he Picked Up a Guitar.
This is a 1960 Travelmats Corporation of America pictorial 'Travel mat' illustrating the Scenic Highway U.S. 1, running from Key West to Jacksonville, Florida. It also depicts State Road A1A, now known as the Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway. (more details)
Promotes high-quality restaurants, motels, and tourist attractions along Highway 301 in Georgia and Florida.
This is a c. 1965 Travelmats Corporation of America pictorial 'Travelmat' illustrating Highway 301 from South Carolina to Florida. The map's coverage along Highway 301 reaches from Summerton, South Carolina to Sarasota, Florida and labels important waypoints throughout. It identifies towns, restaurants, parks, hotels, and motels, offering the traveler useful suggestions regarding stopping points. Some locations features short descriptions and summaries of services available, as well as each location's distance from Summerton. Pictorial vignettes highlight the Edisto Gardens in Orangeburg, South Carolina, Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia, and the Sarasota Jungle Gardens in Sarasota, Florida. A strip inset map situated along the bottom depicts a suggested route from Wilmington, Delaware south to Summerton and provides distances, as well as suggestions for restaurants and motels. (more details)