Indianapolis -- Crawfordsville -- Covington -- ( Danville, Illinois); State 34.

Indianapolis to Illinois Line, 83.4 m.

Hard-surfaced road throughout. The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis R.R. parallels the route. Accommodations at frequent intervals; hotels chiefly in cities.

State 34, a direct route between Indianapolis and Danville, Illinois, passes through agricultural and dairy country. For the first 40 miles, the land is level and rich; numerous groves break the monotony of the prosperous pastoral landscape. In the western half of the route (nearly to the Illinois Line) the countryside is rolling, more heavily wooded, most beautiful in the summer when iris grows in profusion along the roadside. The level fields of the extreme western section are planted to corn and wheat, and stock raising is carried on extensively.

INDIANAPOLIS, 0 m. (750 alt., 386,972 pop.) (see Indianapolis). Indianapolis is at the junction with US 31 (see Tour 16), US 36 (see Tour 7), US 40 (see Tour 8), US 52 (see Tour 18), State 29 (see Tour 17A), and State 37 (see Tour 19).

SPEEDWAY CITY, 5.7 m. (816 alt., 2,325 pop.), is the home of the INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY (see Indianapolis), scene of the annual 500-mile International Sweepstakes automobile race. The town was laid out in 1912 by Carl Fisher, James T. Allison, and Frank H. Wheeler, with the stipulation that no land ever be sold or rented to one of Negro blood, and that no Negro own or operate a business within the city. Many streets are named for makes of cars, such as Cord Auburn, and Ford.

Most of the local workers, as well as many Indianapolis citizens, are employed by Speedway City factories. Plants include those of the Prest-O-Lite Storage Battery Company, American Art Clay Company, Esterline-Angus Company, Electric Steel Castings Company, and Allison Engineering Company. The latter plant is an important unit in the manufacture of airplane motors for the United States Army.

The SPEEDWAY GOLF COURSE (public; 75¢ weekdays, $1 Sun., holidays) is one of Marion County's longest 18-hole courses.

At 8.7 m. is a junction with the Girls' School Road (graveled).

Left on this road is the INDIANA GIRLS' SCHOOL (R), 0.1 m., a school of correction for girls between 10 and 18. The institution consists of 10 cottages, a hospital, a school, and numerous auxiliary buildings, on a 250-acre tract.

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