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Californian's Invention Imposes Order on World: Road Stripe
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Nov 14, 2009
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Californian's Invention Imposes Order on World: Road Stripe
So you know what else they invented in the Coachella Valley besides the date shake? The line down the middle of the road. Coachella Valley historian Pat Laflin says an Indio woman named Dr June McCarroll was the hero of this story.
Dr. June Robertson McCarroll was sick of treating automobile injuries, so she took matters into her own hands.
Dr. June Robertson McCarroll was sick of treating automobile injuries, so she took matters into her own hands.
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Jackson Musker
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So you know what else they invented in the Coachella Valley besides the date shake? The line down the middle of the road. Coachella Valley historian Pat Laflin says an Indio woman named Dr June McCarroll was the hero of this story.

So you know what else they invented in the Coachella Valley besides the date shake? The line down the middle of the road. Coachella Valley historian Pat Laflin says an Indio woman named Dr June McCarroll was the hero of this story.