Meet the American who invented the motor home
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Roland R. Conklin, a NYC financier, introduced the motor home, outwitting Henry Ford and other industry titans to tame America's wild roads of the early 20th century.
"This transport was a marvel of technology and chutzpah." Conklin helped build Cuba's transportation network after the U.S. victory in the Spanish-American War. The drudgery that Conklin's team and only a select few others ever experienced changed the course of American transportation. "As soon as motorized cars came along, people found ways to bring the comforts of home with them." "The road is in my DNA." — RV enthusiast John Ratzenberger Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
Conklin introduced in 1915 the first full-scale motor home, dubbed the "Gypsy Van." He then led a crew of eight on a spirited cross-country tour aboard the tricked-out Packard pick-up truck, from Huntington, Long Island, to the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco.
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