What Chuck Bryant has said about Horatio Nelson Jackson's 1903 transcontinental drive

3 quotes · 1 episode · Jul 11, 2026

Chuck Bryant, Co-host of Stuff You Should Know, has been quoted on Horatio Nelson Jackson's 1903 transcontinental drive 3 times in 1 episode of Stuff You Should Know, most recently on July 11, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Bryant emphasized that Jackson's trip was unsponsored and assembled in four days, in contrast to corporate teams with advance supplies and mechanics.
“He put this together in four days, including buying the car”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: The First Road Trip (Jul 11, 2026) · Listen from 25:48
Bryant argued that routing north through Oregon to avoid the Nevada desert was the decision that ultimately made the trip successful.
“avoiding that desert, I think, is what ultimately made them successful”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: The First Road Trip (Jul 11, 2026) · Listen from 30:20
Bryant said the pair once had to use the block and tackle 18 times in a single day to pull themselves out of ditches, rivers or mud.
“I think the record was 18 times in a day. They had to use that block and tackle”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: The First Road Trip (Jul 11, 2026) · Listen from 34:59

Selects: The First Road Trip
Stuff You Should Know · Jul 11, 2026 · 50 min
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant recount Horatio Nelson Jackson's 1903 drive from San Francisco to New York, the first cross-country automobile trip in America.