What Josh Clark has said about Horatio Nelson Jackson's 1903 transcontinental drive

4 quotes · 1 episode · Jul 11, 2026

Josh Clark, Co-host of Stuff You Should Know, has been quoted on Horatio Nelson Jackson's 1903 transcontinental drive 4 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

Clark explained that Jackson bet $50, roughly $1,500 today, that he could drive from San Francisco to New York in 90 days or less, and set out four days later.
“he slapped down a $50 wager that he could make it across the United States from San Francisco to New York in less than 90 days”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: The First Road Trip (Jul 11, 2026) · Listen from 15:53
Clark recounted that a woman on horseback deliberately sent them down a dead end to her family's farm so her relatives could see a car.
“a woman on horseback, who told them to get to the next town they should go down this road. And it dead-ended in her family's farm”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: The First Road Trip (Jul 11, 2026) · Listen from 35:39
Clark said Jackson spent about $8,000 on the trip in 1903, including Crocker's pay, which he equated to $267,000 today.
“It was about $8,000 back in 1903, which is $267,000 today”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: The First Road Trip (Jul 11, 2026) · Listen from 46:27
Clark said the trio reached Manhattan on July 26 after 63 days, 12 hours and 30 minutes, and Jackson never collected on his bet.
“63 days, 12 hours and 30 minutes after they set out from San Francisco, they made it to Manhattan, New York”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: The First Road Trip (Jul 11, 2026) · Listen from 52:34

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.