It is a 27-mile drive to the top of Mt. Lemmon transporting drivers from the desert floor to the pine forest at the top. Tucsonans have several names for the winding road. The most popular names are Catalina Highway and Mt. Lemmon Highway. But the actual name of the road is General Hitchcock Highway, in honor of Frank Harris Hitchcock.

Construction on Hitchcock's highway to Mt. Lemmon began in 1933. They even built a prison camp on the mountain, using prisoners to help construct the highway.

The General Hitchcock Highway was finished in 1950, 17 years after construction began.

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