The Mohawk Trail, a scenic motorway, was first traveled by Native Americans, among them the Kanien’kehaka (Mohawk,) and later by European settlers and their descendents. It was designated a scenic route in 1914. Roads like the Mohawk Trail fed a back-to-nature movement while allowing turn-of-the-20th century Americans to indulge their growing love affair with the automobile. The Whitcomb Summit house was a popular stop on the Trial. The travelers in this postcard take advantage of the tri-state view and gift shop. A hurricane claimed the store and restaurant in 1938, and a new motel, the Blue Vista Motor Lodge was built on the spot in the 1960s.