Original song from the album 'Folk Songs of the Coachella Valley'.
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Centerline is a song about the invention of the line down the middle of the road and is a Riverside County landmark. Partial Plaque Inscription: An encounter with a large truck on a narrow road in 1917 resulted in her Model T abandoning the road for a sandy ditch. This led Dr. June to the idea that a white stripe painted in the center of the road would make automobile travel safer. She personally painted the first known stripe in California on Indio Boulevard, then part of highway 99, during 1917. A letter writing campaign initiated by the Indio Women's Club eventually led to adoption of the practice by the California Highway Commission in 1924. Music and lyrics: John Malcolm Penn, © Radio Flyer Music