Looking at a regular (current day!) map won't give you an answer. For one thing, not all of the 50 states were states then. It might help, or not. I see which one I missing after looking at the colony map. Ah.

Not counting the noon or midnight, but only the crossings in between: 10 Spoiler: 1:05:27 2:10:54 3:16:21 4:21:49 5:28:16 6:32:43 7:38:11 8:43:38 9:49:05 10:54:33

Yesterday's question kind of threw me for a loop. There were auto manufacturers that used assembly line processes before Ford and I knew Ransom Olds did. I took the term literally and thought maybe the answer was supposed to identify the person who thought up the process. No worries..... I know the Volkswagen was created in Germany and that Hitler was involved in the design. I'm probably wrong but sticking with my answer.

Not Ford? Ok, then Benz rather than add a post. Wow, I would never have guessed that person to be the first assembly line operations! This post was edited by rob333 on Tue, Apr 15, 14 at 8:21