Real yellow brick roads There are various accounts of what inspired the yellow brick road. One account says it is a brick road in Peekskill, New York, where L. Frank Baum attended Peekskill Military Academy. Other accounts say it was inspired by a road paved with yellow bricks near Holland, Michigan, where Baum spent summers. Ithaca, New York, also makes a claim for being Frank Baum's inspiration. He opened a road tour of his musical, The Maid of Arran, in Ithaca, and he met his future wife Maud Gage Baum while she was attending Cornell University. At the time, yellow bricks paved local roads. Portions of U.S. Route 54 within the state of Kansas have been designated "the yellow brick road". Dallas, Texas makes a claim that Baum once stayed at a downtown hotel during his newspaper career (located near what is now the Triple Underpass) at a time when the streets were paved with wooden blocks of Bois D'Arc also known as Osage Orange. Supposedly, after a rainstorm the sun came out and he saw a bright yellow brick road from the window of his room.
Real yellow brick roads There are various accounts of what inspired the yellow brick road One account says it is a brick road in Peekskill New York where L Frank Baum attended Peekskill Military Academy Other accounts say it was inspired by a road paved with yellow bricks near Holland Michigan where Baum spent summers Ithaca New York also makes a claim for being Frank Baum's inspiration He opened a road tour of his musical The Maid of Arran in Ithaca and he met his future wife Maud Gage Baum while she was attending Cornell University At the time yellow bricks paved local roads Portions of US Route 54 within the state of Kansas have been designated "the yellow brick road" Dallas Texas makes a claim that Baum once stayed at a downtown hotel during his newspaper career (located near what is now the Triple Underpass) at a time when the streets were paved with wooden blocks of Bois D'Arc also known as Osage Orange Supposedly after a rainstorm the sun came out and he saw a bright yellow brick road from the window of his room