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The inspiration behind the Yellow Brick Road is disputed.

According to local legend, the Yellow Brick Road was derived from a road paved with yellow bricks near Holland, Michigan, where Baum summered.

Yellow Brick Roads can also be found in Aberdeen, South Dakota, Chicago, Liberal, Kansas, Bronxville, New York ( on Prescott and Valley roads ), Albany, Sedan, Kansas Syracuse, and a school in Abington, Pennsylvania and abroad in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Historian John Curran believes the original road was in Peekskill, New York-historical maps show it would have been the quickest routes from docks on the Hudson River to the Peekskill Military Academy Baum attended as a child.