Nevada

NEVADA	Pop. 2,668. Alt. 996	Control, Intersection Lincoln Way and Main Street.
Marshalltown 28.3	Carroll 78.1	Two hotels, 3 garages. Local speed limit, 20 miles per hour. Three banks, C&NW and CRI&P Railroads. Viaduct over CRI&P and underground crossing under C&NW railroad, three miles east. Express company, telephone company, 2 newspapers. Community Club. Camp grounds.
Gravel		L.H. Local Consul, E.T. Alderman.

- A Complete Official Road Guide of The LINCOLN HIGHWAY Fifth Edition (1924)

East of Nevada.
If you take the Shady Point turn-off from U.S. Highway 30 and trace the original Lincoln Highway, you'll find yourself on this road, which eventually comes back around to reconnect to U.S. 30 four miles west of Niland's Corner in Colo. This road is now on private property.

East of Nevada.
Just before rejoining U.S. 30 on the south side of the underpass, travelers will notice on the south side of the narrow two-track dirt road this homemade concrete marker, clearly an indication of the importance of the highway in those days.

East of Nevada.
Just out of frame to the right, U.S. Highway 30 comes through the east-west railroad underpass in generally the same direction as the coal cars. The original Lincoln Highway had been running west and rejoins it at that point. U.S. 30 then makes a steep ascent in a wide curve to come around to the west. However, the Lincoln originally continued on due west across the creek. Remnants of the concrete bridge are scattered in the vicinity of its original location, about where you see the reflection of the trestle between the tallest trees.

Nevada.
"There probably is no town in Iowa, or any other state for that matter, which retains its appreciation of the Lincoln Highway more than Nevada. In 1994 they had their eleventh consecutive observance of 'Lincoln Highway Days,' highlighted by a parade that took nearly two hours to pass. The Lincoln Highway Days Committee won the LHA's Meritorious Achievement Award, the association's highest honor." Greg Franzwa, The Lincoln Highway: Iowa, 1995.

"...the Lincoln Highway approach on the west side of town is very bad. There are scores of complaints, and there is danger of serious damage to cars. Recently a man living west of town nearer this place than Ames, found the Lincoln Highway impassible for heavy trucking and he went clear to Ames to buy a bill of lumber to build a barn. He wanted to come to Nevada, he says, but when he had the time to erect the barn he couldn't get here, so had to go somewhere else."

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Nevada