Daily Archives: October 21, 2007
Lincoln Highway news in Ohio
From the DailyRecord.com – “Lincoln Way Elementary School gained distinction for its heritage on the Lincoln Highway Friday, earning a proclamation from the mayor of Wooster and an official replica of the historical markers that lined the original 1928 route.”: … Continue reading
Lincoln Highway news in Pennsylvania
LHA PA Director Olga Herbert has been busy – read about her plans for the enhanced PA Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor HQ site, from the Pittsburgh Tribune Review: http://xrl.us/6yrj And the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor wins a 2007 Arthur St. … Continue reading
Chester, Pennsylvania
The East Liverpool Review did a story on the Chester – Lincoln Highway bridge during the first week of August. It’s not on-line. Anyone have a copy? Here’s the Save-A-Landmark page on the Chester’s world’s biggest teapot: http://www.yorktownsquare.com/2007/09/shoe_house.php and at … Continue reading
Books on the Lincoln Highway
John & Lenore Weiss have a new books out about a triangle road trip in Illinois covering Route 66, the Lincoln Highway and the Dixie Highway. More information is at their website: http://www.il66authority.com/ Read a review at Route66News.com. Michaels Wallis … Continue reading
The Lincoln Highway did not “open” in 1913
Lots of sites listed September 10, 1913 as the opening of the Lincoln Highway with inaccurate text such as, “1913 – The Lincoln Highway opened, becoming the first paved coast-to-coast highway in the United States. It is now known as U.S. … Continue reading
The Lincoln Highway in the New York Times
The New York Times Archive 1851–1980 is now online, with many old articles scanned and accessible as PDF files. There are many articles on the Lincoln Highway starting with the 1912 Hoosier Tour. I created a search for the Lincoln … Continue reading
Reprocessing the Association’s archives
Kathleen Dow, of the Special Collection Library at the University of Michigan, which holds the archives of the original Lincoln Highway Association writes: In addition to the completion of the Digital Image Archive, I also wanted to let you all … Continue reading
Military Vehicle Preservation Association convoy
The Military Vehicle Preservation Association (MVPA) will be sponsoring a 2009 Transcontinental Convoy to commemorate the 1919 Army Convoy on the Lincoln Highway. The Lincoln Highway Association (LHA) is partnering with the MVPA to provide assistance with this venture. You … Continue reading
Lincoln Highway Postcards
In late August and early September 2007, WQED producer Rick Sebak, intrepid cameraman Bob Lubomski and the multi-talented Jarrett Buba are gathering material for a new PBS [TV] program on the history and enduring charms of America’s first transcontinental paved … Continue reading