Monthly Archives: October 2011
Indiana LHA meeting this Saturday at 10:30 am
The Indiana Lincoln Highway Association is holding its fall meeting this Saturday, October 15, 10:30 a.m., at the old Carnegie Library in Goshen. Highway group plans fall meeting, South Bend (Ind.) Tribune, October 14, 2011
DeKalb, IL chicken restaurant clucking for more than 50 years
Lothson’s Karry-Out, which specializes in fried chicken, has been in business in DeKalb, Illinois since 1949. It has been at its current location along the Lincoln Highway since around 1957. DeKalb chicken restaurant still in business after 50 years, Dave … Continue reading
Kearney motel sign returns, but smaller
A replica of the Hammer Motel sign in Kearney, Nebraska, an icon along the Lincoln Highway, is now on display at the Great Platte River Road Archway. Hammer brings Lincoln Highway history to arch, Kevin Hervert, Kearney (Neb.) Hub, October … Continue reading
From herds to highways
Earl Swift, author of The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways, prominently mentions the Lincoln Highway in a BBC News video on the history of roads in the U.S., from … Continue reading
A book of photos along the Lincoln Highway
Eric and Kass Mencher are currently working on a book of photographs along the Lincoln Highway, “the contemporary face of life along a historic road.” They are raising funds to help them complete the book. If you would like to … Continue reading
Norman Root
Norman Root, long-time member of the Lincoln Highway Association, president of the California chapter and past California state director, has passed away. He was also a retired bridge engineer for the California Department of Transportation. Norm will be sorely missed. … Continue reading
Lincoln Highway mural in Oswego, IL honors Boy Scouts
The Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition’s latest mural installation, in the Illinois town of Oswego, pays tribute to the Boy Scouts and their installation of thousands of concrete markers along the Lincoln Highway in 1928. Oswego Lincoln Highway mural honors Boy … Continue reading
Midwest art exhibit includes Lincoln Highway roadside
An art exhibit by William Scarlato, art instructor at Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois, includes a painting of a blue Quonset-hut bar along the Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, Illinois. Art exhibit details rural Midwest, Tamara Browning, The State Journal-Register (Springfield, … Continue reading
Beautifying the Lincoln Highway in South Bend, Indiana
Lincoln Highway Association member Joyce Chambers writes about the beautification project of a railroad viaduct near the Lincoln Highway in South Bend, Indiana. Beautifying an historic highway, Joyce Chambers (letter to the editor), South Bend (Ind.) Tribune, September 26, 2011
A look back at the first cars in Mansfield, Ohio
Bob Carter of the Mansfield News Journal looks back at some of the first cars driven in the Lincoln Highway town of Mansfield, Ohio. Mansfield’s early cruisers, Bob Carter, Mansfield (Ohio) News Journal, September 26, 2011