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California’s Lincoln Highway in Hamilton’s Road Maps

Lincoln Highway Association — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:24:33 +0000

Steve Haughey has uploaded maps of what would become the Lincoln Highway in California from the 1914 Hamilton’s Illustrated Auto Road Map, which you can think of as a combination of AAA TripTik strip maps and Google Street View. You can also buy large-format prints of the maps through Zazzle.

Lincoln Highway Route in California, as illustrated by Hamilton Auto Atlas by Steve Haughey

Lincoln Highway through El Cerrito, CA

Lincoln Highway Association — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:43:20 +0000

Rich Bartke, president of the El Cerrito Historical Society, writes about the Lincoln Highway and its route through El Cerrito, California, north of Oakland. The road has a long history, known as El Camino Real during the Spanish colonial period.

First Trans-U.S. Highway Ran Through El Cerrito, Rich Bartke, El Cerrito (Calif.) Patch, December 28, 2011

Lincoln Highway around Donner Summit

Lincoln Highway Association — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:35:56 +0000

Paul Harrar writes about the collection of historic Lincoln Highway photos at the University of Michigan, in particular the highway around Donner Summit.

The Lincoln Highway around Donner Summit, Paul Harrar, Loving Nevada County, December 1, 2011

Dublin, CA to install Lincoln Highway signs

Lincoln Highway Association — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:31:26 +0000

The city of Dublin, California is planning to install four Lincoln Highway signs along Dublin Boulevard, which was the Lincoln Highway’s alignment through the city. The cost of buying and installing the signs will be covered by the Dublin Historical Preservation Association.

Dublin Boulevard to Showcase Historic Lincoln Highway, John M. Zukoski, Around Dublin (Dublin, Ca.), November 30, 2011

Folsom, CA honors man who brought historic bridge back

Lincoln Highway Association — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:06:11 +0000

The city of Folsom, California has dedicated the 1893 Folsom Historic Truss Bridge after Donald Alden, who spearheaded efforts to have the bridge returned to the city after it sat in Siskiyou County from 1931 to 2000. The bridge carried Lincoln Highway traffic until it was bypassed by the adjacent Rainbow Bridge in 1917.

City honors man who engineered historic truss bridge’s return, Laura Newell, The Folsom (Ca.) Telegraph, November 30, 2011

Owner of Duarte’s Lincoln Highway Garage dies

Lincoln Highway Association — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:23:41 +0000

This article was written by Michael Kaelin, recording secretary of the California Chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association.

Francis “Frank” H. Duarte passed away on November 22, 2011. He was the last business owner of the iconic Duarte’s Lincoln Highway Garage in Livermore, California.

Frank was born in 1915, the year of the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, a magnet destination and banner year for development of the early Lincoln Highway.

Frank had just turned 96, and had returned to Livermore in 2008 from Applegate, where he had retired in 1977. He had owned and managed Duarte’s Garage since his discharge from the Army Air Corps in 1945. Previously, he started working for his father, Frank, at the garage in 1934, later enlisting as an aircraft mechanic in 1939.

Mr. Duarte is survived by 2 nieces, Kathy Erickson of Scottsdale, Arizona and Donna Kosch of Everett, Washington. Services for him on December 14 were private, and Frank was interred at St. Michael Cemetery in Livermore. Donations in his name may be made to the Duarte Garage Museum, now operated by the Livermore Heritage Guild.

Coincidentally, the California Chapter is holding its winter quarter meeting at Duarte’s Garage on January 7, 2012. It will be a joint meeting with the Livermore Heritage Guild after a luncheon at Beebe’s Restaurant at the Livermore Golf Course.

Travel blog on the Lincoln Highway from Truckee to Salt Lake City

Lincoln Highway Association — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:16:05 +0000

P. Grover Cleveland, a landscape photographer and history and travel buff, is writing about his trip along the 1913 alignment of the Lincoln Highway from Truckee, California to Salt Lake City on his blog, Camera and Pencil in the Mountains. His posts are full of photos, tips, and GPS waypoints.

Lincoln Highway posts, P. Grover Cleveland, Camera and Pencil in the Mountains

TruckeeDave on the Lincoln Highway

Lincoln Highway Association — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:12:04 +0000

“TruckeeDave” has two blogs, CorduroyPlanet on Blogger and CorduroyPlanet on Tumblr, where, among other topics, he writes about the Lincoln Highway, especially in California. One of his entries includes a proposal for the Amgen Tour of California bicycle race to have a Lincoln Highway leg in 2013, the highway’s centennial.

Lincoln Highway posts on CorduroyPlanet on Blogger
Lincoln Highway posts on CorduroyPlanet on Tumblr, including bicycle race proposals

Petroglyphs and graffiti at Donner Pass

Lincoln Highway Association — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:00:22 +0000

Donner Pass, along the Lincoln Highway, is home to two impressive displays of rock art: ancient petroglyphs and modern graffiti.

Rock art, Willie Albright, Reno News & Review, October 6, 2011

Norman Root

Lincoln Highway Association — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:37:47 +0000

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.

Long-time LH fan and researcher Norm Root, Brian Butko, Lincoln Highway News, September 29, 2011.