Category Archives: General
Lincoln Highway centennial named Top 100 event in 2013
The American Bus Association, a trade association of motorcoach operators and tour companies in the U.S. and Canada, has named next year’s Lincoln Highway centennial as one of its Top 100 events of 2013 in North America. Local Celebration Named … Continue reading
Bernie Queneau visits Lincoln Highway mural featuring himself
Bernard and Esther Queneau recently visited Frankfort, Illinois to see the village’s Lincoln Highway mural. It features four Eagle Scouts on their road trip across the Lincoln Highway in 1928, including a 16-year-old Bernie. Return of the Century: 100-Year-Old Man … Continue reading
Lincoln Highway in the History Channel Magazine
The History Channel Magazine ran an article on the Lincoln Highway in its July/August 2009 issue. The Lincoln Highway, Cathy Madison, The History Channel Magazine, July/August 2009 (published online October 9, 2009)
A Lincoln Highway love story
The Repository of Canton, Ohio has a couple of articles on how the Lincoln Highway brought Bernie and Esther Queneau together. Bernie, who traveled the length of the Lincoln Highway as an Eagle Scout in 1928, just turned 100. Esther … Continue reading
Retracing a 1924 motorcycle trip on the Lincoln Highway
Over the past several weeks, Irv Townshend and his wife Susan drove across the Lincoln Highway, re-creating a trip that Irv’s father took back in 1924 on a Harley motorycle. Read about both the 1924 trip and this year’s tribute … Continue reading
Fording the Lincoln Highway in 1924
The Henry Ford Museum has posted a short film from 1924 on Ford’s celebrating the production of its ten-millionth automobile by driving it across the country on the Lincoln Highway. Thanks to Sarah Uthoff for the tip!
Constructing the Lincoln Memorial
“[The Lincoln Memorial’s] final plans were delayed from 1901 to 1912, during which time many other less costly and more utilitarian proposals came and went. One alternative was a Lincoln highway that would stretch from Washington to Gettysburg.” What America … Continue reading
IMAX movie on historic Indiana roads being filmed
Lori Cravens and Candy Yurcak are creating an IMAX film exploring historic roads in Indiana, including the Lincoln Highway, and why they are worth preserving. The film will be shown at this year’s Preserving the Historic Road conference in September. … Continue reading
Another Lincoln Highway travel blog
Jamie, a blogger from Ohio, has been posting her travels along “the greatest road across the U.S.A.” in her blog, My Lincoln Highway. Currently, her trips have been concentrated in Ohio and Pennsylvania. My Lincoln Highway Hit the road with … Continue reading
Al Jolson’s “Golden Gate”
Singer/songwriter Cece Otto writes about Al Jolson’s 1928 hit single, “Golden Gate,” including a music video (also embedded below). Listen carefully and you’ll hear a couple of references to your favorite coast-to-coast highway. Song of the Week: “Golden Gate”, Cece … Continue reading