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What the Lincoln Highway can teach voters and politicians

Lincoln Highway Association — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:53:50 +0000

In an opinion column for Vinton Today, Dean Close writes about how the Lincoln Highway was created and what it can teach today’s voters and politicians. What the Lincoln Highway has to teach presidential candidates – and voters, Dean Close, … Continue reading →

Marion, IA shopping center will get a makeover

Lincoln Highway Association — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:12:37 +0000

A shopping center in Marion, Iowa, at the southwest corner of 35th Street and 7th Avenue, will be completely rebuilt and named Lincolnview Square in honor of the Lincoln Highway, although at that point the historic highway is several blocks to the south.

Makeover coming for Marion Shopping Center, Dave DeWitte, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), November 4, 2011

1915 Lincoln Hotel still serving guests in Iowa

Lincoln Highway Association — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:13:14 +0000

The Lincoln Hotel, built in 1915 on the Lincoln Highway in Lowden, Iowa, is now a charming bed-and-breakfast.

Five-room hotel keeps old-time charm, Bill Wundram, The Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa), October 30, 2011

Niland’s Cafe reopens

Lincoln Highway Association — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:00:49 +0000

Niland’s Cafe, at the intersection of the Lincoln and Jefferson Highways in Colo, Iowa, reopened in July. LHA member Sandra Huemann-Kelly operates the restaurant and the adjacent Colo Motel.

Niland’s Café: Back in business in Colo, historic spot features dining, motel, Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa), October 30, 2011

Crescent, IA monument to Lincoln Highway and veterans nears completion

Lincoln Highway Association — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:00:50 +0000

The Old Lincoln Highway Veterans Monument Park in Crescent, Iowa, built with the help of countless volunteers, is nearly done. Crescent finishing monument park, Mike Brownlee, The Daily Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa), republished by the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald, October 10, … Continue reading →

Proposed interchange would spare Youngville Cafe

Lincoln Highway Association — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:00:45 +0000

As part of the widening of US 30, the Iowa Department of Transportation is proposing a new interchange where it intersects US 218. The design spares the Youngville Cafe, a Lincoln Highway landmark, but changes its access from US 30 to a driveway off of US 218.

Odd interchange design would spare iconic cafe, David DeWitte, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), September 21, 2011

DeWitt, Iowa hub along the Lincoln Highway gains new businesses

Lincoln Highway Association — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:00:03 +0000

The important intersection of 10th Street (the Lincoln Highway) and 6th Avenue (old US 61) in DeWitt, Iowa has gained two new businesses.

DeWitt hub gains new action, Doug Schorpp, Quad City Business Journal (Davenport, Iowa), September 18, 2011

Installation of Iowa Lincoln Highway byway signs is complete

Lincoln Highway Association — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:00:47 +0000

New “Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway” signs have now been installed all along the Lincoln Highway in Iowa.

Lincoln Highway history gets a lift, David DeWitte, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), September 2, 2011

From the Netherlands to the Lincoln Highway

Lincoln Highway Association — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:00:08 +0000

Harold de Bock, who lives in the Netherlands, is starting a trip riding a motorcycle across the Lincoln Highway from Indiana to Wyoming.

From Netherlands to tour the Lincoln Highway, Brian Butko, Lincoln Highway News, August 30, 2011

Iowa Lincoln Highway Motor Tour stops in Youngville

Lincoln Highway Association — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:00:03 +0000

Vinton Today has written about the Iowa Lincoln Highway Motor Tour’s stop in Youngville. The uncredited music accompanying the slideshow at the bottom of the article is “Goin’ all the Way On the Lincoln Highway” by Buddy Nutt (thanks to Brian Butko).

Traveling down the Lincoln Highway — Annual Tour stops at Youngville, Vinton (Iowa) Today, August 30, 2011