Category Archives: Iowa
Marion, IA shopping center will get a makeover
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 … Continue reading
1915 Lincoln Hotel still serving guests in Iowa
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
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, … Continue reading
Crescent, IA monument to Lincoln Highway and veterans nears completion
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
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 … Continue reading
DeWitt, Iowa hub along the Lincoln Highway gains new businesses
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
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
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
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 … Continue reading
Le Grand, IA celebrates Pioneer Days
Le Grand, Iowa celebrated its 12th Annual Pioneer Days festival, including the arrival of the Lincoln Highway Tour of classic cars. Le Grand lives it up for Pioneer Days, Andrew Potter, Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa), August 28, 2011