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2012 Lincoln Highway Conference on Facebook

Lincoln Highway Association — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:44:34 +0000

Just a reminder that you can follow the 2012 Lincoln Highway National Conference on Facebook for up-to-date information.

Bob Lichty at the Packard Museum on February 18

Lincoln Highway Association — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:02:44 +0000

Bob Lichty, past president of the Lincoln Highway Association and former board member of the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, will be speaking at the National Packard Museum in Warren, Ohio on February 18, 2012 from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon, on The Lincoln Highway Revisited.

For more information on the National Packard Museum, visit its website at packardmuseum.org.

Gas and oil boom fills up vintage motor inn

Lincoln Highway Association — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:58:27 +0000

Palmantier’s Motel, a vintage motor inn near Minerva, Ohio on the Lincoln Highway, is experiencing a boom in business because of a renewed interest in oil and natural gas drilling in eastern Ohio.

Gas, oil boom boosts real-estate markets, Edd Pritchard, The Repository (Canton, Ohio), December 19, 2011

Historic Vermillion Institute in Hayesville, OH to be restored

Lincoln Highway Association — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:28:38 +0000

The Vermillion Institute, built in 1846 in Hayesville, Ohio, has been bought by a historic preservation consulting group and will be restored. It originally housed a college and later a high school, but it has been vacant since 1929. The building is at the corner of Main Street (Lincoln Highway) and College Street.

Preserving the past: Consulting firm restoring former Vermillion Institute, Sarah Gordon, Ashland (Ohio) Times-Gazette, December 21, 2011

2012 National Lincoln Highway Conference in Canton, Ohio

Lincoln Highway Association — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:36:56 +0000

Two organizations will join forces to showcase Ohio’s portion of America’s first coast-to-coast road next June. The Ohio chapters of the national Lincoln Highway Association and the official Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway are planning to bring over 200 visitors to the McKinley Grand Hotel in Canton, Ohio for a week of lectures, seminars, day-long road trips, banquets and other evening activities, all draped with the theme of Pathways & Presidents and celebrating the Lincoln Highway.

The annual conference is held each year somewhere along the corridor from New York to San Francisco. This last summer, Lake Tahoe dazzled attendees with their local culture and history, and two years ago Dixon, Illinois, birthplace of Ronald Reagan, hosted the week-long conference.

The conference will begin Monday, June 18, providing something for everybody. Plans are for a special welcome reception open to anyone wishing to have answers about the historic road, and there will be a special Marmon automobile exhibit one day of the conference. Attendees are from all over the United States and the world, and usually leave with much more knowledge of the early automobile era and this famous highway, and about this area of the country.

According to conference organizer Jim Cassler, there will be additional tours focusing on Ohio’s Amish Country, a train trip on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad and a trip to the National Packard Museum in Warren, Ohio honoring Lincoln Highway co-founder, Henry Joy, who was also president of Packard Motors. Presidential activities will include Canton’s First Ladies National Historic Site, while a trip to Marion will highlight Warren Harding’s involvement in the early highway.

Anyone interested in learning more may visit www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org or www.historicbyway.com for general history of the highway. You may follow breaking information on Facebook as well. Registration information will be available there at a later date.

Contact: Mike Hocker, Executive Director
Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway
www.historicbyway.com
Voice: (419) 468-6773
Fax: (419) 468-5139
email: info@historicbyway.com

Founder of Convoy, OH and western end of Lincoln Highway in Ohio commemorated

Lincoln Highway Association — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:38:53 +0000

The gravesite of Robert Nesbitt, founder of the village of Convoy, Ohio, has been recognized as an Ohio Historical Marker. The back of the marker commemorates the western terminus of the Lincoln Highway in Ohio.

Nesbitt grave recognized as Ohio Historical Marker, Kirk Dougal, The Times Bulletin (Van Wert, Ohio), November 7, 2011

“Fogeyisms” along the Lincoln Highway

Lincoln Highway Association — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:33:08 +0000

Fogeyisms, a blog by Terry Wolf of Ohio, has blogged about some of his travels along the Lincoln Highway. Start with the link below, and then click on “Newer Post” at the bottom of the post to view his articles.

The Lincoln Highway Revisited, Terry Wolf, Fogeyisms, November 4, 2011

Coffee shop in Van Wert, OH preserves a bit of Americana

Lincoln Highway Association — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:54:19 +0000

Balyeat’s Coffee Shop, on the Lincoln Highway in Van Wert, Ohio, has been serving up authentic American cuisine since 1922.

Americana preserved in Van Wert, Dan Neman, The Blade (Toledo, Ohio), October 25, 2011

Celebrating the Lincoln Highway in Canton, Ohio

Lincoln Highway Association — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:08:29 +0000

Jim Cassler talks about the Lincoln Highway Trading Post, the online store for Lincoln Highway merchandise, and next year’s LHA convention in Canton, Ohio.

Postcard from Canton: Celebrating the Lincoln Highway, Gary Brown, The Repository (Canton, Ohio), October 16, 2011

2012 LHA Conference in Canton

Lincoln Highway Association — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:00:45 +0000

The Ohio chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association and the Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway will be hosting the 2012 Lincoln Highway Association conference in Canton, Ohio, for a week beginning Monday, June 18.

2012 Lincoln Highway conference in Canton, Brian Butko, Lincoln Highway News, October 11, 2011