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Mapping the Lincoln Highway through the Utah desert

Lincoln Highway Association — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:09:41 +0000

The Desert Research Institute, part of the Nevada System of Higher Education, has precisely mapped the Lincoln Highway through the Utah desert west of Salt Lake City.

Be sure to check out their photo tours of the 1913 and 1919 routes. It takes a little while to load, and there is no indication that a tour is loading, so be patient.

Thanks to Rachel Quist for the tip!

Lincoln Highway — Through the Great American Desert, Desert Research Institute

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

Fish Springs threatened by proposed aquifer pumping

Lincoln Highway Association — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:21:10 +0000

The future of Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge is potentially threatened by Southern Nevada Water Authority’s bid to pump water from the Snake Valley Aquifer, which feeds the springs, to Las Vegas. Fish Springs was an important stop along the Lincoln Highway.

An Oasis Under Threat, Sarah Miley, Tooele (Utah) Transcript Bulletin, May 12, 2011

A bicycle race lays the groundwork for the Lincoln Highway

James Lin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:53:57 +0000

The route for a coast-to-coast bicycle race in 1896 eventually led to the routing of the Lincoln Highway, and later Interstate 80, through Salt Lake City. Living History: Big Bill’s bicycle set the course for the freeway, Salt Lake Tribune, … Continue reading →

Lincoln Highway buff writes book on Mormon Trail

James Lin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:54:34 +0000

Gregory Franzwa, LHA member and editor of The Lincoln Highway Forum, releases a new book on the Mormon Trail.

Pioneer pathways — Enthusiast’s guidebook offers adventures for present-day travelers, Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT), July 22, 2008