Lincoln Highway Association

California Chapter meeting on Sat 4/6

Lincoln Highway Association — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:22:43 +0000

Spring 2013 California Chapter Meeting
Saturday, April 6, 2013
12:00 noon–3:00 pm

Bearcat Properties (please bring collapsible chair)
505 Laurelwood Rd
Santa Clara, CA 95054
(408) 727-0779
Google Map

Directions

From I-880, take Exit 7 Montague Expwy, go west
Turn left on Trimble Rd
Turn right on De La Cruz Blvd
Turn left onto Laurelwood Rd
In 0.2 miles, 505 Laurelwood Rd is on the right

Lunch (to go — pick up before the meeting)
Last Chance Restaurant & Deli
3400 De La Cruz Blvd
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Google Map
Menu: sandwiches, salads & pizza

Meeting agenda

Reports from officers, committees, coach tour to SF, signs/monuments
LH 2013 Centennial Tour dinner at California Auto Museum

Presentations (must not miss)

Tour of John Bertolotti’s private auto collection which includes
Henry Joy’s 1914 LH Packard [group photo]

California Chapter meeting on Sat 1/5

Lincoln Highway Association — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 21:11:32 +0000

Winter 2013 California Chapter Meeting
Including Officer Elections
Saturday, January 5, 2013
12:00 noon–3:00 pm

Lorenzo’s Mexican Restaurant
3883 Taylor Rd
Loomis, CA 95650
(916) 652-6218
Google Map

Directions

From I-80, take Exit 109 – Sierra College Boulevard. Turn north onto Sierra College Boulevard.
Turn right onto Taylor Road.
Lorenzo’s is located on the right. Parking is available in front.

Lunch menu

Taco and enchilada bar with non-alcoholic beverage for $10.95

Meeting agenda

officer elections
2013 coach tour and cruise
officers’ & committee reports
online mapping
LH signs
LH 2013 Centennial Tour

Presentations

Chapter historian Gary Kinst will give a presentation on the Lincoln Highway alignment from Sacramento to Verdi, Nevada via Truckee.
If time permits, we will tour several remaining sections of original pavement in Loomis.

1930s gas station in Pennsylvania demolished

Lincoln Highway Association — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 20:10:38 +0000

A gas station built in the 1930s in Ligonier, Pennsylvania was demolished, but not before its owner, the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, salvaged historically significant portions of the building. The organization will use those pieces to reconstruct a front facade of the station at its museum.

1930s filling station demolished, Deborah A. Brehun, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, October 10, 2012

Carl Fisher featured in Illinois LH mural

Lincoln Highway Association — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:30:05 +0000

The Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition has installed a mural in Lynwood featuring Carl Fisher, the father of the Lincoln Highway.

Artist installs historical mural in Lynwood, The Times of Northwest Indiana (Munster, Ind.), October 10, 2012

Cedar Rapids, IA restaurant celebrates 100 years

Lincoln Highway Association — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:41:37 +0000

The Lighthouse Inn Supper Club has been serving meals since 1912, and the Lincoln Highway has played a big part in its success and longevity.

How one Cedar Rapids restaurant survived a full century, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), September 29, 2012

Massachusetts’ Mohawk Trail

Lincoln Highway Association — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:29:22 +0000

Here is another great American road for taking a road trip. The Mohawk Trail in Massachusetts follows an old Native American path and was originally constructed for automobiles in 1914. It is now part of State Route 2.

Driving the Mohawk Trail in Massachusetts, Mark Vanhoenacker, New York Times, October 7, 2012

New Lincoln Highway exhibit in Illinois museum

Lincoln Highway Association — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:51:26 +0000

The Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition has installed a new exhibit on the historic highway in the Joliet Area Historical Museum in Joliet, Illinois.

Popular Joilet museum gets Lincoln Hwy exhibit, Brian Butko, Lincoln Highway News, November 2, 2012

Educating students about the Lincoln Highway

Lincoln Highway Association — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:00:38 +0000

Ronnie O’Brien, Nebraska state director of the LHA and Director of Cultural Education at the Great Platte River Road Archway, is traveling across Nebraska to bring the Lincoln Highway to life to students throughout the state.

Exploring The Lincoln Highway, Beatriz Reyna, KNOP-TV (North Platte, Neb.), September 28, 2012

More about Lincoln Highway in Fort Bridger, WY

Lincoln Highway Association — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 05:44:10 +0000

Virginia Giorgis, editor of the Bridger Valley Pioneer, writes about the history of Carter Avenue in Fort Bridger, Wyoming, which she says was part of the Lincoln Highway through town.

Frankly speaking Carter Avenue takes its name from history, Virginia Giorgis, Bridger Valley Pioneer (Lyman, Wy.), September 21, 2012

Photos of Lincoln Highway bridge construction in Canton Township, Ohio

Lincoln Highway Association — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:48:06 +0000

The Repository of Canton, Ohio has a photo gallery of the reconstruction of the Lincoln Highway/State Route 172 bridge over railroad tracks in Canton Township, Ohio. The bridge is scheduled to reopen in December 2012.

Photo Gallery: Lincoln Highway gets a big bridge over RR, Stan Myers (photographer), The Repository (Canton, Ohio), September 21, 2012