Lincoln Highway Association

WWI-era motorcycles to commemorate 1919 Army convoy at inauguration

James Lin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:07:35 +0000

On Jan. 20, the Wheels Through Time American Transportation Museum in Maggie Valley [North Carolina], will be making history once again — this time, participating in the 2009 Presidential Inauguration Day Parade. During the historic event, the museum will bring a small fleet of WWI era motorcycles to Washington to participate in a procession celebrating the 90th Anniversary of the transcontinental Army motor convoy on the Lincoln Highway in 1919.

Local museum to participate in Presidential Inauguration Day Parade, Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times, January 5, 2009

Obama’s Eisenhower moment

James Lin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:01:36 +0000

Tom Lewis, author of Divided Highways, argues that we should learn the lessons from the story of how Eisenhower created and funded the Interstate Highway System in the 1950s and apply them towards Obama’s economic stimulus program.

[Eisenhower] knew firsthand the need for better roads. As a young lieutenant colonel, he traveled in 1919 over the Lincoln Highway in the Army’s first transcontinental caravan, a journey that lasted 62 days and sometimes required oxen to pull the trucks through mires of mud.

Tom Lewis, Eisenhower’s roads to prosperity, Los Angeles Times, December 26, 2008

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, January 5, 2009

Jersey City cops honor fallen colleagues

James Lin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:48:11 +0000

The Jersey City Police Department held a minute of silence in honor of police officers Robert Nguyen and Shawn Carson, who died in 2005 when they drove off the Lincoln Highway Bridge when the center section was raised. The bridge was renamed after the officers in 2007.

Cops to honor Carson, Nguyen, The Jersey Journal (Jersey City, N.J.), December 24, 2008

Replica apple truck to be put on display next to LH

James Lin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:43:25 +0000

Students from Franklin County Career and Technology Center are building a replica 1920 Selden apple truck, the kind used frequently almost a century ago in agricultural Franklin County.
According to Janet Pollard of Franklin County Visitors’ Bureau, the 1.5 scale truck, when complete, will be displayed somewhere along U.S. 30 as part of the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor’s Heritage Giants project.

Apple truck a symbol of county life, Public Opinion (Chambersburg, Pa.), December 19, 2008

Review: The Ship Inn in Exton, Pa.

James Lin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:39:07 +0000

Town Talk reviews the Ship Inn, a restaurant along the Lincoln Highway in Exton, Pennsylvania that has been at the same location since 1796.

The Historic Ship Inn: Doing Business For Over Two Hundred Years, Town Talk (Ridley, Pa.), December 16, 2008

Sat 1/3: California chapter of LHA meeting

James Lin — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:09:38 +0000

California Lincoln Highway Association
Quarterly Chapter Meeting
Saturday, January 3, 2009 at Noon

Banta Inn
22563 S 7th St
Banta, CA 95376

Clayton Mehring will lead the program, which will be about Lincoln Highway geocaching. What is geocaching? How does it work? You’ll get a chance to try it out. If you have a handheld GPS unit, bring it along! This program is in keeping with our efforts to acquaint a wider range of people with the Lincoln Highway.

Agenda

Recording Secretary for the day
Approve minutes of October 4
Officers’ reports
State director’s report
Project reports
Announcements
- Heritage Preservation League of Folsom is presenting us an award on Thursday, Jan 8 at 5:00pm at the Folsom Museum. All are invited.
Program: Lincoln Highway Geocaching by Clayton Mehring

Our next meeting will be on Saturday, March 21 at the Folsom Museum in Folsom, where we will donate one of our real marker posts to the museum.

11/10: A presentation on the Lincoln Highway in Ohio

James Lin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:18:47 +0000

Join the Osnaburg Historical Society on Monday, Nov. 10, to hear Jim Cassler from the Ohio Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor talk about the historic highway that travels through East Canton and Osnaburg Township.

Osnaburg Historical Society invites public to presentation by Lincoln Highway expert, The Press News (Minerva, OH), October 29, 2008

Tour the Lincoln Highway in Iowa

James Lin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:16:56 +0000

Interested adventure buffs can travel the highway themselves with two upcoming events within about a 45-minute drive from Iowa City.

A Chance to Tour the Lincoln Highway, Iowa City Press-Citizen, October 28, 2008

Rick Sebak’s Lincoln Highway documentary premieres

James Lin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:01:06 +0000

Rick Sebak’s latest documentary, “A Ride Along the Lincoln Highway,” premiered on PBS on October 29. If you missed it, your local PBS station will probably show it again sometime this weekend — be sure to check your local listings. (For example, KQED in San Francisco is showing it tonight at 6 PM and Wednesday at 2 AM.) You also buy it online at Shop PBS.

It made it onto the “must see” list of many newspapers. Here is some of the more notable press coverage:

PBS motors along Lincoln Highway, South Bend (IN) Tribune, October 25, 2008
One street, so many names, Courier News (Bridgewater, NJ), October 26, 2008
Tuned In: In search of the Lincoln Highway, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 26, 2008
Sebak chronicles quintessential cross-country trip, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, October 28, 2008
Soundtrack stands out in Route 30 travelogue, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, October 28, 2008
Beehive State is part of this ‘Ride Along’, Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT), October 28, 2008
A Chance to Tour the Lincoln Highway, Iowa City Press-Citizen, October 28, 2008

And here’s a teaser: