Eric and Kass Mencher’s project to publish a photography book on the Lincoln Highway raised just over $2,600, meeting its fundraising goals and allowing them to more fully round out their collection of photographs. Their next steps are to create a book prototype and get a publisher in time for the highway’s centennial in 2013.
Previous coverage: A book of photos along the Lincoln Highway, October 10, 2011
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 to the south.
Chris Plummer, a long-time supporter of the Lincoln Highway and a past president of the Lincoln Highway Association, has passed away. This is a great loss. Our condolences go out to his friends and family.
The Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition’s traveling exhibit on the Lincoln Highway is currently in the Village Hall in Oswego, Illinois until the end of December.
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 Nebraska History Museum recently acquired a radiator emblem which advertises the Lincoln Highway.
The Kearney Hub is looking forward to the Lincoln Highway’s centennial in 2013, when the city of Kearney, Nebraska hosts the Lincoln Highway Association’s annual conference.
LHA member Jim Bevins talks about the work to get the Indiana portion of the Lincoln Highway designated as a state byway.
Jenny Bennett, a writer and editor whose blog Endless streams and forests covers the outdoors from multiple perspectives, is now writing about the Lincoln Highway. You can follow her posts specific to the Lincoln Highway at the link below.
Several Republican senators, arguing that spending for “transportation enhancements” should be cut, exaggerated and misrepresented some projects that have received such funding, including the Lincoln Highway Roadside Museum in Pennsylvania.