The Iowa Lincoln Highway Association is bringing the first ever 2008 Motor Tour through Woodbine for lunch from 12:30-1:45 pm, August 10.
- Brick Streets pave the way to Woodbine, Logan (IA) Herald-Observer, August 6, 2008
Month: August 2008
Ohio residents get ready for Buy-way
With 350 yard sale events in its first year in 2005, the [Lincoln Highway Buy-Way] had 750 sales last year in Ohio and Indiana. This year, residents of Illinois will also join in the buy-way.
- Lincoln buy-way sales begin Thursday, Bucyrus (OH) Telegraph-Forum, August 5, 2008
Movie which takes place along the Lincoln Highway debuts in Gettysburg
John Putch’s low-budget "Route 30", which has three interconnected stories taking place along the Lincoln Highway from Chambersburg to Gettysburg, premiered at Stony Brook Film Festival in New York on July 19. It will be screened in Gettysburg on September 27.
- John Putch’s ‘Route 30’ set for area debut in Gettysburg, Public Opinion (Chambersburg, PA), August 4, 2008
Log cabin moves to new home
A 161-year old log cabin in Schererville, Indiana moves to its new home in Scherwood Park, crossing the Lincoln Highway along the way.
- Historic log cabin becomes modern-day ‘mobile home’, The Post-Tribune (Merrillville, IN), August 2, 2008
Van Wert, Ohio at the center of two highway garage sales
One of the very rare times that it has happened, the Lincoln Highway Buy-Way yard sale and the U.S. 127 Corridor Sale will be taking place on the same weekend this year and Van Wert is the only place in the country where these two sales intersect.
Van Wert at crossroads of highway garage sales, The Times Bulletin (Van Wert, OH), July 30, 2008
Small airport along the Lincoln Highway has its charm
The Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, located along the Lincoln Highway in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, still has a genteelness lacking in most airports.
- Come for the football, stay for the food, "Blog ‘n’ Gold" blog of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 29, 2008
Lincoln Highway car show held in Nebraska
Describing Shelton’s Lincoln Highway Festival and Car Show on Sunday as "cool" wouldn’t have been very accurate.
"Mellow," on the other hand, fit it to a T.
- Shelton festival offers place for enthusiasts to show off classic cars, The Grand Island (NE) Independent, July 27, 2008
Bucyrus Public Library holds sale with Lincoln Highway Garage Sale
The Friends of the Bucyrus Public Library in Bucyrus, Ohio sponsored a book sale, bake sale and treasure sale in conjunction with the Lincoln Highway Garage Sale.
- Briefs: Library sale set for Aug. 7 to 9, Newspaper Network of Central Ohio, July 28, 2008
Historical society formed in New Oxford, PA
The recently formed New Oxford Historical Society lives in a town known for its antiques, and one 10 miles down the Lincoln Highway from one of the nation’s most historic battlefields.
- In New Oxford, ‘sleuths’ preserve history by forming society, The Evening Sun (Hanover, PA), July 27, 2008
Bicyclist riding to Tijuana to raise awareness of lung diseases
Mark Junge, who rode his bicycle across the country on the Lincoln Highway in 2004, is currently bicycling from San Francisco to Tijuana. He suffers from a lung ailment that forces him to use a portable oxygen system.
- Bicyclist riding to Tijuana to raise awareness of lung diseases, San Mateo County Times (San Mateo, CA), July 24, 2008