LHA member Jim Bevins talks about the work to get the Indiana portion of the Lincoln Highway designated as a state byway.
- Group pleased by designation honoring Lincoln Way, Matt Fritz, The Herald Argus (LaPorte, Ind.), November 2, 2011
Month: November 2011
Outdoors blog covers the Lincoln Highway
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.
- Lincoln Highway, Jenny Bennett, Endless streams and forests
GOP senators misrepresented transportation spending
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.
- Fact Check: GOP lawmakers spin funding tall tales, Joan Lowy, The Associated Press (re-published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution), October 30, 2011
1915 Lincoln Hotel still serving guests in Iowa
The Lincoln Hotel, built in 1915 on the Lincoln Highway in Lowden, Iowa, is now a charming bed-and-breakfast.
- Five-room hotel keeps old-time charm, Bill Wundram, The Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa), October 30, 2011
Lincoln Highway Association is now on Google+
Niland’s Cafe reopens
Niland’s Cafe, at the intersection of the Lincoln and Jefferson Highways in Colo, Iowa, reopened in July. LHA member Sandra Huemann-Kelly operates the restaurant and the adjacent Colo Motel.
- Niland’s Café: Back in business in Colo, historic spot features dining, motel, Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa), October 30, 2011
A history of New Jersey highways
Eric Model of New Jersey Newsroom writes about the history and evolution of New Jersey highways. The Lincoln Highway is barely mentioned, but this topic is interesting in its own right.
- N.J. highways as history and archeology, Eric Model, New Jersey Newsroom (Montclair, New Jersey), October 27, 2011
Group raises money to extend Ligonier Valley, PA trail over creek
The Ligonier Valley Trail, which runs near the Lincoln Highway in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, is raising funds to extend the trail over Mill Creek. Donations are being matched $1 for $1 through the end of the year.
- Ligonier Valley trail group seeks money quickly to span creek, Jewels Phraner, Ligonier (Pa.) Echo, October 27, 2011
Coffee shop in Van Wert, OH preserves a bit of Americana
Balyeat’s Coffee Shop, on the Lincoln Highway in Van Wert, Ohio, has been serving up authentic American cuisine since 1922.
- Americana preserved in Van Wert, Dan Neman, The Blade (Toledo, Ohio), October 25, 2011