The Mexican Independence Festival in Rochelle, Illinois featured a parade along the Lincoln Highway.
- Weekend festival to feature food, bands and coronation, Rochelle (IL) News-Leader, September 11, 2008
Author: James Lin
Plainfield, Illinois brings history alive in cemetery walk
The Plainfield Historical Society held a cemetery walk to celebrate the town’s history. One of the performances along the walk told the story of the Lincoln-Way Barber Shop, one of many businesses to incorporate "Lincoln" into their names to try to influence officials deciding on the Lincoln Highway’s route.
- History to come alive at cemetery walk, The Herald News (Joliet, IL), September 11, 2008
Annual Lincoln Highway Heritage Festival takes place in Rochelle, Illinois
The 11th annual Lincoln Highway Heritage Festival takes place this year on August 22–24 in downtown Rochelle, Illinois.
Newspaper articles on the festival:
- Parade to kick off with jet fly-over, Rochelle (IL) News-Leader, August 18, 2008
- Enjoy the Lincoln Highway Heritage Festival, Rochelle (IL) News-Leader, August 18, 2008
- Let the fun begin, Rochelle (IL) News-Leader, August 21, 2008
Park Forest, Illinois Historical Society features the Lincoln Highway
The Park Forest Historical Society [in Park Forest, Illinois] will hold kickoff its 2008-2009 program season with a program on the history of the Lincoln Highway.
The event will take place on Sunday, September 14, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. in the Village Board Meeting Room of the Park Forest Village Hall, located in Downtown Park Forest at 350 Victory Drive….
Cynthia Ogorek’s new book, The Lincoln Highway Around Chicago, published by Arcadia in March, will be featured in an "armchair tour" of the Highway from "The Ideal Section" in Schererville and Dyer, IN, to Geneva on the Fox River in Illinois.
- Historical Society to Explore Lincoln Highway, eNews Park Forest (Park Forest, IL), August 17, 2008
Cheyenne, Wyoming starts planning uses for historic ranch
The Belvoir Ranch, a historic ranch which contains vestiges of the original Lincoln Highway, was purchased by the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming in 2003. Cheyenne is now deciding what to do with it. Options range from historic preservation to a wind farm and a landfill.
- Should a landfill go here? Wyoming Tribune Eagle (Cheyenne, WY), August 14, 2008
Ohio township discusses repairing or replacing historic brick road
The trustees of Osnaburg Township, Ohio, discussed what to do with a historic brick section of the Lincoln Highway, which is in serious need of repair.
- Osnaburg Trustees talk about road work, The Press News (Minerva, OH), August 13, 2008
Classic cars tour the Lincoln Highway in Iowa
Some of Iowa’s most historic cars traveled together down one of Iowa’s most historic highways over the weekend, stopping Saturday morning at the Youngville Cafe on Highway 30.
- Traveling the Lincoln Highway: Antique cars follow old Highway 30 route, Cedar Valley Daily Times (Vinton, IA), August 11, 2008
Lincoln Highway Buy-Way roundup
- Van Wert invaded by bargain hunters, The Times Bulletin (Van Wert, OH), August 9, 2008
- The yard sale superhighway, The Lima (OH) News, August 9, 2008
- Lincoln Highway Buy-Way: Businesses busy during huge event, Bucyrus (OH) Telegraph Forum, August 9, 2008
Lincoln Highway garage sale takes place in Indiana
The annual Lincoln Highway garage sales took place on August 9 in downtown Warsaw, Indiana.
- Lincoln Highway Celebration Set Saturday, Times-Union (Warsaw, IN), August 8, 2008
Iowa Lincoln Highway tour begins
A three-day First Inaugural Tour of Lincoln Highway in Iowa began on August 8:
According to State Director of the Iowa Lincoln Highway Association, Jeff LaFollette, this three-day tour has been in the works for the past few years. He said that the purpose of this tour is to promote the Lincoln Highway and to educate people about the road and the surrounding areas.
- Lincoln Highway tour begins, Clinton (IA) Herald, August 8, 2008