Winter 2022 California Chapter Meeting and Officer Elections THIS SATURDAY, January 15, 2022 Sign in starts — 12:30 PM (US Pacific Time) Meeting starts — 1:00 PM (US Pacific Time) Open to the public
The California Chapter of the LHA will have our winter meeting and officer elections online via Zoom. Chapter members without access to a computer or smartphone are still welcome to join us, but will need to ask family or friends to view the meeting on their computer or smartphone.
The meeting will begin this Saturday at 1:00 PM. The host will be chapter president Joel Windmiller and chapter secretary Paulette Johnston, with Jimmy Lin providing Zoom tech support.
Agenda
Officer and Committee reports
Officer elections
Updates on LHA National Conference for 2022 and 2023
The above photo from our fall 2008 Forum shows the Terminus at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. We know this photo is from after 1928 as The Boy Scouts placed the concrete terminus post all across the county in 1928. In 1917 a flag pole was erected to the memory of Betsy Ross, creator of the flag of the United States. We can see the pole and base in the photo above. Attached are two bronze plaques on the side facing the Palace. On the side facing us, the bronze plaque read, “END OF THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY.” In the 1970s, someone removed the flagpole and concrete base and lost the components, until now!
Our attentive members, located in the eastern part of the country, noticed this item for sale and notified our California Chapter of the LHA of its existence. I had the great honor to retrieve the object and save it for the Lincoln Highway Association. Gaze upon the beauty below.
The object is bronze and has been bent slightly on the right side due to being torn off the concrete in the 1970s. There are some etched scratches on the top left from what we believe was a back-hoe pulling it off the base. The bronze has taken on an aged patina since being exposed to the damp San Francisco weather between 1917 and the 1970s. This history makes the object the longest lasting of all the various terminus signs or markers placed at this location.
The photo on the cover of The Forum is seen above with an arrow showing the location of the bronze “END OF THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY” plaque. The bushes behind the flagpole are hiding the fountain, which still stands today. The shrubs have long since been removed.
We took the bronze plaque over to the replica concrete Terminus post, installed in 2002 by the California Chapter of the Lincoln Highway. While all the markers and signs describe this spot as the “Terminus” of the Lincoln Highway, the plaque is the only one that says’s “END OF THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY.”
Fall 2021 California Chapter Meeting: Lunch on the Lincoln 2 Saturday, October 9, 2021 10 am–4 pm Lunch: MUST RSVP BY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7 Open to the public
“In the Barn” at the home of Kristen Dieterich 1395 Orange Hill Lane Penryn, CA 95258 (916) 316-6254 Google Map
Directions: From I-80, take Exit 112 (Penryn Rd), and head north over the freeway. Turn right on Taylor Road (Old US 40/Lincoln/Victory Highways). Turn left on Sisley Road, just past the Valencia Club. Turn left on Orange Hill Lane. Street parking is available (look for parking signs).
Enjoy lunch along the longest section of intact 1916 Lincoln/Victory Highway concrete in Placer County.
10:00–11:30 Meet and Greet
11:30–1:00 Buffet lunch: MUST RSVP BY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7
$15 per person Enjoy lunch in the barn or relaxing by the pond.
BBQ tri-tip and chicken
Green and potato salad
Bread, fruit, dessert
Water, soda, beer & wine
1:00–4:00 Meeting and presentation
Please bring a folding chair – only limited seating available.
Officer and committee reports
Signage and marker updates
Website updates
Presentation: Caldor Fire damage to the Lincoln Highway Pioneer Alignment
Summer 2021 California Chapter Meeting: Lunch on the Lincoln Saturday, July 10, 2021 11:30 AM–3:00 PM Lunch: MUST RSVP BY FRIDAY, JULY 2 Open to the public
Moe Mohanna Event Center 2021 Old Bass Lake Road El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Google Map
Directions: Take US 50 to Bass Lake Road (Exit 32) and head north. Turn left on Old Bass Lake Road, then turn left at the driveway with a row of Italian cypress trees.
Enjoy lunch and the sweeping views of the Sacramento Valley. Explore the longest remaining section of Lincoln Highway concrete in California.
11:30–1:00 Buffet lunch(must reserve by Friday, July 2)
1:00–3:00 Meeting
Officer and committee reports
Updates for National Conference in Illinois and California
Spring 2021 California Chapter Meeting Saturday, April 3, 2021 Sign in starts: 12:30 PM (US Pacific Time) Meeting starts: 1:00 PM (US Pacific Time) Open to the public
The California Chapter of the LHA will have our spring meeting online via Zoom. Chapter members without access to a computer or smartphone are welcome to join us, but will need to ask family or friends to view the meeting on their computer or smartphone.
The meeting will begin at 1:00 PM. The host will be chapter president Joel Windmiller and chapter secretary Paulette Johnston, with Jimmy Lin providing Zoom tech support.
Agenda
Officer and Committee reports
COVID-19 impact on 2022 chapter activities and in-person meetings
Updates on LHA National Conference for 2022 and 2023
Winter 2021 California Chapter Meeting and Officer Elections Saturday, January 9, 2021 Sign in starts — 12:30 PM (US Pacific Time) Meeting starts — 1:00 PM (US Pacific Time) Open to the public
The California Chapter of the LHA will have our winter meeting and officer elections online via Zoom. Chapter members without access to a computer or smartphone are still welcome to join us, but will need to ask family or friends to view the meeting on their computer or smartphone.
The meeting will begin at 1:00 PM. The host will be chapter president Joel Windmiller and chapter secretary Paulette Johnston.
Agenda
Officer and Committee reports
Officer elections
COVID-19 impact on 2021 chapter activities
Updates on LHA National Conference for 2021 and 2022
Fall 2020 California Chapter Meeting Saturday, October 10, 2020 Sign in — 12:30 PM (US Pacific Time) Meeting starts — 1:00 PM (US Pacific Time) Open to the public
The California Chapter of the LHA will have our fall meeting online via Zoom. Chapter members without access to a computer or smartphone are still welcome to join us, but will need to ask family or friends to view the meeting on their computer or smartphone.
The meeting will begin at 1:00 PM. The host will be chapter president Joel Windmiller and chapter secretary Paulette Johnston.
Agenda
COVID-19 impact on LHA activities
Officer and Committee reports
National Conference schedules for Illinois (2021) and California (2022)
No presentation is scheduled, but this might change before the meeting
Summer 2020 California Chapter Meeting Saturday, July 11, 2020 1:00 PM Open to the public
The California Chapter of the LHA will have our summer meeting online via Zoom. Chapter members without access to a computer or smartphone are still welcome to join us, but you will need to ask family or friends if you can view the meeting on their computer or smartphone.
The meeting will begin at 1 PM. The host will be chapter president Joel Windmiller and chapter secretary Paulette Johnston.
Agenda
Updates on what impact COVID-19 has had on LHA activities at the national and local levels
Officer and Committee reports
National Conference schedules for Illinois (2021) and California (2022)
No presentation is scheduled, but this might change before the meeting
A hotel originally built in 1853 with substantial additions including a blacksmith shop in 1863. In the cellar is the famous opening to the Blue Lead Mine. Known early as “3 Mile House” the building has served as a stage coach stop, general merchandise store, hotel, post office and community hall for 135 years. This building is perhaps the best preserved frame structure of its size in the entire Mother Lode. The earliest owner of record was Elihu Meredith who owned hotels in Coloma and on Green Valley Road. According to the Mountain Democrat, this house also served as the voting precinct headquarters from 1854 until after the turn of the century.
The Smith Flat House was the western terminus of California’s first state highway, the Lake Tahoe Wagon Road, which was approved by the state Bureau of Highways in 1895. The Pioneer alignment of the Lincoln Highway traveled past the Smith Flat House in 1913.
