Cecelia Otto writes about her experiences at this year’s Lincoln Highway Association Annual Conference in South Lake Tahoe.
- Final day of the conference, June 23, 2011
- Post-conference highlights and reflections, July 4, 2011
Category: California
California Chapter meeting this Saturday 7/9
Summer 2011 California Chapter Meeting
Saturday, July 9
12:00 noon
Rockville Grill
4163 Suisun Valley Road (at Rockville Road)
Rockville, CA 94534
(707) 864-4325
Suisun Valley Road and Rockville Road are part of the 1928 Lincoln highway route from Sacramento to San Francisco.
The 2011 Conference Committee is sure to have great stories about the Lake Tahoe conference.
See you there!
Man drives Lincoln Highway in wheelchair to promote spinal cord research
Chet Dyreson is traveling across the United States in his motorized wheelchair to raise attention to spinal cord injuries. Much of his route has been along the Lincoln Highway. He left Perris, California on May 30, and expects to reach Washington, D.C. on Monday, the 4th of July.
To find out more and donate, visit his web sites:
More news:
- Perris local ventures cross country to promote spinal cord research, Alex Ogden, The Valley News (Fallbrook, Calif.), June 16, 2011
- Man Riding Wheelchair Across U.S., Stops in North Platte, Kent Winder, KNOP-TV (North Platte, Neb.), June 23, 2011
- Paralyzed man’s amped-up wheelchair headed for D.C., The Repository (Canton, Ohio), June 30, 2011
Photos of the LHA Conference tours
Cecelia Otto, a songwriter who is traversing the Lincoln Highway, has posted some of her photo highlights of the tours at this year’s LHA Annual Conference in South Lake Tahoe.
U.S. 50 near Lake Tahoe to be closed for 2 weeks
Starting on Wednesday, May 11, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will be closing U.S. 50 (the southern branch of the Lincoln Highway) over Echo Summit near South Lake Tahoe for about two weeks, depending on weather. For two days before the closure, and for about six weeks Monday through noon Friday after the closure, U.S. 50 will have one-way controlled traffic.
This is to replace a short rock wall barrier, which does not meet modern safety standards.
- Way2Tahoe — Echo Summit Detour Information, California Department of Transportation
Sat 5/7: California ghost town celebrates its history
The Clarksville Region Historical Society hosts the fifth annual Clarksville Day in the ghost town of Clarksville, near El Dorado Hills, California, on Saturday, May 7, from 10 am to 3 pm. A classic car convoy will parade down the Lincoln Highway, and the Lincoln Highway Association will have a booth at the festival.
- Clarksville Day 2011 information by the Clarksville Region Historical Society
- Ghost town fires back to life at Clarksville Day , Don Chaddock, Folsom (Calif.) Telegraph, May 3, 2011
- Giddy-up: Clarksville Day brings the Old West back to life, Mike Roberts, Village Life (El Dorado Hills, Calif.), April 25, 2011
- Clarksville Day offers wagon rides, music, entertainment and history exhibits, Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee, May 6, 2011
(Edited on May 6, 2011 to add a link to the Sacramento Bee article)
History of the Lincoln Highway and US 40 through Dixon, CA
Bil Paul, columnist for the Dixon Patch, writes about the impact of the Lincoln Highway and U.S. 40 on the town of Dixon, California, which lies between San Francisco and Sacramento.
- Dixon Then and Now: Transcontinental Highway Went Through Downtown Dixon, Bil Paul, Dixon (Calif.) Patch, March 15, 2011
Next California Chapter meeting: Sat 4/2
Spring 2011 California Chapter Meeting
Saturday, April 2
12:00 noon
Urbano’s Mexican Restaurant
5825 Manzanita Ave (at Auburn Blvd)
Carmichael, CA 95608-0142
(916) 334-7122
We will have an election of officers since we postponed that at our last meeting.
There is limited parking in front of the restaurant but there is a driveway on the north side to ample parking in back. Hope to see you there!
You can let folks know you are planning to go at our Facebook event.
1915 Lincoln Highway Dedication video
Check out this film from 1915 on the dedication of the Lincoln Highway, at its western terminus in San Francisco. You can also download this video from the Internet Archive.
Folsom, CA construction project yields its secrets
The reconstruction of Sutter Street in Folsom, California is yielding a variety of historical artifacts, including “parts of the Lincoln Highway,” which are being displayed in an exhibit at the Folsom History Museum.
- Sutter Street yields its secrets, Laura Newell, El Dorado Hills (Calif.) Telegraph, February 16, 2011