Join the Osnaburg Historical Society on Monday, Nov. 10, to hear Jim Cassler from the Ohio Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor talk about the historic highway that travels through East Canton and Osnaburg Township.
Interested adventure buffs can travel the highway themselves with two upcoming events within about a 45-minute drive from Iowa City.
Rick Sebak’s latest PBS documentary, “A Ride Along the Lincoln Highway” will debut nationally Oct. 29.
Sebak, of WQED-TV, will host a VIP premiere Oct. 18 at the Sewickley Car Store, which sits along the original route of the Lincoln Highway, the nation’s first coast-to-coast highway.
Antique car owners and car clubs are invited to join the celebration of the original route of the Lincoln Highway through New Carlisle on Saturday, Oct. 11.
The Goshen Theater attracted major vaudeville acts on their way from New York to Chicago along the Lincoln Highway.
From Norman Root, president of the California Chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association:
Quarterly Chapter Meeting
Saturday, October 4, 2008
12:00 noon
Baker’s Square Restaurant
255 2nd St (at B St)
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 756-4190
Saturdays at noon is a very busy time for them. They will reserve a table for 20 in the back room. However, others may have to share the other tables in that room. There is plenty of parking all around the building.
They serve breakfast all day with a cost of about $7. Sandwiches run from $8 to $10.
The historic significance of the place is that we have been telling folks for years that this corner is where Lincoln Highway marker post #2369 once stood. I’m not so sure about that now, but, for sure, this is on the Lincoln Highway.
Joanne Pelz is the program, which will be about Lincoln Highway Volkswalks. She has a mini Lincoln Highway Volkswalk planned for us beginning at 2nd and B. This program is in keeping with our effort to acquaint a wider range of people with the Lincoln Highway.
John Putch’s film "Route 30", which was screened in Gettysburg on September 27, will premiere in York on October 3.
Historic New Carlisle is teaming up with the Indiana Lincoln Highway Association to celebrate the original route of the Lincoln Highway through New Carlisle on Saturday, Oct. 11.
The 2008 Destination Filmfest is looking for amateur teams to write, shoot and edit a 5-to-7-minute film in a week using historic Lincoln Highway as the setting. Team preregistrations must be mailed in by Oct. 3.
The Youngville Cafe in Watkins, Iowa, a revived Lincoln Highway business, celebrated Youngville’s Apple Daze with pie, music, and Model A’s.