Eric and Kass Mencher are currently working on a book of photographs along the Lincoln Highway, “the contemporary face of life along a historic road.” They are raising funds to help them complete the book. If you would like to support their effort, follow the first link below.
Catherine Li is walking across the country from Daly City, just outside San Francisco, to New York, because she “just felt like walking” and wants to live in the moment. Not surprisingly, her journey has taken her down the Lincoln Highway.
Craig Harmon has dug up new information about Edgar S. Martin, one of the first Boy Scouts officials who, among other accomplishments, was instrumental having the Boy Scouts install concrete markers all along the Lincoln Highway.
Ron Preston died earlier this month. He was the son of George Preston, owner of the famous sign-covered gas station in Belle Plaine, Iowa, along the Lincoln Highway.
Ted Landphair, reporter and essayist for Voice of America, reminisces about the old two-lane roads that used to dominate car travel in the United States. In particular, he talks about a route that is seldom mentioned: U.S. 11, which connects New Orleans with Rouses Point, New York.
In an interview with NPR, author Earl Swift discusses the impact of Carl Fisher, the founder of the Lincoln Highway, on the U.S.’s modern interstate highway system. His new book is The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers who Created the American Superhighways.
Danny Gruber gives an overview of the Lincoln Highway in Nebraska and its upcoming centennial.
The Mainstreet Business Journal of southwest Utah has an article introducing the Lincoln Highway.
An association to promote the Jefferson Highway, which ran from Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada to New Orleans, has re-formed. Lincoln Highway Association charter members Bob and Joyce Ausberger are also active in the Jefferson Highway Association. The Jefferson and the Lincoln Highways ran concurrently between Ames and Colo, Iowa.
Songwriter Tom Neely has written a blues song pining for the open road of the Lincoln Highway. Brian Butko has more: