The Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition has installed a new exhibit on the historic highway in the Joliet Area Historical Museum in Joliet, Illinois.
- Popular Joilet museum gets Lincoln Hwy exhibit, Brian Butko, Lincoln Highway News, November 2, 2012
Educating students about the Lincoln Highway
Ronnie O’Brien, Nebraska state director of the LHA and Director of Cultural Education at the Great Platte River Road Archway, is traveling across Nebraska to bring the Lincoln Highway to life to students throughout the state.
- Exploring The Lincoln Highway, Beatriz Reyna, KNOP-TV (North Platte, Neb.), September 28, 2012
More about Lincoln Highway in Fort Bridger, WY
Virginia Giorgis, editor of the Bridger Valley Pioneer, writes about the history of Carter Avenue in Fort Bridger, Wyoming, which she says was part of the Lincoln Highway through town.
- Frankly speaking Carter Avenue takes its name from history, Virginia Giorgis, Bridger Valley Pioneer (Lyman, Wy.), September 21, 2012
Photos of Lincoln Highway bridge construction in Canton Township, Ohio
The Repository of Canton, Ohio has a photo gallery of the reconstruction of the Lincoln Highway/State Route 172 bridge over railroad tracks in Canton Township, Ohio. The bridge is scheduled to reopen in December 2012.
- Photo Gallery: Lincoln Highway gets a big bridge over RR, Stan Myers (photographer), The Repository (Canton, Ohio), September 21, 2012
Lincoln Highway centennial named Top 100 event in 2013
The American Bus Association, a trade association of motorcoach operators and tour companies in the U.S. and Canada, has named next year’s Lincoln Highway centennial as one of its Top 100 events of 2013 in North America.
- Local Celebration Named Top 100 North America Event for 2013, Jordan Onwiler, Nebraska TV, September 8, 2012
- Lincoln Highway centennial named a top-100 event, Mike Konz, Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald, September 11, 2012
Grand View Ship Hotel in 1952
Thanks to George Albrecht, who sent us a couple of photos of a trip his family took to the Grand View Ship Hotel in Pennsylvania, 60 years ago.
Bernie Queneau visits Lincoln Highway mural featuring himself
Bernard and Esther Queneau recently visited Frankfort, Illinois to see the village’s Lincoln Highway mural. It features four Eagle Scouts on their road trip across the Lincoln Highway in 1928, including a 16-year-old Bernie.
- Return of the Century: 100-Year-Old Man Recalls Coast-to-Coast Tour of Lincoln Highway, Joe Vince, Frankfort (Ill.) Patch, September 11, 2012
10/26-27: West Coast Road Map meet
The Road Map Collectors Association is holding its first meeting in California in ten years on October 26–27 at the University of the Pacific in Stockton. At the meeting, you can buy, sell, trade, or simply savor thousands of collectible road maps, and there will be a special presentation on the life of H.M. Gousha.
Interactive map of Illinois Lincoln Highway murals
The Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition has added an interactive map of its murals and gazebos throughout the state.
Thanks to Cece Otto for the tip!
New Lincoln Highway museum in Pennsylvania
The Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor is developing a new museum on the Lincoln Highway in an 1815 stone house east of Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
- New museum to trace the history of the Lincoln Highway, Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 16, 2012