Batavia, Illinois is the latest to have a Lincoln Highway mural installed by the Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition.
- Batavia takes its place in Lincoln Highway mural project, Linda Girardi, The Beacon-News (Aurora, Ill.), August 10, 2012
California Chapter meeting on Sat 10/6
Fall 2012 California Chapter Meeting
Saturday, October 6, 2012
12:00 noon–3:00 pm
Bud’s Pub & Grill
100 S 1st Street
Dixon, CA 95620
(707) 678-4745
Google Map
Directions
- From I-80, take Exit 66A – Dixon. Turn south onto Hwy 113.
- Bud’s Pub & Grill is located at the corner of North A and South 1st Streets.
Lunch menu
- Sandwiches: French Dip, BBQ Tri-tip, Chicken Salad, Turkey Pesto
- Salads: Soup & Salad, Napa Valley, Shrimp Louie Salad
Meeting agenda
- coach tour and cruise
- officers’ & committee reports
- online mapping
- LH signs
- LH 2013 Centennial Tour
Presentations
- Chapter historian Gary Kinst will give a presentation on the route from Sacramento to San Francisco via the Carquinez Bridge.
- We will show This Highway Dedicated to Abraham Lincoln, a short documentary produced by the Harrison County Historical Center.
Historic gas station in Geneva, IL to be preserved
The historic Pure Oil gas station building in Geneva, Illinois will be preserved by its current owner. Its service bays will be converted into drive-through lanes for a bank. The owner’s previous plans for tearing down the building had been rejected by the city.
- Geneva council favors bank on historic Pure Oil site, Susan Sarkauskas, Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Ill.), August 28, 2012
- New plan for Geneva’s historic Pure Oil building well-received, Geneva (Ill.) Republican, August 10, 2012
Press coverage of the Lincoln Highway Buy-Way
Here are some news articles that covered the Lincoln Highway Buy-Way earlier this month.
- Sales move to Lincoln Highway, Lindsay McCoy, The Times Bulletin (Van Wert, Ohio), August 9, 2012
- Lincoln Buy-Way sale continues today, Anthony Conchel, Bucyrus (Ohio) Telegraph Forum, August 10, 2012
- Shoppers flock to Fulton for garage sales, Natalie Conrad, Clinton (Iowa) Herald, August 11, 2012
- Ride down the Lincoln Highway Buy-way, Kirby Kaufman, The Daily Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa), August 11, 2012
Items from Preston’s gas station go up for auction
Fulfilling the wishes of Ron Preston, most of the memorabilia from the George Preston Filling Station in Belle Plaine, Iowa has been auctioned off.
- Auctioning off pieces of Preston’s Corner, Colleen O’Shaughnessy, KWWL-TV (Waterloo, Iowa), August 11, 2012
Lincoln Highway drove growth of Tracy, CA
Tracy Press columnist Sam Matthews writes about the pivotal decision to route the Lincoln Highway through the community of Tracy, California, as opposed to a road north of town.
- Tracing Tracy Territory: Lincoln Highway drove Tracy growth, Sam Matthews, Tracy (Ca.) Press, July 20, 2012
Steam locomotive along the Lincoln Highway
Here is a great video of a historic Union Pacific steam locomotive traveling along the Lincoln Highway in Nebraska, via the Lincoln Highway Nebraska Scenic and Historic Byway.
Lincoln Highway in the History Channel Magazine
The History Channel Magazine ran an article on the Lincoln Highway in its July/August 2009 issue.
- The Lincoln Highway, Cathy Madison, The History Channel Magazine, July/August 2009 (published online October 9, 2009)
1925 Iowa marker acknowledges pavers of Lincoln Highway
A unique marker from 1925 acknowledges the people responsible for paving a stretch of the Lincoln Highway south of Le Grand, Iowa.
- Marker from 1925 highlights paving of Lincoln Highway, Andrew Potter, Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa), July 23, 2012
The Lincoln Highway in Utah
Salt Lake Tribune columnist Tom Wharton writes about the Lincoln Highway and its various routes in Utah. LHA Treasurer Jesse Petersen is quoted in the article.
- Delving into the history of Lincoln Highway, Tom Wharton, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 2, 2012