Donner Pass, along the Lincoln Highway, is home to two impressive displays of rock art: ancient petroglyphs and modern graffiti.
- Rock art, Willie Albright, Reno News & Review, October 6, 2011
Crescent, IA monument to Lincoln Highway and veterans nears completion
The Old Lincoln Highway Veterans Monument Park in Crescent, Iowa, built with the help of countless volunteers, is nearly done.
- Crescent finishing monument park, Mike Brownlee, The Daily Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa), republished by the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald, October 10, 2011
2012 LHA Conference in Canton
The Ohio chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association and the Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway will be hosting the 2012 Lincoln Highway Association conference in Canton, Ohio, for a week beginning Monday, June 18.
- 2012 Lincoln Highway conference in Canton, Brian Butko, Lincoln Highway News, October 11, 2011
Lincoln Highway now an official byway in Indiana
The Indiana portion of the Lincoln Highway is now officially part of the Indiana Byway Program. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Association and a new Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway Council will develop a corridor management plan, including guidelines for road signage and the creation of tourism materials to promote the towns and businesses and events held along the route.
- Lincoln Highway gets byways designation, Indiana Lincoln Highway Association, re-published by The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Ind.), October 10, 2011
Indiana LHA meeting this Saturday at 10:30 am
The Indiana Lincoln Highway Association is holding its fall meeting this Saturday, October 15, 10:30 a.m., at the old Carnegie Library in Goshen.
- Highway group plans fall meeting, South Bend (Ind.) Tribune, October 14, 2011
DeKalb, IL chicken restaurant clucking for more than 50 years
Lothson’s Karry-Out, which specializes in fried chicken, has been in business in DeKalb, Illinois since 1949. It has been at its current location along the Lincoln Highway since around 1957.
- DeKalb chicken restaurant still in business after 50 years, Dave Gong, The Northern Star (DeKalb, Ill.), October 4, 2011
Kearney motel sign returns, but smaller
A replica of the Hammer Motel sign in Kearney, Nebraska, an icon along the Lincoln Highway, is now on display at the Great Platte River Road Archway.
- Hammer brings Lincoln Highway history to arch, Kevin Hervert, Kearney (Neb.) Hub, October 3, 2011
From herds to highways
Earl Swift, author of The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways, prominently mentions the Lincoln Highway in a BBC News video on the history of roads in the U.S., from trails to the Interstates.
- From herds to highways: the story of the US interstate, BBC News Magazine, October 5, 2011
A book of photos along the Lincoln Highway
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.
- Along the Lincoln Highway, Eric Mencher, Spot.us.
- New Lincoln Highway photo book underway, Brian Butko, Lincoln Highway News, October 5, 2011
Norman Root
Norman Root, long-time member of the Lincoln Highway Association, president of the California chapter and past California state director, has passed away. He was also a retired bridge engineer for the California Department of Transportation. Norm will be sorely missed.
- Long-time LH fan and researcher Norm Root, Brian Butko, Lincoln Highway News, September 29, 2011.