Lincoln Highway Association

Sat 5/7: California ghost town celebrates its history

Posted on May 4, 2011May 6, 2011 by Lincoln Highway Association

The Clarksville Region Historical Society hosts the fifth annual Clarksville Day in the ghost town of Clarksville, near El Dorado Hills, California, on Saturday, May 7, from 10 am to 3 pm. A classic car convoy will parade down the Lincoln Highway, and the Lincoln Highway Association will have a booth at the festival.

Clarksville Day 2011 information by the Clarksville Region Historical Society
Ghost town fires back to life at Clarksville Day , Don Chaddock, Folsom (Calif.) Telegraph, May 3, 2011
Giddy-up: Clarksville Day brings the Old West back to life, Mike Roberts, Village Life (El Dorado Hills, Calif.), April 25, 2011
Clarksville Day offers wagon rides, music, entertainment and history exhibits, Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee, May 6, 2011

(Edited on May 6, 2011 to add a link to the Sacramento Bee article)

Historical marker dedicated in Kearney, NE

Posted on May 2, 2011May 2, 2011 by Lincoln Highway Association

A historical marker commemorating a seedling mile of the Lincoln Highway was dedicated in Kearney, Nebraska on Sunday.

Historical marker dedicated on Lincoln Highway, KHAS-TV (Hastings, Neb.), May 1, 2011
Historical marker dedication set for Sunday, Kearney (Neb.) Hub, April 28, 2011
Photo of the historical marker by the Lincoln Highway Scenic and Historic Byway of Nebraska

Lincoln Highway kiosk to be installed in Plymouth, IN

Posted on April 26, 2011April 26, 2011 by Lincoln Highway Association

The city of Plymouth, Indiana has granted the Lincoln Highway Association permission to install a Lincoln Highway tourist information kiosk at the corner of Jefferson Street (Lincoln Highway) and Cleveland Street.

Plymouth tax abatements pay off, City Attorney Nelson Chipman announces, Virginia Ransbottom, South Bend (Ind.) Tribune, April 26, 2011
(scroll to the bottom of the article for the Lincoln Highway kiosk)

New Lincoln Highway mural in Ashton, IL

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Lincoln Highway Association

The Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition recently unveiled its latest mural in Ashton, Illinois, celebrating the highway’s paving through the town in 1921.

Lincoln Highway mural notes paving in Ashton, IL, Brian Butko, Lincoln Highway News, April 15, 2011

Lincoln Highway in Cedar Rapids part of upcoming Auto Row historic district

Posted on April 19, 2011April 19, 2011 by Lincoln Highway Association

A segment of Second Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which was also the Lincoln Highway, will be incorporated into a historic district celebrating its past as Auto Row. In return, the city will be allowed to demolish a 50-year old parking garage damaged in a 2008 flood, also deemed historic but widely considered an eyesore.

â€˜Historicâ€™ First Street Parkade coming down, Rick Smith, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), April 13, 2011

The decision to create the Second Avenue SE Automobile Row Historic District came more than five months after the last intact buildings from Second Avenue’s auto row days were demolished.

Demolition will bring Emerald Knights history to an end, Cindy Hadish, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), October 27, 2010
Buildings coming down on Emerald Knights block, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), November 9, 2010

Lincoln Highway in Colorado’s Weldon Valley

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Lincoln Highway Association

The Fort Morgan Times has a brief blurb on the Lincoln Highway in Colorado’s Weldon Valley.

Weldon Valley News 04-04-11, Fort Morgan (Colo.) Times, April 11, 2011

Iowan commutes 10Â½ miles by walking

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Lincoln Highway Association

Steve Muntz of Le Grand, Iowa regularly walks between his home and his job at Marshalltown Community College, 10Â½ miles away. His walk takes him along the Lincoln Highway.

Commuter likes his 10Â½-mile trip â€” on foot, Kyle Munson, Des Moines Register, April 7, 2011

Southwest Utah newspaper covers the Lincoln Highway

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Lincoln Highway Association

The Mainstreet Business Journal of southwest Utah has an article introducing the Lincoln Highway.

Sara’s Travels – 1914 Style, Sara Atkin, Mainstreet Business Journal (St. George, Utah), April 8, 2011

Lincoln Highway Traveling Exhibit moves to Chicago Heights, IL

Posted on April 14, 2011April 14, 2011 by Lincoln Highway Association

The Lincoln Highway Traveling Exhibit, sponsored by the Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition, is currently in the Chicago Heights Public Library until April 29. Afterwards, it will stay in Chicago Heights but move to City Hall.

Jefferson Highway Association re-forms

Posted on April 13, 2011April 13, 2011 by Lincoln Highway Association

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.

National association forms to promote old Jefferson Highway, John Hacker, The Carthage (Mo.) Press, March 25, 2011
Jefferson Highway Association re-forms, Jean Ruzicka, Park Rapids (Minn.) Enterprise, April 6, 2011