{"id":294,"date":"2011-03-11T00:05:18","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T07:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lincolnhighwayassoc.org\/news\/?p=294"},"modified":"2011-03-11T00:05:18","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T07:05:18","slug":"centennial_tour_preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/11\/centennial_tour_preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Lincoln Highway Centennial Tour coming in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a guest post by Jim Peters, Director-at-Large of the Lincoln Highway Association and coordinator of the Centennial Eastern Tour.<\/em><\/p>\n

To celebrate the 100th<\/sup> anniversary of the Lincoln Highway in 2013, the Lincoln Highway Association is planning tours from both coasts along the early alignments of the Lincoln Highway. Many miles of the old roadway have not been swallowed up by the Interstates and still survive, running on two lanes in proximity to U.S. Routes 1, 30, 40 and 50, so the tours will provide a re-enactment of a trip across the U.S. in the 1940s and 50s.<\/p>\n

The two tours will start on Saturday, June 22 from New York and San Francisco, and will meet in Kearney, Nebraska on Sunday, June 30. The Centennial Celebration from July 1 to July 4 will include a car show, the Association’s annual conference, and local Independence Day celebrations. There will also be a re-creation of a tourist camp; participants with pre-1932 cars are invited to set up camp. If there is significant interest, the tours will continue to the East and West Coasts starting on July 5.<\/p>\n

The tentative itineraries are below.<\/p>\n

We also plan to allow participants to join and drop out of the tour at any point, with prior notification and registration.<\/p>\n

If you would like to participate, or you belong to an organization that would be interested in participating, and would like to more information, please let me know at .<\/form>\n

Also, you can watch this blog<\/a> or follow us on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a> as we post more information on the tours as it becomes available.<\/p>\n

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2013 Lincoln Highway 100th<\/sup> Anniversary Tours<\/strong>
\nProposed Itinerary of Tours to Kearney, Nebraska
\nUpdated November 2010<\/small><\/p>\n

East Tour<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Total: 1544 miles<\/p>\n

Friday, June 21<\/em>
\nEvening Orientation Dinner in Secaucus, NJ<\/p>\n

Saturday, June 22: 113 miles<\/em>
\nTimes Square, New York City, NY to Malvern, PA
\n(Lunch stop in Princeton, NJ)<\/p>\n

Sunday, June 23: 99 miles<\/em>
\nMalvern, PA to Gettysburg, PA
\n(Lunch stop in Gettysburg, PA)<\/p>\n

Monday, June 24: 145 miles<\/em>
\nGettysburg, PA to Greensburg, PA
\n(Lunch stop in Bedford, PA)<\/p>\n

Tuesday, June 25: 196 miles<\/em>
\nGreensburg, PA to Mansfield, OH
\n(Lunch stop in East Liverpool, OH)<\/p>\n

Wednesday, June 26: 238 miles<\/em>
\nMansfield, OH to South Bend, IN
\n(Lunch stop in Ft. Wayne, IN)<\/p>\n

Thursday, June 27: 203 miles<\/em>
\nSouth Bend, IN to Dixon, IL
\n(Lunch stop in Plainfield, IL at intersection of Lincoln Highway and Route
\n66)
\n(Late afternoon stop at LH Tourism Headquarters in Franklin Grove, IL)<\/p>\n

Friday, June 28: 224 miles<\/em>
\nDixon, IL to Ames, IA
\n(Lunch stop in Mt. Vernon, IA)<\/p>\n

Saturday, June 29: 284 miles<\/em>
\n(via 1928-1930 Route through Blair)
\nAmes, IA to Grand Island, NE
\n(Lunch stop in Woodbine, IA)<\/p>\n

Sunday, June 30: 42 miles<\/em>
\nGrand Island, NE to Kearney, NE<\/p>\n

West Tour<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Total 1663 miles
\n(or 1634 miles following 1928 Route from Ely, NV to Tooele, UT)<\/p>\n

Saturday, June 22<\/em>
\nEvening Orientation Dinner in San Francisco, CA (Holiday Inn at airport)<\/p>\n

Sunday, June 23: 130 miles<\/em>
\nLincoln Park in San Francisco, CA to Sacramento, CA
\n(Lunch stop at Banta Inn, in Banta, CA)
\n(Dinner at Towe Auto Museum)<\/p>\n

Monday, June 24: 210 miles<\/em>
\n(via Lincoln Highway Sierra Nevada Northern Route)
\nSacramento, CA to Fallon, NV
\n(Lunch stop at Donner Ski Ranch atop Donner Pass, CA)<\/p>\n

Tuesday, June 25: 258 miles<\/em>
\nFallon, NV to the Hotel Nevada in Ely, NV
\n(Lunch stop in Austin, NV)<\/p>\n

Wednesday, June 26<\/em>
\n259 miles (via original 1913 Route)
\nEly, NV to Tooele, UT
\n(Picnic stop at Fish Springs National Wildlife Preserve in Fish Springs, UT)<\/p>\n

Alternate Wednesday Route for those not able to travel to Fish Springs:
\n230 miles (via later 1928 Route through Wendover)
\nEly, NV to Tooele, UT
\n(Picnic stop at Bonneville Salt Flats Raceway at West Wendover, UT)<\/p>\n

Thursday, June 27: 214 miles<\/em>
\nTooele, UT to Rock Springs, WY
\n(Lunch stop at Echo Lake, UT)<\/p>\n

Friday, June 28: 275 miles<\/em>
\nRock Springs, WY to Cheyenne, WY
\n(Lunch stop at Virginian Hotel in Medicine Bow, WY)<\/p>\n

Saturday, June 29: 282 miles<\/em>
\nCheyenne, WY to Lexington, NE
\n(Lunch stop at Julesburg, CO – short detour on to the Colorado Loop)<\/p>\n

Sunday, June 30: 35 miles<\/em>
\nLexington, NE to Kearney, NE<\/p>\n

Grand Total<\/strong>
\n3207 miles (or 3178 miles following 1928 Route from Ely, NV to
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