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Massachusetts’ Mohawk Trail
Here is another great American road for taking a road trip. The Mohawk Trail in Massachusetts follows an old Native American path and was originally constructed for automobiles in 1914. It is now part of State Route 2. Driving the … Continue reading
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Retracing a 1924 motorcycle trip on the Lincoln Highway
Over the past several weeks, Irv Townshend and his wife Susan drove across the Lincoln Highway, re-creating a trip that Irv’s father took back in 1924 on a Harley motorycle. Read about both the 1924 trip and this year’s tribute … Continue reading
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Travel blog on the Lincoln Highway from Truckee to Salt Lake City
P. Grover Cleveland, a landscape photographer and history and travel buff, is writing about his trip along the 1913 alignment of the Lincoln Highway from Truckee, California to Salt Lake City on his blog, Camera and Pencil in the Mountains. … Continue reading
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Enthusiasts from Norway plan for 2013 Lincoln Highway tour
To celebrate the Lincoln Highway’s centennial in 2013, a group of classic car and road enthusiasts from Norway are planning a cross-country tour of the highway from New York to San Francisco. LH2013 Centennial Tour home page Norwegian plans for … Continue reading
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A Lincoln Highway trip and conference journal
Denny Gibson has a web site chronicling his trip from Ohio to San Francisco across the Lincoln Highway, including this year’s LHA conference in Lake Tahoe, complete with photographs. Lincoln Highway Conference 2011 by Denny Gibson
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View fall foliage along the Lincoln Highway
The Lincoln Highway is one of the routes recommended by Pennsylvania’s visitor’s bureau for viewing fall foliage in western Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania boasts plenty of autumn color, too, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 28, 2008
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Man walks across country to promote self-awareness
Ted Butler is walking from Santa Monica, California to the World Trade Center site in New York City to "try and get people more aware of the stimulus that affects us and the decisions we make." His journey took him … Continue reading
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"Pray for Peace" walk goes along the Lincoln Highway
Al Forte of Brooklyn, NY is walking from Yankee Stadium to Wrigley Field in Chicago for his “Pray for Peace” campaign, handing out small prayer cards with a picture of soldiers praying together. His walk took him along the Lincoln … Continue reading
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President’s Quarterly Letter
Dear LHA members, This year marks the 15th anniversary of the re-establishment of the LHA. Since 1992 a great deal has been accomplished along the historic corridor, and many more people are aware of the road and are out there … Continue reading
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Amazing cross-country trips
Home Education Magazine alerts us to the “Woman Who Dare” series at the Library of Congress including “Sara Bard Field, who carried a suffrage petition by car from San Francisco to President Woodrow Wilson in Washington, D.C. — before the … Continue reading