Checkout Truckee.com’s History Page with a link to a Historic Downtown Walking Tour:
http://www.truckee.com/history.html
Truckee River’s Tahoe Pyramid Bikeway (paved and unpaved sections) includes sections of the Lincoln Highway, read more from the Sierra Sun:
http://xrl.us/6xet
and at the Bikeway website:
http://www.tpbikeway.org/
From BigMallRat’s Blog – All roads lead to Oakland:
http://xrl.us/6xfo [click on the ad pic to enlarge]
This advertisement of interest is from the H. C. Capwell Company, celebrating the opening of the Carquinez Bridge in May of 1927. The advertisement extols the virtues of the “six great highways” delivering traffic across the new bridge to Oakland; bringing in new shoppers from all over. The six great highways include the Pacific Highway, Redwood Highway, Lincoln Highway…..
Toward the bottom of the Dublin, CA’s Library blog is a picture of the Lincoln Highway and US 50 – “This photograph shows Dublin in about 1940 with the original Lincoln Highway 50 merging with the new Lincoln Highway 50. It is an example of the kind of photograph that will be scanned and digitized as part of new project that the Library and the Dublin Heritage Center are currently engaged in.” The photos will be available on the web through the Calisphere website operated by the University of California. Read more about at the website:
http://dublinlibrary.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/dublin-history-digital-photographs/
Check out Calisphere at:
http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/
JoesBigBlog has some nice pictures of the Lincoln Highway bridge railings at:
http://xrl.us/6xkx
Mike Kaelin writes:
Gentlemen, an article in today’s Sunday edition of “The Record” (Stockton) puts a major part of the 1924-1927 Lincoln Highway in jeopardy! The ‘history-challenged’ Stockton City Council is considering approving the “Oakmoore Gateway Specific Plan”, some kind of development which would result in closing off Hwy. 99 access to Wilson Way; it would also make a cul-de-sac at the north end of Newton Road (1924-1927 LH), eliminate that portion of Wilson Way (1924-1927 LH) which connects the southbound Hwy. 99 off-ramp to Newton Road, and would re-align other parts of Wilson Way (not LH) with Maranatha Drive. Comrades and LH consuls, stay tuned on this one, because Monday I will definitely be visiting City Hall in Stockton to get a copy of this ill-advised ‘plan’ and more information!
[Anyone have an update on this?]
Wow – check out the NorCal Explorer’s Blog of Motel Row along US 40 in Sacramento:
http://xrl.us/6yt4
Bear Rescue on the Rainbow Bridge – Donner Summit, from ABC TV, LA [with video]
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=bizarre&id=5680253
and from KNBC with great slideshow [click on pic]
http://www.knbc.com/news/14218253/detail.html
