Grand Junction, Iowa is holding its annual Lincoln Highway Day (formerly known as Fun Day) this Saturday, July 28. The festival includes food, games, music, and a silent auction.
As part of his column on the history of Plainfield, Illinois, Michael Lambert writes about how the Lincoln Highway led to a dramatic increase in the number of gas stations in the village.
Park Forest, Illinois dedicated its new Lincoln Highway mural on Juneteenth — June 19 — which celebrates the emancipation of slaves in Texas on June 19, 1865, the first widespread enforcement of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The mural is part of a series of murals produced by the Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition.
The Iowa Department of Transportation has presented its preferred design for widening US 30 through Benton County. Interchanges will be added at US 218 and Iowa Route 21. In between these new interchanges, two eastbound lanes will be added to the south of the existing road, which will carry westbound traffic. Part of this segment of US 30 carried the Lincoln Highway.
The Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor is hosting a talk by Glenn Smeltzer on the West Penn Railways, an interurban streetcar system in Westmoreland and Fayette counties in Pennsylvania. The talk will be at the Lincoln Highway Experience in Latrobe, Pennsylvania on Saturday, August 5, at 2:00 PM.
Singer Cece Otto kicked off our 2012 National Conference, accompanied by California chapter president Paul Gilger on the piano. Watch the video through the link below.
The eighth annual Lincoln Highway Buy-Way takes place from Thursday, August 9 to Saturday, August 11. The yard sales will take place along the Lincoln Highway in Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa.
We now have a fully interactive map on our web site, powered by Google Maps, detailing every route of the Lincoln Highway. Thanks to the LHA National Mapping Committee for the tremendous amount of time and effort it took to create it. Check it out and let us know what you think!
Summer 2012 California Chapter Meeting
Saturday, July 7, 2012
12:00 noon–3:00 pm
Judy’s Place
1207 Pomona St
Crockett, CA 94525
(510) 787-7768
Google Map
Directions
Judy’s Place will be closed to the general public during the meeting.
Lunch menu
Meeting agenda
Speaker
Post-meeting tour
As with towns across the country, the number of gas stations in Plainfield, Illinois dramatically increased after the Lincoln Highway was routed through it.
