The recently formed New Oxford Historical Society lives in a town known for its antiques, and one 10 miles down the Lincoln Highway from one of the nation’s most historic battlefields.
Mark Junge, who rode his bicycle across the country on the Lincoln Highway in 2004, is currently bicycling from San Francisco to Tijuana. He suffers from a lung ailment that forces him to use a portable oxygen system.
The Des Moines Register has a roundup of news on the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) along the Lincoln Highway, including throwing tacks along the course.
Craig Woodward is working on reopening the historic Shady Bend Gas Station, Grocery and Diner as a bar and restaurant.
For the first time, West Virginia will participate in the Lincoln Highway Buy-Way, a yard sale that spans multiple states and hundreds of miles.
Frankfort officials paved the way for more improvements along Lincoln Highway….
The $1.5 million construction project will include left turn lanes at two major intersections with Route 30 – Locust Street and 80th Avenue – with some widening and striping at all four legs of the intersections.
Gregory Franzwa, LHA member and editor of The Lincoln Highway Forum, releases a new book on the Mormon Trail.
Ninety-five years after an association was formed to support construction of a transcontinental, paved highway, and 85 years after that highway’s "Ideal Section" was built in Northwest Indiana, Old Lincoln Highway still attracts the curiosity of history-minded residents along its route.
Art Schweitzer, a local historian from Schererville, has led research into the local stretch of the highway.
The ashes of Robert Russin, the sculptor of the Lincoln statue along I-80 in Wyoming, and his wife were interred near the statue.
The 16th annual Lincoln Highway Conference, "Rails – Trails & Highway Tales," was held in June in Evanston, Wyo. Iowa Lincoln Highway Association members from Jefferson, Cedar Rapids, Vinton, Earling, Woodbine and Ames attended.