Catherine Li is walking across the country from Daly City, just outside San Francisco, to New York, because she “just felt like walking” and wants to live in the moment. Not surprisingly, her journey has taken her down the Lincoln Highway.
Craig Harmon has dug up new information about Edgar S. Martin, one of the first Boy Scouts officials who, among other accomplishments, was instrumental having the Boy Scouts install concrete markers all along the Lincoln Highway.
Ron Preston died earlier this month. He was the son of George Preston, owner of the famous sign-covered gas station in Belle Plaine, Iowa, along the Lincoln Highway.
Ted Landphair, reporter and essayist for Voice of America, reminisces about the old two-lane roads that used to dominate car travel in the United States. In particular, he talks about a route that is seldom mentioned: U.S. 11, which connects New Orleans with Rouses Point, New York.
In an interview with NPR, author Earl Swift discusses the impact of Carl Fisher, the founder of the Lincoln Highway, on the U.S.’s modern interstate highway system. His new book is The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers who Created the American Superhighways.
Danny Gruber gives an overview of the Lincoln Highway in Nebraska and its upcoming centennial.
The Mainstreet Business Journal of southwest Utah has an article introducing the Lincoln Highway.
An association to promote the Jefferson Highway, which ran from Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada to New Orleans, has re-formed. Lincoln Highway Association charter members Bob and Joyce Ausberger are also active in the Jefferson Highway Association. The Jefferson and the Lincoln Highways ran concurrently between Ames and Colo, Iowa.
Songwriter Tom Neely has written a blues song pining for the open road of the Lincoln Highway. Brian Butko has more:
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Postal cancellations from the 2009 LHA conference are now available for a limited time. [View larger image]
Pictorial postmarks are available only for the dates indicated, and requests must be postmarked no later than 30 days following the requested pictorial postmark date, no later than July 18, 2009.
All requests must include a stamped envelope or postcard bearing at least the minimum First-Class Mail postage. Items submitted for postmark may not include postage issued after the date of the requested postmark. Such items will be returned unserviced.
To obtain a postmark, affix stamps to any envelope or postcard of your choice, address the envelope or postcard to yourself or someone else, insert a card of postcard thickness in envelopes for sturdiness, and tuck in the flap. Place the envelope or postcard in a larger envelope and address it to:
PICTORIAL POSTMARKS/Post Master
South Bend Station
424 South Michigan Street
South Bend, IN 46601
You can also send stamped envelopes and postcards without addresses for postmark, as long as you supply a larger envelope with adequate postage and your return address. After applying the pictorial postmark, the Postal Service will return the items (with or without addresses) under addressed protective cover.
Happy collecting!