Category: Illinois

Patch columnist Michael Lambert writes about more good eats along the Lincoln Highway in Plainfield, Illinois in the highway’s early decades.

• Good Eats — Fried Chicken, Ice Cream — Lured Travelers on ‘Lincolnway’, Michael Lambert, Plainfield (Ill.) Patch, April 18, 2012

Patch columnist Michael Lambert writes about the rise and fall of Powell’s Mill, a windmill-inspired diner and gas station along the Lincoln Highway in Plainfield, Illinois from the 1920s through the 1950s.

• Windmill Diner Survived Prohibition and Thrived until the ’50s, Michael Lambert, Plainfield (Ill.) Patch, April 11, 2012

Emery Duick, who walked and jogged the entire length of Route 66 in 2009, will be walking the entire length of the Lincoln Highway next year to celebrate its centennial.

• No Sidestepper, Dwight Esau, Des Plaines (Ill.) Journal, April 18, 2012

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.

• Lincoln Highway Led to Gas Station Boon, Michael Lambert, Plainfield (Ill.) Patch, April 4, 2012

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.

• Village Celebrates Juneteenth With Lincoln Mural Dedication, ENews Park Forest (Ill.), June 25, 2012

As with towns across the country, the number of gas stations in Plainfield, Illinois dramatically increased after the Lincoln Highway was routed through it.

• Lincoln Highway Led to Gas Station Boon, Michael Lambert, Plainfield (Ill.) Patch, April 4, 2012

New Lenox, Illinois approved a study to look into improving the US 30/Lincoln Highway corridor between I-80 and Cedar Road.

• Route 30 Revitalization: ‘I Just Want Something to Come to Fruition’, Michael Sewall, New Lenox (Ill.) Patch, May 21, 2012