Thanks to George Albrecht, who sent us a couple of photos of a trip his family took to the Grand View Ship Hotel in Pennsylvania, 60 years ago.
Bernie Queneau visits Lincoln Highway mural featuring himself
Bernard and Esther Queneau recently visited Frankfort, Illinois to see the village’s Lincoln Highway mural. It features four Eagle Scouts on their road trip across the Lincoln Highway in 1928, including a 16-year-old Bernie.
- Return of the Century: 100-Year-Old Man Recalls Coast-to-Coast Tour of Lincoln Highway, Joe Vince, Frankfort (Ill.) Patch, September 11, 2012
10/26-27: West Coast Road Map meet
The Road Map Collectors Association is holding its first meeting in California in ten years on October 26–27 at the University of the Pacific in Stockton. At the meeting, you can buy, sell, trade, or simply savor thousands of collectible road maps, and there will be a special presentation on the life of H.M. Gousha.
Interactive map of Illinois Lincoln Highway murals
The Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition has added an interactive map of its murals and gazebos throughout the state.
Thanks to Cece Otto for the tip!
New Lincoln Highway museum in Pennsylvania
The Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor is developing a new museum on the Lincoln Highway in an 1815 stone house east of Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
- New museum to trace the history of the Lincoln Highway, Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 16, 2012
Batavia, IL gets Lincoln Highway mural
Batavia, Illinois is the latest to have a Lincoln Highway mural installed by the Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition.
- Batavia takes its place in Lincoln Highway mural project, Linda Girardi, The Beacon-News (Aurora, Ill.), August 10, 2012
California Chapter meeting on Sat 10/6
Fall 2012 California Chapter Meeting
Saturday, October 6, 2012
12:00 noon–3:00 pm
Bud’s Pub & Grill
100 S 1st Street
Dixon, CA 95620
(707) 678-4745
Google Map
Directions
- From I-80, take Exit 66A – Dixon. Turn south onto Hwy 113.
- Bud’s Pub & Grill is located at the corner of North A and South 1st Streets.
Lunch menu
- Sandwiches: French Dip, BBQ Tri-tip, Chicken Salad, Turkey Pesto
- Salads: Soup & Salad, Napa Valley, Shrimp Louie Salad
Meeting agenda
- coach tour and cruise
- officers’ & committee reports
- online mapping
- LH signs
- LH 2013 Centennial Tour
Presentations
- Chapter historian Gary Kinst will give a presentation on the route from Sacramento to San Francisco via the Carquinez Bridge.
- We will show This Highway Dedicated to Abraham Lincoln, a short documentary produced by the Harrison County Historical Center.
Historic gas station in Geneva, IL to be preserved
The historic Pure Oil gas station building in Geneva, Illinois will be preserved by its current owner. Its service bays will be converted into drive-through lanes for a bank. The owner’s previous plans for tearing down the building had been rejected by the city.
- Geneva council favors bank on historic Pure Oil site, Susan Sarkauskas, Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Ill.), August 28, 2012
- New plan for Geneva’s historic Pure Oil building well-received, Geneva (Ill.) Republican, August 10, 2012
Press coverage of the Lincoln Highway Buy-Way
Here are some news articles that covered the Lincoln Highway Buy-Way earlier this month.
- Sales move to Lincoln Highway, Lindsay McCoy, The Times Bulletin (Van Wert, Ohio), August 9, 2012
- Lincoln Buy-Way sale continues today, Anthony Conchel, Bucyrus (Ohio) Telegraph Forum, August 10, 2012
- Shoppers flock to Fulton for garage sales, Natalie Conrad, Clinton (Iowa) Herald, August 11, 2012
- Ride down the Lincoln Highway Buy-way, Kirby Kaufman, The Daily Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa), August 11, 2012
Items from Preston’s gas station go up for auction
Fulfilling the wishes of Ron Preston, most of the memorabilia from the George Preston Filling Station in Belle Plaine, Iowa has been auctioned off.
- Auctioning off pieces of Preston’s Corner, Colleen O’Shaughnessy, KWWL-TV (Waterloo, Iowa), August 11, 2012