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Press coverage of the Lincoln Highway Buy-Way

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Lincoln Highway Association

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

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Lincoln Highway Association

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

Lincoln Highway drove growth of Tracy, CA

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Lincoln Highway Association

Tracy Press columnist Sam Matthews writes about the pivotal decision to route the Lincoln Highway through the community of Tracy, California, as opposed to a road north of town.

Tracing Tracy Territory: Lincoln Highway drove Tracy growth, Sam Matthews, Tracy (Ca.) Press, July 20, 2012

Steam locomotive along the Lincoln Highway

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Lincoln Highway Association

Here is a great video of a historic Union Pacific steam locomotive traveling along the Lincoln Highway in Nebraska, via the Lincoln Highway Nebraska Scenic and Historic Byway.

Lincoln Highway in the History Channel Magazine

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Lincoln Highway Association

The History Channel Magazine ran an article on the Lincoln Highway in its July/August 2009 issue.

The Lincoln Highway, Cathy Madison, The History Channel Magazine, July/August 2009 (published online October 9, 2009)

1925 Iowa marker acknowledges pavers of Lincoln Highway

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Lincoln Highway Association

A unique marker from 1925 acknowledges the people responsible for paving a stretch of the Lincoln Highway south of Le Grand, Iowa.

Marker from 1925 highlights paving of Lincoln Highway, Andrew Potter, Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa), July 23, 2012

The Lincoln Highway in Utah

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Lincoln Highway Association

Salt Lake Tribune columnist Tom Wharton writes about the Lincoln Highway and its various routes in Utah. LHA Treasurer Jesse Petersen is quoted in the article.

Delving into the history of Lincoln Highway, Tom Wharton, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 2, 2012

More good eats in Plainfield, Illinois

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Lincoln Highway Association

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

Coverage of the 2012 Lincoln Highway Conference

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Lincoln Highway Association

The Monday After: Lincoln Highway’s mark still visible, Gary Brown, The Repository (Canton, Ohio), June 18, 2012
Visitors check out sites along U.S. Route 30 and canal routes, The Press News (Minvera, Ohio), June 27, 2012. Includes a photo gallery of the conference and its tours.
Lincoln Highway enthusiasts remember more than a highway across the country, The Press News (Minvera, Ohio), June 27, 2012

A Lincoln Highway love story

Posted on August 4, 2012August 4, 2012 by Lincoln Highway Association

The Repository of Canton, Ohio has a couple of articles on how the Lincoln Highway brought Bernie and Esther Queneau together. Bernie, who traveled the length of the Lincoln Highway as an Eagle Scout in 1928, just turned 100. Esther is a past president of the Lincoln Highway Association. They were married in 2003.

Love on the Lincoln Highway, Gary Brown, The Repository (Canton, Ohio), June 22, 2012
1 man + 1 woman + 1 road = 2 love stories, The Repository (Canton, Ohio), June 23, 2012