Bob Carter of the Mansfield News Journal looks back at some of the first cars driven in the Lincoln Highway town of Mansfield, Ohio.
- Mansfield’s early cruisers, Bob Carter, Mansfield (Ohio) News Journal, September 26, 2011
Woman walks from San Francisco to New York because she feels like it
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.
- Cross-country quest on foot leads traveler through Bucks, Christian Menno, Bucks County Courier Times (Levittown, Pa.), September 23, 2011
Proposed interchange would spare Youngville Cafe
As part of the widening of US 30, the Iowa Department of Transportation is proposing a new interchange where it intersects US 218. The design spares the Youngville Cafe, a Lincoln Highway landmark, but changes its access from US 30 to a driveway off of US 218.
- Odd interchange design would spare iconic cafe, David DeWitte, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), September 21, 2011
DeWitt, Iowa hub along the Lincoln Highway gains new businesses
The important intersection of 10th Street (the Lincoln Highway) and 6th Avenue (old US 61) in DeWitt, Iowa has gained two new businesses.
- DeWitt hub gains new action, Doug Schorpp, Quad City Business Journal (Davenport, Iowa), September 18, 2011
Lincoln Highway rally in Pennsylvania returns
The Lincoln Highway Road Rally in Pennsylvania, organized by the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, returns October 8 and 9, after a three-year hiatus.
- Lincoln Highway rally to return, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, September 8, 2011
- 2011 Road Rally, Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor
Another cookbook from the creator of the Illinois Lincoln Highway cookbook
David Alan Badger, who has written and illustrated several cookbooks such as Recipes from the Illinois Lincoln Highway National Scenic Byway, has put together another one called The Meeting of the Great Rivers.
- 175 years cooking on the rivers, Jill Moon, The Telegraph (Alton, Ill.), September 8, 2011
Sen. Coburn: LH Roadside Museum a waste of federal money
Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma (R) blasted federal funding for the Lincoln Highway Roadside Museum in Pennsylvania as an example of wasteful spending. Olga Herbert, executive director of the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, pointed out that the museum has had a positive economic benefit in the region, plus it was completed almost a decade ago.
- Enhancement in eye of beholder, Colby Itkowitz, The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.), September 15, 2011
Bill and Karen’s excellent Lincoln Highway adventure
Bill and Karen, of Lafontaine, Ontario, Canada, are blogging about their latest two-lane road trip adventure along the Lincoln Highway.
- Bill & Karen’s new Lincoln Highway trip, Brian Butko, Lincoln Highway News, September, 3, 2011
- Bill and Karen’s Travel Journal
Installation of Iowa Lincoln Highway byway signs is complete
New “Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway” signs have now been installed all along the Lincoln Highway in Iowa.
- Lincoln Highway history gets a lift, David DeWitte, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), September 2, 2011
Illinois Lincoln Highway murals receive national awards
The Illinois Lincoln Highway National Scenic Byway received a 2011 Scenic Byway Award for its “Interpretive Gazebos and Murals†project at the National Scenic Byways 2011 Conference in Minneapolis.
- Lincoln Highway murals draw national honors, The Beacon News (Aurora, Ill.), September 2, 2011