Sutherland, Nebraska is working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality to restore four abandoned gas stations along the Lincoln Highway into new attractions to improve its economy.
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.
Along with other events along the Lincoln Highway this weekend, the city of Nevada, Iowa is holding its 28th annual Lincoln Highway Days festival through Sunday.
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.
Here are a few events to enjoy along the Lincoln Highway this weekend.
The 4th Annual Iowa Lincoln Highway Motor Tour runs for three days, starting tomorrow.
One of the stops the tour is making will be at the Pioneer Days festival in Le Grand, Iowa on Saturday.
On Saturday, two classic Ford car clubs are taking tours of Noble County, Indiana, through which the Lincoln Highway passes.
On Saturday and Sunday, more than 300 quilts will be displayed at the Heart of the Lincoln Highway Quilt Show in Jefferson, Iowa.
On Sunday, the Second Annual Lincoln Highway Car Show will take place in Matteson, Illinois.
The Rochelle News-Leader has posted an excerpt of an article on the Lincoln Highway Buy-Way.
The effort to build Gateway Park in Plainfield, Illinois has been stalled, due to a failure to secure a federal grant and the unwillingness of a property owner to donate its land to the park. The park would sit at the intersection of Illinois State Route 59 (old Route 66) and U.S. 30 (the Lincoln Highway).
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The giant conical charcoal kilns in the ghost town of Piedmont, Wyoming were dedicated earlier this month after much restoration work. The kilns, over 100 years old, are near the Lincoln Highway.
Some historical monuments in Lincoln County, Nebraska, through which the Lincoln Highway travels, are in need of preservation and restoration.
The Mansfield & Richland County Convention and Visitors Bureau invites Lincoln Highway travelers to visit Mansfield, Ohio and the surrounding countryside of Richland County.