California Chapter meeting on Sat 1/5

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Winter 2013 California Chapter Meeting
Including Officer Elections
Saturday, January 5, 2013
12:00 noon–3:00 pm

Lorenzo’s Mexican Restaurant
3883 Taylor Rd
Loomis, CA 95650
(916) 652-6218
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Directions

  • From I-80, take Exit 109 – Sierra College Boulevard. Turn north onto Sierra College Boulevard.
  • Turn right onto Taylor Road.
  • Lorenzo’s is located on the right. Parking is available in front.

Lunch menu

  • Taco and enchilada bar with non-alcoholic beverage for $10.95

Meeting agenda

  • officer elections
  • 2013 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 Lincoln Highway alignment from Sacramento to Verdi, Nevada via Truckee.
  • If time permits, we will tour several remaining sections of original pavement in Loomis.

1930s gas station in Pennsylvania demolished

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A gas station built in the 1930s in Ligonier, Pennsylvania was demolished, but not before its owner, the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, salvaged historically significant portions of the building. The organization will use those pieces to reconstruct a front facade of the station at its museum.

Educating students about the Lincoln Highway

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Ronnie O’Brien, Nebraska state director of the LHA and Director of Cultural Education at the Great Platte River Road Archway, is traveling across Nebraska to bring the Lincoln Highway to life to students throughout the state.

More about Lincoln Highway in Fort Bridger, WY

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Virginia Giorgis, editor of the Bridger Valley Pioneer, writes about the history of Carter Avenue in Fort Bridger, Wyoming, which she says was part of the Lincoln Highway through town.

Photos of Lincoln Highway bridge construction in Canton Township, Ohio

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The Repository of Canton, Ohio has a photo gallery of the reconstruction of the Lincoln Highway/State Route 172 bridge over railroad tracks in Canton Township, Ohio. The bridge is scheduled to reopen in December 2012.

Lincoln Highway centennial named Top 100 event in 2013

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The American Bus Association, a trade association of motorcoach operators and tour companies in the U.S. and Canada, has named next year’s Lincoln Highway centennial as one of its Top 100 events of 2013 in North America.