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Lincoln Highway E-Newsletter
Volume 10 • July 29, 2005

by Russell Rein

Hey all - hope you're stayin' cool this summer. It's time for your Lincoln Highway e-newsletter!

Bob Lichty, President of the Lincoln Highway Association announced some great news last week:

Last Tuesday, Jess Peterson received and deposited a check for $100,000.00 (yes, the decimal point is in the right place) that was sent to LHA from an anonymous donor. The money came from the Fund for Charitable Giving from the PNC Bank, in Pittsburgh, PA. It is a donor directed fund, with no receipt or restrictions necessary.....We both were very skeptical and did not want it to co-mingle with other club financial information. I called the bank in Pennsylvania to find out if the check was real and not some sort of mistake or scam. I can tell you it is real. Our long term poverty stricken club now has some money, thanks to someone. I repeat, this is not a spoof. We really have $100,000. While I really wanted to tell you I raised it myself during my first month of Presidency, it came in all by itself."

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Jeff Kitsko has updated his PA US 30 website. Check it out at:
http://www.pahighways.com/us/US30.html

That DARNED Lincoln Highway!! Brian Butko sent this link about gridlock on our favorite hwy, who knew?
http://xrl.us/grea I found even more complaining!! What's goin' on?
http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/15399

Carson City buys part of the old LH - Kings Canyon Road - to stop development:
http://xrl.us/greh

Woodbine, IA is sprucing up:
http://xrl.us/grej

Another article about, and interview with, Brian Butko, author of Greetings from the Lincoln Highway:
http://xrl.us/grem
and at PennLive.com
http://xrl.us/gxoy
and another from Cantonrep.com (requires login):
http://xrl.us/greq

Newly published book on Fulton, Il history, House by the Side of the Road includes tales of the old LH:
http://xrl.us/gren

More on the Pile to Pike Bike Trail, which will include an a bypassed PA Turnpike tunnel:
http://xrl.us/grep

Mike Buettner in Lima reports some good new - The missing 500 lb granite historical marker from the Gomer, OH bridge on the LH has been recovered:
http://www.limaohio.com/story.php?IDnum=15783

An epsiode of the HBO show Carnivale which aired earlier this spring was titled Lincoln Highway:
http://xrl.us/gu7n

Will Cindy's Diner in Fort Wayne be forced to move from it's prominent LH corner?
http://xrl.us/gu7p

Jess Peterson sends a link to another LHA member's tribute to the Lincoln Highway Garage in York, PA (click on the mural link on the menu at the left):
http://www.automasters.com/

A New Haven, IN couple restores their Victorian home on the LH:
http://xrl.us/gu7u

On June 6 the City of West Wendover, NV rededicated "Wendover Will". Read more about it at the city's web site:
http://www.westwendovercity.com/ ...and the Carson City Mint has produced a Wendover Will commemorative medallion:
http://xrl.us/gu7z

A story about Middlegate Station on the LH in Nevada:
http://xrl.us/gu72

Help save the Columbia, PA Drive-In Movie Theatre on the LH:
http://ydr.com/story/letters/78473/

Google has a new hybrid satellite pics and mapping program. Try the beta at:
http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h (why is Indiana gray?)

Another article about LH cross-county bicyclist, Don Dauphinais from LimaOhio.com:
http://www.limaohio.com/story.php?IDnum=16286

Lincoln Highway Days is coming for Nevada, IA - since 1983:
www.lincolnhighwaydays.com

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An article about the OH LH statewide "Buy-Way" garage sale featuring LHA's Larry Webb:
http://www.limaohio.com/story.php?IDnum=16016

More OH LH Garage Sale "Buy-Way" publicity:
http://xrl.us/gxo3

Here's the official press release:

Mike Hocker, Executive Director
Ohio Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor
120 Harding Way East
Galion, OH 44833
(419) 468-6773

Group Yard Salers Number Well Over Fifty; Ready for 241 Mile-Long "Buy-Way" Yard Sale

The Ohio Lincoln Highway's Historic Byway decided to throw a yard sale across the state, and look who's coming! On August 11, 12 and 13, over fifty group yard sale, parking lot and other festive events are set to happen from East Liverpool to the Indiana state line west of Van Wert, by organizations like Kiwanis, volunteer fire departments, scouts, church groups, historical societies and just about anybody who has an empty lot along the Lincoln Highway in Ohio.

Executive Director Mike Hocker said, "we have been amazed by this first year's responses...both from organizations wanting to participate, and people planning their summer travel schedules and wanting to include this 'Buy-Way' Yard Sale.

And people are getting really creative. I can't wait to get out there, myself and see," he said."For instance, the Minerva Scenic Railway is running a special event and boarding and deboarding shoppers at a large yard sale along the tracks. Wooster is talking about a chain saw carving event, and some towns have moved their community-wide yard sale week to this one."

Martha Starkey, President of the OLHHC and Wayne County Convention & Visitors Bureau Director commented, "This three day event is a win-win event ideal for many smaller communities along the Lincoln Highway to bring in loads of tourists, bargain-hunters and collectors from all over. This brings even more business to restaurants, gas stations and other retails along the way."

Communities along all alignments of the highway's history include East Liverpool, Lisbon, Hanoverton, Kensington, East Rochester, Minerva, Robertsville, East Canton and Canton, Massillon, East Greenville, Dalton, Riceland, Wooster, Jefferson, Reedsburg, New Pittsburg, Rowsburg, Reedsburg, Jeromesville, Hayesville, Ashland, Mifflin, Mansfield, Ontario, Crestline, Galion, Leesville, Bucyrus, Oceola, Nevada, Upper Sandusky, Forest, Dunkirk, Williamstown, Dola, Ada, Beaverdam, Cairo, Lima, Elida, Gomer, Delphos, Van Wert and Convoy.

Starkey noted that the Lincoln Highway generally follows U.S. Route 30 but had several alignments over the years of its heyday as America's first transcontinental paved road from 1913 to 1928. "Tourists who are unfamiliar with the road should watch for the red, white and blue signs with the large "L", and if all else fails," Starkey emphasized, "it doesn't hurt to stop and ask the locals if you get confused."

Currently, almost every community has at least one group activity planned. Some yard salers are carrying Lincoln Highway souvenir items, too. Starkey added that there will be a special Lincoln Highway Trading Post memorabilia sales trailer featured at Galion's Park Square on Thursday, Shisler's Cheese House at Kidron Road east of Wooster on Friday and at the Classic 57 Diner in Minerva on Saturday.

For an updated list of group events, visit the website, www.lhbuyway.com or call 419-468-6773.

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Ebay Auctions:

An LHA OH member caught us all napping when he was able to snag an LH Army Convoy medal for only $39.95!!!: http://xrl.us/gska

A 50's era color postcard of Eddie's Diner in Quincy, MA went for $455 last month! (sorry no pic)

Aero Filling Stations Motorist Guide of Wyoming from 1922 went for $78.89
http://xrl.us/gu73

A nice real photo postcard of the Albuquerque Auto Court and Gas Station went for $214.39:
http://xrl.us/gu75

A real photo postcard of the Tower Coffee shop in Lake Tahoe went for $55.35:
http://xrl.us/gu76

A replica set of Burma Shave signs went for $235:
http://xrl.us/gu79

A scarce real photo view of the Coffee Pot Restaurant and Atlantic Gas Station on the LH in Bedford, PA went for: $92.29:
http://xrl.us/gu8c

A never before seen Tips to Travelers - 1941 Edition - U.S. 30 (U.S. 50 in Utah & Nevada) The Lincoln Highway - The Main Street of The Nation - San Francisco to New York, hand drawn, went for $154.49
http://xrl.us/gu8d

A real photo of the Twin Bridges store on US 50 on Lake Tahoe went for $94:
http://xrl.us/gu8e

A real photo postcard of a horse and buggy at Donner Lake went for $82.56:
http://xrl.us/gu8f

A nice printed black & white postcard of the New Yorker Diner in Reno went for $72.85:
http://xrl.us/gu8g

A nice real photo of an old auto on the dirt road Donner Pass went for $62.99
http://xrl.us/gxo9

A set of six nice poster art postcards for Newark NJ's250th anniversary celebration went for $103.50:
http://xrl.us/gxpc

A scarce Bill's Place real photo view on the LH in PA went for $47.60:
http://xrl.us/gxpd

A supposed LH view of Laurel, MD went for $52.00:
http://xrl.us/gxpe
The LH never went thru Maryland but I have seen a few postcards that insisted that it did, plus a token from the Lincoln Highway Seafood Company in Baltimore!?

A nice condition cardboard LH cigar box went for $80.75:
http://xrl.us/gxpf

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that's all for now.........stay off those interstates!
ypsi-slim