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by Russell "ypsi-slim" Rein
Better late than never - here's your end of summer Lincoln Highway E-Newsletter.
Breakfast, meat loaf, rhubarb pie and more at
this Lincoln Highway eatery in New Haven, IN:
http://xrl.us/hfdn
Two Fort Wayne eateries, including Cindy's
Diner on the Lincoln Highway, are featured in
August's Road Food Issue of Indianapolis
Monthly, from FortWayne.com:
http://xrl.us/hfd4
I will try to get a copy of the magazine and/or
post more info later.
An inspection of roadside food stops from
yesteryear by Jim Hillibish, cantonrep.com:
http://xrl.us/hfdo
Columbia, PA hope Lincoln Highway Byway
improvements will increase tourist traffic:
http://xrl.us/hfdr
The other Colorado Lincoln Highway (off
the Colorado LH Loop):
http://xrl.us/hfds
A short AP story on the Marshall County
Historical Museum's Historic Crossroad's
Center:
http://xrl.us/hfdu
LHA member Tom Lockard alerts us to the
fact that Subaru Magazine - The Drive's
summer issue features the Lincoln Highway.
Read it on-line:
http://xrl.us/hfdw
More about Don Dauphinais, the Bicyclist
who is traveling across the country along the
Lincoln Highway to help raise awareness
about ovarian cancer:
In DeKalb, IL: http://xrl.us/hfdy
In Pittsburgh: http://xrl.us/hfd2
Breezewood's Town of Motels sign is no
more - courtesy of Ron Dylewski's
TheAmericanRoadside.com:
http://xrl.us/hfeb
Federal Highway Official's are considering
National Scenic Highway designation for
old US 66 in Illinois:
http://xrl.us/hfed
The "Buy-Way" Garage sale last month across
the Lincoln Highway through Ohio garnered a
lot of publicity:
http://xrl.us/hfef
http://xrl.us/hfeg
Next year Indiana plans to annex itself to the
garage sale. Let's keep it going east and west!
A story on Tama, IA's John Ernest Vineyard & Winery, makers of Lincoln Highway Red and Pinot Grigio:
http://xrl.us/hfei
Taylor Road in Placer County, CA - once
carried the Lincoln Highway, and then US 40:
http://xrl.us/hfek
Summer events includedClarence, Iowa's Lincoln Highway Festival.A parade, carnival, music, games and worship were among activities to honor the historic Lincoln Highway, which is the main street in Clarence.
Also, the long standing Annual Lincoln Highway
Days continued on in Nevada, IA:
http://xrl.us/hfes
and http://xrl.us/hfet
Fallon, NV featured an LH Overland Hotel
Chili Cook-Off:
http://xrl.us/hfem
I notice they have a green chili competition.
During my road trip to and from this summer's
LHA National Conference, and at the Conference,
I made a concerted effort to eat a lot of green
chili as it doesn't appear much east of the Missouri!
Green chili is not tomato-based and generally
features pork rather than beef. Some prepare it
as a sauce, but some as an soup/entree. I had
excellent green chili at the Luxury Diner on the LH
in Cheyenne. Here's a Frommer's review:
http://xrl.us/hfen
and a menu:
http://xrl.us/hfeo
Also, at the Conference, the around the corner
Local Trading Post had a lunch cart with Indian
Tacos and excellent green chili. Anyone have
a green chili recipe they wish to share? I made
some, sans recipe, last month with an assortment
of fresh garden peppers and smoked pork - came
out pretty good.
The signing of the Lincoln Highway in Nevada,
featuring a pic of Geno Oliver, director of
the Nevada Chapter of the LHA:
http://xrl.us/hfeq
This story was also featured in an AP article:
http://xrl.us/hfer
Main street DeKalb IL's mural project is
looking for an artist, maybe they can include
some LH imagery:
http://www.star.niu.edu/articles/?id=10980
Visit Boone, IA on the LH and take a train
ride on the high bridge:
http://xrl.us/hgd5
In Evansville,IN you can eat where Abe ate
- Indiana's oldest restaurant on the Dixie
Bee Line Highway:
http://xrl.us/hgd9
Ebay Auctions:
Wow - check out this photo of the Kimmel,
IN Garage:
http://xrl.us/hfeu
I'm trying to acquire a scan for the Indiana
LH website.
A scarce early view of the Coffee Pot
Restaurant in Bedford, PA went for
$92.29 (a bargain as a later view usually
goes for $150):
http://xrl.us/gu8c
A scarce postcard of Vick's Diner in Fort
Wayne went for $34.00:
http://xrl.us/hfez
A good copy of the desirable bound LH
Texaco map booklet went for $102.50:
http://xrl.us/hfe4
A 1929 folding Texaco LH road map went
for $159.50. This frequently has sold in the
$50 range!
Much demand exists for the National Old
Trails Road and U.S. Highway 66 Guide published
by The Automobile Club of Southern California
from the '30s. This one went for $157.50:
http://xrl.us/hfe6
An unusual printed color postcard of the Tahoma
Resort in Lake Tahoe on the LH went for $39:
http://xrl.us/hfe7
A1930 Mobil Gas Road of PA went for $76: http://xrl.us/hfe8
A Loreco Motor Oil road map of TX, AR & LA
went for $127.50:
http://xrl.us/hfe9
A 1929 "Hemaline" Oil road map of Iowa went
for $90.89.
Lincoln Highway Box Matches from Sweden (?)
- who knew? 1st one went for $34.33
http://xrl.us/hffc
2nd one - Diamond Matches went for $45.44:
http://xrl.us/hffe
A real photo postcard of the Auburn Hotel in
Auburn, CA went for $38.50
http://xrl.us/hffg
This mounted photograph of two cars marked
with Lincoln Highway banners in Salt Lake City
was won by an LHA collector at $57.78:
http://xrl.us/hffi
One printed postcard from a series featuring the
transcontinental couple - The Walking Woolfs,
in Green River, WY went for $32.55:
http://xrl.us/hffn
An old photo of an automobile at a Midland
Trail porcelain sign somewhere out west went
for $82.11:
http://xrl.us/hffp
An old cardboard "Chicken In The Rough"
to go box went for $41.88:
http://xrl.us/hffu
A Lincoln Highway bronze marker medallion
in fair shape received 6 bids and failed to meet
the reserve price when bidding ended at $77.
No one was interested in the buy-it-now price
of $450.00:
http://xrl.us/hffv
A partial set of 29 postcards advertising the 1911
Premier Automobile Ocean to Ocean Trip met
it's reserve, and went for $132.49:
http://xrl.us/hffx
A 1932 LH Guide, Omaha to Chicago, from the
1933 Century of Progress slipped by at $15.50:
http://xrl.us/hff3
Another one of those cast iron arcade US 30
signs shows up and went for $56.51:
http://xrl.us/hff4
Someone is reproducing the 1916 Yolo Causeway
LH opening celebration poster - check it out:
http://xrl.us/hff5
I have seen an original pinback with this same image
offered for $250.
A steel embossed US 40 shield shaped sign from
Nevada went for $338:
http://xrl.us/hff8
A half-pint milk bottle from the Lincoln Highway
Dairy of Delphos, OH went for $68:
http://xrl.us/hge5
A small shield shaped Rt. 66 sign from the '50s
with marble reflectors went for $305, is it real?
Should it say US 66? Sort of looks like the one
on the Nelson Riddle album:
http://xrl.us/hge6
That's all for now..............ypsi-slim
Be safe on the road.