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In 1994 a woman was cleaning out a basement in an old commerical building in Dayton, Nevada. She found a heavy wooden crate that she couldn't move marked on the outside as from the LA Enamel Sign Company, Los Angeles. After prying off the top she found 14 unused large Lincoln Highway porcelain on steel signs marked for the Pioneer Trail Unit, with right and left turn arrows, from 1921!
ypsi-slim
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Great stuff - I have not personally driven the route around the Dugway bombing range but was told that it is best for high profile vehicles. Additionally it was recommended by locals in Tooele (including Jesse Peterson the Lincoln Highway Association Treasurer and former Tooele Sheriff) that you have a good spare tire, cell phone, food and water. Now I don't know if there is cell coverage there - there isn't in Ely. I have driven to the Dugway Proving Ground entrance, and then had a military escort some miles in to see an old one-lane Lincoln Highway cedar bridge and a historical plaque by the BLM. From this point the Lincoln Highway looks like a jeep trail into the horizon. We were allowed to take photos but only in one direction toward the bridge. Behind us was a building with mutiple fences and layers of razor wire, and signs like "Deadly Force Is Authorized." No kidding but from my reading on biochemical warfare I believe this is one of the sites where some nasty stuff is still stored. You can see a picture of the bridge at:
http://ludb.clui.org/ex/i/UT3143/
The eastern part of the Proving Ground is like a small abandoned city with all sorts of buildings that are no longer used as it is sparsely populated mostly with civilian employees. The western part is the bombing range which is gigantic and the northern part (the Wendover Range) runs to the Nevada border. The early Lincoln Highway continues through this area including the Goodyear cut-off. Some years ago, as part of the Lincoln Highway Association National Conference in Salt Lake City we drove all the way through the bombing range in buses with a military escort. It was very eery - all sorts or rusted vehicles, equipment, buildings and old mining stuff there I guess is used for targeting. I guess they held off bombing that day. At the Lincoln Highway National Conference in Ely two years ago the eastern tour did some old the old route east of US 93.
It is also fun driving the later Lincoln Highway - Victory Highway - US 40 route across the Salt Lake to Wendover. (almost every room at every Wendover Casino is $39.99) and then south to Ely. This route was also signed as US 50 some time ago. In Ely there are still nice but small rooms you can stay in on the top (6th) floor of the Hotel Nevada, which was the tallest building in Nevada in 1928. The Lincoln Highway paving was completed between Wendover and Ely in 1930 resulting in a "Californa Day" celebration in Ely. the LHA Conference was the 75th anniversary of this event.
ypsi-slim
I have a question that I hope somebody on this board can help me with.I am planning a road trip following the Lincoln Highway from the San Francisco Bay Area to Salt Lake City. I am using a strip map (year unknown) as reference and trying to re-concile it with the Delorme Gazateer for Northern California, Nevada, and Utah. Finding the general route is not a problem until I get to Ely, Nevada. From their the strip map that I have shows the Lincoln Highway going north out out of Ely, then east through the Shell Creek Range and Antelope Range to Ibapah & Gold Hill, Ut. After Gold Hill the road heads south and then east across the Great Salt Lake Desert.
My questions are these:
Is the part of the Lincoln Highway that passes through the Great Salt Lake Desert still accessible or does it lie within the Dugway Proving Grounds? There is a road shown on the Delorme map that goes south of the Dugway Proving Grounds labeled as the Pony Express Trail but I do not believe that this road is the Lincoln Highway.
Also, has anybody driven this part of the Lincoln Highway and can you offer any advice? (other than gas up and carry plenty of water?)
Cheers,
Rick
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Hey Folks,
Always late but worth waiting for - here's your Lincoln
Highway E-newsletter:
Lincoln Highway Association’s National Headquarters
Opens
The grand opening ceremony for the new national
headquarters of the Lincoln Highway Association it
scheduled for 1 P.M. Saturday, April 21, 2007. The offices
are at 402 West Washington Street, South Bend, Indiana.
The public it invited. This will be the headquarters for David
L. Hay, the LHA’s first executive director. Hay brings solid
academic credentials and a wide range of experience to his
position. He earned an MBA from Northwestern University
and a Ph.D. in American history from the University of
Notre Dame. He has worked in fundraising, communications,
and executive management in both the for-profit and
non-profit worlds. “I am excited to be working for this great
organization,” Hay said. “Is it rare to find the opportunity to
combine one’s skills and passions, and it’s my good fortune
to be able to do that here.” Hay said that highways embody
his love of cars and the freedom to go where people want to
go. “The Lincoln Highway continues to be a place where we
can do just that,” he added. The LHA search committee was
headed by President Bob Lichty. Others included Jan
Shupert-Arick, LHA vice president; Olga Herbert, executive
director of Pennsylvania’s Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor
and a member of the LHA board of directors; and Bill Arick,
treasurer of the association’s endowment committee, which
provided funds for the new position. Working with the LHA’s
five-member executive committee and 15-member board of
directors, Hay will conduct fundraising activities, planning,
and projects with national focus. The association’s offices are
in South Bend’s historic Remedy Building, also headquarters
for the northern regional offices of the Historic Landmarks
Foundation of Indiana. The telephone number is
(574) 233-0393, and the e-mail address is hay.1@nd.edu.
David writes, " We will be dedicating a replica concrete LH
post at the event. There will also be classic cars, LH artifacts,
the Trading Post mobile store, and other interesting activities.
No RSVP is needed, and feel free to contact me at (574)
233-0393 for more information.
This year's Lincoln Highway Association National (LHA)
Conference in Fort Morgan, CO is a unique opportunity
to explore the little known routing of the LH Colorado
loop. The conference takes place from Monday, June 18
through Friday, June 22. There is a special pre-conference
tour on Sunday June 17th, and a special post-conference
tour on Friday afternoon on the 22nd. Read more about it,
get your registration material, and download the
conference brochure at the LHA home page:
http://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/
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Paul Gilger, Chairman of the Lincoln Highway
Association Mapping Committee reports new mileage
totals based on all alignments of the Lincoln Highway:
"Total original 1914-1915 Lincoln Highway alignments:
3934.49
Total additional 1928-1930 realignments: 1371.15
Total additional intermediate realignments that were
subsequently bypassed: 395.25
Total additional 1913 Proclamation Route alignments that
were subsequently bypassed: 167.81
Grand Total For All Alignments: 5868.70
Obviously, the totals for each state may vary a couple of
miles depending on the accuracy of the DeLorme program.
Note that Utah and Ohio are only separated by a difference
of 3.33 miles, and Pennsylvania and Iowa are only
separated by a difference of 4.44 miles. But given today’s
technology, this is as accurate as we can get.
As you can see, there is a LOT more Lincoln Highway than
the original 3389 miles. For what it’s worth, our grand total
of 5868 miles minus our original route of 3389 miles equals
a difference of 2479 miles. According to the website
Wikipedia, Route 66 is 2448 miles long. Of course, Route
66 has its realignments too, but it’s interesting to note that
our extra mileage is 31 miles longer than Route 66’s original
road.
Now that’s something we can ALL brag about. Go
Lincoln!
Best regards,
Paul."
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Here's a great historic photography archive that I found -
PhillyHistory, at http://www.phillyhistory.org It currently
features 25,000 on-line images of Philadelphia dating back
to the 19th century, with 2,000 more being added every
month. The total archive includes 2 million. You can search
by date, keyword, address or neighborhood. The results
include a thumbnail and a brief caption. Click on the
thumbnail for a details page which includes a larger picture,
a map of the neighborhood, and the location of the
photograph. You can also purchase copies. I did a search
on keyword "Broad" and limited it between 1915 and 1930
and it came up with 212 photos including a bunch at the
intersection of North Broad and Olney Sts. This site needs
a lot more research - very impressive!
Playwright Laura Conrad, Duncansville, PA has
composed a musical about the S.S. Grandview Ship Hotel,
that famous Lincoln Highway landmark in Bedford County.
The musical will premiere at Old Bedford Village in June and
is based on the S.S. Grand View Ship Hotel in the early 1930s.
Read more about it at the Daily American:
I wonder when the CD or DVD comes out?
One man's attempt to save an historical school on the
Lincoln Highway in Irwin, PA:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06355/747673-59.stm
The Pittsburgh Tribune covered Brian Butko's presentation
The Last Frontier: Driving Across America in the 1910s.
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Valparaiso, IN does it up right. Their streetscape
improvement project included marking the Lincoln Highway
with vinyl Lincoln Highway sign stickers on all street signs
within the city route, Lincoln Highway banners downtown,
and the placement of a Lincoln Highway marker with a new
marble interpretative monument. The marker and monument
were unveiled at a special ceremony on Lincoln's birthday,
Monday, February 12th. I was on hand for the festivities
with Lincoln Highway Association Vice-President Jan
Shupert-Arick, and new Executive Director David Hay.
I will be posting some pictures in a week or so on the
Indiana Lincoln Highway Assoc Chapter website -
www.IndianaLincolnHighway.com
Read more about it at the Post Tribune:
http://www.post-trib.com/news/254490,vlincoln.article
and at NWI.com
The Future Ligonier Alliance, Inc. is group of business
and property owners in downtown Ligonier, IN. The purpose
of this group is to create an interest in the revitalization and
restoration of the downtown and surrounding area.
Checkout their website at:
http://www.futureligonier.org/index.html
Plus there is a wonderful set of pictures of buildings in
Ligonier, Patty Fisel's Goldsmith Hotel project, and many
vintage postcard views:
http://picasaweb.google.com/fought70/
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The 2007 National Model A Restorers Club (MARC)
Convention is being held in Joliet, IL this Spring - April 12 -
15. The theme is "Meet Us at the Crossroads." For more
info check out the Joliet Region MARC website at:
Illinois LHA Director Kay Shelton sends a reminder
about Michael Wallis' new Lincoln Highway book:
"The In July of 2007, Lincoln Highway: Coast To
Coast Along Route 30—From Times Square to the
Golden Gate by Michael Wallis and Pulitzer Prize
winning photographer, Michael S. Williamson will be
published. Wallis is the author of “Route 66” and is the
voice of the “Sheriff” in the movie, “Cars.” Information
about the book is available from the publisher at:
http://www2.wwnorton.com/catalog/spring07/005938.htm
and on Amazon.com. In conjunction with the book’s
release, libraries in states along the route are invited to
participate in a One Book, One Road program, linking
readers in communities across the country. In early summer
of 2007, the Illinois Chapter of the national organization,
the Lincoln Highway Association, will develop a Web site
with information about the Lincoln Highway and the book,
with ‘book club’ discussion questions, recommended
readings, handouts, and a calendar of events as dates are
known. Some libraries in Illinois will be developing exhibits
on the Lincoln Highway in late summer in conjunction with
the community read. All interested libraries can use anything
off Web site after its development and submit events to be
added to the future calendar. Beginning in Times Square
and ending in San Francisco, Michael Wallis and Michael S.
Williamson will go on a coast-to-coast tour promoting their
book, approximately July through September. The
publisher is in the process of setting up dates and venues
along Lincoln Highway for events with the authors. As
those events are know, they will be added to the calendar.
Libraries interested in possibly hosting an event with the
authors are encouraged to contact Kay Shelton, State
Director of the Illinois Lincoln Highway Association as
soon as possible at: lincolnhighway2010@yahoo.com"
More about Dekalb, IL's Lincoln Highway murals at:
http://www.northernstar.info/articles/?id=35682
The Illinois and Iowa LHA Chapters will be having a
joint meet on May 12, starting at 11:00 am at the LHA
National Visitors Center in Franklin Grove, IL. More info
can be found at:
http://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/iowa/IAIL.html
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Jeff LaFollette, Iowa LHA Clinton County Consul
reports: "DeWitt, IA has completed a year long project of
street improvements through the downtown area and had a
ceremony not only marking the completion of the project,
but they also unveiled a plaque in the city park marking the
junctions of former US 61 and US 30, marking the history
of both highways with the Lincoln Highway as the main
focus.
Mike Kelly, Benton County Consul reports:
"Youngville Café had another successful season. In
addition to the regularly scheduled lunches and Farmers
Market, they hosted a stop on the Antique Automobile
Club of America’s founders Tour in May, a class reunion
in August and the annual Apple Daze celebration in
September. A reproduction Lincoln highway Marker
was placed in the front yard and the original marker
purchased last year was on display in the café. In
October, the state of Iowa approved Youngville’s
application for National Historic Register status and the
application was forwarded to Washington D.C. for final
approval."
Breaking news - Youngville has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places. Yeh! It will reopen
for the season on May 1st. Visit Youngville's website at:
http://www.youngvillecafe.com/
From the Dunlap Reporter, (thru zwire.com)
Lincoln Highway route OK'd by Council
An article about the progress of the Lincoln Highway as
part of the Iowa Scenic and Heritage Program:
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The Kemmerer Gazetteer on-line in February reports:
"The Fort Bridger State Historic Site is seeking old
photographs and information on the Lincoln Highway
Motel (sometimes known as the Krusmark Property)
in Fort Bridger. A grant is available to refurbish these
historic buildings, but we want to make sure we are
as accurate as we can be. If you have any
photographs that you would let us make a copy of or
any memories that you would like to share, please
call Martha at 307-782-3842 or 307-787-3162."
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West Wendover, NV was the site of a special Lincoln and
Victory Highway dedication ceremony which included the
placement of three reproduction Lincoln Highway cement
markers. The March 16 activities included participation of
Boy Scout Troup 140, and LHA members Rollin Southwell
and George Clark. Read more about it and checkout some
pics at:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/3/prweb510160.htm
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The Harley Owners Group - H.O.G. will include the
Lincoln Highway as part of their Posse Ride: Great
American Adventure, an 18-day cross-country journey July
13-30, 2007, a 3,200-mile trail through the heartland of the
United States. Founded in 1983, the Harley Owners Group
is the official riding club of the Harley-Davidson Motor
Company. H.O.G. currently has more than 1 million
members and more than 1,400 chapters worldwide, making
it the largest factory-sponsored motorcycle organization in
the world. H.O.G. rallies are held around the globe to
celebrate Harley-Davidson motorcycle riding.
Time Magazines archives are now on line at Time.Com.
A search for "Lincoln Highway" revealed:
Monday, Sept. 08, 1924, Caravan,
"Starting from Plymouth, VT, proceeding through
Northampton, Mass., and thence to Manhattan and over the
Lincoln Highway to Los Angeles and San Francisco, a
caravan of automobiles is scheduled to set out proselytizing
for the Republican Party. The caravan proper is to be made
of a small nucleus of cars that will cover the entire distance,
but in each state a special escort, five to ten miles in length
with floats, tractors, automobiles in line will help along the
demonstration. Rallies will be held in the principal towns
and the caravan will attempt a general jubilation and
Republicanization from coast to coast."
Monday, May. 25, 1925 - an article about a the dedication
of a historic marker for Thomas Edison in Menlo Park, NJ:
November 26, 1918 - "Last week, President Coolidge
officially "opened" the Atlantic Coastal Highway, a
defensively strategic motor-road system composed of links
otherwise named (viz., Boston Post Road, Lincoln Highway)
and new links costing $100,000,000, connecting Calais,
Me., and Key West, Fla.
April 15, 1929 - an article about a sculpture exhibition at
the Palace of the Legion of Honor at the Western Terminus
of the Lincoln Hwy:
November 18, 1935 - Lincoln's Last Link, an article
about a North Platte celebration of the paving of 28 miles
in Nebraska which is claimed to be the last link in the
Lincoln Highway!
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Lincoln Highway Eats - OHIO:
ypsi-slim's rules of the road - food
- try to eat at non-chain restaurants
- try all regional food
- try all non-chain real barbeque places (drive around back
and look for wood, Thai places are a backup)
- you are allowed to eat fruit pie when on a road trip (even
if you are diabetic, quest for rhubarb and marionberry)
I'm pretty weak on stuff east of Ohio. When we had our
Lincoln Highway Association (LHA) National Conference
in Edison, New Jersey, we had lunch at an excellent brew
pub in Times Square with good sausage sandwiches, which
I believe was the Times Square Brewery, and now out of
business. There was the Empire Diner in Edison, but I never
had the chance to try it.
Hopefully Brian Butko will come up with more ideas in
New Jersey and Pennsylvania. What was the Pittsburgh
brew pub where we had lunch at the LHA National
Conference in Chester, WV? They had some of the best
beer I have ever had, and very good German food.
Regional Pennsylvania food includes the famous - Chicken
and Waffles entree.
I have an old real photo postcard of Hoge's Drive Inn at
the intersection of old US 30 and SR 7 in East
Liverpool, OH. I surprised to find this restaurant still
open, but no longer a drive-in, a few years back. It
features excellent home style food at very reasonable
prices, and is worth seeking out. I believe Hoge's first
opened in 1947 - so it must be pleasing the locals. It's
a smoke-free family style restaurant. (Address, phone &
map - http://xrl.us/u6v2 )
Lisbon, OH is a two diner town, but alas Crosser's Diner
has been closed for some time. I always, though, try to
stop at the other Steel Trolley Diner. Standard diner fare
- good burgers and fries. There's a picture of this 1956
O'Mahoney Diner at:
http://www.oh-diners.com/OH-D/steel_trolley.htm
Ohio Magazine has honored them for making some of the
best burgers in the state.
(Address, phone & map - http://xrl.us/u6v4 )
Hanoverton, OH features the wonderful Spread Eagle
Tavern. I have had both lunch and dinner here and both
meals were excellent. They also offer lodging. Read more
about this 19th century Inn at their website:
http://www.spreadeagletavern.com/history.shtml
They are open daily for lunch, and Thursday through
Saturday for dinner.
Hanoverton also has the Rt. 30 Cafe on 29957 Canal St.,
but I haven't had the chance to try it.
Minerva, OH - I've driven by the Southern Inn many
times but never had the occasion to stop there. It looks like
it has been there for 50+ years.
On the west side of Canton, OH, about 1/2 mile north of
W. Tuscawaras on Whipple St. is Fano's Candies Nuts
Ice Cream. Not just a candie and ice cream shop, Fano's
offers breakfast's and lunch. Checkout their website for
more info and menu:
http://www.fanoscandynuts.com/
There is also a drive-in on Whipple that I haven't checked
out yet, a couple of blocks further north of Fano's -
Whipple Dari Drive-In.
Esther Queneau writes, " Canton, OH - Heggy's Nut &
Candy Shop is on the LH at 3200 Tuscarawas St. It
serves some foods, too, and it's been a long-time business
there."
Massilon, OH has an outlet for Handel's Homeade Ice
Cream at 3107 Lincoln Way E. For some reason this
location is not listed at the company's website:
http://www.handelsicecream.com/home/index.html
I can confirm that the Massillon location is open.
Massilon also has the Lincoln Highway Cafe at 121
Lincoln Way E. I hope to check it out next time I am
in the area.
Just south of the Lincoln Highway in Dalton, OH on SR
94 - Mill St is the Dalton Dariette. The Amish Heartland
website, Here's the Scoop page, from Wooster, OH says,
" The Dalton Dariette is pretty much an institution in eastern
Wayne County. Since 1958, people have been driving to
this nostalgic drive-in for ice cream, enjoying cones,
sundaes, swirls and banana splits. Soft serve comes in
chocolate, vanilla and a flavor-of-the-week, and hand-
dipped hard ice cream comes in eight delicious flavors. The
Dariette is also well-known for their made-to-order
sandwiches, chicken, fish and homemade curly fries."
West of Dalton, at the corner of US 30 and Kidron Rd.,
many local cheeses and the famous area Trail Bologna can
be had at Shisler's Cheese House, Read more about it
Just past Kidron Rd. and north on SR 57 - Wadsworth Rd
is the town of Orville, OH, home of Smucker's. They have
a retail store with an in-house bakery - Simply Smucker's,
333 Wadsworth Rd.
Haven't made it yet to the Amish Door Restaurant in
Wooster, OH but plan to check it out soon. Everything
there is homemade. Read a review at: http://xrl.us/u6wr and
checkout that giant apple fritter! Another place I am
curious about is the Tulipan Hungarian Pastry
shop at 122 S. Market St.
Sherrick's Diner in Ashland, OH is no longer open as a
restaurant but the building is still there and was open recently
as a video rental, and as a Harley Davidson dealership.
You can see an early matchbook and recent photo at the
One Time Diners of Ohio website:
http://www.geocities.com/cornwallace55/ohio.html
(scroll down to Ashland County)
Esther Queneau writes, " Ashland, OH - Lyn-Way
Restaurant at 1320 Cleveland Ave. has good food but
they are known in particular for their wonderful pies.
The last I knew, they were $1.55 for a 1/6th slice, and
they have a number of standard ones all the times, plus
several specials each day. My favorites are the Buckeye
(chocolate and peanut butter cream pie) and the Dutch
Cherry (crumb crust on top). I don't recall that they have
ever had either rhubarb or marionberry (they do have
ground cherry on Thursdays, I think it is). Note: They
wanted to name it Lin-Way but that name was already
taken. Directions: Coming into Ashland from the east, take
the Rte. 42 by-pass to the right to first stoplight at Middle
Rowsburg Rd, turn left. - take it to the stop sign at
Cleveland Ave., turn right - restaurant comes up fast on the
left."
Mansfield, OH features Porky's Drive-In since 1947,
here's their website:
http://porkysdrivein.com/porkysdrivein/
Mike Hocker reports, "Try Pop's Sweet Shoppe in
Uptowne Galion, OH, but call me to meet for lunch! They make
a HUGE pork tenderloin sandwich, have other homestyle
lunches and dinners, and the place is like walking back in
time to 1952...replete with white marble bar and stainless
stools and backbar. (But it's been installed all Old-new in
2003 or 04)."
Bucyrus, OH is known as the Bratwurst Capital of the
USA, and has their Bratwurst Festival mid-August each
year. Read more about it at Ohio Festivals and Events
Assoc: http://www.ofea.org/view.php?fest_id=29 and at:
Carle's Bratwurst, since 1929, has a retail store at 1210
East Mansfield St.; visit their website at:
Another local manufacturer, Bratworks, offers a
Drive-Thru retail outlet 574 S. Sandusky Ave. Checkout
their website at:
I don't know if any local restaurants feature local brats.
Mike Lester writes, " A place you missed in Bucyrus is
Miller's Drive In. They have kind of short hours during
winter, but in summer they have carhop service. I believe
they make their own root beer. They also take part in the
LH Garage sale with a souvenir mug." Millers is located on
the LH at 1849 E Mansfield St:
http://www.aroundrr.com/Cooking/otl/Bucyru....asp?id=millers
One of the OH US 30 landmarks is the Steer Barn in
Upper Sandusky, OH. The restaurant was fashioned from
an 1897 barn, that later featured a Mail Pouch sign, and was
renovated into a restaurant in 1965. Driven by it often, but
never ate there. I believe it is only open for dinner. You
can see some pictures at the Ohio Barn website:
North of Upper Sandusky on SR 199 (Old US 23) and
south of Carey, OH is the remnant of an old dutch mill
shaped building. Anyone know what it is - gas station,
restaurant, one-stop?
Delphos, OH is the home of the now defunct Lincoln
Highway Dairy. Collectors seek their various milk
bottles and pogs. A photograph of one of their
horse-drawn delivery wagons was made into a postcard
a few years back.
Balyeat's Coffee Shop in Van Wert, OH, open since
1923, is an excellent local family style restaurant featuring a
great neon sign and fried chicken. They also cater events at
the Marsh Hotel across the street, which was the original
Lincoln Highway Control Station for Van Wert. You can
see a picture of their sign, which you can send as a postcard,
at the Ohio Lincoln Highway - National Scenic Byways
photo page website: (photo no. 1)
http://www.byways.org/browse/byways/52781/photos.html
"Hamburg - pickle on top! Make your heart go flippity
flop!" (Kewpie slogan) An earlier routing of the Lincoln
Highway, and US 30 South, went through Lima, OH which
always means stopping at the Kewpie, my number one place
for burgers in the US. The Kewpie Hotel was an early
hamburger franchise that started in Flint, MI and was later
headquartered in Lima, OH, and at one point had 200
locations in the Midwest. The store in Lima, at 111 N
Elizabeth St., is still open, and is an art deco shrine -
you can see a picture of the outside here:
http://www.kewpee.com/otherkewpees.php
The inside is all black and white tile, and stainless steel.
Besides their truly excellent hamburgers, they always have
5 - 10 kinds of pie. You are always allowed to eat pie
when on a road trip. I recommend their rhubarb and
lemon crunch. There is another Kewpie in Lima just off
I-75 exit 125. The building is non-distinct but it still has the
same great food. The Kewpie in Racine, WI is still open
and has a great website at:
There are also two Kewpie related burger places in Lansing,
MI and the related Bill Thomas' Haloburger mini-chain in
Flint, MI. I am interested in any Kewpie related collectibles
anyone may have. There is also a great Mello-Creme Donut
sign in Lima at their store on 822 S Metcalf St (which is the
Dixie Highway).
That's it for Ohio. I would be interested in hearing about any
local non-chain restaurants along or near the Lincoln
Highway in Ohio that I may not know about. Also - I am
curious if there any restaurants along the Lincoln Highway in
Ohio that offer a pork tenderloin sandwich. Also - I am
always interested to hear about any barbeque and Thai
restaurants. Next newsletter: LH Eats - Indiana.
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Dixie Highway news:
Why this suddenly popped up on Time.com is sort of a
mystery but perhaps they just recently provided access to
their archive:
"Monday, Oct. 19, 1925
Celebrating the completion of the Dixie Highway from Sault
Ste. Marie to Miami, after ten years of labor by the Dixie
Highway Association, a "motorcade" traveled southward
over the highway last week, waving flags and making
speeches."
Well - I searched their archives and came up with this
article about Ocala:
and another about Vandalia, OH - the intersection of the
Dixie and National Highways, and the Amateur National
Trapshooting Assoc.:
Anyone ever been to Coral Castle in Homestead, FL on
the Dixie Highway? Looks like my kind of place.
Check it out at:
http://www.coralcastle.com/home.asp
Norman Pepper fights to keep his giant catfish which
advertises Pepper Tackle Shop on the Dixie Highway
in Louisville, KY area, from the Courier-Journal.com:
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Auction News:
One of the biggest and best postcard auctions takes place
this spring at Lyn Knight Auctions, Overland Park,
Kansas, Wednesday and Thursday, May 23-24, 2007.
The auction features uncirculated advertising linen postcards
from the Curt Teich company archives, and postcards from
the decedent estate of Jane Pepper - 40 year collector.
You can get more information, and bid online after April 15
at: http://www.lynknightauctions.com/
Ebay auctions:
A porcelain 5" Goodrich Tourist license plate tag closed
at $68.80:
A 1914 - 1925 diary of Alice Gehant” of Ashton Illinois
was popular drawing 13 bids and closed at $169.50.
The description implies that the diary included a 1914
Lincoln Highway trip. No pics but more trip description at:
A Lincoln Highway concrete marker medallion drew 25
bids before closing at $213.65:
A water-transfer souvenir tourist decal of a ski scene at
Donner Pass brought $29!
A real photo postcard of Chamber's Wayside Inn, gas
station in Essex, CA on Route 66 closed at $113.61:
A 1927 Official State Highway road map of Arizona in fair
condition only surprisingly closed at $334 (spite bidding?)
A souvenir pennant from the S.S. Grand View Ship Hotel
brought $35.21.
A collection of 163 flattened match covers from Route 66
business closed at $224.72:
A 1913 Hamilton's California Tour Book only attracted
two bids but brought $152.50:
A round porcelain Goodrich school safety guide post sign
brought $312.55:
A Breezewood, PA 14 unit motel sold under Ebay's Make
An Offer provisions at $175,000. Many pics still available:
I missed bidding on this wonderful chrome postcard of the
Buckeye Sinclair Gas Station at the intersection of US 30
and SR 9, Hanoverton, OH. It closed at $22.72:
A mining Doctor's 1920+ photo album from Ely, NV was
popular attracting 18 bids and closing at $797.98. Pics
are down but further description is available at:
A 1923 National Park-To-Park Highway map brought
$99.88:
A real photo view of Fred's Place, south out of Lake
Tahoe on US 50 brought $153.51:
A water-transfer souvenir decal of the Pennsylvania
Turnpike was very popular attracting 32 bids and closing
at $97.66!
A banged-up Lincoln Highway marker medallion failed to
meet it's reserve price, only attracting bids up to $75.99:
A real photo postcard of the Lake Tahoe Country Club
brought $160.82:
A real photo postcard of the Lookout Point Hotel at
Emigrant Gap, CA closed at $54.77:
A wonderful set of 32 glass negatives of the construction
of the Holland Tunnel seemed a real bargain at $105.05:
A porcelain radiator badge from the Denver Auto Club
closed at $108.50:
Another banged-up Lincoln Highway marker medallion
failed to attract any interest when listed with an opening
bid of $400, or when later listed with an opening bid of
$199.99:
A 1929 Marland Oil road map of Oklahoma closed at
$103.98:
A similar Marland Oil Kansas map brought $75.
A 1934 Official State Highway map of Michigan was
popular attracting 12 bids and closing at $66:
A 1937 one went for $39:
A 1931 one closed at $59:
A circa 1910 real photo postcard of the First National
Blank in Dunlap, IA surprisingly closed at $224.50:
A circa 1920 real photo postcard of a snowbound
Gaynor's Lunch wagon, location unknown, was still
desirable and closed at $202.50:
A 1938 The Story Of Howard Johnsons booklet went
for $47.45:
A linen advertising postcard for Miller's Cafeteria in
Fort Wayne brought $37.87:
A nice 1920 real photo postcard of downtown
Bourbon, off the 1928 Indiana Lincoln Highway route,
closed at $54:
A 1930 Official State Highway map of New Mexico
brought $113.61:
A real photo if the Auto Park Camp on the National
Hwy in Cumberland, MD closed at $63.75:
This old Texaco strip map booklet of the Lincoln
Highway is always popular. This one drew 19 bids and
closed at $137.51:
A pair of plastic salt & pepper shakers in the shape of
Mobil gas pumps brought $47.01:
Another Lincoln Highway marker medallion, with it's
three prongs still attached brought $297.55:
A 1914 Lincoln Highway Association membership card
brought $58.99:
A real photo postcard of the German Car in the 1908
New York to Paris Auto Race in Kearney, NE by the
noted photographer SD Butcher closed at $57.59:
A linen advertising card of the Downington Diner on US
30 in PA brought $78:
Another one of these tin Lincoln Highway Garage,
Rawlins, WY signs brought $305:
Over 15 of these have shown up on Ebay over the last
5-10 years making me a little suspicious that these might
be repros.
A 1908 watch fob commemorating Jack Banta driver of
the Chicago Automobile club pilot car for the New
York-Paris racers closed at $91.57:
A "We travel Nebraska US 30" water-transfer souvenir
decal brought $13.29:
A very nice printed black & white advertising postcard
of the Edgewood restaurant 9 miles west of Coatesville,
PA on the Lincoln Highway brought $38.50:
A shield-shaped US 395 road sign with plastic bead
reflectors from California was popular and closed at
$1,526:
A cast iron Iowa US 20 shield-shaped road sign went
for $492:
A real photo postcard of the Rainbow Bridge at Donner
Summit filled with cars and people, purporting to be the
1928 Lincoln Highway marking ceremony brought
$78.77:
The winning bidder ignored my request for a scan of the
postcard.
A nice old real photo postcard of the LH Arch in Dixon,
IL closed at $77.36:
I was the lucky winner of a copy of the 1910
Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Co.'s magazine The
Co-Operator, featuring the article, A Woman's Motor
Trip Across the Continent by Alice H. Ramsey. This
early account of Alice's journey is not included in the
Bliss Bibliography of Transcontinental Auto Trips, and
is a real find for me. My winning bid was $57.78.
Check it out at:
I was also the lucky winner of this heretofore unknown
real photo postcard view of the Carroll Summit Station
on old US 50 (Lincoln Highway, now bypassed) in
NV, which I won at $68.00 (ouch):
Check out the two Lincoln Highway signs on this real
photo view of the north side of Main St, in Montour, IA:
A lot of three Texaco folding road maps including one
for the Lincoln Highway featuring strip maps of the
entire highway brought $56:
A very nice lot of 19 vintage tourist brochures of Lake
Tahoe closed at $207.06:
A very worn and rusted embossed shield-shaped US
30 sign from Wyoming brought $169.50:
That's all for now. See you soon in Fort Morgan.
yer pal,
ypsi-slm
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Dixie Highway news:
Why this suddenly popped up on Time.com is sort of a
mystery but perhaps they just recently provided access to
their archive:
"Monday, Oct. 19, 1925
Celebrating the completion of the Dixie Highway from Sault
Ste. Marie to Miami, after ten years of labor by the Dixie
Highway Association, a "motorcade" traveled southward
over the highway last week, waving flags and making
speeches."
Well - I searched their archives and came up with this
article about Ocala:
and another about Vandalia, OH - the intersection of the
Dixie and National Highways, and the Amateur National
Trapshooting Assoc.:
Anyone ever been to Coral Castle in Homestead, FL on
the Dixie Highway? Looks like my kind of place.
Check it out at:
http://www.coralcastle.com/home.asp
Norman Pepper fights to keep his giant catfish which
advertises Pepper Tackle Shop on the Dixie Highway
in Louisville, KY area, from the Courier-Journal.com:
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Pat,
If you have add older version of Delorme's US Street Atlas (vers. 9 or earliers) I have an overlay file that
contains the complete Indiana routing. Let me know.
ypsi-slim
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Hey Folks,
I posted a new Lincoln Highway E-Newsletter in the Lincoln Highway Forum.
Check it out - thanks.
ypsi-slim
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Holiday Greetings and welcome to the belated, but world's largest,
Lincoln Highway E-Newsletter. Fifty degrees, no snow, and it
rained all day today in Ypsilanti, Michigan. This lack of snow and
warm weather is either caused by my wearing only a light jacket
thus not jinxing the weather, or global warming.
This edition rolls out some new features - Lincoln Highway Eats,
Dixie Highway News, and perhaps the first Lincoln Highway
YouTube video.
Well, I've already made my motel reservations for next summer's
National Lincoln Highway Association Conference in Fort Morgan,
Colorado - so you should too! Read all about the conference at:
http://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/conference/2007/
I'm leaving on my winter road trip next Thursday - western route of the
old Dixie Highway from South Bend to Louisville, then old US 31
all the way down to the Gulf Coast at Mobile, Alabama. Then old US
90 west through New Orleans to Houston. Then I'll be working in
Austin for a week, and driving home through Dallas to Oklahoma City,
and back on US 66. Any tips for must-sees and/or restaurants between
Louisville through Houston are appreciated.
Let's start things off with some tunes - check out New Music composer /
performer Mark Rushton's Theme from the Lincoln Highway from his
The Drivers Companion album. Its funky and engaging - I like it!
It's a free download about halfway down the page at:
http://www.markrushton.com/music/freemp3/index.htm
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In October I had the honor, on behalf of the Lincoln Highway Association,
of presenting a check for $3,000.00 to the University of Michigan
Special Collections Library on October 4. These funds will enable the
library to complete the project to digitize the photographic archive of the
original Lincoln Highway Association. The digital capture and inclusion of
the remaining 780 photographs in the web-based Lincoln Highway Digital
Image Collection will ensure that the entire visual history of over 3,000
images of the early days of the Lincoln Highway will be available to the
public. Transportation History Collection curator Kathleen Dow said that
this generous gift will ensure that the entire visual history of the planning and
building of this milestone in the history of American transportation will be
easily available for consultation by researchers and scholars, while helping
to preserve the original photographs.
You can visit the online collection at: http://xrl.us/chp8
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Last issue I posted the link for the transcontinental Hupmobile trip on
the Lincoln Highway as sent by Paul Gilger.
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist7/hupp.html
Well - Van Becker sends an update: " Guys, the article from Paul re the
Hupp Skylark was interesting, but the photo of the vehicle was very
poor/small. I went on a bit of a search. The Skylark was a 1940 model
for Hupp Mobile; 6 cyl, 101 hp. Pre-production pilot models began
appearing in April 1939. Check the attached photo and notice the LH
emblem on the door. I wonder if this was the car that made the trip.
That's all. Just had to share."
I've posted the pic on the net - check out that LH sign on the door at:
http://www.indianalincolnhighway.com/page15.html
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Book News:
LHA Founder and Forum editor Gregory Franzwa's latest book from his
Lincoln Highway Series has been published by his Patrice Press - The
Lincoln Highway: California.
http://www.patricepress.com/index.html
Longtime LHA member, Lowell Nissley's book Lincoln Highway - The
Road My Father Travelled was published earlier this year. The book
was inspired by Lowell's father diary of his 1915 drive from eastern PA to
San Francisco. It is full of wonderful illustrations including a photographic
log of most existing Lincoln Highway concrete markers. The book is
available from the Lincoln Highway Trading Post:
House by the Side of the Road, Stories of 20th Century farm life
beside Illinois Lincoln Highway by Mrs. L. A. Abbott, edited by
Susan Gidel and Jan Landow is out. This is a series of short stories
recounting Morrison, IL farm life along the Lincoln Highway. You can
order the book directly from Pines Publishing:
http://www.pinespublishing.com/
Here's an article from Morrison Online about the farm and book:
http://www.thecity1.com/features/1397.html
USA Today in October ran a feature about Brian and Sarah Butko's
Roadside Giants book:
Last year they also had a story about LA roadside icons, including Brian
and Sarah's book. Read more at:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-1...la-kitsch_x.htm
From Arcadia Publishing's Postcard History Series comes Richard W.
Funk's Along Pennsylvania's Lincoln Highway:
A new book is out - Motorcycling Across Ohio: A Guide, by William
Murphy (Arbutus Press, $17.95). It features trips on the Lincoln, Dixie
and National Highways:
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/living/travel/15851999.htm
From Google's beta book search on the Lincoln Highway - The Book
of Lincoln, Compiled by Mary Wright-Davis, Published 1919, George H.
Doran company - Lincoln Highway by Woodbury Pulsifer(!):
http://xrl.us/tzig Pages 343-344
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I just figured out that Howard Hyde Russell's papers and photos are at
the Bentley Historical Museum, on University of Michigan's North
Campus. Russell was a Congregational minister and founder of the
American Anti-Saloon League. The collection includes photographs of
Russell and his companions on their "water wagon" tour along the
Lincoln Highway. I'll have to check them out some winter day. Here's
the link from U of M's Mirlyn system, this takes you to the search page,
then search on Howard Hyde Russell:
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I've posted some information on the net about the Lincoln Highway
concrete marker medallions:
http://www.indianalincolnhighway.com/page13.html
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New Feature - Lincoln Highway Eats - Highway Food:
From DailySouthtown.com a reader writes, "Chicago-style dogs -
I'm a long-time resident of Frankfort and I just want to comment on a new
hot dog stand finally that opened up in our area on Lincoln Highway and
80th Avenue called "Hogs and Dogs." Finally we got a Chicago-style hot
dog place in our area. They make it just like I remembered when I grew
up on the Far South Side of Chicago. They also have beef sandwiches
and they make home-made French fries from fresh potatoes they cut
every day. I'm no relation to anybody who works there, but I just want to
say we finally have a Chicago-style hot dog place in Frankfort, and if
anybody has a taste for a true Chicago-style dog or a polish, I would
recommend this place 100 percent.
From Yahoo's Roadsidefans Discussion Group, Susan Levinson alerts
us to Loveland, CO's Johnson's Corner Restaurant and Bakery, home
of the World Famous Cinnamon Roll, open since 1952. "Travel &
Leisure Magazine calls us “one of the top 10 BEST breakfast spots in the
world.” And in 2004, the Food Network declared us one of the top five
truck stops in the country."
http://www.johnsonscorner.com/
Might be a stop for visitors attending next year's LHA Conference in
Fort Morgan, CO.
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A historic marker was placed on the Lincoln Highway in Gap this month
to honor African-American inventor William Chester Ruth. Read more
about it ParkesburgLedger.com:
Lots of PA roadbuilding history in Westmoreland County, including the LH
and the William Penn Highway in this Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article
by Bob Cup:
The BaltimoreSun.com carried this article about a clash of cultures along
the Lincoln Highway in Lancaster, PA:
The Discover Lancaster County History Museum on Lincoln Highway East
will close after 37 years of operation, from Lancaster Online:
http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/27708
From ydr.com:
Oct 22, 2006 — The Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor will give a
$33,500 grant to Abbottstown to revitalize Abbottstown Square with
landscaping, benches, planters, a flagpole and a historical display of the
original school house bell.
From Pittsburgh's Post Gazette.com:
The Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland County has received a
$50,000 grant from the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor for a master
plan addressing land use management, transportation management and
quality of life issues for 13 municipalities along the Lincoln Highway
(Route 30) in Westmoreland County.
Famous footsteps by Bob Cupp of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review
covers some of the 2,000 distinctive blue and gold metal markers along
the state's roads and highways for historical sites, including many on the
Lincoln Highway:
Check out the website for the historic Jean Bonnet Tavern in Bedford,
PA: http://www.jeanbonnettavern.com/index.html
Pennsylvania's Mountain of Attractions' Lincoln Highway page:
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Dalton, OH celebrates its sesquicentennial (quietly) from IndieOnline.com:
http://www.indeonline.com/index.php?ID=110...=0&Category
The State of Ohio budget includes 14.7 million dollars for Stark County
projects, many of which are Lincoln Highway related. Read about it at
CantonRep.com:
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=323274&Category=9
What famous China Company, over 100 years old, is located right on
the original routing of the Lincoln Highway? Why that's the Hall China
Company in East Liverpool, OH. They are famous for their restaurant
ware, promotional ware, and figural tea pots (most recently a Ronald
Reagan teapot). They use a secret high temperature glaze that allows
pieces to be used in the oven and freezer without crazing. I have
pieces that are almost 75 years old and look almost new. Self-guided
tours are available on weekdays at their factory, and an outlet shop is
available. Some of their classic designs are now available on-line on their
new retail website: http://www.hallclassics.com/
Their ball pitchers introduced in 1936 and produced in a multitude of
colors, were used in thousands of restaurants over the years for ice
water, and their design was widely copied by other companies.
The regular company website with a map to the Hall Closet Outlet is at:
http://www.hallchina.com/mainframe_home.html
Mike Buettner, through the Ohio Lincoln Highway League's Buckeye
Ramblings Newsletter, sends news of the coolest expressway overpass
ever - the new Lincoln Highway Bridge over I-75 at Beaverdam, OH.
"Although Lincoln Highway logo signs still need to be placed in the
imitation brick pilasters of the structure, the sparkling new Lincoln
Highway bridge at Beaverdam was opened to traffic in the early weeks
of November 20006. The bridge is at the Exit 135 interchange of
Interstate Route 75, with the Lincoln Highway portion of the grade
separation now being part of State Route 696." Traffic on I-75 going
under the bridge will see large Lincoln Highway signs on both sides of'the
abutments in either direction. I will try to post some pictures of the
bridge ASAP.
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Indiana's hosting the Lincoln Highway Association conference in South
Bend Indiana in June 2009. We're looking for people interested in the
Dixie Highway history in Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. As part of the
LH Association national conference we'll be traveling from South Bend
to Indianapolis to visit Carl Fisher sites. We'd like some talking points
about the Dixie along the route as well as historic images and stories for
the conference booklet and tour highlights. Anyone with Dixie Highway
information or in participating in the conference, please contact Jan
Shupert-Arick at janshupert@yahoo.com. Please type DIXIE HIGHWAY
in the subject line. Thanks for your interest in the LH, the Dixie, and
Carl Fisher!
Valparaiso's Lincoln Highway rededication plans to be celebrated next
year on Abe's birthday, from nwitimes.com:
Check out this video of a Lincoln Highway concrete marker donated to
the city of Valparaiso, IN - to be preserved and re-erected soon, from
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDYNbINADpk
From Indiana's News Center comes more video of Patty Fisel's efforts
to start the restoration of downtown Ligonier on Cavin St. - the Lincoln
Highway (click the Video link):
Historic school is for sale on the Lincoln Highway outside of New
Haven, IN from the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/new...al/16237530.htm
The Indiana LHA Chapter website has been updated - check it out at:
www.IndianaLincolnHighway.com
It includes the world's largest Lincoln Highway links page - All the Links
to Lincolnway.
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Get your kicks on Lincoln Highway - Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition
plans a series of 20 educational gazebos along the Lincoln Highway. Read
more about this great plan at SuburbanChicagoNews.com:
From BeaconNewsOnLine.com, Geneva gazebo to mark historic
roadway, a story on the Lincoln Highway Gazebo planned for the city of
Geneva:
Plainfield is working on their Lincoln Highway Gazebo too - from the
HeraldNewsOnLine.com:
DeKalb, IL is celebrating it's sesquicentennial:
Another article about DeKalb's big 150:
http://www.star.niu.edu/articles/?id=33794
The Lincoln Highway mural is unveiled in DeKalb, from the Daily
Chronicle:
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/articles/20...ews/anews01.txt
More DeKalb LH news - "In 1928, Mable Glidden sold flowers from a
small garden on West Lincoln Highway. Jessie and Carter Glidden
established Glidden Campus Florist in 1936 at 917 W. Lincoln Highway."
It's still open - read more at MidWeek Business News:
Chicago's Seecago Tours offered two fall road trips that traversed
portions of the historic Lincoln Highway. The first ran Oct. 7-8, round-trip
from Tinley Park Ill., with stops at the Elwood House Museum and
Mansion in DeKalb and the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home in Dixon, as
well as a tour of Starved Rock State Park and a cruise on the Illinois
River. Accommodations were at the Bavarian-style Lodge Hotel in
Bettendorf, Iowa, with dinner and a murder-mystery play at the hotel's
restaurant. A longer, more comprehensive version, went round-trip from
Munster, Ind. Both trips were operated Seecago, but offered by different
park districts in the Chicago area. Both these tours are advertised at
Seecago's website:
http://seecagotours.com/_wsn/page3.html
Yahoo's RoadDog reports on Illinois Rt. 66's 80th anniversary celebration
with a Lincoln Highway tie-in: "It was cold. It was blustery. In short, a
touch on the miserable side, but that didn't stop about 40 intrepid 66ers
from gathering at the Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum in Pontiac.
Illinois Association President John Miller was being interviewed for
a film and we had plenty of sweets for the journey. I got to see Bob
Waldemire's Illinois map mural which is still under construction. It is right
by the bathrooms and, as I was videoing it, a guy walked out. That was an
awkward moment.
We then cruised north to the Standard station in Odell where we met
John Weiss. He talked about the new preservation project in Lincoln at the
Mill which will be undertaken in spring. Four very impressive new direction
signs to the station will be put up this weekend.
We were invited to take part in the Wilmington VFW's Veteran's Day
observance and the dedication of that stretch of Route 66 in front of the
post as a new Blue Star Memorial Highway. John Weiss said a few words
about how 66's 80th birthday was the same day as Veterans Day.
My wife and I left the caravan here and headed north to Joliet, past
the old green giant. Took a quick tour of the fairly new Midewin Tall Grass
Prairie headquarters on the site of the old Joliet Arsenal. In the near future,
it will be the largest tall grass prairie in the US.
We had a bite to eat at Mr. B's on 66, about a mile south of the 66
Speedway. If you like racing, 66, good food, and cheap drinks, this is the
place for you. I recommend especially the mozzarella stuffed breadsticks
and the absolutely huge pork tenderloin sandwiches.
Then on to the Joliet Museum where we had three dedications and sang
happy birthday to the Mother Road. President Miller got to meet the
president of the Illinois Lincoln Highway Association, Wayne Silvius.
The first dedication was outside and it is a street sculpture of Route 66
with different aspects of it incorporated into it: the road in Joliet, Chain of
Rocks Bridge, Blue Swallow, an automobile, a Dust Bowl father holding his
child and so forth.
Then we had the dedication of an original Lincoln Highway marker in the
fountain garden. John Weiss was master of ceremonies as he had a lot to do
with the acquisition of it from IDOT.
Most of these were installed across the whole length of the Lincoln on the
same day in 1928. A group of four "model" Boy Scouts toured the whole
length of Lincoln to spread the word of the marker project and to show off
scouting skills. One of them, Mark Hughes was from Joliet. A relative of his
is still in scouting in Joliet, but unfortunately was unable to attend.
Then, Lenore Weiss, dedicated the impressive new Route 66 map mural
by Jerry McClannahan. It shows the road through all eight states with
landmarks along the way.
Keep on Down that Two Lane Highway. --RoadDog
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From the Grand Island Independent: Downtown Joins Lincoln Highway
Association (requires free login):
http://www.theindependent.com/stories/1117...w_byway17.shtml
The Nebraska Department of Roads, NDOR, has a lot of great historical
information on their website at:
http://www.dor.state.ne.us/history/index.htm
Be sure to click on the Lincoln Highway link, and check out the publicity
and graphics, about the new signing of the Lincoln Highway Byway:
http://www.dor.state.ne.us/history/lincolnhwy.htm
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From WyomingNews.com - an article about the Ames Monument outside
of Cheyenne (one of the Great Pyramids of the Lincoln Highway):
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The Tooele Transcript Online covers Gregory Franzwa's Alice's Drive,
the republishing of Alice Ramsey's memoir of her cross country auto
trip from 1909:
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From Rosevillept.com comes an article about Eddie Lang, "Mr. 40":
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Vintage road maps a window on their time, by Phil Patton of the NY
Times, from the San Francisco Chronicle:
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Dixie Highway News
http://www.dixiehighway.org/ is the home page of the Dixie Highway
Association, a cooperative tourism project formed to promote the Dixie
Highway from Ringgold to Marietta Square in Georgia. Be sure to
download their brochure - it is a large pdf so prepare for a little delay.
Checkout this article on old US 41 - the Dixie Highway from the
managing editor of the Murfreesboro Post (Murfreesboro, Tennessee):
http://www.murfreesboropost.com/news.php?viewStory=601
Answers.com wikipedia page on the Dixie Highway has a lot of great
info and pictures, including a routing summary. Interestingly, someone
has figured out that in 1925 the Dixie Highway was 5,786 miles long,
making it America's longest highway. This length, of course, was only
achieved because of the highway's parallel routes, doglegs and loops.
http://www.answers.com/topic/dixie-highway
Some of the enlargement links for the pictures don't work, but they do
at this site:
I especially like: Image:Dixie Highway across RR in Dania.jpg
The billboard shows drivers how to make the on-grade railroad crossing.
*This photo is from the Florida Memory Project which includes
128,500 scanned and online images:
http://www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/
This site needs some more exploration.
The Historic Dixie Highway Arch in Stuart, FL was restored to it's
1926 condition and rededicated on November 22. Read more about it at
TCPalm.com:
It is located at between 2369 and 2390 Northeast Dixie Highway at
Jensen Beach. On September 15, 2004 it was added to the National
Register of Historic Places.
From Google's beta book search on the Dixie Highway - Public School
Methods, Chicago: The Methods Co., 1917 - Chapter Seven - A Trip
Over the Dixie Highway:
http://xrl.us/tzin Pages 449-459
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Auctions
OK - here's the ebay Lincoln Highway auction of the year - the second
known set of large broadsides, probably the first published items of the
Lincoln Highway Association from 1913 - An Appeal to Patriots, and
Proclamation of Route of Lincoln Highway. Despite the fact that over
70,000 of these were printed virtually none have survived - true ephemera.
This set was part of a collection that was displayed at a now closed Ford
Dealership in Rochester, MI. In addition to these posters, the seller also
separately offered a 1924 Official Guide to the Lincoln Highway, and the
large 1920 booklet - A Picture of Progress on the Lincoln Way. The
posters, in excellent condition were offered unframed, and bidding closed
at $4,150. University of Michigan Special Collections Library lost out
when their bid of $4,000 failed in their attempt to add these important
documents missing from their original Lincoln Highway Association archive.
Checkout the auction page at:
Back up plan - I have the other known set of these broadsides, and have
decided to donate them to U of M within the next two years. I had
them archively matted and framed, and they are on display outside of my
cubicle at work. LHA members may remember I brought them for display
at the LHA National Conference in Chester, WV.
The 1924 guides was a bargain when it closed at only $110.28:
I was the lucky winner of the 1920 booklet at $115.63:
Well, in honor of that other Ypsilantian, Preston Tucker, I have a bumper
sticker that says, "My other car is a Tucker" and a few models. But it
doesn't look like I'm getting a real one, at least not on my Civil Servant's
budget. The Tucker Club reports, "SOLD! TUCKER #1038 SELLS
AT AUCTION: RM Auctions, Inc. of Blenheim, Ontario, Canada,
auctioned Tucker #1038 during the firm’s Monterey Sports & Classic
Car Auction in Monterey, CA last month. The car reportedly sold for
$577,500 plus auction fees." The #1038 is the serial number but keep
in mind that this is one of only 51 that were built.
You can check out some great pics of this ride at:
http://www.rmauctions.com/AuctionResults.cfm?SaleCode=MO06#
Scroll down to lot 458 and click on 1948 Tucker Torpedo
Ebay:
The historic Herring Hotel, a Lincoln Highway landmark in Belle Plaine,
Iowa is for sale on ebay for $40,000. Lyell Henry wants me to take an
early retirement, move to Iowa and run this hotel on the Lincoln Highway.
Ok - let's see - 1st floor is my Lincoln Highway Museum with the all
the non-paper stuff U of M doesn't want, 2nd floor - slim's International
House of Stuff featuring thousands of vintage record albums, books,
postcards and ephemera, 3rd floor - bachelor pad. Make your bid at:
This rare real photo postcard view of Bedford, PA's Coffee Pot
Restaurant closed at $253.90
A lucky LHA member from Iowa snagged this snapshot of a similar
Coffee Pot shaped restaurant in Iowa (anyone know where?):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=230028047174
I was the luck winner on a mini-cigar box for the Yellowstone Trail
cigar:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=270029648069
This fits in nicely with my little collection of highway related cigar boxes
which also includes the Lincoln Highway, Dixie Highway and National
Highway!
A 1942 real photo postcard of the lookout building at Donner Pass
went for $169.48! (sorry no pic):
Check out this Hall China automobile-shaped teapot in canary yellow.
It attracted 14 bids and closed at $302.43:
This rarely seen hand-colored printed postcard of the Otter Hotel in
Ashland, OH brought $90:
A printed black & white postcard of the Lincoln Restaurant from
Boone, IA closed at $22.05:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=110035443369
A real photo postcard of Ezra Meeker off the Oregon Trail at the Alamo
was popular and closed at $102.50:
A 1923 map of the National Old Trails Road through Colorado closed
at $79.89:
The ever popular Staffordshire china souvenir plate from the Grandview
Ship Hotel on the Lincoln Highway in PA brought $75.88:
A brass watch fob from the Yellowstone Trail Association attracted
34 bids and closed at $355.98 (sorry no pics):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=290031671150
A scarce printed postcard of the Joseph Massetti Gulf gas station in
Ardmore, PA brought $46.05:
A real photo postcard of the famous Lincoln Highway bridge in Tama,
IA closed at $53.53:
Another real photo view from the same seller of the LH west entrance
pillars in Tama brought $34.33:
An unusual 3-part advertising postcard from the gas pump manufacturer
S F Bowser from Fort Wayne, IN brought $28.27:
A popular printed postcard of the Lincoln Highway signing crew,
advertising Pattons' Sun-Proof Paint, closed at $64.22:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=290036598738
A wooden arrow sign to Idlewild Park, on the LH in Ligonier, PA
brought $207.50:
A real photo postcard of a lookout building at Echo Summit on US 50
in California closed at $101.50:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=290036905840
An advertising cigar cutter from the Lincoln Highway Garage in Lisbon,
Ohio brought $38:
Perhaps the scarcest postcard of the SS Grand View Ship Hotel - a real
photo interior view of the dining room, closed at $147.50:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=140042201627
A 1926 official State Highway map of West Virginia brought $102.50:
A tin sign from the Lincoln Highway Garage in Rawlins, WY closed at
$141.38 (an unused stash of these must exist as quite a few have shown
up on ebay):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=160043352612
A nice real photo view of the Trading Post Donut Shop at Donner Lake
closed at $37.99:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=290042506321
A real photo postcard of Shorty's Place on the LH near Breezewood,
PA brought $56.59:
A Parker Brothers Lincoln Highway board game in nice shape with a
good condition box, and apparently unused attracted 20 bids and
closed at $219.50 (sorry no pics):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=220041280239
A nice set of real photo stereoviews of the Lincoln Highway west from
Omaha, from the Keystone Company brought $150 ($5 each):
A 1928 Official State Highway map of Illinois in good condition only
surprisingly closed at $152.50:
A 1918 Official Guide to the Lincoln Highway with a bright cover was
popular fielding 17 bid and bringing $256.98:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=160043384858
An SS Grand View Ship Hotel room key fob brought $88.59 (sorry no
pics):
A Southern California Auto Club porcelain sign for the Zion Park
Highway / Arrowhead Trail, 15" closed at $3,159.99:
A later shield shaped US 50 sign from Colorado brought $248.50:
A matchcover from the Airport Lodge in Ely, NV closed at $27.11:
A shield shaped Nevada US 95 sign with a couple of bullet holes
closed at $1,525:
A 1920 Official Automobile Blue Book, Vol. 8 covering CA, NV, UT
and AZ brought $102.60:
A fairly new, not uncommon, printed black and white postcard of the
Lincoln Highway in Wayne, PA went for $112.02 (?):
A 1939 World's Fair Lincoln Highway map closed at $71:
A printed postcard of the Northern Hotel in Ely, NV brought $67:
A 1921 Official Guide to the Lincoln Highway in fair condition attracted
22 bids and closed at $100:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=230063967904
A real photo postcard of the Giant Mills gas station in Galesburg, IL,
a scarce view, garnered 15 bids and closed at $102.50:
A 1928 road map from the General Gasoline company of Northern
California brought $63.98:
An embossed steel shield shaped Illinois US 24 sign went for $203.50:
A 1929 Official State Highway map of New Mexico brought $225.50:
A scarce real photo view of the 1926 Sacramento - Davis Causeway
went for $48.77
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=220060755450
And another different view from the same dealer went for $21.51
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=220060755404
A 20th Anniversary plastic toothpick holder in the shape of the Little
Tavern Shop hamburger restaurant building from 1947 closed at
$227.76:
A quart milk bottle from the Lincoln Highway Dairy in Delphos, OH
brought $52.76:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=320061795053
A 4" Goodrich porcelain license plate tag brought $68.80:
A 1916 TIB Automobile Route Book for Minnesota-Wisconsin closed
at $103:
Whew......that's all for now.
yer pal,
ypsi-slim
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The Historic Dixie Highway Arch in Stuart, FL was restored to it's 1926 condition and rededicated on November 22. Read more about it at TCPalm.com:
It is located at between 2369 and 2390 Northeast Dixie Highway at Jensen Beach. On September 15, 2004 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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http://www.dixiehighway.org/ is the home page of the Dixie Highway
Association, a cooperative tourism project formed to promote the Dixie
Highway from Ringgold to Marietta Square in Georgia. Be sure to
download their brochure - it is a large pdf so prepare for a little delay.
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Answers.com wikipedia page on the Dixie Highway has a lot of great info and pictures, including a routing summary. Interestingly, someone has figured out that in 1925 the Dixie Highway was 5,786 miles long - making it America's longest highway. This length, of course, was only achieved because of the highway's parallel routes, doglegs and loops.
http://www.answers.com/topic/dixie-highway
Some of the enlargement links for the pictures don't work, but they do at this site:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:...ghway&go=Go
I especially like: Image:Dixie Highway across RR in Dania.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Di...RR_in_Dania.jpg
The billboard shows drivers how to make the on-grade railroad crossing.
*This photo is from the Florida Memory Project which includes 128,500 scanned and online images:
http://www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/
This site needs some more exploration.
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Checkout this article on old US 41 - the Dixie Highway from the managing editor of the Murfreesboro Post,
(Murfreesboro, Tennessee):
http://www.murfreesboropost.com/news.php?viewStory=601
ypsi-slim
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I cut and pasted the E-newletter in the text area. The hyperlinks appeared as regular text. But when I went to the preview mode the links were underlined and all worked. The only problem is that they are in black - not another color. I don't know if there is a setting change for this - but it's not a big deal.
ypsi-slim
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Hey Folks,
I posted a new Lincoln Highway E-Newsletter in the Lincoln Highway Forum.
Check it out - thanks.
ypsi-slim
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[editor's note - all underlined Internet links work, but for some
reason didn't come out colored]
Hey - It's back - your Lincoln Highway E-Newsletter. I hope
everyone had a great summer, and were able to take some
roadtrips.
The American Road Magazine's Yahoo group discussion forum
has been closed, and is now replaced by the American Road
Foundation's own forum site:
http://americanroadmagazine.com/forum/index.php?
I will be moderating the Lincoln and Dixie Highway forums
on this site. Please take the time to register and peruse the site.
Unlike Yahoo which pushed out all new e-mail if desired, the
new site requires you to login and read postings on line. You
can, though, get e-mail notification of new postings. It includes a
lot of options to personalize your experience, and a photo gallery
to post your pictures.
Anyone needing assistance logging in to the new Forum can
contact Becky Repp for assistance via e-mail.
becky@americanroadmagazine.com
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Toshio Koshimizu's Lincoln Highway trip website was hacked into by
pro-Hezbollah sympathizers who posted grisly pictures purported to
be victims of the recent Mideast conflict. We have removed these
links in the last newsletter posted to the Lincoln Highway Association
website. Toshio now has a more secure web hosting service.
The re-posted trip pics are at:
http://isao-net.com/driving/LINCOLN/index.html
Koshimizu's Lincoln Highway itinerary as originally posted on the
American Road's Yahoo group:
"The followings are our schedule and driving distance for each day:
June 5 (Mon) Tokyo - New York (NY) - Newark(NJ) 57 miles
6 (Tue) Newark - Trenton(NJ) - Paradise(PA) 157 miles
7 (Wed) Paradise - Lancaster(PA) - Greensburg(PA) 228 miles
8 (Thur) Greensburg - Chester(WV) - Wooster(OH) 196 miles
9 (Fri) Wooster - Upper Sandusky(OH) - Fort Wayne(IN) 213 miles
10 (St) Fort Wayne (stay) 31 miles
11 (Sun) Fort Wayne - South Bend(IN) - Schererville(IN) 194 miles
12 (Mon) Schererville - Rochelle(IL) - Clinton(IA) 195 miles
13 (Tue) Clinton - Cedar Rapids(IA) - Marshalltown(IA) 192 miles
14 (Wed) Marshalltown - Ames(NE) - Omaha(NE) 225 miles
15 (Thur) Omaha (stay) 39 miles
16 (Fri) Omaha - Grand Island(NE) - Lexington(NE) 276 miles
17 (Sat) Lexington - North Platte(NE) - Sidney(NE) 231 miles
18 (Sun) Sidney - Cheyenne(WY) - Laramie(WY) 180 miles
19 (Mon) Laramie - Medicine Bow(WY) - Rock Springs(WY) 255 miles
20 (Tue) Rock Springs - Evanston(WY) - Salt Lake City(UT) 201 miles
21 (Wed) Salt Lake City (stay) 92 miles
22 (Thur) Salt Lake City - Tooele(UT) - Wendover(UT) 239 miles
23 (Fri) Wendover - Ely(NV) - Eureka(NV) 246 miles
24 (Sat) Eureka - Fallon(NV) - Sparks(NV) 249 miles
25 (Sun) Sparks - Donner Pass(CA) - Sacramento(CA) 166 miles
26 (Mon) Sacramento - Vallejo(CA) - San Francisco(CA) 120 miles
27 (Tue) San Francisco (stay) 46 miles
28 (Wed) San Francisco - 15 miles to Airport
29 (Thur) - Tokyo
Total 25 days, 4,043 miles"
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I was saddened to hear of Cecil Reed's passing, just weeks after his
being presented as Member of the Year by the Lincoln Highway
Association at the National Conference in Cedar Rapids, IA. Cecil
was the 14th Life Member of the Association, and ran the Sepia
Motel in the '50s on the Lincoln Highway in Cedar Rapids. Here's
an article from Cedar Rapids Gazette, 8/15/2006 passed along by
Van & Bev Becker:
Reed's Life Full of Milestones
First black elected to Legislature had long, varied career
By Steve Gravelle, The Gazette
CEDAR RAPIDS - Cecil Reed's family was still learning of his
accomplishments Monday. "I just found out today about that, "
Sandy Reed, Cecil's daughter-in-law, said after learning he once
owned and operated a broiler chicken processing plant. "He was a
busy man, and used his time well," said son Richard Reed, Sandy's
husband.
The death Monday of Cecil Reed, 92, marked the loss of another
connection to the state's and the nation's history. Cecil Reed, the
first African American and the only black Republican elected to the
Iowa House, was 50 when the federal Civil Rights Act was signed
into law in 1964.
"Before that, they wouldn't let me do anything," Cecil Reed recalled
in a 2005 interview.
Born in Collinsville, Ill., Cecil Reed and his family moved to Iowa
with his father's railroad job around the time of World War I. He
graduated from high school in Cedar Rapids and worked first as a
shoeshine boy, then as a cook, waiter, bartender, janitor and
carpenter. In addition to that broilerchicken operation, he and a
sister worked as a dance team in the 1930s, and he played bass in
his orchestra. In 1949, he became the first African-American
Chamber of Commerce member in Iowa. By the early 1950s, he
had established his own floor-refinishing service and a business
selling building maintenance supplies. When the Reed family took
a trip west, white innkeepers refused to lodge them. That led to
the 1953 opening of the Sepia Motel, open to everyone at Bertram
and Mount Vernon roads with Evelyn Reed listed as proprietor.
Residents of Cecil Reed's majority-white legislative district urged
him to run, Sandy Reed said.
"That's what gave him the courage to do it, " she said. "It wasn't
easy, but he was such a personable and distinguished man, he won
people over." Cecil Reed's legislative career lasted just one term.
Democratic Gov. Harold Hughes appointed him to the Iowa
Employment Security Commission, launching a second career in
government service. He was later appointed regional administrator
for the Department of Labor and an assistant administrator for the
Jobs Corp.
The government jobs took Cecil and Evelyn Reed to Kansas City,
Mo., for several years, but they returned around 2000.
"I just wanted to come home," he said in his 2005 interview. "I
have wonderful, wonderful friends here." Cecil Reed also helped
develop an African-American history course for Des Moines
schools that became a model for other Iowa districts. The
University of Iowa Press published his autobiography, "Fly in the
Buttermilk," in 1993.
Reed received the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award from the
local branch of the NAACP in 2002, the same year he was named
a Freedom Festival Hero. He was named the Lincoln Highway
Association's Man of the Year just two weeks ago, Richard Reed
said.
After Cecil Reed was diagnosed with cancer this spring, he briefly
lived in a nursing facility but later returned home. "He wanted to be
surrounded by his home and books," said Sandy Reed.
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The AASHTO Convoy reenactment website celebrating the 50th
anniversary of the US Interstate system has pdf files of the Convoy
Commemorative Program and Convoy Manual for download. There
are also links to a daily webcast, and the 18 stops. Check it out at:
http://www.interstate50th.org/reenactment.shtml
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AltoonaMirror.com has an article and interview with artist Kevin
Kutz about his new book Kevin Kutz’s Lincoln Highway,
recently published by Stackpole Books:
http://www.altoonamirror.com/Life/articles...?articleID=3716
Some reviews from Stackpole's site:
"His acute impressionistic paintings are a visual record of history,
reinterpreted through memory and the hand of the artist, a combination
of lore and fact, folk and sophisticate, ideal and actual."
--Mary Thomas, from the introduction
"The expert craftsmanship and keen storytelling in his body of work
make it a notable addition to our disappearing roadside culture and,
even more so, to the world of art."
--John Baeder, painter and author of Diners, Sign Language, and
Gas, Food & Lodging
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Historic Princeton, NJ stone bridge, on Quaker Road, reopens after
repairs, part of the Kings Highway (Upper Road and Lincoln Highway)
Historic District:
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PennLive.com suggests fall foliage tours in PA along the Lincoln
Highway and US 6:
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Lisbon, OH is having it's Johnny Appleseed festival this weekend:
http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regiona...78620170295.php
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The Lincoln Highway Garage Sale this year extended past the Ohio
Lincoln Highway Byway though both LH routes in Indiana. Like last
year it garnered a lot of publicity and participation. Perhaps next
year it will expand into Illinois, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
2007 dates have been announced for August 9, 10 and 11 2007.
Check out the Ohio site: www.historicbyway.com and see how we
can get people involved next year.
Here's one of the articles on this year's shindig from Ohio.com:
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/15211302.htm
And another from Van Wert, OH's TimesBulletin.com:
And another from Lisbon, OH's vindy.com:
http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regiona...74470214466.php
and from Massillon's IndeOnline.com:
http://www.indeonline.com/index.php?ID=948...&Category=1
Here's an article from Fort Wayne's Journal Gazette, Hoosiers
can join in 400-mile garage sale, with an inset map of the LH
routes in Indiana:
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazett...ng/15241341.htm
Watch a TV story about the yardsale in IN from WNDU channel 16
in South Bend, click the link for "Watch Broadband Video":
http://www.wndu.com/news/082006/news_52021.php
Here's an article from the South Bend Tribune:
Garage sale with history - Event promotes Lincoln Way and its
days as highway across U.S.
JIM MEENAN, Tribune Staff Writer
SOUTH BEND -- Today, to many, what is now called Lincoln Way in
South Bend and Mishawaka is simply a road that with an interruption
or two will take you across South Bend and Mishawaka. But to those
with an appreciation of history, and knowledge of its past, Lincoln Way
East and West is much, much more. Long before a Holiday Inn, a rest
stop or even a simple sign on a highway telling you how much farther
you had to go to reach the next town, there were things like tourist
homes, where travelers spent the night in townsfolks' homes, and hotels
that were control stations, where they learned how far they still had to
go to reach their destination. It happened on a coast to coast highway
called Lincoln Highway. That same Lincoln Highway is Lincoln Way
today. Trying to celebrate that rich history the Lincoln Highway Yard
Sale Days were held last week across Indiana and Ohio. South Bend
held the garage sale Friday and Saturday. "The whole purpose is to
draw attention to the historic corridor," said Jan Shupert-Arick,
Indiana director of the Lincoln Highway Association. "In Indiana we
are working to have the Lincoln Highway routes (there are two)
designated as historic byways." Such a designation would create
signage put it on maps, she said. "People don't realize it was part of the
first coast-to-coast road in the U.S.," Shupert-Arick said of the
Indiana sections of the road. "The whole movement is to preserve what
we can along America's historic corridors."It didn't exactly feel that
way to some of those holding garage sales. Marlena Wilson, and her
mother, Loretto Pellow, set up shop on Lincoln Way and Knoblock in
South Bend, not far from the airport at Wilson's front yard. "We got
back in town and had a flier in our mailbox about the Lincoln Way
Yard Sale, so we just knew it was the best time to do it with all the
advertising already out," Wilson said. Neither she nor her mother knew
about the reason behind the sale. But they were pleased to be a part of
it. "Definitely," Pellow said. "Now that we have found out about it.
"Much farther east, Consuealla Hopkins set up shop in front of her
business, Consuella's Accounting and Tax Service. "So far so good,"
she said Friday morning the first day of the two day sale on Lincoln
Way. "We are meeting a lot of people from the neighborhood,
stopping by and it's early and we are already doing well." Baskets,
linens, home furnishings and dresses were among her offerings with the
proceeds going to The Church of Jesus Christ. A member of the Lincoln
Way Steering Committee, she knew the reason behind the sales that
dotted the road. "And when we found out about it, we definitely wanted
to do our part to promote Lincoln Way." John Oxian, chairman of the
land use and marketing committee of the Lincoln Way West Steering
Committee, was happy to get Lincoln Way behind the two-state
effort if just to promote the local end of the road. "We are just trying to
publicize Lincoln Way West and if it's successful, put (the garage sale)
on every year," he said. (August 9-11, 2007)
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Grassroots Indiana State Byway and Heritage Corridor
Mini-Conference:
An effort to strengthen preservation and promotion along Indiana's
historic and scenic corridors.
Who: INRA, Ohio River Scenic Byway, Historic Pathways, and the
other up and coming potential state byways and heritage corridors.
Please notify me of your attendance.
What: The (Grassroots Initiated) Indiana Byway Mini Conference.
Donations for lunch are accepted, otherwise, there is no charge.
When: Friday, September 22, 10:00-3:00, includes special ceremony
for the IHP byway after the conference.
Where: Bedford Downtown Convention Center, 931 15th Street.
This is a 1950s JCPenny store, parking is on the street, around the
adjacent Courthouse Square, and in a nearby parking lot behind the
building
Why: We are trying to raise awareness about how scenic byways may
assist in preserving and promoting our unique historic and cultural
resources, building a stronger relationship with our State government
partners, and sharing ideas about sustainability and stronger byway
organizations.
Feel free to pass this onto anyone else who may be interested in
attending. Let me know if you have further questions,
Joseph Jarzen
Executive Director
Indiana National Road Association
P.O. Box 284
Cambridge City, IN 47327
765.478.3172
765.478.3410 (fax)
inra@historiclandmarks.org
www.indiananationalroad.org
Indiana Main Street/Cornelius O'Brien Preservation Conference
will be held in Wabash, Indiana September 28-30, 2006. Sessions
relating to cultural tourism, courthouses, main streets and historic
corridors will be relevant to anyone interested in preserving sites and
interpreting the history of the Lincoln Highway through Indiana towns.
The conference will be held in Wabash, Indiana, and includes an
evening at the Richard E. Ford estate. It's a great preservation learning
opportunity and a wonderful setting along the Wabash River Corridor.
Come make new like-minded preservation friends from across the
region! For more information:
http://www.in.gov/dnr/historic/obrien.html
"My name is Marilyn Ambos and I am President of the Dyer Chamber
of Commerce. We are hoping to do replicate a town sign from the
1920's for the town. We have a photo of the Ideal Highway sign with
the mileage to San Francisco and New York, as many of the signs did.
Are you aware of any grants that might apply to our project? I would
appreciate your assistance in this effort." [ed. note - these folks would
like to reerect the famous Ideal Section Billboard in Dyer. What a
great idea! Anyone have any suggestions for funding?]
I recently found out about the new RV / MH Museum and Library
in Elkhart. Haven't had the opportunity to visit yet but plan to soon as
I am frequently in Northern Indiana. Here's a link to their website:
http://www.rv-mh-hall-of-fame.org/
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A new group in Dekalb has plans to revitalize downtown along the
Lincoln Highway Corridor:
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/articles/20...news/news01.txt
DeKalb's Lincoln Highway Arch is back - On a mural:
The Beacon News Online reports about a survey of North Aurora
residents. "When asked to rank the village's goals, the majority rated
"enhance Lincoln Highway" as most important or second-most
important":
Yahoo's Roaddog reports on some Illinois Lincoln Highway doin's:
"We've got big L-H doings here in Illinois during the weekend of
August 25-27 and it will involve a stretch of the highway through
downtown Dekalb being closed to traffic those days for the annual
Cornfest celebration. At the same time, the town of Rochelle, about
twenty miles west, will also be having their annual Lincoln Highway
Heritage Festival.
Dekalb's Cornfest bills itself as one of the last free music
festivals in Illinois and annually draws 50,000 people. Besides the
music, Saturday from 11 AM to 2, they have free sweetcorn, always
a treat and at that price that'll help offset the price of gas to get there.
Among music offerings there will be the Pirates Over 40 Jimmy
Buffett tribute band, and Hi Infidelity band that evening. Sunday,
a great blues band, Howard & the White Boys kicks it off, then the
Fabulous Janes, followed by Survivor, yes the "Eye of the Tiger"
band capping it off. Along with rides and food there will be the 32nd
annual Saturday in the Park antique car gathering and bus tours of
historic Dekalb.
Meanwhile, right down the road, Rochelle is having their Lincoln
Highway Heritage Festival. This year's theme is Agriculture Then
and Now. Music headliners will be Toad Soup on Friday, Trash 80s
on Saturday, and Silver Creek Band on Sunday. Saturday there will
be a car and tractor/truck show. On Sunday old planes do a fly-in
and a parade is slated for 3 PM."
For more info:
Dekalb: http://www.cornfest.com/
Rochelle: http://www.lincolnhighwayheritagefestival.com/
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On September 1st a replica LH concrete marker was erected
and dedicated by the Blair Historic Preservation Alliance in Blair,
Nebraska. This commemorates the 1929 routing of the LH
incorporating the Blair Bridge, and represents the final realignment of
the highway:
From the Columbus, NE Telegraph, Columbus may see benefit
from new interest in Lincoln Highway:
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Take a walking tour of Fallon, NV including "Overland Hotel,
constructed in 1907 and now on Nevada's Register of Historic Places;
across the street is the Fallon (Coverston) Garage, built in 1911.
Both sites served travelers on the Lincoln Highway." as reported by
the Fallon Star Press:
More walking along the Lincoln Highway - a Lake Tahoe walking
trail from the Nevada Appeal:
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LHA Online Mapmeister Paul Gilger sends along this great article from
the Virtual San Francisco website about a 1939 59 hour cross-country
tour on the LH in a Hupmobile piloted by LHA Vice-President Austin
Bement:
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist7/hupp.html
The LHA California Chapter newsletter, The Traveler, summer ed.
reports, "As of May 2006 the stately Black Walnut trees that once
lined Grantline Road west of Tracy, CA no longer exist. They fell prey
to the developer's bulldozer and will soon be replaced by a four lane
parkway with center meridian. These trees were planted on Feb. 22,
1923 by the Tracy Chamber of Commerce and local civic
organizations, and were donated by the State Bureau of Forestry. The
trees were planted from the Alameda County line (west of Tracy) to
Paradise Cut (on Tracy's east side) a total of 14 miles. Within the next
several years the planting extended east to Stockton. Some of the trees
remain on Harlan Road. The developer has promised to incorporate
Lincoln Highway signs in the masonry facades to be erected at both
ends of the parkway. One will be at the intersection of Grantline Road
and Mountain House Parkway and the other on Grantline Road at the
Alameda County line."
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LHA President Bob Lichty sends along this link to an article from the
Virginia Pilot on the Lincoln Highway by Earl Swift, with great
photos:
Click "Continuation" at the top to go to the next page
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Photographer Debra Drower's FlickR pages includes some great
Lincoln Highway Roadside images. Check 'em out at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drower/tags/lincoln/_
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drower/tags/lincoln/
If you click on the heading "Debra Drower's photos" you can see more
of her roadside views.
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'Road Scholar' gives his family a lesson in travel, via road trips
including the Lincoln Highway and Route 66, from the NewsTimeLive.
com, Danbury, CT:
http://www.newstimeslive.com/news/story.php?id=1014022
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"To be able to safely and pleasurably ride a bicycle from Boston to
San Francisco is one of the main goals of the National Bicycle
Greenway" reports IndyBay.org in their coverage of the 2006
Mayors' Ride for the National Bicycle Greenway. Martin
Krieg, author and promoter of the Greenway sees a lot of parallels
between the Greenway and the Lincoln Highway. Read about it at:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/07/25/18291345.php
Also check out the Greenway website at:
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This just in - a very important Internet research tool:
More amazing Internet stuff - Google recently released it's Beta
search of books on-line. I tried it with "Lincoln Highway" as the
search terms, with the following results:
Though many of the links are just a bibliographic reference,
a lot of the material is actually on-line. The first link, the 1921
Congressional Interstate Highway Hearing is available. Starting on
page 217 is Gael Hoag's testimony regarding the Lincoln Highway:
The second link, Public School Methods, discusses a trip along the
Dixie Highway:
The fourth link is a 1918 Practical Bibliography, List of Books on
Automobiles and Motorcycles by Arthur R. (Arthur Reed) Blessing,
"This list ... aims to include all books on the subject printed in the
English language....:
Check out The Lynching Bee: And Other Poems by William Ellery
Leonard, including A War-Movie, "Reel One,
At Jackson Corners, on Lincoln Highway
Down there in God's own Country, "I 'way".....
This is a tremendous resource providing a way to quickly search,
index, and read the growing library of scanned on-line books.
Everyone who has time needs to start searching - who knows what
you will find. For material on-line you can turn the pages with the
arrows underneath the text, or jump to a page.
You can start a search at:
http://books.google.com/books?
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Pretty soon over 56,000, 1:24k scale digital topographic maps
produced by the USGS will be available for download free on the
Internet thanks to Jared. Read more about it at:
http://ransom.redjar.org/original_page.html
and at:
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day, 8/17/2006:
thank-you-ma'am \THANK-yoo-mam\ noun
: a bump or depression in a road; especially : a ridge or hollow
made across a road on a hillside to cause water to run off
Example sentence:
"That night on the way home, thinking of his pleasant visit, he was
suddenly shaken out of his tranquility ... when his touring car hit a
'thank-you-ma'am' in the unpaved road." (Hugh Manchester, Centre
Daily Times [state College, PA], August 22, 2000)
Did you know?
"Thank-you-ma'am" might seem like an odd name for a bump in the
road, but the expression makes a little more sense if you imagine the
motion your head would make as you drove over such an obstacle.
Most likely, the jarring would make you nod involuntarily. Now
think of the nodding gesture you make when you're thanking someone
or acknowledging a favor. The "thank-you-ma'am" road bump is
believed to have received its name when someone noted the similarity
of those two head bobbing motions. It's a colloquialism particular to
American English, and its earliest printed use is found in Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow's 1849 prose piece, Kavanagh: "We went
like the wind over the hollows in the snow; — the driver called them
'thank-you-ma'ams,' because they make every body bow."
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
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An article about the defranchising of exterior corridor motels from
HotelsInteractive.com, covers a short history of roadside lodging:
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Chicago Tribune readers recall fond memories of road trips:
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I collect vintage postcards, ephemera and books of
"transcontinentalists", everything from people who walked across the
country (or around the world) bicycled, roller-skated, animal drawn to
cross-country auto trip narratives. I am continually amazed at the
current activity in this vein:
From the Delphos Herald:
" Cross-country rider Gary Jakacky, 52, of Oregon paused in Delphos
briefly Friday on his way to visit relatives in Rhode Island. Jakacky, a
stock market trader, first started riding cross country at the age of 26
and chooses different parts of the United States to tour each summer.
Jakacky, who had been riding on Lincoln Highway, was delighted by
the many garage sales on his route. Equipped with refreshments and a
spare tire Friday, he continued on his way, hoping to complete his
average daily 60 miles and reach Kenton Friday evening.
http://www.delphosherald.com/page2.php?sto...083&archive
Here's an article about the 30th Anniversary Cross-Country bike
trip organized by Adventure Cycling, from the MercuryNews.com
.....and the blog from Bill Cook, a retired journalist and participant in
the trip:
http://www.washingtonbureau.typepad.com/bikeblog/
Here's a website of a guy who's motorscooting around the entire
Eastern USA:
http://www.pjchmiel.com/ramble/
Gary Long is walking across the country to lose weight:
http://www.afatmansjourney.com
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Ebay Auctions:
A 1924 map of Kansas City, including many of the national named
highways, brought $67.88:
A 1918 Goodrich Tour Books covering St. Louis to Kansas City and
back, closed at $78.88:
A 1908 White Route Book #6 covering the National Highway and
some routes in Southern States seemed a bargain when it closed at
$34.55:
A black and white printed postcard of the Baltimore Dine on US 1
in New Brunswick, NJ reached $115.50:
A very appealing license plate topper from the Berthoud Pass
brought $76:
A black and white printed postcard of Seller's Cabins formerly
Stewart's, 8 miles east of York, PA on the Lincoln Highway attracted
12 bids when it closed at $38.65:
A 1933 Louis Marx Lincoln Highway Electric Lighted Tin Litho
Battery Operated Play Set with Instructions in the Original Box
was very popular with 22 bids when it closed at $1,090, [sorry
no pics]:
A black and white printed Dexter Silvercraft postcard of Willie's
Place on the Lincoln Highway in Saluvia, PA brought $54.50:
Huh? A porcelain National Old Trails shield shaped sign with
George Washington, damaged but restorable, only received
one bid and closed at $24.99 [sorry no pics, I can't figure out why
this didn't go for hundreds of dollars]:
A nice real photo postcard of the Beacon Hill Lodge, Donner
Summit closed at $48.77:
An attractive metal "Cabins $2.50" sign closed at $67.66:
A 1935 real photo postcard of cars in the snow at Tahoe City
somehow closed at $188.89 with just 4 bids!:
Check out this 18" round metal Lincoln Heritage Trail sign,
which brought $113.50 after 16 bids:
Road maps of Nevada are eagerly sought by collectors. This
Official State Highway one of 1935 one brought $51.01:
and this 1936 one closed at $49:
A Goodrich Nevada road map from 1919 brought $41:
This color advertising postcard of the Hotel Edward, lobby
and guest room in Omaha closed at $38:
This 1936 real photo main street of Truckee postcard
closed at $78.77:
A 15 page 1949 Drive-Inn trade magazine attracted
interest and brought $89.88:
2 real photo postcards of Lincoln Highway in Clarence, IA
closed at $41:
Some really nice vintage auto club badges surfaced last month.
[These are pretty neat - if I wasn't already collecting 101
different things .......]
Here's a nice porcelain one from the Chattanooga Auto Club
which brought $303:
A 1925 brass one from the Omaha Auto Club brought $87.10:
A shield-shaped enamel one from the National Motorists Assoc
in Van Wert, OH went for $33:
A vintage 1914 tourist guide of the Utah Uintah basin closed at
$48:
A 54 page Official Missouri Old Trails Road Book published
by the Missouri Old Trails Road Association closed at 140.10:
A printed color advertising postcard from the recent Curt Teich
company archive auction of the Monte Neva Springs outside of
Ely, NV re-auctioned on ebay brought $33.99:
An antique Lincoln Highway Auto Case made by the New Process
Co. in Warren, PA closed at $89.88:
A real photo postcard of an atom bomb test as seen from Fallon,
NV brought $53.76:
An ever popular 10" Staffordshire souvenir plate of the Grand View
Ship Hotel closed at $81.56:
Spite bidding? Mortal enemies? A 1920 Wisconsin Official State
Highway map closed at $990 after the previous bidder bid $980:
A chrome, eagle on a globe, National Highway Assoc radiator
topper closed at $88.88 [i have an identical one but in brass]:
A Good Roads Assoc pinback went for $17.29:
A very nice 1930 US 80 brochure, the Ocean to Ocean,
transcontinental highway connecting Savannah, GA to San Diego, CA
went for $68.77:
A pictorial Grand View Point advertising card, 4.25" x 2.75" brought
$56.55:
And one of the Ridge House on the LH in Gettysburg brought $21.50:
Well, after about 15 years I finally got one of those US 30 cast iron
arcade signs for less than $50. The seller claims, "These were
supposedly given out as mementos as the building of the Lincoln
Highway progressed. In this area, I know these were given out at the
dedication of the U.S. Route 30 bridge over the Mississippi River at
Clinton, IA." Only $31.30:
A Curt Teich linen advertising postcard of a rare Houston diner -
Simpson's Dining Car - closed at $63.98:
A great old real photo postcard view of an early auto on the "Shore
Road, lake Tahoe" brought $54:
A 1929 Mohawk (Tires) - Hobbs Guide of the Lincoln Highway
West - Salt Lake City - Chicago, Denver Connection brought $36:
One of the LH roadside icons - the Bedford Coffee Pot - is sought
by collectors in the form of a few different real photo postcards.
This one, the most common view, probably taken by itinerant woman
photographer Gherkin, went for $154.00 [it has been selling at
this price for at least 15 years, there are other Coffee Pot views
that will go for more]:
That's all for now. Don't eat raw spinach for a while.
yer pal,
ypsi-slim
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When I choose a font and size, bracketed entries are inserted in my post.
The size bracket entry shows up in the post preview and the post. Do you pick the font and size first and then type the post, or type the entire post, highlight the text and then pick font and size. I guess no one is using this function as the type and size appears the same in all posts except for Jennifer's signature.
No font changes or size changes are ever applied to the posts. This time I am highlighting the entire post and then selecting a font to see if it works. It does. I am trying this with a size. That works too only if I highlight the text, and have my curser after the font bracket when I select the size. I will attempt to post this in Times New Roman size 3.
What does size 1 through 7 refer to? I am used to using font point sizes such as in most Windows application and on the Internet. I normally post in Times New Roman 12 point. This default font is a sans serif one. Is it ariel?
What does "When making a post, you will most likely have the option to use IBF code when posting." mean?
If I compose an e-mail in HTML in an Office Application or another Windows based e-mail application and cut and paste it into a post on the Forum will my hyperlinks work? If not, will I have to recreate each one via the insert hyperlink function on the Forum. This would be extremely tedious.
I have prepared a Lincoln Highway e-newsletter with scores of hyperlinks that I do not want to recreate via the Forum, and it may be too long - are there any other options to share this info via an administrator interceding?
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Here's an article from the Orlando Sentinel about the pending removal of the famous
"Loop" Oaks on the Dixie Highway:
Here's a related article from the Daytona Beach News-Journal Online:
ypsi-slim
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Check out this article from the Miami Herald on Bill Haast's Miami Serpentarium:
ypsi-slim
My Bad By Ypsi-slim
in Lincoln Highway / U.S. 30 / U.S. 50
Posted
I forgot to post my last Lincoln Highway E-Newsletter - my bad. Before I post my new one I want to give everyone the chance to check it out. You can read it at:
http://xrl.us/7kw9
I also want to address some comments made about me - I am definitely not an expert in the early routing of
the Lincoln Highway, especially in the western states - Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and California. There is so
much of the Lincoln Highway there that has been reduced to jeep trails on private ranches, driveways, etc.
that you would really have to live in the area, and have lots of free time, to figure things out. The 2007 National Lincoln Highway Conference pre-tour in Wyoming proved that. Despite the fact that we were on dirt roads for hours, there were always barely discernible tracks and traces of earlier routes. Thanks to Randy Wagner for these wonderful pre and post Conference Tours.
Lastly - I still haven't figured out how folks are getting pics in their posting, and would appreciate if someone could explain it to me. Thanks.