Guest Bill Kruser Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com wrote on 2/25/2005, 8:22 AM: > Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:56:39 +0900 > From: "Toshio Koshimizu" <t-koshi@nona.dti.ne.jp> > Subject: 2005 June North Central and Northwest Driving Plan 050225 > > Hello, This is Toshio Koshimizu, Yokohama, Japan. > > My wife and I would like to drive North Central and Northwest, USA in > coming > June. > Our driving plan (tentative) is as follow. > I am now looking for information of points of interest (attractions) > on this > route, > especially on the Old Yellowstone Trail. > If anyone have any suggestions, please let me know. I would appreciate > very > much. > > June 6th (Mon): Tokyo(Japan) - Detroit(MI) > 7th(Tue): Sightseeing Detroit > 8th(Wed): Detriot(MI) - Indianapolis(IN) (I75, I70) > 9th(Thur): Sightseeing Indianapolis > 10th (Fri): Indianapolis(IN) - Springfield(IL) - Joliet(IL) (I74, I72, > I55, > Old route 66) > 11th (Sat): Joliet(IL) - Janesville(WI) - Madison(WI) (I80, I39, I90) > 12th (Sun): Madison(WI) - St.Paul(MN) (I94) > 13th (Mon): St.Paul(MN) - Minneapolis(MN) - Ortonville(MN) (I94, US12) > 14th(Tue): Ortonville(MN) - Aberdeen(SD) - Mobridge(SD) (US12) > 15th(Wed): Mobridge(SD) - Lemmon(SD) - Bowman(ND) (US12, ND8) > 16th(Thur): Bowman(ND) -Miles City(MT) - Billings(MT) (US12, I94) > 17th(Fri): Billings(MT) - Bozeman(MT) - Butte(MT) or Deer Lodge(MT) (I90, > MT2, US287) > 18th(Sat): Butte(MT) or Deer Lodge(MT) - Missoula(MT) - Coeur d'Alene(ID) > (I90) > 19th(Sun): Coeur d'Alene(ID) - Spokane(WA) - Wenatchee(WA) (I90, US2) > 20th(Mon): Wenatchee(WA) -Yakima(WA) - Seattle(WA) (US97, I82, I90) > 21st(Tue): Sightseeing Seattle(WA) > 22nd(Wed) - 23rd(Thur): Seattle(WA) - Tokyo(Japan) > > I have some difficulty to get information about lodgeings in > Ortonville(MN), > Mobridge(SD), > Bowman(ND) and Deer Lodge(MT). > If anyone knows good hotel, motel or B&B in or near those cities, > please let > me know. > > Best wishes to everyone of AMERICAN ROAD eGroupe! > > > > Hi, Your trip sounds fantastic and I am sure you will enjoy it. For the section in Illinois from Springfield to Joliet, you can travel on old route 66 and enjoy many wonderful sites. Go to http://www.il66assoc.org/ For specific sites and information about that section of highway. old route 66 parallels route 55 so it is easy to follow. Also between Janesville and Madison is a little known US highway called US14. This highway runs from Chicago to Yellowstone National Park. Between Janesville and Madison it could be a great American Highway. As it passes through several small towns and it almost parallels I90. It actually may be a shorter route mileage wise between Janesville and Madison. I hope that after your trip, you post some written highlights in the files section that we could read and enjoy. Photos are enjoyable also. -- Images by W.D. Bill Kruser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thehinge@magpage.com> Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 It was a huge task to link both ends of a country this size from West to East and North to South with highways like this. And let's face it, there are still chinks in the interstate system. For instance, I never understood why the NJ Turnpike isn't signed as I-95 or why it's not really complete in south Philly. Why do I-70 come so short of reaching the West Coast? Why did that not happen....too expensive to continue through the mountains of Utah, Nevada and California? Just a guess.... Matt Smallwood On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 05:38:12 -0000 "roaddog_rt66" <roaddog_rt66@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > We are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the US > Interstate System > this year. One of the celebrations will be a convoy > from San > Francisco to Washington, D.C., to take place this June > 15-19th. > > This will retrace, in reverse, the famous troop convoy > taken by a > young Lt. Col. Dwight D. Eisenhower back in 1919. Today, > it could be > done in a matter of days. Back then, it took 56 > days of great > difficulties. > > This ingrained upon his mind the importance of a major > highway system > that would enable troops and supplies to be moved across > the US in a > quicker fashion. This becamne even more apparent > when US forces > entered Germany, and encountered the Autobahn. > > Various celebrations are planned in the states the trip > covered. > > You can find out more information at: > > http://interstate50th.org/reinactment.shtml > > Keep on Down that Two Lane Highway. -- RoadDog > > > > > > > > > > > Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com > > To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE > 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! > Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, > Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 > SUBSCRIPTION RATES: > 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 > (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) > 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 > (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) > > > For questions about the list, contact: > AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com > > To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: > AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.comTo POST a message > via e-mail, send it to: > AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > > > > > Business finance course > > > Business to business finance > > > Small business finance > > > > > Business finance consultant > > > Business finance schools > > > Business finance schools > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > Visit your group "AMERICAN_ROAD" on the > web. > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email > to: AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the > Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web mail provided by NuNet, Inc. The Premier National provider. http://www.nni.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thehinge@magpage.com> Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 RE my last post, I mis-spoke. I-95 is finished through south Philly, and I suspect it was political clout from Philly that made sure it got the I-95 designation, not south Jersey. It's I-76 that kind of disappears in south Jersey for no reason. Is the Atlantic City Expressway (and NJ Rt. 42) not up to AASHTO standards for an interstate? They do have some treacherous ramps, as does the Garden State Parkway. Matt Smallwood On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 05:38:12 -0000 "roaddog_rt66" <roaddog_rt66@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > We are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the US > Interstate System > this year. One of the celebrations will be a convoy > from San > Francisco to Washington, D.C., to take place this June > 15-19th. > > This will retrace, in reverse, the famous troop convoy > taken by a > young Lt. Col. Dwight D. Eisenhower back in 1919. Today, > it could be > done in a matter of days. Back then, it took 56 > days of great > difficulties. > > This ingrained upon his mind the importance of a major > highway system > that would enable troops and supplies to be moved across > the US in a > quicker fashion. This becamne even more apparent > when US forces > entered Germany, and encountered the Autobahn. > > Various celebrations are planned in the states the trip > covered. > > You can find out more information at: > > http://interstate50th.org/reinactment.shtml > > Keep on Down that Two Lane Highway. -- RoadDog > > > > > > > > > > > Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com > > To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE > 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! > Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, > Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 > SUBSCRIPTION RATES: > 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 > (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) > 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 > (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) > > > For questions about the list, contact: > AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com > > To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: > AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.comTo POST a message > via e-mail, send it to: > AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > > > > > Business finance course > > > Business to business finance > > > Small business finance > > > > > Business finance consultant > > > Business finance schools > > > Business finance schools > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > Visit your group "AMERICAN_ROAD" on the > web. > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email > to: AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the > Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web mail provided by NuNet, Inc. The Premier National provider. http://www.nni.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David Stearns Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 There are no mom and pop motels near the KCI airport that I know of ...? ----- Original Message ----- From: laurelrk66@aol.com To: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 12:41 PM Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] Motel Recommendation Can anyone recommend a nice mom-and-pop motel reasonably close to the Kansas City airport? I appreciate the help! Laurel Tulsa, OK Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.comTo POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Business finance course Business to business finance Small business finance Business finance consultant Business finance schools Business finance schools ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS a.. Visit your group "AMERICAN_ROAD" on the web. b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim Michalek Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 > I have heard many Mid-Western folks, call it "pop", while out here in the > West, we call it soda. Gotta story bout that there: A few <so>pounds</so> years ago, I went out to the machines for a bit of libation. A friend of mine asked me to get him a coke. I, of course, being from Milwaukee, WI, responded, "Sure! What kind?" His response, "A )*&*&^)(* <b>COKE!</B> Dammit!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim Michalek Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 My wife and I want to visit Alaska. We can't decide on a cruise via water or the Alaska Highway, which was built during WWII. Remember the strategy we used succesfully? Nail them in the motherland with air strike after air strike. Of course, the only part of the US that was accessible by planes of the day was Hawaii (but that was Pearl Harbor, so it wasn't feasible for obvious reasons) and the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, which is why the Alaska Highway was built. Just as an aside, Walt Disney produced a movie (at his own expense, too) starring the Russian that thought that plan up, Alexander de Seversky. If you can get a copy, it's on the <i>Treasures</i> limited edition series of DVDs on the set <b>Walt Disney on the Front Lines</b> and entitled <b>Victory Through Air Power</b>. As we in Milwaukee, WI know, General Billy Mitchell came up with the same idea in 1925, and got discharged from the Army dishonorably for his trouble. --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "roaddog_rt66" <roaddog_rt66@...> wrote: > > We are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the US Interstate System > this year. One of the celebrations will be a convoy from San > Francisco to Washington, D.C., to take place this June 15-19th. > > This will retrace, in reverse, the famous troop convoy taken by a > young Lt. Col. Dwight D. Eisenhower back in 1919. Today, it could be > done in a matter of days. Back then, it took 56 days of great > difficulties. > > This ingrained upon his mind the importance of a major highway system > that would enable troops and supplies to be moved across the US in a > quicker fashion. This becamne even more apparent when US forces > entered Germany, and encountered the Autobahn. > > Various celebrations are planned in the states the trip covered. > > You can find out more information at: > > http://interstate50th.org/reinactment.shtml > > Keep on Down that Two Lane Highway. -- RoadDog > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim Michalek Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, laurelrk66@... wrote: > > > Can anyone recommend a nice mom-and-pop motel reasonably close to the Kansas > City airport? I appreciate the help! Not a hotel, but I hope for your sake that Mrs. Peter's Chicken Dinners on US 24 a hair west of the Interstate (I think it was 635, but I'm not positive) is still around. Good and CHEAP stuff. I had the pork chops and a bite of chicken, for which I swapped a bite of pork chops. Both were good, but you could do better in Missouri. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David Stearns Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 Nope I know what you are talking about and they have been out of business for sometime. Sorry to break the bad news I might suggest Stroud's Chicken up north of the Missouri River on the MO side that place is to DIE FOR http://www.stroudsrestaurant.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Michalek To: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 2:18 PM Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] Re: Motel Recommendation --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, laurelrk66@... wrote: > > > Can anyone recommend a nice mom-and-pop motel reasonably close to the Kansas > City airport? I appreciate the help! Not a hotel, but I hope for your sake that Mrs. Peter's Chicken Dinners on US 24 a hair west of the Interstate (I think it was 635, but I'm not positive) is still around. Good and CHEAP stuff. I had the pork chops and a bite of chicken, for which I swapped a bite of pork chops. Both were good, but you could do better in Missouri. Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.comTo POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Business finance course Business to business finance Small business finance Business finance consultant Business finance schools Business finance schools ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS a.. Visit your group "AMERICAN_ROAD" on the web. b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest okydokey89 Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 Hi, Thanks to all who replied and gave many great suggestions. I can see this is a very knowledgable and helpful web board. Now to do some research and try some of those suggestions out! Thanks Again! Jabba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest egyptianzipper@aol.com Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 In a message dated 2/13/06 1:49:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, thehinge@magpage.com writes: They do have some treacherous ramps, as does the Garden State Parkway. ==================================================================== Can't be any worse than interstate ramps in Tennessee. There's one that's absolutely terrifying: from southbound I-81 to eastbound I-40. It merges into the fast lane of 40 with absolutely no room to merge. Tom Hoffman Pearisburg VA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Russell S. Rein Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 hey - remember me? I need to apologize again for being semi-incommunicado the last month and a half. While on vacation I caught the flu - there's nothing like driving through the mountains on a two lane at night in the rain with a headache, fever and severe congestions. After being laid up in bed for week I was diagnosed with a subsequent sinus infection just in time to go to Austin, TX for work so I could get Mountain Cedar Fever - a toxic pollen condition I was previously unaware of, see: http://pollen.utulsa.edu/cedar.html I am now on my second antibiotic regimen and am slowly getting better. I will be catching up on correspondence and web work over the next couple a weeks. Enough whinin' - here's your Lincoln Highway E-Newsletter Sad news to report - first, LHA member Michael Buettner reports, "On a sad note, I learned today that Hal Meeks, who wrote "On the Road to Yellowstone" about the Yellowstone Trail, has passed away after a short battle with cancer. Hal was an LHA member, and offered me great encouragement after I did the first edition of the LH road guide for Ohio. I wrote to him earlier this month, requesting feedback about the Yellowstone Trail article I recently prepared. I will be returning condolences later today by way of an e-mail, and will offer suggestions that if Hal did not designate a place for his collection, that the U of M [Michigan] would be a good choice. I am comfortable giving this suggestion, because his daughter (who wrote me today) specifically mentioned his books and research." Mike has a short article about the Yellowstone Trail tied to his research about named highways in Ohio. It is dedicated to, and has additional information about, Hal Meeks: http://www.lincolnhighwayoh.com/Yellowstone.htm Editor's note - I met Hal because of our mutual fascination with Bob's Bar-B-Que restaurant just off the Lincoln Highway in Rolling Prairie, IN. We corresponded by e-mail some years back, and met in person at a Lincoln Highway Conference, when Hal set up in the bookroom after his Yellowstone Trail volume was published. Hal was a retired Geography Professor from the University of Vermont, with great interest in the historic highways. More bad news - second, the Lincoln Highway has been continuously in the news for the last month due to a freak accident on a NJ Bridge that killed two local Police officers. LHA New Jersey Director Mitchell Dakelman was interviewed regarding the bridge after the accident. The lift bridge, between Newark and Jersey City is called the Lincoln Highway Bridge, and opened in 1954. The police officers drove off the bridge during a foggy night when the lift was in the up position, and the warning lights had failed, and a guard rail was broken. The New York Times ran an article with some bridge history, and a picture two days after the Sunday night, Dec 25th accident: http://xrl.us/js95 [requires free account login] Here's some ABC TV local NY channel 7 articles about the accident: & http://xrl.us/jtag And some articles from the New York Daily News: http://xrl.us/jtae The Jersey Journal reports that there will be a tribute to the officers on the TV show - "America's Most Wanted" http://xrl.us/jy8i More bad news........? An ebay seller e-mailed me to inform that the Graystone Hotel in Bedford, PA burned down. I can't find any news stories about this. Anybody have any more info? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rollin Southwell sends a Lincoln Highway Association Conference update: 2006 CONFERENCE is online at www.LincolnHighway.com Sandra Kelly has put all the 2006 conference programs and Cole College room information on the web. There is a registration form that can be printed and mailed the to the treasurer. CHECK IT OUT AND REGISTER EARLY. 2007 CONFERENCE - Little is known about the 2007 conference other than the dates are June 18-22, 2007 in Fort Morgan, Colorado. 2008 CONFERENCE will be held in Evanston, Wyoming in June 2008. Jane Law is busy forming committees. Any one interested in helping with this conference should contact her at urevan@mail.evanstonwy.org Others interested in learning about Evanston, WY and what it has to offer can go to www.Evanstonwy.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The LHA California Chapter newsletter, The Traveler, features a story about George Clark's Interpretive Plaque to be installed next to the LH Western Terminus Marker in San Francisco. George had to literally fight City Hall for permission, but persevered, and at considerable expense prevailed. The Plaque will be installed at 10:00 am on February 11, 2006 at the LH Western Terminus, Palace of the Legion of Honor, Lincoln Parr, San Francisco, CA. A State Chapter meeting and lunch will follow. Way to go - George! This active Chapter has plenty of activities including 4 LH tours planned for 2006. Get more info at: www.LincolnHighwayAssoc.org/ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Great news from Nebraska - the Kearney Hub reports that The Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway designation has been extended border to border. LHA Nebraska Director Bob Stubblefield was interviewed for the article: http://xrl.us/jy8p Visit the State Scenic Byway site: http://www.visitnebraska.org/byways/lincoln.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Illinois LHA Chapter newsletter, Land of Lincoln News reports that their website has recently been overhauled - check it out at: www.LHAIllinois.rochelle.net/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway - News Brief reports that their "Buy-Way" Yard Sale was selected as a top pick by Ohio Magazine's January '06 ("the Best of") feature. They also announce that their annual meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 26 at the Shisler Center, in Wooster, OH. More details later. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Merrillville, IN - The Historic District Committee has development plans with a transportation theme including the Old Sauk Trail and the Lincoln Highway, from NWITimes.com: http://xrl.us/js9e ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CBS Early Show recently featured the Indiana LH town of Warsaw, "When Barbara Lindquist invited The Early Show to visit, she called it the Orthopedic Capital of the World. A catchy phrase like that caught the attention of The Saturday Early Show anchor Russ Mitchell, who headed to Indiana as part of the continuing "Tour My Town" series....": http://xrl.us/jvnt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brian Butko reports in - Hi guys, "I was interviewed by Clear Channel broadcasting that serves Toledo, Lima, and Columbus for a segment to air tomorrow, Saturday Jan 21: Travel Savvy with Dan Armitage. I believe in Lima that's on WIMA. We did 3 segments in the second half hour of the show, talking about roadside giants, Lincoln Highway, and Isaly's. Nothing you haven't heard before but glad the media is picking up on this, and they'd like to do another segment just on the LH some time." The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette had a nice review of Brian & Sarah's Book - Roadside Giants, with pics: http://xrl.us/jvnn Brian was interviewed by the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal regarding the end of the Columbia Drive-In Theatre and other LH attractions, and the threat they face due to modern development: Grand old highway, Byline: Carla Di Fonzo http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/20455 [May require quick free login] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jan Shupert-Arick, LHA Indiana Director, reports, "The Allen County (Indiana- near Fort Wayne) Highway Department is now working with the Indiana Lincoln Highway chapter to place metal signs and 1928 posts along the routes where they have jurisdiction. The 9 mile section between the Ohio state line and New Haven, Indiana is an original section and sweet section that takes you through Townley, Zulu, and the historic French Settlement of Besancon - on the national register. Along a curve in this section you can see three alignments of the Lincoln Highway/U.S. 30. We are very excited about welcoming drivers coming from the east and look forward to more progress in marking the highway in the coming months." Jan also sent this article with an early LH tie-in with Studebaker: South Bend News-Times, Sunday, 14 September, 1913 South Bend Put on Route of Lincoln Highway Through Efforts of Clement Studebaker, jr.; Road From Gotham to Frisco to Cost $10,000,000 Through the efforts of Clement Studebaker, jr., of the Studebaker Corporation, South Bend was placed on the Lincoln Highway, the route of which was announced today. By persistent work and financial donation to the building fund of the national road he was able to show the committee in charge the desirability of having South Bend on the route. Although no definite local route has yet been announced it is believed the highway will pass through the heart of the city, entering it on the east possibly along Jefferson boulevard, from Mishawaka and thence west out along the Michigan Avenue road to Laporte. New Carlisle may also be touched by the highway. It is estimated the highway will cost over $10,000,000, which will be provided by popular subscription. Already $5,000,000 is pledged. The road which is to be constructed of concrete whenever practicable, will reach from New York to 'Frisco and will be open to lawful traffic of all descriptions. No toll charges are to be paid. Through Thirteen States. Thirteen states will be traversed by the Lincoln highway according to the proclamation from the national offices of the Lincoln Highway association in the Dime Bank building of Detroit, Mich. The states which will be honored by this memorial to Abraham Lincoln are New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada and California. Starting in New York city the highway passes through Jersey City, Newark and Trenton to Philadelphia, then west to Pittsburgh, through the north central section of Ohio, over to Fort Wayne and South Bend, skirts Chicago, enters Joliet, Rochelle, Sterling and other Illinois cities, reaches Iowa at Clinton and leaves at Council Bluffs, passes through Omaha, goes to Denver and north to Cheyenne, west through Green River and Evanston to Salt Lake City, finds it way into Nevada by may of Tippet's ranch and after reaching Reno goes to Lake Tahoe, California, finally ending on the Pacific seaboard at Oakland and San Francisco. The directors of the Lincoln Highway Association have endeavored to select a route of easy grades yet combining the scenic splendors of the country. Some of the points either on, adjacent to or to be connected by branch highways are Gettysburg, Washington, Canton, the resting place of McKinley, the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, the home of Lincoln at Springfield, Ill., Lincoln's birthplace in Kentucky, the scenic splendors of Colorado, the Grand Canon of Colorado, and the many varied wonders of Utah, Nevada and California. The Proclamation. [This article continues with much of the text of the Lincoln Highway Proclamation - an announcement of the routing. On this date, 9/14/13, large broadsides prepared by the original LHA were posted. Your editor has one of two known copies.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Central Iowa's Times Republican On-Line has a story on the history of McCarten Electric Company of Marshalltown, and a tie-in with the Lincoln Highway: http://xrl.us/jvnk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From Public Opinion, Chambersburg, PA: Grant to aid upgrades along Lincoln Highway AREA — The state will spend $155,000 on improvements to the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, a heritage park primarily along old U.S. 30 from Westmoreland through Adams counties. The heritage area grant will help renovate the Majestic Theatre marquee in Gettysburg and replace the holiday lamppost decor and staging area in Gettysburg. The grant will be matched with private, local and federal dollars. The grant also will partly fund projects in Westmoreland County: Construct the Lincoln Highway Experience and Welcome Center in Ligonier Township. Upgrade the lighting at Ligonier Theatre. Upgrade the Saint Vincent Gristmill in Latrobe. Develop a streetscape design for the Borough of Irwin. For more information about the Heritage Parks Program visit www.dcnr.state.pa.us (choose Heritage Parks). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Quad City Time's Bill Wundram take a drive along the Lincoln Highway in Iowa: http://xrl.us/jvod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Jersey Journal article about James Earle Fraser's Lincoln statue on Kennedy Blvd. on Jersey City, "Historians regard Fraser's Lincoln statue as the symbolic eastern portal of the Lincoln Highway, the nation's first transcontinental roadway, which leads from Times Square to San Francisco, where Fraser's moving Native American Indian monument, "The End of the Trail," concludes the line." http://xrl.us/jvoh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kearney, NE will host the 150th Anniversary of the Mormon Handcart Pioneers. It will be in conjunction with the annual Wagons West Celebration at Trails and Rails. Trails and Rails Museum, Great Platte River Road Archway Monument, Fort Kearny State Historical Park and the Kearney’s Visitor’s Bureau are joining together to sponsor the event this June, per the Kearney Hub: http://xrl.us/jy8j ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bob Lichty, President of the LHA sent a few links regarding the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Official's (AASHTO) 50th Anniversary celebration of the nation's Interstate system. A lot of info is available at their website: http://www.interstate50th.org/index.shtml "The year 2006 will mark the 50th anniversary of the federal law that brought America its unparalleled Interstate Highway System. June 29, 2006, will mark the 50th anniversary of the day federal legislation was signed to begin one of the biggest engineering projects ever undertaken: the U.S. Interstate Highway System." On of their special activities is a "recreation" of the 1919 Army Motor Convoy across the Lincoln Highway. Taking place between June 15-29, 2006 the new convoy route uses the Interstates (?) instead of the original LH route. Too bad they couldn't have coordinated this activity with the 2006 LHA Conference in Cedar Rapids. Instead - they will be driving through Des Moines on I-80! Six states also have their own celebrations: Florida: www.fl-interstate.com/ Iowa: www.iowainterstate50th.com/ Michigan: www.interstate50th.org/states/michigan.shtml Nebraska: www.dor.state.ne.us/i-80-anniv/index.htm Rhode Island: www.dot.state.ri.us/news/50th.htm Virginia: www.virginiadot.org/infoservice/100years/interstates.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A bumper sticker in my work cubicle proclaims, "My other car is a Tucker." Alas, that car is a 1/24th scale model I also have on display. The Tucker club is having their annual conference this year in the LH town of Kearney, NE: "This June, TACA will journey into the heart of our nation Celebrating the Pioneering Spirit of Preston Tucker and his dream to push past the confines of the ordinary with the extraordinary—the Tucker ’48. Join us June 22nd – 25th in Kearney (pronounced “CAR-knee), Nebraska for an exciting weekend Celebrating the Pioneering Spirit of the old west, and of Preston Tucker and his dream car." Read more at their website: www.TuckerClub.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Old Spanish Trail Association is back. Lots of info about this route from the Tallahassee Democrat: http://xrl.us/js9d ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scott Piotrowski, from the Historic Roads Preservation Group, sends this article about the Yellowstone Trail in Schenectady, from timesunion.com: http://xrl.us/jtah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From the Daytona Beach News - Ormand Beach, FL's Centennial ...."coincides with the celebration of the 90th birthday of the Old Brick Road, a nine-mile stretch of the Dixie Highway that first brought motor vehicles to Florida." http://xrl.us/jvnp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that "$154,000 is to be forwarded to the National Road Heritage Corridor, which includes Fayette. Donna Holdorf, executive director of the National Road Heritage Center, said the Fayette projects involve: $15,000 to create a map and guide for the entire National Road. $48,500 to install kiosks along the National Road in Pennsylvania and to establish visitors centers. $53,500 to create a one-act play on the first congressional debate on spending federal money for the National Road, followed by a debate series. $20,000 for restoration work at Mt. St. Macrina Retreat Center, near Uniontown. $17,000 for repairs to Nemacolin Castle in Brownsville." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ebay Sales: An automobile shaped beer bottle opener from the Lincoln Highway Garage in DeKalb, IL went for $45.89 [must be a cross-collectible]: http://xrl.us/jy9e A cast aluminum license plate topper from Little America, WY closed at $103.50: http://xrl.us/jy9i I was the lucky winner on 7 heretofore unknown [to me] foldout Lincoln Highway road maps put out by the LHA, circa 1916, covering NY to Fort Wayne, IN; part of a larger set, and I don't believe these are in the original LHA archive at the Univ of Mich: http://xrl.us/jy9u A printed black & white postcard of the American Hotel in Oakland, CA with a boxing image went for $87: http://xrl.us/jy9y Three apparently unused porcelain signs for the Colorado to Gulf Highway went for $76.02, $130.26 and $160.26 in consecutive auctions: http://xrl.us/jy96 A worn Dixie Highway brass and enameled radiator badge closed at $62.72: http://xrl.us/jy97 I was the lucky winner of a slightly worn booklet, Flight of the Gray Goose, the account of a 1925 cross country speed run on the Lincoln Highway by L. B. Miller in his Wills Sainte Claire automobile. You can read more about it at Craig Harmon's LH website: www.lincoln-highway-museum.org/Miller/Miller-Index.html A Rock Mountain Motorists Inc. porcelain sign of the area around Viona, CO attracted one bid for $999.99: http://xrl.us/jzaa A shield shaped porcelain Official Automobile Blue Book Hotel with a few bullet holes brought $156.49: http://xrl.us/jzab Ok - grab your seats - an ashtray from the Lighthouse Bar in Fernley Nevada garnered 18 bids and closed at $788.98: http://xrl.us/jzad A 1920's Automobile Road Map and Vacation Guide to Ontario, Canada closed at $61.17: http://xrl.us/jzah Check out the dance floor at the State Line Country Club in Lake Tahoe, NV: http://xrl.us/jzak A real-photo postcard with a caption of West on Lincoln Highway in Bristol, IN showed up last month. The only problem is that Bristol is about 7 miles north of Goshen, and 5 miles east of Elkhart, on SR 120, way off the LH? http://xrl.us/jzao A rare real-photo view of the lobby of the Mapes Hotel in Reno closed at $115.50: http://xrl.us/jzar An advertising piece from the 1941 DeSoto Transcontinental Photo News. This "newspaper" relates the story of 2 women driving a De Soto across the country withouty shifting by using the new Fluid Drive with Simplimatic Transmission: http://xrl.us/jzat A 1914 real-photo view of the smelter in McGill, NV with an Ely, NV postmark brought $62.55: http://xrl.us/jzav A faded photograph of a National Refining En-Ar-Co Gas Station on the LH in Joliet, featuring a sign that said "Control Lincoln Highway" went for $27.29 [the LH Control Station in Joliet is usually listed as the Woodruff Hotel]: http://xrl.us/jzaz A modern chrome postcard of the Rancho Codova Lodge on US 50 in CA brought $22: http://xrl.us/jza2 An old LH cloisonne pin brought $54.05. I believe this was a premium with original LHA membership: http://xrl.us/jza7 A 1929 Official Road Map of Florida closed at $100 after 13 bids: http://xrl.us/jzbc A 1920's map of the Best Road in Wyoming brought $47: http://xrl.us/jzbd A modern chrome postcard of the Malt-A-Burger Drive-In on US 40 and US 83 in Oakley, KS closed at $47.22: http://xrl.us/jzbe A shield-shaped 1937 US 66 Illinois road sign brought $1,180 [sorry no pics]: http://xrl.us/jzbg A 1935 Official State Highway Map of WY brought $56.57, and a 1936 one of Nevada brought $66.06: http://xrl.us/jzbm A real-photo postcard of the Iceberg-shaped Gas Station in Albuquerque, NM closed at $152.49: http://xrl.us/jzbo A real-photo postcard of the Cove Mtn. Tea Room on the LH near McConnellsburg went for $52: http://xrl.us/jzbp A 1931 buss pas from the Joliet, Plainfield and Aurora Transportation Co. brought $46.56: http://xrl.us/jzbs A 1920 AAA Lee Highway fold-out road map, worn and torn, still closed at $124.50: http://xrl.us/jzbv A 1907 Glidden Tour book of rules governing the tour, and with itinerary, failed to meet the reserve when it closed at $227.50: http://xrl.us/jzby A real photo birds-eye view of the LH in Ely, NV closed at $76 [This was similar to the color printed postcard view I reprinted for last year's LHA conference in Ely]: http://xrl.us/jzb4 Check out this snapshot real-photo postcard view of a guy with his Hudson in the desert, at a culvert that says, "To San Francisco". Can anyone ID the location? http://xrl.us/jzca A very nice real-photo view of Annie Clemenc, Heroine of the Copper Country Strike, Michigan 1913, draped in an American Flag brought $1,025! [Not really road related but shows the increasing interest in real-photo postcards, especially ones related to social history]: http://xrl.us/jzcb That's all for now. yer pal, ypsi-slim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Denny Gibson Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Welcome back. Hope your medical adventures are behind you. I got as far as the Graystone news and had to immediately go looking. Sadly, it seems the news is true: http://tinyurl.com/ao6gv Now I'll read the rest of the newsletter. --Denny > -----Original Message----- > From: Russell S. Rein [mailto:Ypsi-slim@juno.com] > Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 9:04 PM > hey - remember me? I need to apologize again for > being semi-incommunicado the last month and a half. > While on vacation I caught the flu - there's nothing > like driving through the mountains on a two lane at > night in the rain with a headache, fever and severe > congestions. After being laid up in bed for week I > was diagnosed with a subsequent sinus infection > just in time to go to Austin, TX for work so I could > get Mountain Cedar Fever - a toxic pollen condition > I was previously unaware of, see: > http://pollen.utulsa.edu/cedar.html > I am now on my second antibiotic regimen and am > slowly getting better. > > I will be catching up on correspondence and web > work over the next couple a weeks. Enough whinin' - > here's your Lincoln Highway E-Newsletter > > Sad news to report - first, LHA member Michael > Buettner reports, > "On a sad note, I learned today that Hal Meeks, who > wrote "On the Road to Yellowstone" about the > Yellowstone Trail, has passed away after a short battle > with cancer. Hal was an LHA member, and offered me > great encouragement after I did the first edition of the > LH road guide for Ohio. I wrote to him earlier this > month, requesting feedback about the Yellowstone Trail > article I recently prepared. I will be returning condolences > later today by way of an e-mail, and will offer suggestions > that if Hal did not designate a place for his collection, that > the U of M [Michigan] would be a good choice. I am > comfortable giving this suggestion, because his daughter > (who wrote me today) specifically mentioned his books > and research." > > Mike has a short article about the Yellowstone Trail tied > to his research about named highways in Ohio. It is > dedicated to, and has additional information about, Hal > Meeks: > http://www.lincolnhighwayoh.com/Yellowstone.htm > > Editor's note - > I met Hal because of our mutual fascination with Bob's > Bar-B-Que restaurant just off the Lincoln Highway in > Rolling Prairie, IN. We corresponded by e-mail some > years back, and met in person at a Lincoln Highway > Conference, when Hal set up in the bookroom after his > Yellowstone Trail volume was published. Hal was a > retired Geography Professor from the University of > Vermont, with great interest in the historic highways. > > More bad news - second, the Lincoln Highway has > been continuously in the news for the last month due > to a freak accident on a NJ Bridge that killed two > local Police officers. LHA New Jersey Director > Mitchell Dakelman was interviewed regarding the > bridge after the accident. The lift bridge, between > Newark and Jersey City is called the Lincoln Highway > Bridge, and opened in 1954. The police officers drove > off the bridge during a foggy night when the lift was in > the up position, and the warning lights had failed, and > a guard rail was broken. The New York Times ran > an article with some bridge history, and a picture > two days after the Sunday night, Dec 25th accident: > http://xrl.us/js95 [requires free account login] > Here's some ABC TV local NY channel 7 articles > about the accident: > & http://xrl.us/jtag > And some articles from the New York Daily News: > http://xrl.us/jtae > The Jersey Journal reports that there will be a tribute to > the officers on the TV show - "America's Most Wanted" > http://xrl.us/jy8i > > More bad news........? An ebay seller e-mailed me to > inform that the Graystone Hotel in Bedford, PA burned > down. I can't find any news stories about this. Anybody > have any more info? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Rollin Southwell sends a Lincoln Highway Association > Conference update: > > > 2006 CONFERENCE is online at www.LincolnHighway.com > Sandra Kelly has put all the 2006 conference programs and > Cole College room information on the web. There is a > registration form that can be printed and mailed the to the > treasurer. CHECK IT OUT AND REGISTER EARLY. > > > 2007 CONFERENCE - Little is known about the 2007 > conference other than the dates are June 18-22, 2007 in > Fort Morgan, Colorado. > > > 2008 CONFERENCE will be held in Evanston, Wyoming in > June 2008. Jane Law is busy forming committees. Any one > interested in helping with this conference should contact her at > urevan@mail.evanstonwy.org Others interested in learning > about Evanston, WY and what it has to offer can go to > www.Evanstonwy.org > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > The LHA California Chapter newsletter, The Traveler, > features a story about George Clark's Interpretive Plaque > to be installed next to the LH Western Terminus Marker in > San Francisco. George had to literally fight City Hall for > permission, but persevered, and at considerable expense > prevailed. The Plaque will be installed at 10:00 am on > February 11, 2006 at the LH Western Terminus, Palace of > the Legion of Honor, Lincoln Parr, San Francisco, CA. A > State Chapter meeting and lunch will follow. Way to go - > George! This active Chapter has plenty of activities including > 4 LH tours planned for 2006. Get more info at: > www.LincolnHighwayAssoc.org/ca > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Great news from Nebraska - the Kearney Hub reports that > The Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway designation > has been extended border to border. LHA Nebraska Director > Bob Stubblefield was interviewed for the article: > http://xrl.us/jy8p > Visit the State Scenic Byway site: > http://www.visitnebraska.org/byways/lincoln.htm > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > The Illinois LHA Chapter newsletter, Land of Lincoln > News reports that their website has recently been > overhauled - check it out at: > www.LHAIllinois.rochelle.net/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > The Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway - News Brief > reports that their "Buy-Way" Yard Sale was selected as a > top pick by Ohio Magazine's January '06 ("the Best of") > feature. They also announce that their annual meeting will > take place on Wednesday, April 26 at the Shisler Center, > in Wooster, OH. More details later. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Merrillville, IN - The Historic District Committee has > development plans with a transportation theme including the > Old Sauk Trail and the Lincoln Highway, from > NWITimes.com: > http://xrl.us/js9e > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > CBS Early Show recently featured the Indiana LH town of > Warsaw, "When Barbara Lindquist invited The Early Show > to visit, she called it the Orthopedic Capital of the World. > A catchy phrase like that caught the attention of The > Saturday Early Show anchor Russ Mitchell, who > headed to Indiana as part of the continuing "Tour My Town" > series....": > http://xrl.us/jvnt > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Brian Butko reports in - Hi guys, > "I was interviewed by Clear Channel broadcasting that serves > Toledo, Lima, and Columbus for a segment to air tomorrow, > Saturday Jan 21: Travel Savvy with Dan Armitage. I believe > in Lima that's on WIMA. We did 3 segments in the second > half hour of the show, talking about roadside giants, Lincoln > Highway, and Isaly's. Nothing you haven't heard before but > glad the media is picking up on this, and they'd like to do > another segment just on the LH some time." > > The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette had a nice review of Brian > & Sarah's Book - Roadside Giants, with pics: > http://xrl.us/jvnn > > Brian was interviewed by the Lancaster Intelligencer > Journal regarding the end of the Columbia Drive-In > Theatre and other LH attractions, and the threat they face > due to modern development: > Grand old highway, Byline: Carla Di Fonzo > http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/20455 [May require > quick free login] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Jan Shupert-Arick, LHA Indiana Director, reports, "The Allen > County (Indiana- near Fort Wayne) Highway Department is > now working with the Indiana Lincoln Highway chapter to > place metal signs and 1928 posts along the routes where they > have jurisdiction. The 9 mile section between the Ohio state > line and New Haven, Indiana is an original section and sweet > section that takes you through Townley, Zulu, and the historic > French Settlement of Besancon - on the national register. > Along a curve in this section you can see three alignments > of the Lincoln Highway/U.S. 30. We are very excited about > welcoming drivers coming from the east and look forward to > more progress in marking the highway in the coming months." > > Jan also sent this article with an early LH tie-in with > Studebaker: > South Bend News-Times, Sunday, 14 September, 1913 > South Bend Put on Route of Lincoln Highway Through > Efforts of Clement Studebaker, jr.; Road From Gotham > to Frisco to Cost $10,000,000 > Through the efforts of Clement Studebaker, jr., of the > Studebaker Corporation, South Bend was placed on the > Lincoln Highway, the route of which was announced today. > By persistent work and financial donation to the building fund > of the national road he was able to show the committee in > charge the desirability of having South Bend on the route. > Although no definite local route has yet been announced it is > believed the highway will pass through the heart of the city, > entering it on the east possibly along Jefferson boulevard, > from Mishawaka and thence west out along the Michigan > Avenue road to Laporte. New Carlisle may also be touched > by the highway. It is estimated the highway will cost over > $10,000,000, which will be provided by popular subscription. > Already $5,000,000 is pledged. The road which is to be > constructed of concrete whenever practicable, will reach > from New York to 'Frisco and will be open to lawful traffic > of all descriptions. No toll charges are to be paid. Through > Thirteen States. Thirteen states will be traversed by the > Lincoln highway according to the proclamation from the > national offices of the Lincoln Highway association in the > Dime Bank building of Detroit, Mich. The states which will > be honored by this memorial to Abraham Lincoln are New > York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, > Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada and > California. Starting in New York city the highway passes > through Jersey City, Newark and Trenton to Philadelphia, > then west to Pittsburgh, through the north central section of > Ohio, over to Fort Wayne and South Bend, skirts Chicago, > enters Joliet, Rochelle, Sterling and other Illinois cities, > reaches Iowa at Clinton and leaves at Council Bluffs, > passes through Omaha, goes to Denver and north to > Cheyenne, west through Green River and Evanston to > Salt Lake City, finds it way into Nevada by may of Tippet's > ranch and after reaching Reno goes to Lake Tahoe, > California, finally ending on the Pacific seaboard at Oakland > and San Francisco. The directors of the Lincoln Highway > Association have endeavored to select a route of easy > grades yet combining the scenic splendors of the country. > Some of the points either on, adjacent to or to be connected > by branch highways are Gettysburg, Washington, Canton, > the resting place of McKinley, the Mammoth Cave of > Kentucky, the home of Lincoln at Springfield, Ill., Lincoln's > birthplace in Kentucky, the scenic splendors of Colorado, > the Grand Canon of Colorado, and the many varied wonders > of Utah, Nevada and California. The Proclamation. > [This article continues with much of the text of the Lincoln > Highway Proclamation - an announcement of the routing. > On this date, 9/14/13, large broadsides prepared by the > original LHA were posted. Your editor has one of two > known copies.] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Central Iowa's Times Republican On-Line has a story on the > history of McCarten Electric Company of Marshalltown, and > a tie-in with the Lincoln Highway: > http://xrl.us/jvnk > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > From Public Opinion, Chambersburg, PA: > Grant to aid upgrades along Lincoln Highway > AREA — The state will spend $155,000 on improvements > to the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, a heritage park > primarily along old U.S. 30 from Westmoreland through > Adams counties. > The heritage area grant will help renovate the Majestic > Theatre marquee in Gettysburg and replace the holiday > lamppost decor and staging area in Gettysburg. The grant > will be matched with private, local and federal dollars. > The grant also will partly fund projects in Westmoreland > County: > Construct the Lincoln Highway Experience and > Welcome Center in Ligonier Township. > Upgrade the lighting at Ligonier Theatre. > Upgrade the Saint Vincent Gristmill in Latrobe. > Develop a streetscape design for the Borough of Irwin. > For more information about the Heritage Parks Program visit > www.dcnr.state.pa.us (choose Heritage Parks). > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > The Quad City Time's Bill Wundram take a drive along the > Lincoln Highway in Iowa: > http://xrl.us/jvod > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > A Jersey Journal article about James Earle Fraser's Lincoln > statue on Kennedy Blvd. on Jersey City, "Historians regard > Fraser's Lincoln statue as the symbolic eastern portal of the > Lincoln Highway, the nation's first transcontinental roadway, > which leads from Times Square to San Francisco, where > Fraser's moving Native American Indian monument, "The > End of the Trail," concludes the line." > http://xrl.us/jvoh > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Kearney, NE will host the 150th Anniversary of the Mormon > Handcart Pioneers. It will be in conjunction with the annual > Wagons West Celebration at Trails and Rails. Trails and > Rails Museum, Great Platte River Road Archway > Monument, Fort Kearny State Historical Park and the > Kearney’s Visitor’s Bureau are joining together to sponsor > the event this June, per the Kearney Hub: > http://xrl.us/jy8j > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Bob Lichty, President of the LHA sent a few links regarding > the American Association of State Highway and > Transportation Official's (AASHTO) 50th Anniversary > celebration of the nation's Interstate system. A lot of info > is available at their website: > http://www.interstate50th.org/index.shtml > > "The year 2006 will mark the 50th anniversary of the federal > law that brought America its unparalleled Interstate Highway > System. June 29, 2006, will mark the 50th anniversary of the > day federal legislation was signed to begin one of the biggest > engineering projects ever undertaken: the U.S. Interstate > Highway System." > > On of their special activities is a "recreation" of the 1919 > Army Motor Convoy across the Lincoln Highway. Taking > place between June 15-29, 2006 the new convoy route uses > the Interstates (?) instead of the original LH route. Too bad > they couldn't have coordinated this activity with the 2006 > LHA Conference in Cedar Rapids. Instead - they will be > driving through Des Moines on I-80! > > Six states also have their own celebrations: > Florida: www.fl-interstate.com/ > Iowa: www.iowainterstate50th.com/ > Michigan: www.interstate50th.org/states/michigan.shtml > Nebraska: www.dor.state.ne.us/i-80-anniv/index.htm > Rhode Island: www.dot.state.ri.us/news/50th.htm > Virginia: > www.virginiadot.org/infoservice/100years/interstates.asp > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > A bumper sticker in my work cubicle proclaims, "My other > car is a Tucker." Alas, that car is a 1/24th scale model I also > have on display. The Tucker club is having their annual > conference this year in the LH town of Kearney, NE: > "This June, TACA will journey into the heart of our nation > Celebrating the Pioneering Spirit of Preston Tucker and his > dream to push past the confines of the ordinary with the > extraordinary—the Tucker ’48. Join us June 22nd – 25th in > Kearney (pronounced “CAR-knee), Nebraska for an exciting > weekend Celebrating the Pioneering Spirit of the old west, > and of Preston Tucker and his dream car." Read more at > their website: > www.TuckerClub.org > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The Old Spanish Trail Association is back. Lots of info > about this route from the Tallahassee Democrat: > http://xrl.us/js9d > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Scott Piotrowski, from the Historic Roads Preservation > Group, sends this article about the Yellowstone Trail in > Schenectady, from timesunion.com: > http://xrl.us/jtah > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > From the Daytona Beach News - Ormand Beach, FL's > Centennial ...."coincides with the celebration of the 90th > birthday of the Old Brick Road, a nine-mile stretch of the > Dixie Highway that first brought motor vehicles to Florida." > http://xrl.us/jvnp > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that "$154,000 is to > be forwarded to the National Road Heritage Corridor, which > includes Fayette. Donna Holdorf, executive director of the > National Road Heritage Center, said the Fayette projects > involve: > $15,000 to create a map and guide for the entire National > Road. > $48,500 to install kiosks along the National Road in > Pennsylvania and to establish visitors centers. > $53,500 to create a one-act play on the first congressional > debate on spending federal money for the National Road, > followed by a debate series. > $20,000 for restoration work at Mt. St. Macrina Retreat > Center, near Uniontown. > $17,000 for repairs to Nemacolin Castle in Brownsville." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Ebay Sales: > > An automobile shaped beer bottle opener from the Lincoln > Highway Garage in DeKalb, IL went for $45.89 [must be > a cross-collectible]: > http://xrl.us/jy9e > > A cast aluminum license plate topper from Little America, > WY closed at $103.50: > http://xrl.us/jy9i > > I was the lucky winner on 7 heretofore unknown [to me] > foldout Lincoln Highway road maps put out by the LHA, > circa 1916, covering NY to Fort Wayne, IN; part of a > larger set, and I don't believe these are in the original > LHA archive at the Univ of Mich: > http://xrl.us/jy9u > > A printed black & white postcard of the American Hotel in > Oakland, CA with a boxing image went for $87: > http://xrl.us/jy9y > > Three apparently unused porcelain signs for the Colorado > to Gulf Highway went for $76.02, $130.26 and $160.26 in > consecutive auctions: > http://xrl.us/jy96 > > A worn Dixie Highway brass and enameled radiator badge > closed at $62.72: > http://xrl.us/jy97 > > I was the lucky winner of a slightly worn booklet, Flight of > the Gray Goose, the account of a 1925 cross country speed > run on the Lincoln Highway by L. B. Miller in his Wills Sainte > Claire automobile. You can read more about it at Craig > Harmon's LH website: > www.lincoln-highway-museum.org/Miller/Miller-Index.html > > A Rock Mountain Motorists Inc. porcelain sign of the area > around Viona, CO attracted one bid for $999.99: > http://xrl.us/jzaa > > A shield shaped porcelain Official Automobile Blue Book > Hotel with a few bullet holes brought $156.49: > http://xrl.us/jzab > > Ok - grab your seats - an ashtray from the Lighthouse Bar > in Fernley Nevada garnered 18 bids and closed at $788.98: > http://xrl.us/jzad > > A 1920's Automobile Road Map and Vacation Guide to > Ontario, Canada closed at $61.17: > http://xrl.us/jzah > > Check out the dance floor at the State Line Country Club > in Lake Tahoe, NV: > http://xrl.us/jzak > > A real-photo postcard with a caption of West on Lincoln > Highway in Bristol, IN showed up last month. The only > problem is that Bristol is about 7 miles north of Goshen, > and 5 miles east of Elkhart, on SR 120, way off the LH? > http://xrl.us/jzao > > A rare real-photo view of the lobby of the Mapes Hotel > in Reno closed at $115.50: > http://xrl.us/jzar > > An advertising piece from the 1941 DeSoto Transcontinental > Photo News. This "newspaper" relates the story of 2 women > driving a De Soto across the country withouty shifting by using > the new Fluid Drive with Simplimatic Transmission: > http://xrl.us/jzat > > A 1914 real-photo view of the smelter in McGill, NV with an > Ely, NV postmark brought $62.55: > http://xrl.us/jzav > > A faded photograph of a National Refining En-Ar-Co Gas > Station on the LH in Joliet, featuring a sign that said "Control > Lincoln Highway" went for $27.29 [the LH Control Station > in Joliet is usually listed as the Woodruff Hotel]: > http://xrl.us/jzaz > > A modern chrome postcard of the Rancho Codova Lodge > on US 50 in CA brought $22: > http://xrl.us/jza2 > > An old LH cloisonne pin brought $54.05. I believe this was > a premium with original LHA membership: > http://xrl.us/jza7 > > A 1929 Official Road Map of Florida closed at $100 after > 13 bids: > http://xrl.us/jzbc > > A 1920's map of the Best Road in Wyoming brought $47: > http://xrl.us/jzbd > > A modern chrome postcard of the Malt-A-Burger Drive-In > on US 40 and US 83 in Oakley, KS closed at $47.22: > http://xrl.us/jzbe > > A shield-shaped 1937 US 66 Illinois road sign brought > $1,180 [sorry no pics]: > http://xrl.us/jzbg > > A 1935 Official State Highway Map of WY brought $56.57, > and a 1936 one of Nevada brought $66.06: > http://xrl.us/jzbm > > A real-photo postcard of the Iceberg-shaped Gas Station in > Albuquerque, NM closed at $152.49: > http://xrl.us/jzbo > > A real-photo postcard of the Cove Mtn. Tea Room on the > LH near McConnellsburg went for $52: > http://xrl.us/jzbp > > A 1931 buss pas from the Joliet, Plainfield and Aurora > Transportation Co. brought $46.56: > http://xrl.us/jzbs > > A 1920 AAA Lee Highway fold-out road map, worn and > torn, still closed at $124.50: > http://xrl.us/jzbv > > A 1907 Glidden Tour book of rules governing the tour, and > with itinerary, failed to meet the reserve when it closed at > $227.50: > http://xrl.us/jzby > > A real photo birds-eye view of the LH in Ely, NV closed at > $76 [This was similar to the color printed postcard view I > reprinted for last year's LHA conference in Ely]: > http://xrl.us/jzb4 > > Check out this snapshot real-photo postcard view of a guy > with his Hudson in the desert, at a culvert that says, "To > San Francisco". Can anyone ID the location? > http://xrl.us/jzca > > A very nice real-photo view of Annie Clemenc, Heroine of > the Copper Country Strike, Michigan 1913, draped in an > American Flag brought $1,025! [Not really road related but > shows the increasing interest in real-photo postcards, > especially ones related to social history]: > http://xrl.us/jzcb > > That's all for now. > yer pal, > > ypsi-slim > > > > > > Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com > > To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE > 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! > Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA > 98046-3168 > SUBSCRIPTION RATES: > 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 > (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) > 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 > (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) > > > For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com > > To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: > AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.comTo POST a message via > e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alex Burr Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Some nice person has taken the 1936 edition that I have - still looking for a new home for the 1938 edition, still $5, I pay postage. Thanks Hudsonly, Alex Burr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rudkip@sbcglobal.net> Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 I have a friend who is interested (over the long term) in adopting wild horses...I don't know if any of you out there have knowledge of wild horse preservation groups or contacts that she could make but if you could inspire, I would appreciate it...thanks and, of course, Tsingtao, Kip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim conkle Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Yo Kip, The BLM out here in the west holds twice a year, sometimes more often, a wild horse and burro adoption program. Would she like some more information on that? Jim Conkle -----Original Message----- From: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com [mailto:]On Behalf Of rudkip@sbcglobal.net Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 6:15 PM To: ; AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] Query re: wild horse preservation I have a friend who is interested (over the long term) in adopting wild horses...I don't know if any of you out there have knowledge of wild horse preservation groups or contacts that she could make but if you could inspire, I would appreciate it...thanks and, of course, Tsingtao, Kip Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.comTo POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Business finance course Business to business finance Small business finance Business finance consultant Business finance schools Business finance schools ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS a.. Visit your group "AMERICAN_ROAD" on the web. b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rudkip@sbcglobal.net> Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Whatever you got--thanks so much and looking forward to your publication! Tsingtao Kip ----- Original Message ----- From: "jim conkle" <jimconkle@verizon.net> To: <AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 8:29 PM Subject: RE: [AMERICAN_ROAD] Query re: wild horse preservation > Yo Kip, > > The BLM out here in the west holds twice a year, sometimes more often, a > wild horse and burro adoption program. Would she like some more information > on that? > > Jim Conkle > -----Original Message----- > From: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:]On Behalf Of rudkip@sbcglobal.net > Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 6:15 PM > To: ; AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] Query re: wild horse preservation > > > I have a friend who is interested (over the long term) in adopting wild > horses...I don't know if any of you out there have knowledge of wild horse > preservation groups or contacts that she could make but if you could > inspire, I would appreciate it...thanks and, of course, Tsingtao, Kip > > > > > > Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com > > To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 > WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! > Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA > 98046-3168 > SUBSCRIPTION RATES: > 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 > (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) > 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 > (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) > > > For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com > > To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: > AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.comTo POST a message via e-mail, send it > to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS Business finance course Business to business finance > Small business finance > Business finance consultant Business finance schools Business > finance schools > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > -- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > a.. Visit your group "AMERICAN_ROAD" on the web. > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > -- > > > > > > > > Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com > > To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! > Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 > SUBSCRIPTION RATES: > 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 > (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) > 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 > (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) > > > For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com > > To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.comTo POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JWM Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Yuck, I hate the new look. Can we rebel? JWM drivetheost.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JWM Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 If you like the Post book, try Thomas W.& Agnes A. Wilby's "On the Trail to Sunset," 1912. The fictionalized account roughly follows the Wilby's actual 1911 double-transcontinental trip following Westgaard's Trail to Sunset and routes that became the Lincoln and National Old Trails highways. The book gets stuck in the Southwest, with plenty of Anglo-centric descriptions of the natives and the "passions of the desert." Writing is of its day ? purple prose dreadful. But it is significant as probably one of the first full accounts of these early trails. I got my copy from ABE.com. JWM Drivetheost.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Harmon Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 For what it's worth, here is the response I received from AAA when I wrote them about the graffiti pictured on their Route 66 guide/map. Bob Harmon ----- Original Message ----- From: Austerman.John To: harmon@mvn.net Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 11:28 AM Dear Mr. Harmon: I'm writing in response to your message regarding a photo contained in the 2006 AAA Route 66 GreatestHits Map, published by the Automobile Club of Southern California. As noted, this image was not intended to glorify graffiti. On the contrary, our staff members are enthusiastic supporters of efforts to preserve the highway and its place in history. Nevertheless, I agree that use of this image may be interpreted by some people in the manner you suggest. Thank you for bringing this point of view to our attention. We welcome feedback from our readers, both positive and negative, and believe it improves the quality of our products. To this end, the image will be replaced with a more suitable photo in the next printing of the publication. Thanks again for sharing your comments with us. Sincerely, John Austerman Director, Product Development Travel Information Products Automobile Club of Southern California Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lonehichillbilly@aol.com Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Chet, That is a good idea. I would have never thought of that one. Sure could save a lot of time and trouble. Jim N. Carolina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chet Nichols II Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Hi Everyone....Hope you are all well and ready to pedal down Route 66.....I mean at these and the future gas prices..biking may be the only way....(sure would help me lose the 20+ pounds I want to shed).....in the meantime.....Heaven help Us! Anyhue, I wanted to forward this little road tip on to everyone in the group.....it might save you in the desert somewhere...... I want to thank my cousin for this one......This is ingenious. If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone on your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the other person at your home press the unlock button of your key fob (clicker), holding it near the phone on their end. Your car doors will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object you could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or trunk)! Editor's note: It works fine! We tried it out, and it unlocked our car. I locked the car, had my youngest daughter call me while I was far away From the car. I clicked open into the phone and I could hear the car doors unlock through her cell phone. My daughter confirmed that sure enough the doors opened. Who needs AAA or On Star? Pass this one on to your Friends and Family. Hope all is well, My Best, Chet Nichols http://LastRidersOn66.itgo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brownwho63 Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 I tried this at home several months ago and had no success. I recently read the following: "Key fobs operate on radio frequencies and a cell phone cannot capture that, remodulate it, send it over a network and have another phone demodulate and broadcast it." Better just carry a spare key....Bliss --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, Chet Nichols II <Chetnichols@...> wrote: > >> If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call > someone on your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your > car door and have the other person at your home press the unlock button > of your key fob (clicker), holding it near the phone on their end. Your > car doors will unlock. > > Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no > object you could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach > someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the > doors (or trunk)! > > Editor's note: It works fine! We tried it out, and it unlocked our > car. I locked the car, had my youngest daughter call me while I was far away > From the car. I clicked open into the phone and I could hear the car doors > unlock through her cell phone. My daughter confirmed that sure enough > the doors opened. > > Who needs AAA or On Star? > > Pass this one on to your Friends and Family. > > Hope all is well, > > My Best, > > Chet Nichols > http://LastRidersOn66.itgo.com > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Denny Gibson Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 I got home last night from a three day drive across the Lincoln Highway in Ohio with the annual Ohio Lincoln Highway League meeting in the middle. Un-springlike weather made for some different looks. Pictures and words from all three days at posted at http://www.dennygibson.com/ohlh0405 --Denny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David G. Clark Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 My Honda Civic has an "Anti-Stupid" feature that makes it virtually impossible to make this mistake (locking keys in car). Simply, they have set up the driver door so that it cannot be locked when ajar. The only way to lock that door is to shut it, then use your key in the keyhole to engage the lock. In order to do this, the key has to be in your hand. If I really wanted to lock the keys in the car, I could get out, close the driver door, walk around to the passenger door, get in, reach across and lock the driver door (which will lock since it is closed) and then lock the passenger door and shut it. (The interlock is only on the driver door). So if I want to be stupid, I have to be very creative about it. Dave Clark Windy City Road Warrior --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "brownwho63" <brownwho63@...> wrote: > > I tried this at home several months ago and had no success. I > recently read the following: > > "Key fobs operate on radio frequencies and a cell phone cannot > capture that, remodulate it, send it over a network and have another > phone demodulate and broadcast it." > > Better just carry a spare key....Bliss > > > > --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, Chet Nichols II > <Chetnichols@> wrote: > > > >> If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, > call > > someone on your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot > from your > > car door and have the other person at your home press the unlock > button > > of your key fob (clicker), holding it near the phone on their end. > Your > > car doors will unlock. > > > > Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance > is no > > object you could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach > > someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock > the > > doors (or trunk)! > > > > Editor's note: It works fine! We tried it out, and it unlocked > our > > car. I locked the car, had my youngest daughter call me while I > was far away > > From the car. I clicked open into the phone and I could hear the > car doors > > unlock through her cell phone. My daughter confirmed that sure > enough > > the doors opened. > > > > Who needs AAA or On Star? > > > > Pass this one on to your Friends and Family. > > > > Hope all is well, > > > > My Best, > > > > Chet Nichols > > http://LastRidersOn66.itgo.com > > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alex Burr Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Ah, the old "key to lock the doors" trick - seems to me that technology has been around for years and years. LOL Hudsonly, Alex B --- "David G. Clark" <dave@windycityroadwarrior.com> wrote: > My Honda Civic has an "Anti-Stupid" feature that > makes it virtually > impossible to make this mistake (locking keys in > car). Simply, they > have set up the driver door so that it cannot be > locked when ajar. The > only way to lock that door is to shut it, then use > your key in the > keyhole to engage the lock. In order to do this, the > key has to be in > your hand. > > If I really wanted to lock the keys in the car, I > could get out, close > the driver door, walk around to the passenger door, > get in, reach > across and lock the driver door (which will lock > since it is closed) > and then lock the passenger door and shut it. (The > interlock is only > on the driver door). So if I want to be stupid, I > have to be very > creative about it. > > Dave Clark > Windy City Road Warrior > > --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "brownwho63" > <brownwho63@...> wrote: > > > > I tried this at home several months ago and had no > success. I > > recently read the following: > > > > "Key fobs operate on radio frequencies and a cell > phone cannot > > capture that, remodulate it, send it over a > network and have another > > phone demodulate and broadcast it." > > > > > Better just carry a spare key....Bliss > > > > > > > > --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, Chet Nichols > II > > <Chetnichols@> wrote: > > > > > >> If you lock your keys in the car and the spare > keys are at home, > > call > > > someone on your cell phone. Hold your cell > phone about a foot > > from your > > > car door and have the other person at your home > press the unlock > > button > > > of your key fob (clicker), holding it near the > phone on their end. > > Your > > > car doors will unlock. > > > > > > Saves someone from having to drive your keys to > you. Distance > > is no > > > object you could be hundreds of miles away, and > if you can reach > > > someone who has the other "remote" for your car, > you can unlock > > the > > > doors (or trunk)! > > > > > > Editor's note: It works fine! We tried it > out, and it unlocked > > our > > > car. I locked the car, had my youngest daughter > call me while I > > was far away > > > From the car. I clicked open into the phone > and I could hear the > > car doors > > > unlock through her cell phone. My daughter > confirmed that sure > > enough > > > the doors opened. > > > > > > Who needs AAA or On Star? > > > > > > Pass this one on to your Friends and Family. > > > > > > Hope all is well, > > > > > > My Best, > > > > > > Chet Nichols > > > http://LastRidersOn66.itgo.com > > > > > > > > > > A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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