LINCOLN HIGHWAY NEWS IS A BLOG BY BRIAN BUTKO A newly posted video uses a vintage player piano to play “Lincoln Highway,” a 1922 march by George B. Lutz. Click below to hear it. I ran a photo of the sheet music in my book The Lincoln Highway: Pennsylvania Traveler’s Guide (music at right). Other … Continue reading »
Posted in June 2011 …
Denny Gibson’s new Lincoln Highway adventure
LINCOLN HIGHWAY NEWS IS A BLOG BY BRIAN BUTKO We’re once again lucky to have Denny Gibson traveling and documenting part of the Lincoln Highway, this time some of the roads to and from the 2011 LHA conference in Lake Tahoe. You can follow his adventures beginning at http://www.dennygibson.com/lhfest11/day09/index.htm when he visits bits of the … Continue reading »
Virginian Hotel celebrates centennial
LINCOLN HIGHWAY NEWS IS A BLOG BY BRIAN BUTKO The Rawlins Daily Times ran a nice article about the centennial celebration at the famed Virginian Hotel along the Lincoln Highway (now US 30) in Medicine Bow, Wyoming. The celebration was part of Medicine Bow Days this past weekend, when the town’s population of fewer than … Continue reading »
Another LH Drive-In Theater to be Demolished
LINCOLN HIGHWAY NEWS IS A BLOG BY BRIAN BUTKO Supervisors in Unity Twp., near Latrobe, Pennsylvania, have approved the demolition of the Hi-Way Drive-In Theater and its replacement by a CVS pharmacy. The outdoor theater is a beloved icon along the Lincoln Highway/U.S. 30. Residents and drive-in fans tried protesting in recent months that the … Continue reading »
