LINCOLN HIGHWAY NEWS IS A BLOG BY BRIAN BUTKO If you have a reliable car from pre-1979, 4 weeks to spare in July 2013, and a sense of adventure, you qualify for the LH 2013 Centennial Tour! As the group explains at http://www.lh2013.com: Our goal is to gather 100 participants who will ship their historic … Continue reading »
Posted in October 2011 …
Indiana declares Lincoln Highway a state byway
LINCOLN HIGHWAY NEWS IS A BLOG BY BRIAN BUTKO Indiana Lt. Governor Becky Skillman, and INDOT Commissioner Michael B. Cline, have signed a resolution designating the historic Lincoln Highway across northern Indiana as an official Indiana state byway. The Indiana portion of the Lincoln Highway now becomes part of the Indiana Byways Program. The Indiana … Continue reading »
Nebraska Archway gets repro Hammer Motel sign
LINCOLN HIGHWAY NEWS IS A BLOG BY BRIAN BUTKO A former Kearney icon has been replicated at the Great Platte River Road Archway. The Kearney Hub reports that the archway now displays a Hammer Motel sign, a replica of a much larger sign that once stood at the hotel on US 30 at 19th Ave … Continue reading »
2012 Lincoln Highway conference in Canton
LINCOLN HIGHWAY NEWS IS A BLOG BY BRIAN BUTKO The Ohio chapters of the national Lincoln Highway Association, along with the official Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway, are planning to bring over 200 visitors to the McKinley Grand Hotel in June 2012 for a week of lectures, seminars, day-long road trips, and banquets all with … Continue reading »
Pa LHHC Road Rally includes Ship Hotel mystery
LINCOLN HIGHWAY NEWS IS A BLOG BY BRIAN BUTKO Pennsylvania’s Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor is once again staging a Lincoln Highway Road Rally this weekend, October 8 and 9. This year’s rally will start in Jennerstown and end at Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum in Orrtanna, 12 miles west of Gettysburg, and includes a mystery! Although … Continue reading »
ACD and NATMUS Museum founder in fatal crash
LINCOLN HIGHWAY NEWS IS A BLOG BY BRIAN BUTKO Lincoln Highway Association Past-President Jan Shupert- Arick wrote to say that John Martin Smith was killed on I-69 last night with his wife Bobbie. He was a key figure in founding the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum and the National Automotive and Truck Museum in Auburn, Indiana, both of … Continue reading »
New Lincoln Highway photo book underway
LINCOLN HIGHWAY NEWS IS A BLOG BY BRIAN BUTKO For 14 years, Eric and Kass Mencher have devoted their photographic passion to visually documenting the landmarks, landscapes, and people of the Lincoln Highway. They’re in the final stages of self-publishing a book that celebrates the road’s upcoming anniversary. To see a still-evolving 200+ page prototype click … Continue reading »
Illinois Lincoln Highway murals win scenic award
LINCOLN HIGHWAY NEWS IS A BLOG BY BRIAN BUTKO The Lincoln Highway National Scenic Byway in Illinois received a Scenic Byway Award for the “Interpretive Gazebos and Murals” project in the Interpretation category at the National Scenic Byways 2011 Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The large-scale works of art not only relay the significance and history … Continue reading »
