Offbeat 1917 LH brochure touts water fountain

LINCOLN HIGHWAY NEWS IS A BLOG BY BRIAN BUTKO
A brochure scanned and online for free download touts a Lincoln Highway water fountain design that was to be placed from coast to coast. Also proposed were cement tourist cabins to be built resembling Abraham Lincoln’s log cabin. Both ideas intended to honor the slain President. A map shows the “Reno Branch” of the LH from Reno, Nevada to … Los Angeles!

http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24589131M/Lincoln_Highway_Fountain_Society

Tags: Abe Lincoln, California, highway history, historic highway, honoring president, Lincoln Highway, Nevada, President Lincoln, Road trip, water fountains

This entry was posted on January 27, 2011 at 6:28 pm and is filed under highways, history, Lincoln Highway, Road trip, roadside, souvenirs, transportation. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Offbeat 1917 LH brochure touts water fountain”

redforkhippie Says:
March 7, 2011 at 12:32 pm | Reply
Oh, man … it would be so cool if somebody resurrected these ideas and implemented them along the road.

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