Archive for the ‘roadside’ Category
April 18, 2008
Youngville Cafe along the Lincoln Highway in Iowa is teaming with the Benton County Amateur Radio Club, KØKBX, (K0KBX@fmtcs.com) to put an amateur radio station on the air for 2 days to celebrate “95 Years on the Lincoln Highway. The dates, June 14-15, will coincide with the 16th annual Lincoln Highway Association National Conference in Evanston, Wyoming.
Above: Youngville Station, a beautiful restoration effort on the Lincoln Highway west of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Photo courtesy of G. Januska.
Amateur operators will be at Youngville that weekend, and special certificates will be available for amateurs throughout the country who contact the Special Event station. Times, short wave frequencies, and more information are available from the American Radio Relay League website www.arrl.org (then click on “operating events”) or from Dave Lucas, 4264 Hwy 13, Central City, IA 52214, (319) 438-1763. This event is sanctioned and supported by the ARRL and the Iowa LHA.
Thanks to Van & Bev Becker (and Russell Rein) for the info.
Tags:amateur radio, Cedar Rapids Iowa, Iowa, Lincoln Highway
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April 13, 2008
As we prepare to move, I spend lots of time sorting and packing. I’ve been looking through my photos lately and am amazed at how much things have changed along the Lincoln Highway in the 20 years since I began photographing it. Here are a couple views from February 1992 of the Star Motel in Minerva, Ohio (22071 US Route 30/E Lincoln Way). The row of rooms remains but was converted years ago into apartments. I believe the sign survives too but repainted and maybe stripped of its neon.
Tags:highway motel, Minerva Ohio, neon sign, old motel, Road trip, travel
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April 12, 2008
The Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor headquartered in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, is cataloging its holdings, and recently came upon this postcard that they could not identify as to location or even if it was in PA.
I mention it in my Lincoln Highway: PA Traveler’s Guide but show a different view (a postcard from Russell Rein, in the book’s first edition, page 297). The cabin camp was 30 miles west of Pittsburgh near Clinton, on the rerouted Lincoln Highway that runs through Chester, West Virginia. A building similar to the one at left survives on the north side, and a cabin is in an adjacent residential back yard.
Tags:blue highway travel, Clinton PA, Red Gables, roadside motel, tourist cabins
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April 11, 2008
Leigh Henline at Fort Cody Trading Post was telling me last night about the blizzard in North Platte, Nebraska, and that parts of US 30 had to be closed. According to the North Platte Bulletin, “Traveling was also not recommended on Interstate 80 or Highway 30 west of North Platte. Travelers have reported clear roads but limited visibility. As the temperatures drop, ice has formed in some areas making traveling dangerous.” Schools also were closed Thursday and Friday due to almost 6 inches of snow.
Learn lots more about it from a stormchaser, High Plains Drifter, whose blog has maps, charts, and photos. (For future reference, the 11 posts so far about this storm can be accessed at http://www.underthemeso.com/blog/?p=469 with the last number being changed up through 479.)
Apparently, warm temps kept it from getting worse, but a NWS blizzard warning is still in effect through Friday 7 pm. According to another Bulletin story, the storm is heading to Iowa with wind gusts up to 40 mph.
Tags:highways, North Platte Nebraska, snow storm, travel, winter weather
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April 10, 2008
Hot off the presses is the Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition 2008 Visitor Guide, a 9” x 4” booklet with 84 pages and a fold out map on the back cover. The free guides will be available at many Tourist Information Centers in Illinois plus select Convention & Visitor Bureaus, or request one at no charge by calling toll-free (866) 455-4249. Click on the images below to see them larger.
For more info, contact:
Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition
200 S. State St., Belvidere, IL 61008
http://www.drivelincolnhighway.com
Tags:highway guide, Illinois
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April 8, 2008
Here are details on the Indiana Lincoln Highway Association Spring Meeting, Luncheon, and Silent Auction set for Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. CDST. Location will be Teibel’s Restaurant, US 30 at US 41, Schererville, Indiana. It is being held in conjunction with Illinois LHA. Among the highlights will be honoring long-time LH researcher and devotee Art Schweitzer, who tirelessly researched the nearby Ideal Section. Also, Cynthia Ogorek will be signing her new book, and guest speaker Trish Eccles will speak about the Indiana National Road Byway Application Process. Print and complete the form below to register for the meeting and meal.
Tags:highway history, Indiana, Schererville, Teibel's Restaurant
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April 4, 2008
Another vintage photo from the Ternet Collection at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, shows a Cities Service station with a sign for cabins, this one in Townley, Indiana.
Collection donor Lois Ternet explains that the site is now the location of Triple T’s (Todd’s Townley Tavern), 21313 Lincoln Highway: “It is on the northeast corner of Lincoln Highway and 101. Townley was once booming until the Tornado of 1920.”
Tags:gas station, highway, Indiana, Townley Indiana, travel
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March 31, 2008
LHA president Jan Shupert-Arick sent along some images from eastern Indiana courtesy of the Ternet Collection at the Allen County Public Library (downtown Fort Wayne, a block north of Washington Boulevard and in the midst of three different routings of the Lincoln Highway). The renovated library includes a cafe, bookstore, auditorium, art gallery, computer center, and underground parking.
The photo below shows Oberley Lunch and Standard Oil Station, 1941, on the Lincoln Highway at Zulu, Indiana, a tiny town just west of the Ohio border.
Tags:Fort Wayne, gas station, Indiana, library, vintage photo, Zulu Indiana
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March 28, 2008
The California Lincoln Highway Association chapter will hold its state meeting on Saturday, April 12, noon, at Athens Restaurant, 6999 Dublin Blvd, Dublin. A caravan tour is scheduled afterward to visits sites in Dublin Canyon and East Castro Valley. LHA meetings (including lunch) generally run 1-5 hours or less, and the tour another hour. This one will explore recently discovered sections of the Lincoln in east Castro Valley and Dublin Canyon with a possible stop in Dublin itself. Contact Norm Root at normanroot [at] yahoo.com for more info.
Photo from daplus.us, map from Google.
Tags:California, Dublin Canyon, highway history
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March 23, 2008
On this Easter morning, we have an update from Jan Morrison on the restoration of 142-year-old St. Augustine’s Church, which overlooks the Lincoln Highway through Austin, Nevada. It is the oldest Catholic church building in the state.
A new roof has enabled workers to remove the interior ceiling scaffolding/supports. Jan is now pursuing a grant of $276,000 to finish the exterior, install ADA entrances, and restore the doors and windows so it can open for tours.
An interesting factoid is that when we re-did the roof, nearly 15 tons of pigeon and bat waste were removed. As a result, the ceiling and roof-ridge rose nearly 5 inches!
Also, the weight and aging of the roof structure had caused the side walls to move out up to 9 inches. Everything was brought true and the church is now secure for another 142 years!
However, had we not gotten in and fortified the roof structure, pulled in the walls, and removed the waste, it is pretty clear that this winter would have been a catastrophe. We had very, very heavy snowfalls that most likely would have cause the roof to cave in.
For more info and images, click here. And schedule extra time for Austin on your next trip across Nevada.
Tags:Auatin, Catholic church oldest in NV, church restoration, Nevada
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