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New Alice Ramsey centennial trip photos posted

September 8, 2009

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The Alice09 Yahoo group has 20 new photos from the centennial re-enactment of Alice Ramsey’s pioneering drive across the U.S. Visit groups.yahoo.com to sign up. There were at least two such trips this summer; this one found Dorothy Grace and Dana McNair driving much of the Lincoln Highway in commemoration of Alice Ramsey’s 1909 trip, Dorothy in a 1915 Model T and Dana driving a 1909 Cadillac.

Dorothy just posted the photos in the “July 3-6” album, such as these below: Ruth, Nevada, and the California state line.

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Learn more at aliceramsey-theroadtrip.blogspot.com/ where you can also read all about their daily adventures on the road.

Tags:1909 trip, Alice Ramsey, antique cars, highway history, historic highways, history of US travel, Lincoln Highway, old roads, women's history
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Three more blogs of Lincoln Highway adventures

July 22, 2009

Following up on last week’s Lincoln Highway adventures of Bill and Karen, another couple, Dave and Peg, are driving a 1929 Model A across the country. They picked up the Lincoln Highway west of Canton, Ohio, and are heading to California. (Note, they just detoured off the LH to see Mount Rushmore.) Follow along at model-a-adventure.blogspot.com/.

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Another couple, Kathie and Tony Mandra, have already reached the west coast but you can read of their trip, and side trips, at
lincolnhwy.blogspot.com/.

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And Chris Hutter is riding his 2006 Harley Davidson FLHR west from Pittsburgh. Follow him at hutmo.blogspot.com/.

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Tags:1929 Model T, 2-lane roads, historic highways, Lincoln Highway, Model T, old roads, road trips, roadside, travel, vacation
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Lincoln Highway remnant feted at Clarksville Day

May 15, 2009

LHA president Bob Dieterich reports that Clarksville Day was a huge success with between 2000 and 3000 attending the celebration. The ghost town along the Lincoln Highway in California is set to be redeveloped.

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They had horse drawn wagons to transport people from one end of the highway through town to the other end as shown in a couple of the pictures. There was the Pony Express, Mormon Battalion, antique cars, a band playing bluegrass music all day, and the Mormons had a huge cannon they fired every half hour.

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There won’t be any work on development there for two or three years, so we should be able to work in one or two more of these. The developer has promised to save the Lincoln Highway as a walking path through there.

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Tags:Clarksville CA, ghost town celebration, Lincoln Highway, old roads, Pony Express reenactment, town to be redeveloped
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New Forum features postcards, Bedford Springs

February 11, 2009

The just-published Winter 2008-09 Lincoln Highway Forum is as always packed with info, including a fascinating cover story (OK, written my me!) on postcard collecting in full, beautiful color. Other features include the story of Beaverdam, Ohio, the restoration of the Bedford Springs Hotel in Pennsylvania, and info on the June 2009 conference in South Bend, Indiana. Become an LHA member here and start receiving it today.

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