Lincoln Logs: --Mansfield Goes Lincoln-- LH Meets Pa. Turnpike-- Nevada, Iowa Celebration

Lincol Logs-- Some new news about an old road.


1. MANSFIELD GOES LINCOLN-- Ohio, that is. The June 8th Mansfield News Journal reports that Lincoln Highway fans are joining the town's 200th anniversary celebration by painting fire hydrants around town with the Lincoln Highway logo. I wonder what the dogs think?


2. LH MEETS PA. TURNPIKE-- The Historical Marker database featured an article by Christopher Busta-Peck of Bedford, Pa., where the Lincoln Highway met the Pennsylvania Turnpike. On October 1, 1940, the first 160 miles of four lane concrete highway from Carlisle to Irvin opened. Some motorists waited days to ride on the new super highway.

It was extended east to Philadelphia and west to the Ohio line in 1957.


3. NEVADA, IOWA CELEBRATION-- The August 21st Nevada Journal reports that the 25th annual Nevada, Iowa Lincoln Highway Days started August 22. The local high school is holding a torch run in honor of the 25th anniversary and the Olympics.

Saturday, there will be a parade in the morning followed by an antique tractor show, PIG WRESTLING, watermelon seed spitting contest, Mid-American Pulling Association Lawn and Garden Tractor Pull, hula hoop contest, and bands providing entertainment.

Now, This Festival Has Some Things I've Never Heard of Before. --RoadDog