The Spring 2009 Lincoln Highway Forum had an interesting January 26, 1914, letter from LHA Secretary A. R. Pardington to the directors of the road along its length to report on items of interest.
The LH had been marked in Bucyrus Ohio and that great interest had been shown in the area. A farmer in Chicago Heights had graded his yard down to the LH and was beautifying his property.
The San Francisco Examiner in its Dec. 24th issue had reported that Carl Fisher had proposed a plan of constructing experimental stretches of the LH to find out best construction for the needs. (These would be the Seedling Miles.)
The Standard Oil Company was printing 200,000 booklets which would include a map of the LH.
The Automobile Club of Southern California was marking a route from Lake Tahoe to Los Angeles, following the Owens Valley Route, about 500 miles.
The South Bend, Indiana,Tribune reported a committee was being formed to change the name of Vistula and Michigan avenues to Lincoln Way. The same was happening in Aurora, Illinois.
So, Even Back Then. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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