Lincoln Logs-- New news About an Old Road, the Lincoln Highway.
ILLINOIS MURALS-- Two more to be exact.
The June 17th Beacon News reports a new Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition mural being unveiled in St. Charles. It is one of a planned 40 murals across the highway's 179 miles across the state.
The Lincoln Highway passed through the southwest corner of the city, but the mural is downtown at 102 E. Main Street. It shows travelers venturing off the road to enjoy entertainment at the Arcadia Theater and staying overnight at the Hotel Baker, two landmarks.
Channel 13 NBC News out of Rockford reported on June 16th that another LH Coalition mural was unveiled in Byron at 504 Blackhawk Drive featuring the Lincoln's racing heritage. In 1925, Lewis B. Miller made a record-breaking transcontinental race on the road.
The Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition is to be commended for bringing the road's history to the general public with these murals and the information gazebos that are popping up all along the alignment.
On the Road Again looking at Those Neat Murals. --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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Thanks so much for the kind words...since we met in passing at the Dixon LHA Conference, even more murals have been installed. There are murals now in Fulton, North Aurora, Rock Falls and later this week in University Park. And so many more are on the drawing board....come back and visit us soon~
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