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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Friday, April 3, 2020
Getting Impatient for the Lincoln Highway to Be Paved West of DeKalb in 1920
From the April 1, 2020, Midweek (DeKalb County,Illinois) "Looking Back."
1920, 100 Years Ago.
"By Decoration Day (Memorial Day), the cement road will be open from DeKalb west and autos can use it. This was the pledge made yesterday by Contractor Hart of Hart and Page, to Dr. H.G. Wright , director of the Illinois Highway Association.
"There is a hiatus of about two miles between the edge of the pavement at Corey's place and the east end of the completed cement road, and the other day, the Chronicle voiced the sentiment of the people of that section in no uncertain terms, as they were threatening to take matters in their own hands and use the sand piled there for that purpose of making the road at least passable."
I'm figuring this road to be the Lincoln Highway.
Getting Impatient in DeKalb. --RoadDog
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