Crestline, Ohio

From the Historic Byway: The Ohio Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor:  "Crestline"

In the last post, I wrote about a presentation that was supposed to take place about Crestline's role in the Lincoln Highway earlier this year.

Crestline is located east of  Bucyrus and has a population of around 5,000.  The Lincoln Highway originally went through the town of Galion, to the south of Crestline, but as I found out in the last post, Crestline decided they wanted the highway more and did what they had to do to get it.

Crestline has been on the LH since 1921.

Crestline came into being as a major railroad center in 1851, as the crossroad of the nation's four biggest railroads.  However, things went south by the 1970s with the decline of the railroads, as did the city somewhat.

THINGS TO SEE:

**  Crestline Shunk Museum

**  Two Lincoln Highway brick pillars.  One honoring Bement and the other McMahon.

**  Holcker Hardware in business since the late 1800s.

**  Hunger Paynes Restaurant and Just Jokin' Bar and Grill**  Ice cream and sandwich stands open during the summer.

--RoadShunk