The March 17th Munster, Indiana, Times had an article on Cynthia L. Ogorek's new book, "The Lincoln Highway Around Chicago. She evidently gave a book promotion at a local place. She concentrated on the Schereville, Ind., to Geneva, Ill., stretch of the old road.
To put the book together, she visited between 18 and 20 local historical societies in Illinois and Indiana and combed through their records for photographs and information.
The 1.3 mile stretch of the Lincoln between Schereville and Dyer, Illinois, was to represent an ideal section of the road and had four lanes of traffic, drainage, and lighting. It was built between 1922 and 1923.
Cynthia grew up in Hammond, Indiana and is a member of the Illinois Lincoln Highway Association (as am I) The book is printed by Arcadia Publishing which specializes in local histories and always make for a good read.
The National Scenic Byways Program also had a short bit on the new book at http://www.byways.org/press/news/travel/.
I look forward to getting a copy, perhaps at the next meeting of the ILHA.
Keep on Down That Lincoln Highway. --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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1 comment:
Hi! thanks for the plug for my book. I appreciate your support. I noticed that you, like the rest of us, have to "save up" in order to make unnecessary road trips. That's the beauty of this stretch of the Lincoln Highway. It's only about 90 miles long with plenty of things to do and see and eat! and you don't need a hotel room at the end of the day. Happy Trails! Cynthia O
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