From the Oct. 2, 2020. Latrobe (Pa.) Bulletin "Olga Herbert set to retire from Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor after 25 years" by Zach D'Amico.
If anyone is mostly the reason why the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor in Pennsylvania is a success, it is because of Olga Herbert, who built it from essentially nothing in her 25 years running it as executive director. To say she started with mothing would be an understatement.
She applied for the job 25 years ago after Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge designated a 200-mile stretch of road spanning six counties from North Huntington to Abbottstown as one of 12 designated heritage areas in the Commonwealth.
In her early stages of running it, Olga created the Lincoln Highway Journal, a quarterly newsletter that is still printed today.
She also traveled up and down the road forming connections with people and organizations. While doing this, she realized that many folks did not know about the Lincoln Highway, so starting in 2000, the organization began installing 150 colorful wooden and metal roadside signs along the historic alignments of the highway to promote tourism in the six counties.
--RoadLinc
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