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The Indiana Chapter of the
Lincoln Highway Association will hold it's next Quarterly Meeting on
Friday, August 24, 2007:
● 5:30 PM - Meet at the Chinworth Bridge - Old 30 West. Review Joint Greenway, Historical Society and LHA Project
● 6:30 PM - Great Wall, 2308 E. Center St., Warsaw, Chinese & American Cuisine, Dinner & Meeting
The public is invited.
Picture courtesy Indiana Historical Bureau
For more pictures of the bridge, from Dale Travis' website -
CLICK HERE
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Old Bag Factory--Goshen, IN
Saturday, August 11 9:00 - 5:00
Click Here for location and details
■ Antique Cars on display starting at 9:00
■ Wood Craftsman sale at Swartzendruber Hardwoods
■ Ceremony at 11:00 commemorating the Lincoln Highway*
■ Walking tour: "Behind the Scenes at the Old Bag Factory" at 1:30 (listen for the old steam whistle)
■ Food indoors and outdoors
■ Lincoln Highway* and Historical Society Displays
■ "Plein-air" painting and guest artists sponsored by Sycamore Fine Arts
■ Opening soon: Frey Furniture Restoration in the old Texaco gas station* by the old iron bridge
*The Lincoln Highway was the first paved highway connecting New York and San Francisco. From 1917 - 1929 it ran past the Old Bag Factory, and the Texaco gas station was an important stop along the way.
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Lincoln Highway Yard Sales and Events Across Indiana - both on the 1913 LH route and the 1928 route. Indiana yard sales are listed east to west along the 1913 route and then along the 1928 route.
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Checkout the roadside
related artwork by
Lincoln Highway
Association member
Mary Ann Michna
www.maryannmichna.com
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How To Become A Lincoln
Highway Preservationist
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▪ Take a ride on a 2-lane section of the original Lincoln Highway.
▪ Picnic in a park along the route.
▪ Read about the past.
▪ Eat lunch at a Diner.
▪ Look at an old map.
▪ Eat supper at Teibel's.
▪ Sleep at the Old Republic Bed & Breakfast in New Carlisle.
▪ Photograph the road, motels, and bridges.
▪ Go alignment hunting.
▪ Drive & dream of the Lincoln Highway Byway - and LH signs across Indiana.
▪ Talk to your political leaders about the LH Corridor.
▪ Admire the brick pavers near Ligonier.
▪ Collect roadside memorabilia.
Share.
▪ Restore a roadside related building.
▪ Join the Lincoln Highway
Association.
▪ Get involved.
▪ Donate a dollar, or more.
▪ Learn about Indiana's leaders who founded the Lincoln Highway Association.
▪ Find out about the history of roads through your community and your neighborhood.
▪ Visit a History Center, an auto museum, and shop on a historic Main Street.
▪ Or stop at a roadside produce stand.
▪ Wander the streets of another historic district, and see what they have accomplished.
▪ Ask questions.
▪ Find out how Indiana can
create a tourism corridor &
improve our communities.
▪ Look for old gas stations.
▪ Walk across a bridge.
▪ Take pictures.
▪ Dance in auto clothing.
▪ Kiss your honey in a rumble seat.
▪ Protest a demolition.
▪ Save a bridge.
▪ Stop demolitions and restore Indiana.
▪ Respect Hoosier Heritage & leave it for our children.
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