A Blog Along The Lincoln Highway

Rick interviews Lincoln Highway expert, Brian Butko, before leaving Pittsburgh. (See video.)

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We are packed and out of WQED by 11:00, but I’ve arranged for us to stop at the Heinz History Center for a few quick words of advice from Brian Butko, author of GREETINGS FROM THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY. We pull into the little no-parking-anytime space in front of the big old ice-building, Brian comes down [...]

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See video as we start our journey in Goshen.

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OK. We’re tempted to stop at many places — that restaurant, that old service station, that barbershop — but we also want to keep moving, so sometimes we just have to keep driving. Folks in Illinois have done a great job of marking the original route of the Lincoln Highway, and sometimes (as in Aurora [...]

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Left: A cool old sign from the “old section” of the Lincoln Highway. Below: Historic marker.

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Rick could do a whole story about this place. (See video.)

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Last night we drove into one astounding sunset. What looked like a tiny red light in the clouds near the horizon eventually expanded to fill the evening sky with bright red and orange light in front of us. After the mighty rainstorm yesterday (see Day 3), the beauty of the sunset was a grand sign. [...]

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I’ve never considered Iowa a big state. But it’s taking us a long time to get across the 13 Lincoln-Highway counties of this lengthy (and very corny) state. Yesterday morning, I wanted to write for a while (that Day 4 entry is long) so Jarrett and Bob went back to the Mississippi River and shot [...]

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Rick follows the twists and turns of the old Lincoln Highway in Boone, Iowa — Mamie Eisenhower’s home town. (See video.)

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It’s overcast this morning here in Columbus, Nebraska. Ah, Nebraska! Never been here before, but we drove across the Missouri River on Route 6 from Council Bluffs, Iowa, into Omaha late yesterday afternoon. Drove past the University (where Bob yelled “Go Penn State!” out the window), zipped right past Boys’ Town, and got lost in [...]

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