Lincoln Highway News

               First, the Lincoln Highway in Illinois crosses Carl Fisher’s other road, the Dixie Highway.  Shortly after Fisher sparked the Lincoln Highway, he dreamed of bringing people from the cold Midwest winters to warm and sunny Florida.  The consummate genius, Fisher, worked with other like-minded developers to establish a network of roads and by 1915,…

Welcome Home!! Pre-Conference June 18-19 Conference June 20-24, Joliet, Illinois                We all miss each other and travelling so this year’s Lincoln Highway Association Annual Conference in host city Joliet is Welcome Home!!   Along the Des Plaines River and DuPage Rivers, Joliet is home to the Old Joliet Prison made famous in the movie, “The…

For anyone staying at home because of the virus, the Geneva History Museum produced a virtual walking tour of the historic homes and buildings. Homes and buildings on S. First St. are on the original route of the Lincoln Highway and those on S. Third St. are on the second generation routing of the Lincoln…

            Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to keep everyone safe from the spread of the virus, the LHA Board of Directors and the Illinois Conference Committee cancelled the Joliet 2020 Conference.  Also, organizers for the annual Drivin’ the Dixie event in Illinois, Carl Fisher’s other road, cancelled it, too.  We planned to have the Drivin’…

The concrete marker re-dedication at the Lincoln Way Inn Bed & Breakfast in Franklin Grove originally scheduled for September 10th at 10:30 a.m. will need to be postponed to a later date. The bed & breakfast needs to attend to guests that weekend. Once a new date can be selected, information will be posted.

In mid October 2015, in time for the changing colors of the leaves, the Illinois Chapter took a two-day driving tour of the Lincoln and Grant Memorial Highways, connecting them with Route 31 to the east and the Great River Road, along the west side of northern Illinois, with a side trip through Lena on…