Lunch and Learn in La Porte – Saturday, July 13, 2019

Posted on July 7, 2019 by admin

You are invited to
Lunch and Learn in La Porte
during the
The Indiana Lincoln Highway Association’s
Summer Event & Annual Meeting
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Mama T’s Diner (formerly B & J’s American Cafe)

The Itinerary:

9:00 am Central Daylight Time: Meet at Mama T’s Diner, 607 Lincolnway, La Porte 46350
9:15 – 11:15 am: La Porte native Bruce Johnson, educator and historian, will guide non-board member attendees as they visit the Lincoln Highway Kiosk downtown, then drive to the La Porte County Historical Society Museum for a tour ($3.00), 2405 Indiana Avenue. laportecountyhistory.org/
9:15 – 11:15: INLHA Board meeting
11:30 – 1:30: Lunch and Membership Meeting at Mama T’s. We will order off the menu on our own.

Meeting Highlights:

View The Lincoln Highway’s Ideal Section* produced by Paul Nelson
Hear updates on INLHA projects and activities including the visit by two groups traveling cross-country commemorating the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Army’s 1919 Transcontinental Motor Convoy on the Lincoln Highway
Election of Directors, and more.

We look forward to seeing YOU! There is no charge (except for the Museum entry fee) but it would be helpful for planning if you reply by email that you will attend. Use the link in the upper right hand corner of this page under the Byway sign.

* The 20 minute documentary offers a look at the creation of the Ideal Section of the Lincoln Highway, the memorial site, and the restoration of the Henry C. Ostermann Memorial Seat and the Ideal Section Monument. The video includes historic photos and movie clips as well as interpretive comments from several members of the Indiana Lincoln Highway Association and other historians. In addition, viewers will get a condensed introduction to the Lincoln Highway, including the 1919 Military Convoy.

Original Lincoln Highway Buffet at 607 Lincolnway in La Porte, IN

Lincoln Highway Buy-Way / Save the dates: August 8, 9, & 10, 2019

Posted on May 4, 2019 by admin

Save the dates!! AUGUST 8 – 10, 2019

Looking for a fundraising opportunity? Since your residence, church or business is along the historic Lincoln Highway, join hundreds of others from West Virginia to Iowa who will be holding Lincoln Highway BUY-WAY Yard Sales on these dates. All sale receipts remain with the individual/group that holds the sale (unless you choose to make a tax-deductible donation to the Indiana Lincoln Highway Association), and you can choose the days/hours you wish.

Do you have some clutter that others will no doubt cherish? Set up your own table along the route!
Is your church, school, or organization looking for a unique fund-raising opportunity? Take advantage of the marketing, publicity, and customers that will be available.
Time to move some merchandise from your business or celebrate a “Sale”? Acknowledge Abraham Lincoln and his Highway with a super sale on those dates—possibly a “Sidewalk Sale!”
Like to drive and learn about our heritage, plus see some yard sales going on along the route? Get out and drive along the Lincoln Highway in Indiana for a day or two. Stop in for breakfast, lunch or dinner at one of the many great restaurants on the route and visit historic sites while you shop.

For more information and tips on participating in the Lincoln Highway BUY-WAY Yard Sale go to www.historicbyway.com. To learn more about the Lincoln Highway go to www.IndianaLincolnHighway.org or www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org.

If you choose to hold a yard sale on these dates, please LET US KNOW by returning the following form:
http://indianalincolnhighway.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/INLHA-Buyway-2019.pdf
so we can publicize it on our website and Facebook page. Current sale listings will be at the top of our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/indianalincolnhighway/
A week before the sale we will publish a new website blog entry will all the sale listings.

Thank you.
Joyce Chambers, Coordinator (574-272-5374)
Indiana Lincoln Highway Association, 801 W. Washington St., South Bend, IN 46601

The Indiana Lincoln Highway Association invites you to our Fall Event:

Posted on October 14, 2018 by admin

The Indiana Lincoln Highway Association
Invites you to our Fall Event:
Studebaker Saturday in South Bend
Saturday, October 27, 2018
$15 for lunch, program, and tours

Come and learn about the Studebaker connections with the Lincoln Highway.

The Itinerary:

9:30 am (EDT): Optional tour of the INLHA office in the Kizer Carriage House behind the mansion at 801 W. Washington Street, South Bend 46601. We will also look at the potential new space in the basement of the mansion. This is currently an active (muddy!) work zone, so wear appropriate shoes. Temporary parking is available at the insurance office next door.
10:00 am: Meet at the Studebaker National Museum – 201 Chapin St., South Bend, IN 46601. Please park in the auxiliary lot behind the white Worker’s House if possible. Our meeting will be in the Board Room on the second floor. An elevator is available.
10:20 am: A PowerPoint presentation on the Lincoln Highway and Studebaker sites in South Bend will be given by a local historian.
11:00 am: A guided tour of the Studebaker National Museum focusing on Lincoln (the carriage he rode to Ford’s theater) and Lincoln Highway related artifacts (1913 Studebaker with Prest-O-Lite tank, patent papers for the LH logo) and more.
12:00 pm: Box lunch in the Board Room. Please select from menu options on the downloadable PDF registration form..
12:45 pm: INLHA membership meeting.

Click below for a registration form PDF which also includes your box lunch menu selections:
http://indianalincolnhighway.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/INLHA-10-2108.pdf

Your registration form can be mailed in with a check payable to INLHA at 801 W.
Washington St., South Bend, IN 46601

You can also pay by PayPal online by even if you don’t have a PayPal account. Just
scroll down on our homepage http://indianalincolnhighway.org/ until you see the Donate
button. For online payments please include an extra $1.00 for processing. Make sure
you include your name, contact information, and menu selection in the PayPal comment
section – thanks!

Lincoln Highway Buy-Way Garage Sale / Save the dates: August 9, 10 & 11, 2018

Posted on May 19, 2018 by admin

Do you have some clutter that others will no doubt cherish? Set up your own table along the route!
Is your church, school, or organization looking for a unique fund-raising opportunity? Take advantage of the marketing, publicity, and customers that will be available.
Time to move some merchandise from your business or celebrate a “Sale”? Acknowledge Abraham Lincoln and his Highway with a super sale on those dates—possible a “Sidewalk Sale!”
Like to drive and learn about our heritage, plus see some yard sales going on along the route? Get out and drive along the Lincoln Highway in Indiana for a day or two. Stop in for breakfast, lunch or dinner at one of the many great restaurants on the route and visit historic sites while you shop.

If you choose to hold a yard sale on these dates, please LET US KNOW by returning the following form:
http://indianalincolnhighway.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/INLHW-BuyWay.pdf
so we can publicize it on our website and Facebook page. Current sale listings will be at the top of our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/indianalincolnhighway/
A week before the sale we will publish a new website blog entry will all the sale listings.

We also have LH BUY-WAY Yard Sale signs (that can be customized for your location) with wire brackets for sale @ $12.00. Contact Bev at lincolnhighwayassoc.office@yahoo.com or 574-210-6278 for more details.
Thank you.
Joyce Chambers, Coordinator (574-272-5374)
Indiana Lincoln Highway Association, 801 W. Washington St., South Bend, IN 46601

Explore the Indiana Lincoln Highway Selfie Contest – Official Rules

Posted on May 19, 2018 by admin

Go to our map page: http://indianalincolnhighway.org/map where you can find the link to the national Lincoln Highway Association’s Official Map of the Lincoln Highway: http://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/map/

Click on the map Menu link in the upper right hand corner for more information. The map uses Google Maps technology. Zoom in on Northwest Indiana and find the blue line, which represents the original route of the Lincoln Highway.

Drive America’s first transcontinental highway in Lake, Porter, and/or La Porte County.
Take a photo of yourself visiting three (or more) of these interesting sites listed below
Enter by emailing your three (or more) selfies to lincolnhighwayassoc.office@yahoo.com or mailing them to Indiana Lincoln Highway Association, 801 W. Washington St., South Bend, IN 46601 by September 8, 2018. Include your name and contact information with your entry.
A drawing will be held on September 10, 2018. Two winners will be selected to each receive $25 in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received by that date.
Photos may be posted on the Indiana Lincoln Highway Association Facebook page. Submission of your selfies provides your approval to post your photos on the INLHA Facebook page or for use by the Indiana Lincoln Highway Association for marketing purposes.

Lake County

♦ By the Lincoln Highway concrete post inside the Dyer Historical Society Museum, 1 Town Sq, Dyer, IN 46311
♦ By the Ostermann Memorial in front of the Meyer’s Castle property 1370 Joliet St. (park in the Woudeland Professional Center lot, 1100 Joliet St., Schererville)
♦ By the Lincoln Highway plaque on the side of the Walgreen’s east of Teibel’s near the intersection of US 30 and US 41, 651 W. US-30, Schererville
♦ By the Ideal Section marker in the parking lot of the Home Town Inn and Suites, 1139 W US Highway 30, Schererville
♦ By the LH post at the Schererville Town Hall, 10 E. Joliet St.
♦ By the Rogge Insurance sign in front of the Boyd-Rogge house – oldest home in Merrillville, 1500 E. 73rd
♦ By the mill wheel at Wood’s Historic Grist Mill in Deep River County Park, 9410 Old Lincoln Hwy, Hobart
♦ By any Lincoln Highway logo painted on a utility pole or Lincoln Highway Historic Byway sign

Porter County

♦ By the Lincoln Highway marker at the Valparaiso City Hall, 166 Lincolnway
♦ At the Lincoln Highway sign east of the viaduct, 584 Old SR 2, southwest of Westville
♦ By any Lincoln Highway logo painted on a utility pole or Indiana Lincoln Highway Historic Byway sign

La Porte County

♦ By the Abraham Lincoln Funeral Train plaque near the tracks in Westville and/or Wanatah
♦ On the steps of Pinhook Methodist Church, 8001 SR 2, La Porte
♦ At the Lincoln Highway kiosk near the depot in La Porte at Michigan and Washington Streets
♦ In front the vintage Bob’s Bar –B –Q sign inside Jennie Rae’s Restaurant, 5201 E US 20, Rolling Prairie
♦ By any Lincoln Highway logo painted on a utility pole or Indiana Lincoln Highway Historic Byway sign

Thank you for your interest in the Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway. Become a member of INLHA – see: http://indianalincolnhighway.org/new

Please join us in Churubusco, IN for our Spring Meeting

Posted on May 4, 2018 by admin

The Indiana Lincoln Highway Association
Invites you to
Travel to Turtle Town
for our
Spring Event & Annual Meeting
in Churubusco
Saturday, May 12, 2018

The Itinerary

9:30 am (EDT): Meet at Brevin’s Downtown Eatery, 200 S. Main St., Churubusco 46342. Updates on Indiana Lincoln Highway Association activities.
10:30 am: The Whitley County Historian will give a presentation on the Lincoln Highway in Churubusco and Whitley County.
11:30 am: INLHA Annual Meeting with election of officers.
12:00 pm: Lunch at Brevin’s. We will order on our own off the menu – www.brevins.net
1:00 pm: INLHA Annual Meeting continued as needed.

Please register by email or phone (lincolnhighwayassoc.office@yahoo.com, 574-210-6278) by May 8. There is no fee, but we need to know who is coming so we are adequately prepared.

Lincoln Highway Garage – Churubusco, IN

Turtle Town – The Famous Turtle Hunt
In 1949, the town of Churubusco gained a national reputation when a turtle was sighted in one of the nearby lakes. The turtle was supposedly sighted by a number of people and was said to have a shell the size of a table top. The land owner was determined to trap the huge turtle. The hunt made the news across the Midwest. The lake water was lowered, but “Oscar” was never found.

Please consider the Indiana Lincoln Highway Association for your year-end giving

Posted on December 19, 2017 by admin

Accomplishment of the INLHA’s objectives for 2018 will require support from each of our members and friends! As you plan your year-end giving please consider how you can help us attain our goals. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Association is a 501(c)(3) corporation, making donations tax deductible to the extent of the law.

You can make donations by sending a check to our address below, or online with PayPal by clicking the “Donate” button on our homepage. You can pay by credit card even if you don’t have a PayPal account.

Indiana Lincoln Highway Association,
801 W. Washington St.
South Bend, 46601

Thanks in advance for your ongoing support of the Indiana Lincoln Highway Association!

Please review our homepage for the year-end letter from our President Debra Parcell.
http://indianalincolnhighway.org/

Please Join Us For The Allen County Adventure – INLHA Fall Meeting

Posted on September 20, 2017 by admin

Saturday, September 30, 2017
9:15 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT
New Haven City Hall, New Haven, IN 46774
815 Lincoln Highway E.
$14.00 includes lunch and tours

Agenda

9:15 EDT: Gather at New Haven City Hall

9:30 – 10:45: Driving tour of Old LH from Ohio Line to Fort Wayne
Visit Townley, Zulu, St. Louis Catholic Church in Besancon, and more.

10:45: Return to New Haven City Hall

11:00 –12:15: Guided walking tour of downtown New Haven
Inside tour of remodeled depot, old hotel next door to depot; old homes on LH and Main Street; original City Hall/Fire Station dating to 1913;
Moser Park where significant train wrecks occurred on sharp curve; canal system plaque, and more.

12:15 –1:00: Lunch at Rack & Helen’s Restaurant – lunch selections with descriptions are on the downloadable registration PDF

1:15 – 3:00: INLHA Membership Meeting ~ INLHA Updates

Click below for a registration form PDF which also includes your lunch menu selections:
http://indianalincolnhighway.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Allen-County-Adventure-INLHA-Fall-Meetin.pdf

Your registration form can be mailed in with a check payable to INLHA at 801 W. Washington St., South Bend, IN 46601

You can also pay by PayPal online by even if you don’t have a PayPal account. Just scroll down on our homepage http://indianalincolnhighway.org/ until you see the Donate button. For online payments please include an extra $1.00 for processing. Make sure you include your name, contact information, and menu selection in the PayPal comment section – thanks!

2017 Lincoln Highway Buy-Way Listings:

Posted on July 21, 2017 by admin

Marshall County Historical Society
123 N. Michigan, Plymouth, IN 46563
August 10, 11, & 12 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT
Karen – 574-936-2306

3 miles W. of Bourbon, IN
NE Corner of Gumwood Road and Lincoln Highway
August 10, 11, & 12
Judy – 574-342-5378
“I will have my tents pitched and filled with lots of UNIQUE items my husband collected, filling the barn with lots of things that caught his eye. Many unusual canes and walking sticks; old coin banks in cast iron, tin, glass, ceramic, etc., in all sizes – lots of pocket banks; fancy old umbrellas; rare dinnerware; a collection of smoking pipes in a wood pipe rack; unusual decks of playing cards; old kitchen collectibles; old books; unique ceramic pieces; old glass bottles; vases; tin boxes; duck decoys; caps and t-shirts; a few tools and more. Stop and see what I’m discovering among his diverse collection of STUFF. There’s even an old church pulpit looking for a new home.”

The town of Hanna (on US 30 in southern La Porte County) will celebrate their annual town festival on Aug. 11, 12, 13. Hanna Fest includes many town-wide garage sales, free entertainment, a parade, vendors in the park, kids’ activities, food, a car show, street dance, and more:
Hanna Fest
Organization: Hanna Lions Club
P. O. Box 108, Hanna, IN 46340
219-797-4407
Site of sale: Community-wide garage sales all around town
August 11 & 12, 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Ligonier Visitor Bureau
800 Lincolnway South, Ligonier, IN 46767
August 10 & 11
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Norma – 260-463-6647

Lincoln Highway Buy-Way / Save the dates: August 10, 11, & 12, 2017

Posted on July 21, 2017 by admin

Do you have some clutter that others will no doubt cherish? Set up your own table along the route!
Is your church, school, or organization looking for a unique fund-raising opportunity? Take advantage of the marketing, publicity, and customers that will be available.
Time to move some merchandise from your business or celebrate a “Sale”? Acknowledge Abraham Lincoln and his Highway with a super sale on those dates—possible a “Sidewalk Sale!”
Like to drive and learn about our heritage, plus see some yard sales going on along the route? Get out and drive along the Lincoln Highway in Indiana for a day or two. Stop in for breakfast, lunch or dinner at one of the many great restaurants on the route and visit historic sites while you shop.

If you choose to hold a yard sale on these dates, please let us know by returning the form (PDF) at this link – http://indianalincolnhighway.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/LINCOLNHIGHWAY-Buy-Way-Flyer-2017-Final.pdf
so we can publicize it on our website. We also have LH BUY-WAY Yard Sale signs (that can be customized for your location) with wire brackets for sale @ $12.00. Contact Bev at lincolnhighwayassoc.office@yahoo.com or 574-210-6278 for more details.