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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
10:00 AM
Lincoln Highway Association Conference
Conference next week rich in area history Lincoln Highway not just asphalt and bridges
Posted: Friday, Jun 13th, 2008
By AMBER SAWYER
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| One of the two Lincoln Highway Markers in Evanston is located on Front Street at the corner of Harrison Blvd. The Lincoln Highway Convention will kick off in Evanston on Tuesday. HERALD PHOTO/Amber Sawyer |
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Starting Tuesday, Evanston will host the 16th annual Lincoln Highway Convention. More than 130 people from 23 states, and one Lincoln Highway history lover from Luxembourg, are expected.
Conventions are held at stops along the Lincoln Highway, between New York and San Francisco, and Evanston is one of many. This year, Shelly Horne is chairing the convention.
“This would be a lot of fun for people to go to,” Horne said. “They can show up at the door and they’re welcome.”
Area residents do not have to sign up for the entire conference, and can register at the Depot from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday to listen to the speakers or go on a tour individually. The tours, which include lunch, are $45.
“The tours are always the most interesting part of the conference,” Horne said.
They have three buses reserved, tour guides on every bus, and speakers at several of the stops.
On Wednesday, the tour will go west, leaving the Dunmar Inn at 8 a.m. and returning at 3 p.m.
This tour has access where people normally wouldn’t be able to go, Horne said. Private land owners have given permission for the tour to pass through and see historical sites the are normally closed off.
The tour will see the old advertisements painted on Billboard Bluff, stop at Taggart, Wanship and Coalville and have lunch at the old school house in Echo.
On Friday, the tour will go east and leave the Machine shop at 8.am and return at 3 p.m.
This tour will include a trip to Fort Bridger, with stops at Eagle Rock, the railroad tunnel, and the Black and Orange Motor Cabins, which Horne said the state is going to restore.
Lunch will be at the restored barn in Lyman. It will also include a drive down the original road to Miller’s Crossing, stop at Church Buttes and then on to the site of the first Little America in Granger.
“There are so many people in this town that don’t know these things exist,” Horne said.
Expert speakers will cover topics like highway architecture, automotive history, and Wyoming cultural resources.
For the out-of-town visitors, Horne said they want to make sure they have a real western experience and have arranged rodeo tickets for Friday night and a speech from Willie LeClair, who will tell tales of Shoshone Indians in Evanston.
The conference has attracted interest from a public television station in Pittsburg, Penn. They will travel on the east tour and interview the LHA members.
Also, a Horizon summer school class will be taking pictures and interviewing members to have a pod cast on the LHA website after the conference.
This year will also feature the first art and photography show with Lincoln Highway focused photographs, pencil drawings and paintings.
For more information about the LHA or the conference, go to lincolnhighwayassoc.org
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