Lincoln Highway Association PA Chapter

06/08/2026

Fun facts from Columbia, PA as they continue their 300th anniversary celebration. We can wait to visit on Tuesday morning, June 23, 2026, as we prepare to celebrate our 250th during the Lincoln Highway Association National Conference. We certainly hope nothing this "exciting" happens.

🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮 Watch for flying cattle as you travel.

On this day in 1929, Union Street resident John Forney stomps on the gas in an attempt to pass several cars on the Lincoln Highway on his way west toward Mountville...but is unable to complete the move before a cattle truck heading east comes barreling toward him. Both vehicles swerve suddenly to avoid a head-on collision. The truck drives off the road and overturns, spilling its cargo. Traffic is stopped while the animals are rounded up, with all but a small calf avoiding serious injury.

06/08/2026

We're taking a trip down memory lane during some presentations at the Lincoln Highway Association National Conference.

Preservation Pennsylvania executive director, Mindy Gulden Crawford, will introduce the showing of the 2008 PBS documentary, A Ride Along the Lincoln Highway, on Monday, June 22, 2026 and then share some behind the scenes stories after the screening.

Then on Tuesday, June 23rd, she'll be our tour guide on the Chambersburg bus and then again on Thursday, June 25th on the Wrightville bus. She used to scoop ice cream at The Haines Shoe House so she'll be able to gives us the scoop on the Shoe House history too.

Finally, here's a video she narrated in 2013 for the centennial of the Lincoln Highway featuring York County's Lincoln Highway history. We are so thankful that Mindy is with us this year from start to finish for our 250th Road to Independence celebration. Did we mention she still serves as volunteer treasurer for the PA Chapter LHA. We couldn't do it without you.

Narrator Mindy Crawford of Preservation Pennsylvania brings us alon...

06/08/2026

If you plan to join us for the Great Wagon Road Poker Run, use this QR code to sign up now. The event is FREE but we need to know how many are joining us so we plan it all. Thanks again to Main Street Hanover, Explore York County PA and the J. William Warehime Foundation for making this fun event possible as we celebrate 250 years of transportation history along the Lincoln Highway.

You can also go to https://mainstreethanover.org/great-wagon-road-poker-run/ for more information.

06/08/2026

Today is Blake Gifford's birthday. 🎂

He is one of the artists featured in the Road to Independence Art Exhibition Opening at the York College Center for Community Engagement. Go see his work at the exhibition open through Friday, June 26th. Here's his beautiful work of the Modernaire Motel. His love for art, preservation and architecture is known throughout the community.

He will also host Royal Square District walking tours for our Lincoln Highway Association National Conference on Wednesday, June 23rd. Happy birthday Blake! Enjoy your special day.

06/08/2026

Today is artist Blake Gifford's birthday. He is one of the artists featured in the Road to Independence Art Exhibition Opening currently free and open to the public. Here's his excellent work on the Modernaire Motel. Go see the exhibition at the York College Center for Community Engagement through Friday, June 26, 2026.

Blake will also lead the Royal Square walking tours on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 during the Lincoln Highway Association National Conference. His love for art, preservation and architecture is evident in all that he does for the community.

Happy birthday, Blake Gifford. Have a wonderful day. 🎂

06/08/2026

This was the last remaining wooden covered bridge that stood along the Lincoln Highway coast to coast. It was located at Juniata Crossings and stood until the 1936 St. Patrick Day floods devestated the region. According to this vintage postcard, George Washington used this covered bridge.

You'll have an opportunity to see covered bridged still standing during your travels to the Lincoln Highway Association National Conference, but you'll need to take some short detours off US 30 and even the Lincoln Highway orginal route if you want to visit a covered bridge. The evolution of bridge construction happened rapidly in the early 20th century to modernize the dirt wagon roads and make the bridges capable of carrying heavier vehicles.

06/07/2026

Great memory from 2024 and the 100th anniversary of the Ten Millionth Model T tour along the Lincoln Highway. This was the stop at Cross Keys Village. The Model T is now at the Museum of Speed in Nebraska after it completed it's trip from New York City to San Francisco, end to end along the Lincoln Highway.

06/07/2026

Our principal speaker at the Lincoln Highway Association National Conference on Friday, June 26, 2026 will be James Dodson. He'll be sharing stories about his personal journey and history of life in Revolutionary times along the Great Wagon Road. His critically acclaimed and best selling book, The Road That Made America, A Modern Pilgrim's Journey on the Great Wagon Road, captures the adventure of immigrants arriving in America in Phildelphia and embarking on a journey across the Pennsylvania frontier then heading to the southern colonies to make a new life. The Great Wagon roads holds the stories of our ancestors. His book will also be available for purchase during the conference at our pop-up book shop, at the York County History Center and In-Between Pages in the Royal Square District in York, PA.

The session is open to the public as well as conference participants. Go to https://lincoln250pa.org/presentations/ for more information on all six programs held on Friday, June 26, 2026.

06/07/2026

Special thanks to the Adams Electric Cooperative for being an early sponsor for the Lincoln Highway Association National Conference. Their support helps fund the educational programs during visits in Adams County, like the WWII American Experience on Tuesday, June 23, 2026 on the Chambersburg bus tour. For more information on their service to the community go to https://adamsec.coop/