100 Years on the Lincoln Highway

[@ronjones1701]

I hitchhiked from Bridgeport Connecticut to California in 1971..traveled I 80 and US 30...I was 19 years old...one of my best road trips...I am 69 and still on the road .Over the road trucking....by the grace of God....God. Bless America.

[@robertcronin6603]

👍

[@arildkolnes9536]

I had my Cadillac 1958 convertible shipped from Norway to drive from Times Square to San Francisco in july 2013. It was a great trip... and a nice way to see America

[@SeymourBalz]

I'm a retired truck driver. This is a beautiful video. I used to run all the old highways I could. I've run every interstate end to end....and had gotten tired of them.....

[@gingercox6468]

My step father has just died in January 2020. He was 107. He told me when he was young he and his friends decided to drive across the country. He told me one day of his trip they had 7 flat tires. When they got to CA they were asked “I hear there’s a depression back east”. I guess his trip was about 1929 to 1930.

[@deelynn8611]

Wow how wonderful to have had him so long. Im sorry for you loss.

[@Littleone124]

Imagine the changes he witnessed over 107 years!

[@mikekincaid7412]

Drove through all these places as a 19 year old young marine in 71..what memories going through all these little towns..went from Calif to N Carolina my first trip..22 dollars on gas for the whole trip. Stayed in rest areas at night in a sleeping bag on the sidewalk..lucky I dident get eaten by a cougar.

[@sherribrtn]

My late husband and I were OTR team truckers and drove through most of the areas in this film; I even had my picture taken with the Lincoln monument between Laramie and Cheyenne. My favorite state is Wyoming and I love all the western states. I watched this with fond memories and a few tears..

[@curtis8954]

Sherri Burton I am sorry for your loss. Yes the west is beautiful. I lived in Utah, and montana. beautiful country. Wyoming is very scenic.

[@mcshawnboy]

I too drove longhaul as a solo driver and the desert states were interesting coming from the East Coast. I also travel the US with my friend Eric Zimmerman, he is the founder of The Buddy Project in Frederick, Maryland that provides PC's for digital independence to people with (IDD) as well as other issues. He's Autistic & is an Autism awareness advocacy international speaker. We have gone coast to coast on I-80 and many other roads. If anyone is interested in having him speak in your area contact him. While I don't drive Class A anymore it's fun to see these places!

[@50zcarsman]

In the summer of 1976, when I was 15, my folks and I drove cross-country from NJ in a baby-blue '63 Cadillac Coupe de Ville, with a back seat so wide I could use it for a bed. We were delayed a day or two when the transmission fell out in Rapid City, SD, but I'll never forget the directions we'd gotten back in Mitchell. We'd just toured the Corn Palace, bought the obligatory postcards and such, and were looking to get to our next destination. My mom lowered her power window and politely asked a leather-skinned old cowpoke who was ambling down the sidewalk how to get to Mount Rushmore. A rush of our ice-cold conditioned air hitting him in the face, he removed his Stetson and said, pointing, "Well, ma'am, what you want to do is turn your car around, get on the interstate [90] over there, goin' west, and then drive about, oh, I'd say it's pretty near 300 miles." "Oh, my!", my mother said, "That's an awfully long way, isn't it?" "Well ma'am," he said kindly, "You gotta remember, you're in the West."

[@siggyretburns7523]

My deepest respect for your late husband. I havent traveled that road yet. But i hope the bust of Lincoln wasnt damaged during the peotesting.

[@kdrapertrucker]

If you were trucking anytime in the last 22 years I might have shared the road with you and your husband. My condolences. 10-10 and doin' it to it like Pruitt used to do it.

[@barbarawangerud618]

Moved in 2009 from PA to ND and opted to drive the Lincoln highway from Pennsylvania to Iowa. Made the trip very relaxing going through all the small towns! Saw America at it’s best!

[@user377047]

This reminds me of when I was a youngin, and our father took us on a trip across the southern parts of the country to visit his parents. It had to be really hard on him since my mother didn't drive and my brother and me were to young to drive. At 70 I still have vivid memories of the trip. Rest in Peace dad you were a good father, yes mom you did a good job too. My Brother wish you were still here, wish you all were still here . 12/19/2018

[@ruckusofredlake2077]

RJW thank you for sharing 🙂

[@That1guywhocallsitlikheseasit]

Rjw no one cares about family any more thank u for showing America has or had hearts I hope 🤞 both

[@tolfan4438]

That's one of the nicest posts I've ever read on KZbin. Made me smile and brought a tear to my eye at the same time

[@gls600]

I hope you're still here

[@martinleavitt6094]

Well said,,,time is fleeting,thank you for your story!!👍

[@mikekincaid7412]

Over the road truck companies say come see America.. you don’t see America , you see I 80 and pilot truck stops..done the slow out of the way trip..that gave me memories for life. That leisurely trip in my car was long and most of the time boring but I’ll never forget it. Got to see stuff like this show is talking about. If you have time take only state routes to get there. You’ll meet good people and get very good food.

[@shereerockdaschel9301]

OK I am ready to go ride the Lincoln Highway. Enjoyed the little documentary very much. Bring back a much simpler time in life Where people actually enjoyed themselves and seeing our beautiful country. People are in too much of a hurry nowadays to get nowhere.

[@dtaylor939]

That's true Sheree.. too much woke mind virus infecting everything today.

[@glennhilliker6662]

Love watching videos of the history of the USA. Your never too old to learn new things

[@mountainryder3056]

Proud to say I’m old enough that my parents knew and traveled these roads on our infrequent vacations. Had grandparents that lived in Reliance, Wyo. and granddad was a coal miner and salt miner throughout his life starting in mining at age 12. Wyoming holds more history than most peoples know or history that isn’t taught anymore!

[@johnspencer8038]

I'm a 66yr old Grandpa. I spent 35yrs as a trucker. I miss the freedom & adventure of 18 wheels. I ran 11 western states with double flat-beds. I used to haul California produce to Boston & Maine. The bottom dropped out of the economy in 2008. I got laid-off. I live in Long Beach, Ca. now in Veterans Housing. I enjoyed the story about the Lincoln Highway. It reminded me of my adventures in the past.

[@tfranken1561]

John Spencer if your still able to drive move here to Missouri, the help wanted ads are full of "truck driver wanted". Thank you for your service as a veteran and a truck driver we couldn't get along without either.

[@MrGaryGG48]

John, I know what you''re talking about regarding the "freedom & adventure of 18 wheels." I got my original Commercial license 51 years ago and retired last March. When we started, you didn't have to get bound up in electronic logs, cameras in your cab, and half a dozen federal agencies stomping through your business. I thoroughly enjoyed the people I met all over the country when I started out, hauling household goods for Global Van Lines and driving through the "Lower 48." The life we're talking about doesn't exist any longer and there's not much chance of the government getting out of the way so it won't be coming back.

[@mcshawnboy]

You're older than I am & I wondered why it was hard to get good miles after leaving Covenant in 07, but I always loved to hit their Long Beach terminal for a few days or a few weeks when rain was undermining highways & railroads. I was always a hard choice of doing a whole day of locals in & around L.A. or a middle of the night drop & hook at 29 Palms. I only got out to the swap meet in Compton as far as checking the sites. I was on my way in a shuttle to take BART to the beach & my co-driver called me saying we had to pick up a load to the East Coast. I REALLY was surprised at the famous location from the song, "Hotrod Lincoln" that even in a modern rig pulling 80,000 pounds Grapevine Hill had me glad to see the water stops as I was overheating going up that grade in Summer!

[@U00U00U]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. All the best!

[@yaelcohen6097]

I agree. The best hour spent watching KZbin. I loved it. Love small towns and as often as I can take the side roads and visit them.

[@franksulka3346]

Why anyone would thumb this down is beyond me. If you don't like stuff like this just move on. This was very well done and now I want to put it on my bucket list to drive the Lincoln Highway where possible to do so. Thank you for posting this excellent documentary.

[@michelemarino3579]

I agree but I guess now it doesn't matter since you can't see the 👎. But to be honest it probably has more to do with the algorithm in giving it a 👎. A 👍 triggers the algorithm to put more of similar videos in your feed. A 👎 does the opposite.

[@margaretarross1712]

Superlatives apply to this film. Outstanding in every way; writing, narration, photography, imagination, heartfelt American History and those fearless people who dared to make it happen for us all. A grand film, this section focused on our Wyoming. In retrospect, I must add that the words "slow down and take in the old highways remaining" are the finest words of advice ever spoken to a traveler. If you don't, you'll awake some day to find the best of your days are gone, and all you've really seen of our great land is a long, unending stretch of blistering, soulless concrete to remember as your "American Experience".

[@rigidfinger]

I took a trip from Phoenix to Missouri several years ago. Stayed on the old highways all the way. Some places have a stop sign at every section line (1 mile apart), but never a traffic jam. Other times your out there on your own. Going through little towns bypassed several years ago, each with it's own personality. Saw things and met people that I never would have on the interstate. Gave the trip a much deeper meaning. The sameness of the interstate, mile after mile, is just mind numbing and in spite of the traffic is profoundly lonely.

[@johnbackstrom5560]

Well said

[@dfreeman8240]

@@eduardotorresi5658 Thank you . Lady Liberty extends her hand to welcome you. This is truly America the beautiful . Your Austrailian down under is beautiful as well. God's perfect palette and unique masterpiece. God Bless our Nations and may there be peace on earth.

[@dfreeman8240]

said. Yes Wellwe should stop and smell the Rose's or admire the tumbleweeds as the terrain changes each unique and beautiful. Those road trips small town hospitality are under rated in a society that wants to go faster and faster. It's the memories made when you stopped to play that become your favorite past time as the years quickly spin away. God Bless America. United we stand divided we fall..

[@shawnhubbard3833]

It’s great to have both options. Just imagine the traffic on these great roads/highways, if we had no freeways!

[@phyllishamilton165]

My Dad, who was born in 1906 on a farm in Tama County Iowa, often recalled how, as a small child, he saw a man in a buckboard wagon, pulled by a mule, carrying three cans of paint: red, white, and blue, paint stripes around the telegraph poles, going down what would become the route of the Lincoln Highway. What an incredible memory of this historic moment in time!

[@wolfgangkulik6850]

The Industrial Revolution began a technological revolution that is still happening today. The pace of human progress has accelerated in the process to the point that we drop intermediate points of history along the way into oblivion. Think about the fact that the first practical flying machine was invented in 1903 and just 66 years later a man walked on the moon. Technological progress is great, but how much of our soul & our spirit are we willing to lay at the altar of Progress? The long neglect of a truly beautiful piece of Americana like the Lincoln Highway is testament to how low society has stooped just for the sake of Progress and its seductive financial rewards. ... [e-mail]

[@geralddaven7301]

Ghosts on the road

[@bobsmoth-iv3sp]

@@wolfgangkulik6850 The rate of invention has kept pace with the human population for 20,000 years,

[@vintagesavoiur]

Awesome! My parents were divorced and they met half way in Tama every other weekend. I remember seeing the old bridge which is still there that spells out Lincoln highway.

[@jonathanreed8876]

What was Tama County Named for? A Native American name? Thanks.

[@number8485]

What a brilliant production...It beautifully highlights the early motoring days, freedoms of wanting to get somewhere and how to use and enjoy some of the more local pit stops. The challenges of those early years must have have presented should always be remembered and it's so interesting to know that Dwight D Eisenhower, our great allied supremo in WW2, actually realised the importance of paved highways and how that was connected to any country's defence.

[@oldschool8432]

Don't even know how I ran across this documentary but I love this sort of 📽️

[@LumeriaProjects]

what i was thinking... :)

[@MsSwitchblade13]

Me neither! It came on in the background and I had to start it over because I became interested

[@warrenfarrish5583]

@@LumeriaProjects W see oo

[@warrenfarrish5583]

@@LumeriaProjects lol

[@msr1116]

Popped up in my rec vids for who knows why, but am glad it did. I enjoy these public tv docus about bakeries, amusement parks, wacky tourist attractions, hot dogs, etc. I never go away feeling I've just wasted an hour of my time.

[@grahamturner97]

I loved it at the end when the guy with the camera talked about appreciating the hard work done by our forebears to get us where we are today. I live near the Kennet and Avon Canal in the West of England: that was built 200 years ago by guys with picks and shovels - and sweat - not a JCB ! Our forebears were tough people.

[@garybulwinkle82]

That's why they only lived fifty years, and any older was seldom seen!! I guess the human body can take only so much punishment!

[@mvwoon]

Gordon Lightfoot wrote a timeless classic with the Canadian Railroad Trilogoy. He was singing about a spirit that has existed all over the world.

[@AlexGarcia-lp6mb]

@@garybulwinkle82 yeah where do you get that... People today are dying younger than back then. People back then were healthier and smarter.

[@AlexGarcia-lp6mb]

This generation aint grateful about nothing. Everybody is on the cloud. It's the technology. We are downgrading not evolving

[@vernwallen4246]

To all the folks that made this possible,THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!!!

[@663rainmaker]

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[@richardcarew4708]

ditto... great piece of history 👏 television as it should be

[@aliarshad3012]

Vern Wallen You are welcome.

[@melshingleton7865]

For my 40th birthday I rode my bicycle from Wyoming thru Utah and into Nevada ending near Ely , Nv. Best birthday present ever. To go back and see the road at 5 to 10 mph really gives you a sense of solitude, seeing what they saw back in the 30's.

[@mikenelson4896]

I love these old days documentaries especially about Wyoming !!! Thank You PBS !!!

[@edwardhammer5427]

What a great documentary! I've always been fascinated by the old routes, hearing stories from my parents & grandparents. I've never been one for chain establishments, but love the mom & pop diners, etc across the country. Would be great to see more of the whole route, not just the part in Wyoming.

[@2H80vids]

A fascinating story, thank you. What a pleasure to watch an hour-long documentary, with *no* adverts, Thank you again. Cheers for now, Dougie from Scotland.

[@dfreeman8240]

The comments on here are refreshing insightful and respectful. A testiment to a moral generation. Thanks. Great documentary and a historic record of now those wonderful back roads of America. United we stand. Divided we fall. God Bless American.

[@iDONTdoFacebook]

Great comment @D Freeman !👍🏼

[@hooner6828]

@Benaiah Ahmadinejad - from the guy who said an african invented Lego's and was stolen by a white guy. No Benaiah Ole Kirk Christiansen from Denmark invented them.This video was about a road and you had to bring race & racism into it. Pitiful.

[@laswans.2968]

@@hooner6828 Thank you. I totally agree with you!

[@SherrieK7]

D Freeman AMEN !!!!

[@Denise23451]

Brad Watson that was in the south, not north! Learn about real history and facts! Seeing my daughters high school history books here in CA, it’s disturbing!!! FYI documentary of the Lincoln high way not Jim Crow! Try reading some Thomas Sowell, so you can get facts and not lies!!! I wish the would close all educational Facilities, until they get there act together!!! (Just so you know I’m Mexican)

[@dickkelley1455]

Greetings friend, Thank you for the development of this film. It pleases my heart, to know there is still, some people who care enough to support the quality of life and preserve the past. I spent 13 years of my life, as a traveling business man. And on my days off, I would go search out, the wonderful sites, you don't normally see, blasting down the interstate. God bless America 🇺🇸 🙏 ❤ I pray these places are preserved for my grand kids and other travelers. They are spectacular. Thanks again for your help preserving America 🇺🇸

[@sputumtube]

This was the most wonderful documentary I've seen in years. As a UK resident we have no real comparison to this kind of grandeur. We do have out own automobile and road history of course but certainly not on this scale. I had a huge smile on my face from beginning to end. Thankyou very much for posting.

[@petercrowl9467]

C'Mon over and have a drive. Bring a Moggie! Actually I know a fellow who brought over his Reliant Regal and drove from New York to San Francisco. If he can do that you surely can!

[@TJackSurvival]

Come visit us.

[@carolearenge2933]

Šadssss

[@tamaracktom]

paul greenwood You have some fantastic estates in your country though! I have never seen any that compare to yours in our country so don't sell yourself short! 😉

[@janlovesmany712]

Colby Crawford. I don't think he was selling his country short, on the contrary he was giving us a compliment!!

[@CharlieBubbles32]

Well, that is one of the best hours I have spent viewing KZbin! Absolutely fascinating and very informative. I live in the UK and our little country pales into insignificance compared to the sheer landmass of the US but clearly a lot of people share the same love of slower travel and the ability to actually observe and interact with the places you visit at everything but breakneck speed, lol. Love it! Thank you for making and uploading this film. 😊

[@stephaniemccord6100]

What's funny is that it hasn't changed all that much here in Wyoming .

[@mvwoon]

I wouldn't call the UK insignificant! My great grandfather was a service technician for Rolls Royce in Derby in the 1920s. Lots of travel and interesting work in England! They did road trips in France and in India to test out the new models.

[@larry4111]

Fortunately, back east in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, long stretches of several generations of the Lincoln Highway are still in use and are, in fact, major thoroughfares. For decades I lived in Philadelphia just a few blocks from an original stretch of the highway and drove on it almost daily. Although a number of interstates do parallel the road, the area is built up enough that it still remains vital, especially Route 30 in Pennsylvania. It's sad to see the old roads abandoned and towns wither away out west where the interstates did them in. Thank you for this tribute.

[@paulwood9043]

I am a Canadian and love American and Canadian history,thats where I made my highest marks in school days.

[@chuckbowen5024]

The Can-Am highway runs from Canada to Mexico. That would be a fun little road trip too.

[@claudettedelphis6476]

Fabulous history of the Great U S A 🌸😌👋🦋🐬🍀💫 It was so wonderful to follow you. Thank you so very much for inviting and with us 🇺🇸

[@robertwright4803]

I loved this, thank you for sharing with us, it has softened my view of America . Not a single mugging, shooting, or murder. One of the American media's greatest exports is the continual distribution of all that is bad in American society today. This documentary warmed me from within thanks again bob 👍🇬🇧

[@edwardharvey5839]

Thank you so much for putting these documentaries on KZbin. It's very informative and useful and heartwarming.

[@corrbox2]

Great story about the USA and the roads over 100 years ago. I learned about the Lincoln Highway, a road I never knew, except I 80. Wondeeful to see the old "classic" cars and the people of that era. Very well done and produced. Thank you for the terrific lesson in American history. Very much appreciated. It would be great to do this roadtrip one of these days.

[@georgemartin4963]

In 1915 my Grandfather and Granduncle drove two Indian Motorcycles from Columbus Oh. To San Francisco. The trip was so difficult they sold their motorcycles and bought two train tickets to bring them home.

[@domenicpoliti2694]

"1915" brought the first TRANSMISSION to the motorcycle world(US), wonder if they had pre- '15 models? All models of INDIAN prior to 1916 were I.O.E. valve design, which were considerably COOLER running than the 1916 and later flatheads(sidevalve), know who they sold them TWO?

[@Somd55]

😄

[@lauraz2896]

Very cool story!!

[@RobMacKendrick]

Just three or four years later my grandfather and a friend did Chicago to Portland in a Model T. Things hadn't changed.

[@alanaadams7440]

Good times!

[@jerrywills]

What a really well-thought-out presentation! Kathy & I thoroughly enjoyed this : ) Thank you for all the time and effort creating it!

[@scottthornton9237]

Wonderful documentary! None of this was taught in the schools as i grew up (quite literally along the Lincoln Hwy) in Utah and Wyoming. This film brings back my memories of wonder about the old roads that i had seen darting into and around hills and mountains as we traveled always by car or R.V. and on the back of my Dads Harley (When I was tall enough to reach the passenger floor boards). I have had the pleasure to see first hand many of the locations shown in this film. A very, very special "Thank You" to everyone who took the time and effort to make and post this film! Teachers please get back to "teaching interest vs teaching a test", thank you.

[@brianmungermusic1744]

They was fantastic. Inspiring a new song I’m writing. Always loved the history of the Lincoln Highway but this really went into depth on more than I knew. Thanks so much.

[@AngelSusie57]

Very informative, I did not know about this highway until someone on an RV video talked about it. Route 66 gets lots of noteriaty, but this highway seems to be a hidden gem. Thanks for posting this wonderful video.

[@rogerholloway8498]

I enjoyed this presentation very much. I especially enjoyed the interviews with the local folks near the Lincoln Highway areas. Thank you for a well presented, historical video with a bit of folklore and scenery.

[@lynneslade513]

Really enjoying this. Thank you for posting it. We had never heard about the Lincoln Highway only Route 66. We still temper the fun we had in the Summertime going with our parents and grandparents on road trips which were really more for us kids to learn from than just to have fun. But they were fun! Remember travelling the state roads not interstates meeting the locals in the communities where we stopped and stayed and ate. It was really was a part of our education and had made us much better people for those experiences!

[@allenra530]

In 1919, my grandfather took his fiancee and her mother from Casper to Yellowstone in his Model T. The highway markers were rocks along the way that were painted yellow to mark the route to the National Park. In Cody he had to stop at the blacksmith shop where he and the smith made new rod bearings for the engine. After a number of vehicle failures during the trip, my grandmother and great grandmother took the train back to Casper. My grandfather got home a week later.

[@shanethomas772]

Allen A... Wow blacksmith made new bearings...and your grandpa got rid of mum for a whole week alone with his sweetheart... I can see him now giving her a sly grin as he put Ma and Nan on the train... lovely story thanks for sharing..

[@swamprat69er]

@phuck ewe When the cat(s) are away, the mice will play.

[@gdasiy]

Maybe the Model T was his sweetheart.@phuck ewe

[@ernestg.harveyjr7087]

lol and he never heard the end of did he? [:-) sure you know how women can be lol

[@clive280178]

How many times did they have to fill up with gas/fuel/petrol/diesel? What did these things run on?

[@t24hy44]

Thank you for this most interesting and thorough documentary; I am 63, have lived in the United States all my life (many of my ancestors came to this country many years before the American Revolution), yet knowledge of the Lincoln Highway somehow escaped me. Was thinking about investing in an old RV of some sort for mobile living and travel, had been hedging about it for a few years, but now I know why I need to buy one, SOON! Planning to travel this wonderful route as best I can, while I can, taking my time about it. Thank you, again, so much!!

[@johnbickle8457]

Why the dislikes? "I hate cars, being outside, not having to walk to NY, and anything built by America." Lincoln didn't even have a car. lol. Haters. this is a lovely documentary.

[@jasonwomack4064]

Being 38, I feel like I was born a generation (or two) too late. The slower paced travel with going through small towns, and seeing unique roadside buildings/signs has always intrigued me. I feel lucky to have at least seen a lot of the old stuff (usually recently closed and starting to rust) when traveling as a young kid. Sadly after a trip this year out west along 66, I noticed a big difference at how much has disappeared in my short tenure. At least some places have managed to hold on to most of their old signage and some notable buildings.

[@tomd5010]

Thank you for a fabulous documentary, glad it was posted to KZbin as well!

[@branon6565]

What an utter pleasure it was to watch this documentary, it's one of the best I've yet seen here on KZbin....well done WyomingPBS

[@mcshawnboy]

There were a few times when I welled up and cried at the gumption of some of these forward thinkers. And I thought that it was cool that The Lincoln Highway Society was refounded! There's not very much of Route#66 left, but maybe they can breath new life into these little towns. I usually think of Route#30 as a little backroad on the PA Turnpike (That was originally planned as a canal route.) between Pittsburgh & York.

[@haroldcale4767]

Thank you all for a very interesting ride on the Lincoln Hwy. Also like to see the old Rt. 66 soon. Thanks again. you made my day.

[@christygum3384]

Beautiful ! The original “Mother Road !” I used to frequent the portion of highway between Lancaster and Chambersburg. I marveled at the incredible little towns and sites in between. The Lincoln Highway is a little known gem. A bucket list destination along with Route 66.❤️🇺🇸

[@cq7415]

Excellent! Love the old photos and movies. The history is wonderful. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@harrickvharrick3957]

Dude, does one long back to times long gone, by times..! In this hour I learned a lot about both endurance and the American spirit. I appreciate it!

[@bulldogstrut1]

I've traveled four times back and forth across this country, and while the Interstates have their usefulness, I never enjoy travel more than when I go via the many highways and back roads. You see so many more interesting sites and places along the way than you ever can from the freeway. Now that I'm retired, I only drive during the daylight hours so I don't miss a thing. I love it. Hwy 20 from Newport, Oregon to Boston, Mass is my next route of choice. Wikipedia says "US 20 is a coast-to-coast route spanning 3,365 miles (5,415 km), and is the longest road in the United States. I can't wait.

[@dfreeman8240]

You go and may the people you meet be accommodating and the road be kind. God has taken care of the rest as America the beautiful is ever changing her beauty remains the same. Go. Your e enthusiasm is catching. God Bless America. United we stand. Divided we fall.

[@tolfan4438]

That really sounds like a cool Drive. I'm writing it down in a little book old-fashioned like and then I'm going to go look it up see if I can do it

[@Zoetropeification]

Hacksaw, in a few short years from now, after I retire, if you happen pass a fellow traveler who has the largest smile you have ever seen please wave and I will wave back. In retirement I hope to travel US 20, US 30, US 40, US 50, US 60, US 70, US 80 and US 90 from end to end, following historic routes whenever possible. That plan may be a bit ambitious but it will be fun. I have traveled US 10 in the upper Midwest from end to end. And I have made a continuous journey on US 40 from St Louis to Baltimore and on US 50 from Maryland to Kansas City. And I have been on several sections of the other routes while traveling through 44 states over the years. If you can't tell, I love road trips.

[@SherrieK7]

Hacksaw Henry, While my memories of travel across the Country as a child through teen-age years were of Route 66, seeing the Indian TP 's, Now you look across where they build their homes among the Mountain Rocks, all you see are Shinny Red Trucks , well God Bless them. All those wonderful eatery's along the way. I miss all that as I miss so much more my Mom & Dad , There is a real High Way to Heaven lets make sure we through Jesus all have a Welcome Home there !

[@alvaroakatico9188]

Poor, poor Indians, the way they were treated by hostile gangs coming from Europe. Those gangs back then were immigrants searching for a better life, more like opportunists to eradicate the people that called the USA home sweet home.

[@karenworley241]

Thank you so much for your channel, I've briefly looked at other ones but I didn't finish, your laid back technique & voice bring me back to the past!! 👏🏼🎯👏🏼

[@ralphvalkenhoff2887]

What a great documentary. I’ve traveled on 80 many times and got off at some points along the way never knowing the history. Always in a hurry to get from San Francisco to Colorado and back for work. Now I want to take it to enjoy what I’ve learned. Thank you for sharing.

[@DennisSmithAIStockImageClub]

Loved this. Nothing beats a road trip and discovering something new around every bend of the road.

[@bradboustead1682]

Road trip? Did I hear road trip? www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/map/

[@arthurdevain754]

When I was in the 4th grade, way back in the mists of time, the Catholic School I attended was using American Geography books that had been printed in the 1930s and were still considered too sufficiently serviceable to replace. I recall almost an entire chapter on the Lincoln Highway extolling its Coast-To-Coast conceptual magnificence. The good Sisters may have heard about the new-fangled "Interstate Highways," but they never mentioned them to us!

[@philryan3540]

My parents married in 1929 in Montana. I remember seeing photos of their cars trips in the 30's throughout the Northwest. They continued their summer trips until long after I was born...

[@catamish9338]

Thank you thank you!!! My great grandparents drove this road from Wichita KS too SF!!! I have all their old pics, the car the mountains they stopped and photographed. I never knew where they were going but now I know!!! I cherished those pictures so much and even more now . Great granddad Smythe was an attorney and had the same cars. I still have his log books. He was meticulous about recording his service with them!!!! Thank you for the documentary! I feel now I went on the road trip with them back in the 1900’s. Road trips and adventure run in the family! I think my great grandad would be proud as I have driven from Boston to Los Angeles although it wasn’t in a Studibaker.

[@cm30902]

Thank you! I really enjoyed that and hope that we can still keep these national treasures open to all of us Americans who really value the land from sea to sea! The music was fantastic.... praying I can go and travel across our great Nation.

[@visualtraveler5263]

Excellent production, perfectly written and directed, with superb photography, a great film on a great part of American history. Two thumbs up ! 👍 👍 ✌

[@skipstein744]

Thank you for a great history and stories of the Lincoln Highway. Oh the lore of the old road and the treasures still hiding amidst the vestiges of our past. Happy trails!

[@ikewasgen45]

US 40 an early 50s volume by George R. Stewart entertains some of the same tale

[@richarddrum9970]

I've driven the Lincoln highway in New Jersey (a.k.a.) Route 27 through Metuchen and New Brunswick many times growing up in that neck of the woods. Your video greatly expands my appreciation of that highway and its part in history. Thanks

[@dannypost6718]

My two great uncles and my great grandfather , was on the the front page of the Poughkeepsie Eagle news paper. They were one of the first few people to this back then from Dutchess co. N.Y. in a Buick . Thank you so much for this.

[@ronaldcheatham1365]

Nice. Great historical story. Facts I was unaware of. A journey I intend or hope to enjoy one day soon. People I've never seen to visit. Towns and country to view. Experiences to be had. Life to be lived. Thanks.

[@2Travelis2Live]

I loved this film. It encourages me to get off the highway and look for the signs of the Lincoln Highway.

[@robertthomas5196]

And imagine what it was like 100 years ago.

[@catholiccrusader5328]

I live in Chicago and a portion of this highway passed through my old neighborhood.

[@richardoder4530]

I really enjoyed watching this video, in my early I grew up in Laramie. We lived at the Quadra Dangle square dance club as the care takers. We lived in a 3 room apartment in the basement heated by a coal furnace and coot stove. My dad worked for the Union Pacific RR for the PFE (pacific fruit express). In 1959 dad got transferred to the plant in Las Vegas Nv. Another video about the UP RR and how they played a major part in getting fresh fruits and vegetables from California to the east coast.

[@keding9159]

I lived on the Lincoln Highway. Never knew it by that name until now. It was always Highway 30 to me.

[@williammaceri8244]

I just watched the the 100 years of the Lincoln Highway and loved every bit of it. I have always loved cars ever since I was a little boy growing up in Southern California. Although I was born in East Detroit in 1955 and would travel around California with my parents in the 1960s, it wasn't until December 3rd, 1977 that my brother and I started out on our first road trip in my 1969 Mustang Mach I. We had 2 weeks vacation from work. We both worked for the IBM Corporation and have both since retired. We didn't have a particular destination in mind back in '77 but we ended up in Jackson Hole Wyoming. We tried to make it to Yellowstone, but couldn't get there due to the weather. Being December, by the time we made it to Jackson, it snowed every day, but that didn't mean we were having the times of our lives. Since then we have traveled all over the US but we would end every trip by going through Yellowstone, then west on I 80 to Reno, south on US 395 to Los Angeles. I 80 is my favorite interstate in the country, and my favorite stretch of I 80 is from Wyoming's eastern state line to Salt Lake City. There's nothing quite like it. I've done it in motorhomes and cars, but enjoy motorhomes the best, and since my first trip with my brother, I've been out there with with other family members and friends. My life has changed a lot since the 70s, but one thing is for certain I plan to get back to Wyoming's I 80. Even if I have to go alone, in either my 2008 Explorer or in another motorhome, I'm anxious to get back out there as soon as possible, and I will.

[@Richard-lj2lx]

One of the last lines is "Getting there is half the fun." In my humble opinion getting there is three-quarters of the fun. Thanks for this fine documentary. Where I live in the Sierra Nevada foothills the Lincoln Highway is route 40.

[@GroomLeader]

Excellent documentary, I love the road documentaries, and this was very enlightening. The first transcontinental road was a giant step forward in making road travel a viable means to get from coast to coast.

[@SupraRy]

God I used to love watching videos like these back in middle school in the late 80s early 90s. I've always been fascinated by our american history and the building of our country. Fantastic documentary, thank you so much for sharing this with us.

[@doktorscottdiabolical]

Large portions of the 1913 alignment between Wiggins and Bennett Colorado are STILL dirt paths between two farmer's fields as of 2017. 168th Avenue is literally a 9 ft wide unplowed strip that requires a 4x4 (or Model T) and a good bit of guesswork to navigate. There are occasional rock carins, but no other markers. Excellent and accurate documentary!

[@shanethomas772]

4x4 or a model t... Exactly!!! 👍👍👍

[@scotcoon1186]

Branch route to Denver?

[@heldig5617]

Is the Denver detour an official Lincoln Highway? I don't think so

[@andrewtaynton3402]

Thank you. I thoroughly enjoyed this video documentary. Good wishes and Greetings from South Africa

[@SBluesBrotherhood]

Grew up in Pittsburgh PA in the 1960's in the back seat of my parent's old Plymouths and Dodges and still remember them giving directions to people and saying "Go out on the Lincoln Highway until you see...". I have a love for old gas stations, roadside Mom & Pop diners, and all sorts of "touristy" souvenirs because they were all a part of my childhood. When we lived in Virginia and went to see my parents in Pittsburgh, we ALWAYS took the 2 lanes and the smaller 4 lane state highways through the mountains and avoided the interstate unless it was a necessity! Only took a little longer to get there and back, but it was worth it.

[@ThomasDAV1966]

Thank you for this truly entertaining historical documentary.

[@DardanellesBy108]

As someone that loves history, I thought this was an awesome video. There are remnants of the Lincoln Highway in the SF Bay Area. I found out about the Lincoln Highway when I saw a sign in Livermore, CA. I looked it up and learned something new. Thanks for posting this video.

[@zelphx]

I live three blocks (Lower Sacramento Road in Lodi, CA) from a remnant of the Lincoln Highway. I was pleased, recently, to see a new marker (sign) had been erected. Highway history is worth remembering!

[@petecampa]

I too live in Lodi Ca...went to school in Galt Ca and as we know Lincoln way is part of the old Lincoln Highway...this documentary was great...my son is taking me on a road trip for my 50th birthday and we are gong to travel this route...can't wait for March 2018...

[@pedrogarcia8865]

Absolutely

[@L-Anded]

@@petecampa 2019?

[@Mikielike]

Cool hand Luke was filmed between lower Sacramento Rd and Davis Rd on Moser slough just north of Stockton , houses there now, that's where the prison camp was, just some interesting history, my mother got Paul Newman's autograph.

[@SherrieK7]

Bradley Greenwood I lived almost all my life in Sacramento, Good Old Lodi---The Bridge ! LOL Now In Hawaii .

[@conniebaughman9894]

I really enjoy hearing story's of the past with pictures to give a better idea of things. Thou it had to be a adventure, most of use now days ,well might not enjoy some aspects of yesterday's travel method. Because we have it to cusheny now , well back then what they had was modern. Hope to get more PBS programs thank you 👍💖

[@markmaloney8154]

This is a great historic video! The forgotten history of building American roads. I enjoyed it very much…

[@barryanderson5116]

I lived next to the Lincoln Highway in York, Pa. until at the age of 45, when I moved to Maryland following my job. In the 70's, I had a Corvette. Each spring I would throw a hibachi, a cooler full of food and drink in the back of the 'vette and on a Saturday I would drive to Pittsburg and on Sunday I would return home on the Lincoln Highway. It was a beautiful trip and I have memories from that which will live in my mind the rest of my life.

[@angelageier4681]

I miss Crabbs Tropical Treat. I try to make it up from SC during the summer time just to eat there. And oh I miss The famous hot weiners food also. Now I need to make that 11 hour trip just for food. 😂

[@bdrichardson403]

Watching this has been a beautiful experience. Thank you so much for doing all the work to put it together and sharing it. Maybe I can take this trip someday.

[@davealexander5555]

I was born in 1936 in a town along the Lincoln Highway in Ohio, then designated as US 30. From my earliest memories, if was a fully developed modern road; two-lane blacktop. we were 50 miles south and west of Cleveland, in approximately the middle of the state. The first car we had was a 1937 Ford. My parents told me that our previous car was a Model A, perhaps 1929 vintage. The town was the where the Ohio 3-C, State route 3. highway intersected with the Lincoln Highway.; 3-C standing for Cleveland-Columbus-Cincinnati. Additionally, Route 250 went through the town, which went from Northwest to Southeast parts of the state; Sandusky to Wheeling, West Virginia. By the time I was 17, I had traveled the lengths all three highways, Rt 30, 250 and Rt 3. in Ohio.

[@phronesismeister]

Very interesting, thank you for sharing this!

[@doenjangstew4438]

Thank you Wyoming for sharing excellant video. Bless Wyoming PBS!

[@janeanf123]

Wonderful documentary - appreciate this great history. Thankful for Effie Price-Gladding and her thoughtful journaling. Thank you for this!

[@granttabor1338]

Way back when (I'm 75) we drove from Wis. to Cal. on route 30 and a lot of the old hwy. You would get on the "New" interstate 80 for 15 miles then back to 30. Was an awesome trip. Came back on route 66. Miss the "diners" :( Was a trucker for many years and hated the signs in NM that said "To Historic Rout 66" Made me feel old cuz I had driven it when it was the only way :( :( :(

[@bobstiles5639]

Grant, I'm the next generation after you and I've been traveling the U.S. for forty years now and am 56. I didn't even know about HWY 30 until I moved to Nebraska fifteen years ago. After watching this documentary I come to find out I have traveled the Lincoln HWY plenty of times in my life as well as flew over portions of this road from coast to coast. Its sad that I never learned about this historic HWY in school. Thanks for all you've done to feed and clothes the people of America. I know what you have done is a selfless sacrifice that many will never understand.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

@@bobstiles5639 selfless sacrifice did not build anything. Grant Tabor was a truck driver who got paid. You see, it is profit that builds. Any communist nation tells you to "sacrifice" your "self" to the state. I am afraid where ever you went to school (we are the same age), they took out the building of this road for profit, growth, resulting in opportunity for many, and replaces the Lincoln HWY with a immoral obligation to "sacrifice". The kids are graduating from our schools like cattle. "Sacrifice" is just around the corner, weather you like it or not,- for all, equally. Remember, "selfless" means you have no "self". How can that be for your interests? Well, if you don't live in a free society, you have no right to have self interest. Be careful what you praise Bob. It should be "achievement" that is praised. Not how much a person foolishly sacrifices them "self". Voluntary charity is fine, and good. But there is no connection to having a job and getting paid for it, and "sacrifice". In fact, they are opposites. I was not taught to praise sacrifice in my area, but it is taught now. I was taught to praise achievement in our free market, and taught to go for our dreams. I may be in the last generation that was taught so in the USA. Mankind will crash under a fake morality such as sacrifice.

[@jhonyermo]

That is a might GOOFY Posting. @@EarthSurferUSA

[@cluny]

I'm still sad they renumbered 'the devils highway' US666 from Gallup to Cortez. Nothing every happened. Boring but beautiful.

[@Ferda1964]

I like your humor, must be the Czech in you Mr. Tabor : )

[@Softail77us]

I remember when I-80 was built through my back yard practically. Growing up we rode motorcycles and bicycles around it. Hid under the overpasses for shelter from the rain.. Hunted around it.. About 30 years later I was in California where the western end of it is and noticed an entrance ramp to I-80. I wasn't expecting it at all. What a surprise as the last time I had seen it was in Pa.

[@davidross9086]

As a boy, growing up in Cedar Rapids Iowa, I remember going to see my grandparents and we would use highway 30. Today you can still travel 30 from Valparaiso IND all the to pine bluff Wyoming, though most of it is four lane. I have traveled highway 30 in Wyoming, and have enjoyed it, lots of history. The Union Pacific has their yard in chyenne, where they are restoring the Big Boy, just a great trip through time

[@bradboustead1682]

...From Times Square to San Francisco.. The Lincoln Highway Assn has active members in Cedar Rapids. There are 2 routes through town. Here is map: www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/map/

[@karinahathaway9416]

David Ross I was born in Valparaiso Indiana 1943, and remember the adults talking about old 30.. Lincolnway goes through town, over Joliet bridge and meets up with highway 30. The Pennsylvania Railroad went under bridge, it brought commuters home at night and the engine would go onto the turntable and be ready for trip back to Chicago in the morning.. and it was a very quiet time, very few cars and trucks...I do miss the peace and quiet. S Nichols

[@ecdevera2455]

One of the few most riveting, engaging, and fascinating historical/cultural documentaries I have watched, with bated breath, and sheer admiration for those visionaries who conceived of this coast-to-coast highway and for the local people and historians who are keenly in love with the highway and the small towns along the way, some of which are now ghost towns sadly. Effie Gladding should be lauded and enshrined as one of the gracious and eloquent literary diarists of our nation.

[@juilliardpark]

Thank you! Paul Gilger, Chair, Lincoln Highway Association Mapping Committee.

[@lizlocher3612]

That's why the vloggers like The Carpetbagger n Justin Scarred n Adam the Woo are so exciting n interesting to watch, as they do just that. They travel n explore all our old back roads n roadside attractions that are so iconic to our country's history!! I watch them daily, as I am 65 yrs old now and can't travel like I used to. Great video on Lincoln Highway!!!

[@madeleine8977]

This was a treat. I went to college in North Dakota but had not heard of the Blizzard of 49. Wonderful to hear reports from those who experienced it.

[@scotcoon1186]

I believe that blizzard was the reason for founding KRVN AM out of Lexington, Nebraska. To get word out when an event like that rolls in.

[@leaturk11]

great documentary, I just love American history.....hi from the UK

[@MrMrdelivery]

But not as interesting as yours in my opinion...Hail Britannia...

[@jmeyer3rn]

I agree with Rod. We have lots of clay and dirt in the US a lot of rock, but the short history of the settlers is nothing compared with European history. I'll take Europe any day.

[@653j521]

But we have a long history before the Europeans arrived. :)

[@styldsteel1]

But wait a minute. yes, we are a young country and we don't have things such as the Coliseum in Rome, or the magnificent city of Prague. But the United States has our own natural beauty. The Grand Canyon for instance, is considered to be the among the most incredible natural wonder of the world. We have what's in the video the Lincoln H'way. We have RT 66. I feel badly about that you said about the United States. We have much more than clay and dirt. I promise you.

[@stun3282]

william jones thank you and I also love American history

[@darrylcpreston4043]

I was lucky enough to travel much of the original paved route in July 1963 on a bus. I met two delightful girls named Sandy; one from California [Santa Clara?] , the other from Salt Lake City. A group of young boys my age were heading to their first army base, excited at the prospect. I've often wondered how things turned out for the girls and the soldiers. I remember Rawlins and Rock Springs very well. Both still possessed some of the atmosphere of the old west. One of the drivers was kind enough to give us some of the history of The Lincoln Highway. The road was in great shape. One of the less remarked detriments of the interstate system was the need to abandon many miles of excellent two lane roads just as they reached physical perfection.

[@kungfucommando1642]

I used to come across small markers, which had been recently placed, while riding an old dirt road on my motorcycle in eastern Nevada. Small posts, with a 4x4 placard featuring a red, white and blue “L” and the words “Lincoln highway”. I was fascinated by this, and started to research the Lincoln Highway. The area I came across these was very remote, and was never paved. Through rough, hilly country, I can only imagine how many model A Fords or Tin Lizzies traversed that remote wilderness. I believe the entire area has been consumed by the expansion of a nearby copper pit mine. History, lost forever.

[@jorgeargerich1091]

How much I would love young school children watching this video! It's very important to realize how much we have because though, and decide people dare to give the society the better, no matter the effort... Today we still have the chance! This would be the message for the young: Future generations will live in the world we CAN model today! THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO !!!

[@KBAZ100]

Simply sublime documentary making. Thank you so much!

[@Lobo4ever]

I live in one of those quaint western towns, a little off the beaten path, and our Main St is a two mile segment of the Lincoln Hwy. I really enjoyed learning more history about the highway as I travel it often. Very informative.

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

"Bonzo's Montreux", Wyoming? Never heard of it, although "Montreux", sounds Canadian, for "Mainstreet."

[@stephenphillip5656]

Fascinating. I live in UK and whilst I'd heard of the Lincoln Highway, I knew very little about it. A (gaping) hole in my knowledge has been filled. Small-town America has also interested me and whilst we might speed along those great Interstates, we'd miss the small towns which have probably fallen on hard times as a result. Very sad.

[@msr1116]

I have an oversized book on ghost towns of the West which were once thriving mining communities and are now abandoned, littered with dilapidated structures.

[@luisv7117]

The incredible part of America History, a few years ago I drove by but I wish I knew back there about the history, I like going to the small towns and talk to the locals you get incredible histories about everything, route 80 kill many many towns. Thank you for uploading, and thank for all the people who made it possible well very well done, thank you again. Greetings from the East Coast.

[@pentacleman1000]

Ha! I just clicked on this and started watching without observing that it is a Wyoming PBS production and half way through started wondering why it is so Wyoming-centric in its scope! Aside from the fact that it keeps you in Wyoming most of the time, it’s pretty good.