100 Years on the Lincoln Highway

Before the Interstate Highway System, before famed Route 66, before highways were even numbered, there was one road that started it all, one road that changed America forever: The Lincoln Highway. “100 Years on the Lincoln Highway” is the story of the first coast to coast automobile road in the United States and its impact on Wyoming. Premiered on March 9, 2014. WyomingPBS videos are used in classrooms across the country. Comments inappropriate for a classroom are blocked.

[ronjones]

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.

[gingercox]

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.

[arildkolnes]

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

[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..

[mikekincaid]

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.

[barbarawangerud]

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!

[oldschool]

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

[user]

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

[johnspencer]

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.

[philryan]

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...

[glennhilliker]

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

[georgemartin]

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.

[phyllishamilton]

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!

[mountainryder]

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!

[Supermuttt]

I rode on Rt 30 everyday to school and live 5 mins from it. Always wanted to know more about it. New Oxford PA. Little town with a beautiful circle!

[vernwallen]

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

[paulwood]

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

[larry]

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.

[yaelcohen]

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