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Article: PARK SERVICE WEIGHS OPTIONS TO PRESERVE LINCOLN HIGHWAY
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- Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
- Article date:
- May 24, 2004
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BEAVER, Iowa -- The road zigged and zagged past farm fields,
snaked in and out of river valleys on steep hills and sliced through
the heart of towns as large as Cedar Rapids and as small as Beaver.
Mud gooier than wet concrete swallowed cars to their axles after
spring rains. Swirling dust blinded drivers in the summer, and ruts
ran forever in the frozen dirt of winter.
Traveling the Lincoln Highway, the nation's first coast-to-coast
highway, through Iowa and other states at the dawn of the 20th
century wasn't merely a trip. It was an expedition.
In the next few days, the National Park Service will release the
results of a study, commissioned by Congress in 2000, on how best to