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determined that the great highway to
be forever called the Lincoln Highway,
as a memorial to Lincoln, one of the
martyred presidents, should cross the
state of Wyoming from east to west. It
is thought especially fitting that on the
evening of October 31st there should be
an old-time jollification to include bonfires
and general rejoicing; this for the purpose
of impressing upon the people – and
especially the younger generation – the
services and unselfish life of Lincoln,
and for the further purpose of painting
a big picture, so far as amusements are
concerned, of the highway which is to
cross our state.
It has also been suggested that on
Sunday, November 2nd, the clergy in the
churches of Wyoming, as they will do in
other states, take as the substance of their
sermons the life and ideals of the great
Lincoln with the view of impressing them
upon the younger generation.
Joseph M. Carey, Governor
Mr. Franzwa emphasizes history in his
book. Stories such as the highway’s
perilous intersection in Burns (where the
February 20, 1919 B urns Herald warned
motorists to slow down due to congestion
caused by traffic at the intersection), are
joined by encounters of the four-legged,
white and fluffy kind in Albany County,
to an exploration of towns such as Parco
(now Sinclair) in Carbon County. Of
course, tales of accidents were newsworthy
items as the fascination with motor vehicles
and their potential power was a novelty.
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The Rock River Review reported the
following story on Thursday, August 26,
1926, shared by Mr. Franzwa in his book:
TOURIST’S CAR WRECKED HERE
SUNDAY MORNING
A tourist driving a Willis-Knight
enclosed car failed to make the sharp
curve at the east part of town on the
Lincoln Highway Sunday Morning
at about 10 o’clock, and the car hit the
cement culvert, jumped into the ditch,
and landed on the opposite bank – and
remained upright at the end of the
journey.
Just why the car did not turn over is
a mystery. The man must have been
driving at a rapid speed or else he was
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