A Collection of Articles and Interviews

We have such fun doing interviews along the way! Here are a few articles written about our aunt and our journey!

http://www.nwitimes.com

http://www.newsjs.com/us/sisters-trace-great-great-aunts-1915-road-trip-along-old-lincoln-highway/

http://www.nwitimes.com

triblive.com/news/westmoreland/8975860-74/king-trip-lincoln

http://lancasteronline.com/features/together/three-women-retrace-great-great-aunt-s-cross-country-trip/article_6c6296e2-5800-11e5-be32-072b4e7380c9.html

www.omaha.com/living/

www.startribune.com/great-great-nieces-repeat-woman-s.../322650571/

http://www.hngnews.com/lake_mills_leader/community/article_7a87057e-4c1f-11e5-8454-53f7884bd4d0.html?mode=jqm

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/sisters-trace-great-great-aunt-s-road-trip-along-old/image_d7b403c6-58d0-5421-b563-e016fffa2471.html

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Gas Can Similar to the One Anita Had to Carry Along With Her on the Trip - No Gas Stations in 1915!

On the Road!!

We have been enjoying our rental car's satellite radio along the way. Aleta put together a play list - but we haven't had to resort to it yet - 80's on 8, 70's on 7 and 60's on 6.

We tried to invite to Ellen along - but since we didn't hear from her - decided to take a Flat Ellen instead

Heather's stretch of driving 

Still Smiling -

One of the campers that we met up with after the Burning Man celebration. We saw quite a strange collection of artists along the way. (Especially at our overnight at Circus Circus in Reno NV - quite a fitting place for the folks we ran into! We weren't sure if they were the clowns from the casino or who they were until we asked one of them what kind of convention they were a part of.) 

We decided maybe next year - we could venture out to the Burning Man Convention.

Scenery throughout the country was just amazing!!

Smiling!!

On the Road Through Franklin Grove IL towards Chicago!

Left the Lincoln Highway state of Iowa and made an important stop in Franklin Grove, IL - the Lincoln Highway Headquarters. It was located in a small storefront in a building that was once owned by a relative of Abraham Lincoln. 

A perfect piece of history where time has slowed down - loved the quaintness of the small town - the store and LH headquarters coordinator shared great info with us. Town residents have their own mugs there and they can be seen congregating there for their morning coffee and sweet roll. Some evenings you can stop by and the small building turns into a music venue.

All along our trip we made a point of sharing information about the Lincoln Highway and how the organization is hoping to have the route become a national monument. The president of the Lincoln Highway sent postcards for us to hand out and we also had small wallet sized photos with stickers that had our blog address and the site to sign the petition for the designation. It was, afterall, the first transcontinental highway from San Francisco to New York City. Also, a reporter from DeKalb did an article about the Highway and how we were helping spread the word.

Long road to appreciation for Lincoln Highway | Daily Chronicle

Through Nebraska and Iowa

We had a wonderful time through Nebraska and Iowa! Meeting some great Lincoln Highway folks! Muriel and Mark Clark from Sutherland were gracious hosts at their B and B. Something's wrong with our blog but please check out our Facebook page! 

 https://www.facebook.com/Anita-King-the-Paramount-Girl-480769715418960/timeline/

Sisters embark on cross-country trip to honor pioneering great-great aunt - Omaha.com: Living

Road trip of paramount proportions - North Platte Nebraska's Newspaper: Local News

Nieces to recreate first woman’s solo journey on Lincoln Highway | Nevada Iowa Journal

Wyoming Presented it's Challenges for both Anita and us!

We ran into a few obstacles the day we went through Wyoming - museum and information centers were closed? We encountered a couple of different hazards across the roads that were kind of scary. Also on our way to photograph the Lincoln Highway monument near Laramie, we saw it as it passed us on the interstate!

The original stretches of the Lincoln Highway have been exciting to travel along and imagine what Anita was thinking when she travelled through the same areas!

Salt Lake City

We want to give a huge shout out to our supporters- thanks so much Jerry Peppers of New York City; Muriel and Mark Clark of Sutherland NE; Eileen McGrath Winsand of Virginia; Elizabeth Rassiga of Austin NV; Pat Geraghty of Altoona WI; Kathy Peterson of Eau Claire WI; Brad Glassel, American Family, Lake Mills, WI. You've all been with us in spirit on this amazing trip!

On our way to Salt Lake City we stopped at a great Mexican diner in Bonneville Flats where they have had quite the races across the salt flats. A number of photos were taken of actors and movies produced in this part of the state. Anita would have been excited to be a part of these races and productions I'm sure!!

We arrived in Salt Lake City late at night so missed seeing the beautiful city!! Can't even imagine the loneliness Anita felt traveling through such remote yet amazingly beautiful parts of our country! We hope that she was able to enjoy the beauty as much as we have been!