Lincoln Highway Historical Marker – Colo, IA
N 42° 01.358 W 093° 18.622
15T E 474305 N 4652335
This historical marker is located at Niland’s Corner, a busy business intersection of the past.
Waymark Code: WMBH5M
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 05/22/2011
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This historical marker is located at Niland’s Corner, a busy business intersection of the past. It reads:
“The road running east and west past this site, known today as County Highway E-14, has an illustrious past. First paved in 1929, this segment was part of U.S. 30 from 1926 to 1962, when that highway was re-routed one mile south. It was also part of two automobile roads across the state, the Iowa Official Trans-Continental Route (1911-1913), and of greater fame and importance, the Lincoln Highway (1913-1926).
“Launched in 1913 as a memorial to a martyred president, the Lincoln Highway was the first successful effort to mark, promote, and build and automobile highway spanning the United States. Linking Iowa to New York City and San Francisco, the Lincoln Highway crossed the state from Clinton to Council Bluffs by way of Colo, staying close to the main route of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway (now Union Pacific Railroad). Those tracks are located about one quarter of a mile south.”
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