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"@hearinladotcom San Francisco was the financial capitol at this time. The Pan Pacific Expo would be held in SF in [----]. The Lincoln Highway would reach SF in [----]. I think SoCal started getting noticed more with the film industry in the 1920s"
X Link 2024-04-07T17:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Richfield Gasoline Station Castaic Junction c. [----]. The "Richfield Gasoline Beacons" were part of a significant plan by the Richfield Oil Company to establish a network of service stations along key transportation routes in the early 20th century. The idea was to create a chain of "Richfield Villages" which would serve motorists and aviators. These villages would include gas stations cafes small grocery stores and in some cases lodging facilities. Each beacon was not just a service for motorists but a crucial aid for air navigation. In the days before widespread radar use these beacons were"
X Link 2025-01-30T17:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Emerald Bay Lake Tahoe. These individuals must have rented the car as they arrived via the Central Pacific Rail System heading to San Francisco with a brief detour to Truckee and Tahoe. Back of postcard in comments"
X Link 2025-09-28T13:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"After the aviary you entered the dining area at the Nut Tree in Vacaville. This was the 1970s and color was everywhere. Notice the people are dressed nicely for this dining experience. The Nut Tree was an anomaly modern and sophisticated yet situated in the vast Central Valley. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1974132687729516613 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1974132687729516613"
X Link 2025-10-03T15:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Working on the Lincoln Highway near Folsom CA. [----]. Looking west we see prisoners from nearby Folsom Prison working on the road while guards on horseback watch. This is now known as White Rock Road and is home to businesses and residences"
X Link 2025-10-15T14:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@SFCCM That's my old stomping ground. Lived just a couple of blocks from Notre Dame. I had a friend Eric Morris who taught music there. The Pinebrook had such a beautiful setting with a small garden center around and beneath it and the creek running through"
X Link 2025-10-19T12:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The Lincoln Highway San Francisco [----]. Since there were no bridges crossing the Bay at this time you boarded in Oakland along with your auto and steamed to the Ferry Building in San Francisco where the journey continued to Lincoln Park and the Terminus of The Lincoln Highway. This view is looking east towards Oakland from the Ferry Building"
X Link 2025-10-19T17:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@SFCCM Let's head to "the rope" my friend would say. 😅"
X Link 2025-10-19T17:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Back in the day maybe the 1930s you could turn your Ford touring car into a truck for $392"
X Link 2025-10-20T14:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Postcard showing the Palace of the Legion of Honor at Lincoln Park San Francisco CA. The large flagpole at right had a bronze plaque that read "END OF THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY" mounted to the base. Part of the plaque is visible on the base in this photo. The pole and base were removed by the Parks and Recreation Department sometime in the 1970s"
X Link 2025-10-21T17:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Aspen Trees in fall at Luther Pass just east of Hope Valley. We were walking the old Emigrant Trail and Pony Express path. That's the abandoned auto road in the photo. It closely followed the older trails up and over the pass into Lake Tahoe"
X Link 2025-10-23T18:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"A rust-stained rock on the Emigrant Trail. When you touch the rusty-looking area it's been worn down and is very smooth. Thousands of pioneer wagon wheels brushed up against this rock as they traveled west during the 1850s. Small bits of metal wore off the wheel rims and got embedded in the rock. The metal rusts over time thus creating the "rust stain". These signs are a great indication that you're on the right track"
X Link 2025-10-24T14:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@SFCCM I never owned a "Flat cap" but did buy a deerstalker from a hat shop in Ghirardelli Square many years ago. You need a nice warm hat in SF and I was enamored of Sherlock Holmes at the time"
X Link 2025-10-25T01:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Once you start climbing to Donner Pass the landscape turns rocky and massive. Monica looks a bit tired as she rests along the old Lincoln Highway and Emigrant Trail. The massive retaining wall was built by the Central Pacific Railroad as part of the "Dutch Flat-Donner Lake Wagon Road" (1862). That road was built expressly for moving equipment for building the Transcontinental Railway. The road followed the earlier Emigrant Trail for much of the distance. Once the railroad was built Central Pacific abandoned the road in [----]. The first auto to cross the Sierra (1901) used this route. In 1913"
X Link 2025-10-25T15:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The view east from the top of Donner Pass Coldstream Trail. That's Summit Valley off in the distance while just a bit closer you can see the white tunnel entrance for the Union Pacific Mt. Juddah train tunnel. There are still a few obstacles ahead for the Emigrants traveling west but this site signified it was all mostly downhill from here"
X Link 2025-10-25T16:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Emigrant Wagons over Donner Summit by George Mathis. With Donner Lake in the background we see a wagon train working its way towards the notch in the mountains at Donner Pass. Later that notch would be filled in with stones by Chinese labor of the Central Pacific Railroad for the railbed of the Transcontinental Railroad (1868). https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1982216909589500333 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1982216909589500333"
X Link 2025-10-25T22:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Travel between Truckee and Reno was a whole different affair in [----]. A lone car on the Lincoln Highway's Truckee River Route is likely between Floriston and Mystic. The auto appears to be driving west towards Truckee. CA. No asphalt yet"
X Link 2025-10-26T15:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"It was a beautiful and very warm day in the Sierra when Monica and I painted the Lincoln Highway (1913-1927) logo on this abandoned bridge. The bridge is located across from the Rainbow Lodge near Big Bend CA. This photo gives an idea of how small this bridge was for a Transcontinental Highway that brought cars and trucks to California. I can only imagine the scene back when this was the "Interstate" Quite and peaceful these days"
X Link 2025-10-27T14:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@gardenGnomen I see he moved along with the highway so I'm wondering if he worked for the Lincoln Highway Association"
X Link 2025-10-28T15:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"1920 postcard showing the Yolo Causeway on the Lincoln Highway. Stopping your auto on the causeway to take in the view would be impossible today The original two-lane 21-foot-wide structure opened March [--] [----] and was celebrated with a three-day "Causeway Celebration." At [---] miles it was the world's longest concrete highway bridge. In the 1920s traffic averaged around 1000-5000 vehicles daily. Today around [------] vehicles are driven across the modern span daily"
X Link 2025-10-28T16:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Here we are on the Lincoln Highway on the other side of Highway [--] at Clarksburg CA. When the modern freeway was put in it bisected the old Lincoln Highway (1913-1927) which is why you see the "END" signs. This was the bottom of a long downhill known as "The Clarksville Grade". In the early days of auto travel a long downhill would wear on the brakes and Clarksville was where you would stop and let them cool off. Before heading uphill you would fill the radiator and check the oil"
X Link 2025-10-29T14:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@BoxingGoldenAge Roughly Interstate [--] from Denver to Cheyenne where you would connect with the Lincoln Highway then head west roughly following today's Interstate [--]. The family owns a thousand or so acres near Coloma"
X Link 2025-10-29T21:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Monica stands on the historic Swann-Henery Toll Road (1850s) Pony Express route and later the Lincoln Highway (1913-1926) at Strawberry CA. In the mountains old abandoned roads often turn into creeks. The wheel ruts collect water which leads to erosion of the original roadbed. This section of the Lincoln Highway followed the older Swann-Henery Toll Road (1850s) as the Lincoln Highway often did. It's hard to imagine but this was America's first transcontinental highway carrying much of the traffic into California over the Sierra"
X Link 2025-10-30T13:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""Along the Divide". The Mormon Emigrant Trail was a key Emigrant route through the Sierra Nevada mountains in California following the recall of Mormon laborers from Sutter's Mill to Utah after the January [----] gold discovery. Construction began with the wagon train heading east departing Pleasant Valley in June [----] and the first campsite was established on July [--] [----] at what is now Sly Park. When the Gold Rush took off in earnest gold seekers used the Mormon Trail to travel west. That's a Trails West "T" marker that describes the path's historic significance. The modern-day road is visible"
X Link 2025-11-01T15:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Monica stands on the 1913-1926 route of the Lincoln Highway just east of Donner Summit. As we can see once maintenance stops likely in [----] a tree has grown on the old roadbed. This is also the Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road used by Central Pacific during the construction of the Transcontental Railroad (1863-1869). Monica is looking at some graffiti from that era painted (likely with auto grease) on the rocks. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1985020622230212663 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1985020622230212663"
X Link 2025-11-02T16:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I see you Some "ghostly" graffiti on a rock on the Lincoln Highway. Looks like "Charles" decided to leave his mark in [----] one year after the Lincoln highway was created (1913-1926). Must be a self-portrait at the upper left. Monica and I found this is a pretty obscure location just off the road"
X Link 2025-11-02T17:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"A lonely "T" post sits on the California Trail near Camp Far West near Wheatland. This is a special place for emigrants of the 1840s and 1850s as they were so close to the end of their perilous journey. Just a few more miles and they would arrive at Johnson Ranch which acted as the terminus for so many looking to reach California and their dreams. The trail's significance is heightened by its association with the [--------] Donner Party disaster. After their Donner Lake entrapment rescuers brought the [--] survivors down this hill and into the safety of the ranch. I included a photo of the "T""
X Link 2025-11-07T17:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I'm standing on the old Lincoln Highway while Interstate [--] passes below and across the river. This highway was a vital early 20th-century corridor for early drivers. Later this became U.S. Route [--] in [----] before being replaced mainly by Interstate [--] in the 1950s and 1960s. You can hike the old highway for quite a while in this area near Floristan"
X Link 2025-11-08T15:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"We are standing on the 1st generation of the Lincoln Highway (1913) leading into "Secret Town" near Gold Run Placer County. This dirt track was originally the Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road built by the Central Pacific Railroad for the Transcontinental Railroad (1867). The Lincoln Highway often used older wagon roads because no new roads were built for it. It followed existing trails. If you follow this road a bit you come to the site of the "Secret Town Trestle" (1865-1866). Today the buried trestle supports active double track Union Pacific trains. No visible remnants remain above ground"
X Link 2025-11-09T16:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""Your room is ready" Standing on the California Emigrant Trail in the Truckee River Canyon along the west fork of the Carson River we come to this small cave. It was used by the legendary "Snowshoe Thompson" to hide out when the weather turned bad. Between the 1850s and 1870's John Albert Thompson would carry a [---] lb mail sack almost [---] miles between Placerville CA. and Genoa NV. He was known as "Snowshoe" as that's what he wore in the winter to traverse the mountains of snow that are typical in this high country. He often slept outdoors without blankets using his mailbag as a pillow"
X Link 2025-11-12T16:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Lovers Leap along the Lincoln Highway [----]. Located in Strawberry CA. Lovers' Leap is usually viewed from Highway [--] but at this date the old road went right underneath the rock formation. A Forest Service sign reads "Lovers Leap". The highway would continue to pass this way until the 1930s when Highway [--] was rerouted to avoid this difficult section. This can be hiked but is no longer drivable. Map in comments"
X Link 2025-11-13T17:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@pensiveone01 Other than the legend of the Indian couple who lept to their death. I don't think anyone else has lept off since"
X Link 2025-11-13T21:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The Lincoln Highway (1913-1927) passes a wood building at Big Bend CA. This is one of our favorite places to soak up some history. Big Bend has deep ties to the early emigrants who crossed the Sierra into California. Big Bend was the site of the winter bivouac of the Stephen-Townsend-Murphy Party the first to cross the Sierra with wagons 1844-1845. During this time Elizabeth Yuba Murphy was born here the first white child born in California. The Lincoln Highway tended to follow older wagon roads so little new construction would be required. Amazingly this narrow route served as the"
X Link 2025-11-14T15:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Sugarloaf House sits below its mountain namesake. Located in El Dorado County off Highway [--] Sugarloaf House also known as Webster's was located in the small town of Silver Fork just west of Kyburz. Built in the 1850s it served gold rush travellers headed to the gold fields west of here. What's interesting about this photo is that it shows a heavily loaded wagon with a large team of horses headed east This was a bit later than the gold rush so we know this wagon was headed east with supplies into Nevada and the Silver Rush that was going on in the 1860s and 1870s. Nothing of this place"
X Link 2025-11-15T15:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Monica begins climbing up the California Overland Emigrant Trail (1844-1850) headed for the "Devil's Ladder". Barely visible on that large tree at right is a trail marker. Without these markers the trail is challenging to follow. Notice the steepness which people with wagons traversed"
X Link 2025-11-19T15:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The section of the Overland Emigrant Trail (1848-1852) from "Tragedy Spring" to the "Maiden's Grave" can be hiked but it's not maintained. Where am I We are standing by a trail marker nailed to a tree. Before we start hiking we need to find the next marker. That's not always easy. In this case it's dead ahead just right of center in that large tree. Now we can proceed to that spot. There we look for the next marker"
X Link 2025-11-20T19:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Here is a close-up of the trail markers we are following at the Tragedy Spring area. It shows an "oxen yoke" a standard device used by the emigrants headed west. These are placed directly on or next to the historic trail. Sometimes they fall or are otherwise damaged and it can be some time before anyone replaces them. We owe a great debt to those before us who took the time to identify and mark the old emigrant routes which would otherwise be lost to time"
X Link 2025-11-20T19:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"We've parked our bikes to take a look west down "Old Wagon Road" at Big Bend Placer County. It's known as Old Wagon Road today but this was also the Lincoln Highway (1913-1927) the Dutch-Flat Donner-Lake Wagon Road (1867) and before that the Overland migrant Trail (1844). About halfway down the road we ran into a Trails West "T" post that directed us off this road and onto the original Emigrant Trail"
X Link 2025-11-21T18:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I hiked up the Emigrant Trail off Old Wagon Road and am now looking down the trail at my red bike in the distance. This will give you an idea of just how steep portions of the old trails are. We haven't climbed past this point yet but apparently there is a marked Pioneer grave along the trail. That hike will have to wait until next summer"
X Link 2025-11-21T18:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Monica stands in a wagon rut looking west on the Overland Emigrant Trail at Big Bend Placer County. This is the place where the Stevens-Townsend-Murphy Party bivouacked during the winter of [----]. They couldn't travel any further due to [--] feet of snow on the ground. A young member 17-year-old Moses Schallenberger (Elizabeth Townsend's brother) was left alone near Donner Lake to guard the left behind wagons. He built a tiny cabin and survived three months in isolation until he was rescued in February [----] by Dennis Martin who taught him to make snowshoes for the return trip. Interesting that"
X Link 2025-11-22T16:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Someone had asked about the "swampy" area on the Overland Emigrant Trail just past Red Lake and up to the Devil's Ladder and Carson Pass. I remember making this video as it was so peaceful during the summer. I would imagine with the snow melt spring would be really wet and maybe hard to cross this area. We saw no one on the afternoon we spent on the trail. Note: A "Pregnant Triangle" is the shape of the trail markers in this area"
X Link 2025-11-22T19:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"In the days of the Lincoln Highway (1913-1927) the CSAA (California State Automobile Association) was instrumental in installing signs along the route. Here a man installs a Lincoln Highway sign five miles east of Stockton"
X Link 2025-11-23T15:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@SuchADean2X If it's east of Stockton on the Lincoln Highway I'm thinking towards Galt where [--] is today"
X Link 2025-11-24T02:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Now that winter is starting to take hold it's interesting to remember that before the State of California began plowing Highway [--] now I-80 over Donner Summit in the 1930s Cal Trans closed the road for the entire season at Baxter. It wouldn't be opened until the spring thaw of the following year"
X Link 2025-11-24T15:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The passengers of a Central Pacific railcar have opened all the windows for some fresh air at Blue Canyon Placer County c.1870. At Blue Canyon the snow sheds covering the tracks began and would continue all the way across Donner Pass and beyond for a total of approximately [--] miles. There was no view of the mountains beyond this point. So they are either really happy to exit the sheds or are getting some fresh air before closing all the windows and entering the sheds for the trip. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1993708317458538917 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1993708317458538917"
X Link 2025-11-26T15:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Monica is looking over the side of the "Johnson-Cut-Off Trail" now known as Peavine Ridge Road at the town of Pacific (home of Pacific House) El Dorado County. Check out the fabulous rock wall at right which supports Highway [--] above. Just down the road we will find the site of Brockliss Bridge which crossed the South Fork of the American River. During the short life of the Pony Express the riders would have to dismount and walk across the bridge due to the high amount of traffic"
X Link 2025-11-29T16:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"This is the Trails West "T" post found at the bottom of the trail. The markers always feature a quote from a traveler from the past at this spot. Here John Mcturk Gibson tells of the bridge crossing in 1859"
X Link 2025-11-29T16:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@jasonsbishop There were two Lincoln Highway routes through California. One followed roughly1-80 while the other followed Highway 50"
X Link 2025-11-30T13:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The grade down from Sayle's Flat towards Slippery Ford. The Lincoln Highway used this trail from [----] to [----]. This grade was eliminated when Highway [--] was rerouted away from Slippery Ford in the 1930s"
X Link 2025-11-30T15:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Walking the Ogilby's Trail (1850s-1861) near Fry Creek El Dorado County. This trail was also the Lincoln Highway (1913-1927) and Highway [--]. You can see the present-day Freeway below and left"
X Link 2025-12-01T16:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Part of the Ogilsby Trail/Lincoln Highway/Highway [--] by Fry Creek El Dorado County is starting to collapse due to drainage pipes that have become clogged over the years. These old roads are not maintained for the most part. You can see some asphalt on the road laid during the Lincoln Highway era"
X Link 2025-12-01T17:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Looking east Monica stands on the Ogilsby Trail Lincoln Highway and early Highway [--] near Fry Creek El Dorado County. There was a crew up here cutting some of the excessive growth which is piled up along the trail. Today's Highway [--] is far below at the right"
X Link 2025-12-01T18:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Layers of history. Sometimes the old road is right next to the modern freeway We are parked on today's Highway [--]. Can you see the older roadbed The vertical lines are where dynamic was placed to basy out the rock for the new roadbed"
X Link 2025-12-01T19:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Monica stands on the emigrant trail near the old Iron Mountain ascent as described by William B. Ogle in [----]. The tree on the left has a large blaze supposedly put there by the namesake of the trail Kit Carson"
X Link 2025-12-01T19:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Looks like the road crew hasn't been out to clear this rockslide. You can walk around it but this would have been promptly cleared back in this trail's heyday in the 1850s. Literally tens of thousands of wagons used this trail over the years as it was a vital pathway to the gold fields of California to the west and the silver mines of Nevada to the east"
X Link 2025-12-02T16:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The Weber Creek Bridge [----] Placerville on the Lincoln Highway this afternoon"
X Link 2025-12-04T20:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Great photo showing the Riverton Hotel along the Lincoln Highway and the S. fork of the American River in El Dorado County. Fascinating how they built it out over the water. They advertised you could catch your fish from the hotel and have the cook fry 'em up for you. I'm surprised it didn't wash away during a big storm. The Riverton Hotel lasted until the late 1920s"
X Link 2025-12-05T16:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Not too far east of Riverton the Lincoln Highway (1914-1927) climbs up above the present-day Highway [--] and crosses this creek with a beautiful stone culvert from the 1910s. Wonderful rock masonry was often used to ford creeks and rivers in the American River Canyon between Riverton and Kyburz"
X Link 2025-12-05T20:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"This photo is from a few years ago along the Lincoln Highway/Highway [--] near Applegate Placer County. That's a railroad overpass from [----] down the road and I'm told that's a Model A Sedan from about [----]. The property has since been sold and the car has disappeared"
X Link 2025-12-10T19:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Monica has climbed down Johnson's Cutoff Trail at Echo Summit. This is about [--] yards further down than the last post picture. I wanted to give a sense of the steepness of some of these old trails. Yes you took your possessions and wagon pulled by oxen up this path. That's the Alpine Club building at Johnson's Pass at the top of the climb"
X Link 2025-12-11T16:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Just a forgotten trail that once hosted over [------] travelers headed to the gold of California in the 1850s. This is along the Mormon Emigrant Trail outside of Pollock Pines. It heads down to a place known as "Camp Creek" an essential stop for water and rest. While the pioneers liked traveling along the ridge tops for visibility they would often have to find water which frequently meant a side quest down from the ridges"
X Link 2026-01-02T17:47Z [----] followers, 13.1K engagements

"This spot is likely covered in snow today but this photo shows a warm summer day in Big Bend Placer County. Believe it or not that's the Lincoln Highway (1913-1927)passing between the building and the large rock at left. I find it so amazing that about [---] years ago this was the main route for transcontinental traffic headed into California. The road was rerouted away from here in [----] and this spot became a footnote in California History. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2007485902248145272 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2007485902248145272"
X Link 2026-01-03T16:15Z [----] followers, 57.4K engagements

"@awr762 Have yet to run into any active "grows" on our travels. We keep our eyes open for anything out of the ordinary"
X Link 2026-01-03T19:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Laxoversight You had to be able to fix anything that might pop up. Flat tires were a regular thing radiators that wouldn't hold water leaking oil etc. I have a list of the stuff the Lincoln Highway Association recommended before travelling. I'll see if I still have it"
X Link 2026-01-04T16:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@Tina848Laczko I love hearing about other states and their connection to the Great Highway. It really is something to imagine driving from San Francisco to New York and passing right through Caln PA"
X Link 2026-01-04T16:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@geoffreylock Livermore has the historic Duarte Garage Museum right on the Lincoln Highway"
X Link 2026-01-05T00:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Very cool photo showing one of the earliest ski hills in California Located at Cisco Grove Placer County. Back in the 1920s and 30s there really weren't any ski lifts in operation so downhill skiing wasn't a "thing". What you did was climb to the top of the hill ski down and jump Ski jumping was the thing and lots of people would be there watching you do it. Looking at the photo the building far below is the pioneering Auburn Ski Club building. It sits right about where Interstate [--] is today. This was before any ski resorts like Sugar Bowl had opened."
X Link 2026-01-05T16:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@CAlowdown Dang look at all those autos They must have had an easier time getting to the slope"
X Link 2026-01-05T17:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"A couple of skiers are having their pictures taken along the Lincoln Highway in Cisco Grove CA. c. 1920s. You can see how deep the snow was as the sign they are standing on is a Lincoln Highway sign about [--] feet tall. Interstate [--] would later be built behind them by about [---] yards. You can see the railroad snow tunnels on the mountain off in the distance. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2008237424024211783 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2008237424024211783"
X Link 2026-01-05T18:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Hans Schroll (center) with Walt Disney daughter Diane Disney and wife Lillian Disney at Sugar Bowl. Disney was an early investor in the pioneering Sugar Bowl Ski Resort contributing $2500 and becoming one of the initial shareholders. In recognition of this support Schroll renamed Hemlock Peak to Mount Disney (a name that remains to this day along with features such as the Disney Express lift and trails named after Donald Duck). Hans was known for his yodeling while racing down the hill. Disney had him record that yodel which Goofy used in the [----] animated cartoon The Art of Skiing."
X Link 2026-01-06T15:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The old Tobaggon Hill at Truckee CA. c. 1930s. The top of the Tobaggon Hill is where the Hilltop Motel sits today. Noticed the bridge over the river with the Tobaggon pull at the center. The train would let you off at the station which is right behind the photographer"
X Link 2026-01-06T16:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The view c. 1920s of the train station at Truckee with the toboggan hill in the background. A train has pulled in and the anxious winter carnival participants are unloading ready for fun"
X Link 2026-01-06T16:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@TacosGuac It does ring a bell. The oracle for this stuff is Norm Sayler at Donner Summit Historical Society. He would know"
X Link 2026-01-07T01:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Devilbrad Alta and Ductch Flat are a couple of places we travel through all the time on our way to the high country. Both are along the Lincoln Highway. Yes I do have photos of those spots"
X Link 2026-01-07T13:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"We're looking at the longest remaining concrete section of the transcontinental Lincoln Highway in California. This is the Clarksville grade located just outside of El Dorado Hills. The concrete was poured by prisoners from nearby Folsom Prison in [----]. The Highway [--] freeway was rerouted around this section in he 1950s. Now development is occurring all around and we're working to preserve this section. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2008898212074271007 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2008898212074271007"
X Link 2026-01-07T13:47Z [----] followers, 16.4K engagements

"A beautiful photograph of Cave Rock on the eastern shore of Lake Tahoe. What's cool is you can see the original road that went around the Rock at right. In the 1860s a wooden trestle bridge was built supported by stone buttresses and a rock retaining wall along the west side of the Rock extending over the lake. This precarious single-lane route became part of the Placerville/Lake Tahoe Wagon Road and later the famous Lincoln Highway (America's first transcontinental auto route established in 1913)"
X Link 2026-01-09T14:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Speaking of rocks this is Monks Rock located on the same trail "Placerville/Lake Tahoe Wagon Road" as Cave Rock This spot is located just east of Strawberry El Dorado County and as legend has it famous stage driver Hank Monk hit his head while going a bit too fast for the conditions. Here the same wagons we've seen at Slippery Ford stop at the famous landmark 1870s. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009709560827986018 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009709560827986018"
X Link 2026-01-09T19:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Monks Rock today along the old Placerville/Lake Tahoe Wagon Road just outside of Strawberry El Dorado County"
X Link 2026-01-09T19:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Hank Monks Stage is poised on Main Street Placerville. His biggest claim to fame came in [----] when he gave newspaper editor Horace Greeley a wild high-speed ride over the mountains from near Carson City/Genoa to Placerville so Greeley could make a speaking engagement. Greeley kept urging him to hurry then begged him to slow down as the coach flew along but Hank famously replied "Keep your seat Horace; I'll get you there on time" He did and the legend was born https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009714086356099304 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009714086356099304"
X Link 2026-01-09T19:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"This is why the Highway [--] boosters were crowing about their route being the best. In the late 1940s Highway [--] was improved from a dusty road to an expressway as seen here at the Bass Lake Grade near Clarksville outside El Dorado Hills. Look at that brand new pavement with the unbroken white line. Smooth driving up the hill. Today this stretch up the mountain is a 6-lane freeway. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010022120030646612 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010022120030646612"
X Link 2026-01-10T16:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"This is a section of US 50/Lincoln Highway near Pollock Pines c. 1930s. Between the 1920s and 1940s it was common practice in the wooded areas to paint the tree trunks white to make them reflective at night. Notice also how there are no lines in the roadway"
X Link 2026-01-11T15:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"This photo shows the El Camino Real near Burlingame c. 1920s. The eucalyptus were planted between [--------] by horticulturist John McLaren as a windbreak and beautification effort. Here we see the trees once again painted white for visibility"
X Link 2026-01-11T15:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"We try to check the condition of the Lincoln Highway posts whenever we pass by. This one in Placer County needed some touch-up so we turned it into a workday. This is a replica of a [----] post installed by the Boy Scouts and the Lincoln Highway Association at Big Bend Placer County. It really doesn't take much to keep these things looking fresh just someone willing to do it. If you're interested in helping preserve these historic posts or just want to see one up close we encourage you to visit the post on the old road across from the ranger station on Hampshire Rocks Road. Its an excuse for us"
X Link 2026-01-13T16:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The Lincoln Highway sign had gotten a bit beat up after a number of years at Echo Summit Lodge at Johnson's Pass. This was an easy though a bit more expensive fix than repainting the concrete post at Big Bend. We removed the old sign and replaced it with a bright sparkling new one. Be sure to check it out when passing by this historic spot https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011115144609468428 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011115144609468428"
X Link 2026-01-13T16:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"It wasn't that long ago that the Bay Area still had lots of open space. A fantastic early 1920s photo showing autos tooling along the Lincoln Highway (1913-1927) in Hayward CA. This road is now known as Foothill Blvd. and the surrounding areas are fully developed"
X Link 2026-01-14T16:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Good morning It always amazes me how tough our ancestors were. Imagine doing what this lady did. The building is next to the old Placerville City Hall. It's the mustard colored building on the right"
X Link 2026-01-15T13:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Amazing view of the serpentine character of The Ridge Route also known as the old "Grapevine" road. It is a historic highway in Southern California that played a key role in connecting Los Angeles to the San Joaquin Valley and to the north Bakersfield. Opened in [----] it was one of the earliest major state highway projects funded under California's [----] highway bonds. This was a state project unlike the Lincoln Highway (1913-1927) which crossed the country. The construction began around [----] using manual labor with picks shovels and mule-drawn equipment. It was paved with concrete between 1917"
X Link 2026-01-15T15:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@gmletts Southbound I-5 traces the path of the original Ridge Route which evolved into U.S. Route [--] in the 1920s before the full freeway replacement in the 1960s-1970s"
X Link 2026-01-15T16:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"This photo shows a portion of the Ridge Route that had been upgraded from the original c. 1920s. Notice the turnouts which were actually part of the road but were straightened out by engineers. Imagine driving this route at night and having to constantly weaveback and forth before powered steering This progress was made possible by steam shovels which were not around during the initial building of the highway which was done by hand and mule. The photographer's car sits by the side of the road below"
X Link 2026-01-15T16:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Joe126521 The Lincoln Highway was privately funded until the various states saw the potential with the new auto traffic"
X Link 2026-01-15T23:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@RebeccaAnCampos I remember driving through acres of fruit orchards when travelling down the Peninsula to visit family in San Jose"
X Link 2026-01-15T23:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Here an auto enters a deep cut in the hillside along the Ridge Route. Originally before the use of steam shovels the old road built in [----] twisted and wound its way along the mountain slopes. Later as steam shovels became more common workers made deeper cuts like this one. Sections of the original [----] road can still be found on either the left or right side of this and other cuts. Also the road is flat and not banked around the curves like modern roads. This was one reason the early route was so dangerous and filled with "deadman curves." Too much speed and a car could go off the edge."
X Link 2026-01-15T23:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@JJFilson @wilplatypus So in '42 the section pictured was abandoned I know there is a group of people up there trying to keep it from eroding"
X Link 2026-01-16T02:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@JJFilson Did you ever ride the section in the photo"
X Link 2026-01-16T02:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"A cool photo showing the Grapevine/ Ridge Route descending into the San Joaquin Valley. It seems once you leave the valley the twists and turns start quickly. When this road was built by the State of California in [----] it was constructed much like a wagon road would have been. No big machinery to make cuts in the hillside or tunnels. Just follow the contours of the mountains using mules manpower a cement mixer and a paving machine. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012185881898340491 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012185881898340491"
X Link 2026-01-16T15:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@letgoofmyfannie I did drive the Grapevine once way too fast and a Cadillac actually passed me. I don't drive like that anymore. 🤣"
X Link 2026-01-16T16:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@JJFilson @HiramPurkeypile True that I was thinking there were "some" private funds for the railroads while the highway was strictly state-funded or am I missing something"
X Link 2026-01-16T16:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"An old-school postcard showing the new improved Ridge Route. This particular three-lane version of the Ridge Route alternative (Highway 99) opened around [----] as part of improvements to handle growing car and truck traffic between Los Angeles and the San Joaquin Valley. It was straighter wider and more modern than the original 19151920s Ridge Route with its infamous [---] hairpin turns The road has three lanes because this was a deliberate design choice for the era. Two regular travel lanes (one in each direction) and a shared center passing lane often called a "suicide lane" due to the obvious"
X Link 2026-01-16T18:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@MericaCulture Germany seems tempted to turn California over to Japan. I wonder why the question mark"
X Link 2026-01-16T18:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Remembered by many who had driven this way between the 1930s and 1960s the photo captures a Greyhound bus powering up the old alternate Ridge Route Highway [--] towards the Grapevine [--] Service Station. This business sat at the bottom of the steep descent from the Tejon Pass into the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley right where the highway emerged from Grapevine Canyon. It's hard to describe but if you look at the photo you can almost feel the scene and find yourself transported back in time to this spot. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012286489858642145"
X Link 2026-01-16T22:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"This is Marshall's Cabin where he lived when he discovered gold at Coloma. It's something to visit a place with so much history and walk where Old Man Marshall did"
X Link 2026-01-18T00:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I tried to take today's photo of Coloma from the same spot as the earlier photo I posted. The little house on the left is still there. The cow however was not"
X Link 2026-01-18T00:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"A reminder that before the late 1930s you couldn't travel over the Sierra in California as Cal Trans didn't have any snow removal equipment The state would close the "control gates" at Baxters and that was that until the spring thaw. Amazing"
X Link 2026-01-18T18:32Z [----] followers, 71K engagements

"@StevenGreenhut Been there Jackson is often a final destination when we take day trips from the Placerville area through Amador City and Sutter Creek. Huge cemetery to wander through. The back roads off Highway [--] from Drytown to Sutter Creek offer a classic one-lane country road feel"
X Link 2026-01-18T21:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Good Morning Here is a crisp clear photo from the mid 1850s showing some surveyors and a family in El Dorado County. Looks like a pretty new home in the background with a water flume passing overhead. These flumes traversed the entire county with water mostly used for mining. As times changed the flumes began carrying agricultural and drinking water. We actually get irrigation water at our place that comes from a Chinese-built water flume still in use today Wish I could ID the exact location. "Water flume and surveyors El Dorado County California." Circa [----]. Nelson Atkins Museum of Art."
X Link 2026-01-19T16:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@CarolWalshReal1 I didn't know they were still running them through the Santa Cruz Mountains. As long as they are kept wet I guess they could last a long time. We did have some large wooden ditches that were destroyed in a big storm and they replaced them with some fiberglass-type material"
X Link 2026-01-20T13:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@FrankMarco44337 @joelgarry Just a little side quest. 🤣"
X Link 2026-01-20T13:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@BAERA_WRM It reached [--] mph"
X Link 2026-01-20T14:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Before the snow sheds were built between Blue Canyon and Donner Summit the Central Pacific Railroad attempted to plow the tracks using this massive machine. The problem was that the snow wasn't pushed to the sides as much as it just built up to the point where the engine lost any forward momentum. This was one of the main reasons for building [--] miles of snow tunnels where plowing wouldn't be needed. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013638996983980410 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013638996983980410"
X Link 2026-01-20T15:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Check out this assemblage of machinery The Central Pacific snow plow was being pushed by what I counted as eight steam engines 1880s. Despite its impressive appearance the plow couldn't keep up with the legendary snowfall in the Sierra"
X Link 2026-01-20T15:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Eventually the railroad would use rotary plows to clear the snow from the tracks. This worked better than the old bucket snow plows the railroad started with. Here we see a railroad crew standing next to one of the machines c.1900s. This is at Blue Canyon where the snow sheds began the climb up and over Donner Summit. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013664570229834108 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013664570229834108"
X Link 2026-01-20T17:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@SFCCM Isn't this the "cab-forward" engine you mentioned before"
X Link 2026-01-21T13:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The stranded City of San Francisco train at Yuba Pass CA. Conditions inside were tough with freezing temperatures limited food and concerns about carbon monoxide from idling engines as the train was essentially entombed in snow. The rescue involved heroic efforts by Southern Pacific Railroad crews hundreds of workers/volunteers Army equipment such as tracked "weasels" and even clearing nearby U.S. Route [--] ( now I-80) to reach the site. Rotary snowplows and other machinery got stuck too but eventually people were led out on foot to waiting vehicles and taken to safety at the Nyack Lodge."
X Link 2026-01-21T15:03Z [----] followers, 11.9K engagements

"@coolgreydawn @BuffaloByGodDan Ouch Not good for kids to climb"
X Link 2026-01-21T15:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"This is what the interior of the railroad snow sheds looked like in [----] at thetown of Cisco CA. The sheds helped keep snow off the tracks from Blue Canyon to just past Donner Summit a distance of about [--] miles. As a passenger of the railroad you would have rolled up your window to keep the smoke from the engine up in front from blowing into the car. No scenery of the most spectacular railroad pass in the world just the dark gloomy insides of these tunnels. Amazing work mostly all done by hand. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014048960940581278"
X Link 2026-01-21T18:54Z [----] followers, 14K engagements

"Passengers aboard a Central Pacific Railcar have just exited the [--] miles of snow tunnels over Donner Pass and are now in Blue Canyon c. [----]. This is a great photo as everyone has put their windows down since this would be the first time they could do so without the engine smoke blowing in. Looks like everyone is happy to be breathing some fresh air https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014081568042787300 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014081568042787300"
X Link 2026-01-21T21:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Looks like the snow won this round with a group of engines somewhere near Donner Summit c.1890s. The second engine has completely come off the tracks. It's times like this when the railroad brought in the local workforce to clear enough snow so a crane could be tracked on down the line to put the engine back on the tracks. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014112696900468970 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014112696900468970"
X Link 2026-01-21T23:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@SFCCM @lippyent You really should have been a stand-up comedian.😂"
X Link 2026-01-21T23:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Good Thursday morning There was a time when roadside stops dominated the highway landscape. People tended to stop more frequently to fuel up use services and get some food. Here is the "Florida Inn" an odd name for a business located on the Lincoln Highway in Sylvan Corners Sacramento CA. 1930s. They actually had steak chops and chicken dinners for [--] cents. On some Sundays as many as [---] chickens were served That's nothing to cluck at. Like most roadside stops of the time dancing was also advertised. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014372227907789072"
X Link 2026-01-22T16:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@noirgal17 Man I had forgotten all about that show. So modern with the IBM cards"
X Link 2026-01-22T17:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@JJFilson Indeed A premiere roadside stop"
X Link 2026-01-22T22:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@SFCCM If I do eat pols I prefer them well done"
X Link 2026-01-22T23:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@DanDierdorf1 @4kitties1234 Just drove by the old place a few months ago. It was always a stop for my parents as we left the Bay Area for the valley"
X Link 2026-01-22T23:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@JJFilson The adventure use to be the trip to the destination. Now it seems the destination is all that matters and the faster you get to it the better"
X Link 2026-01-22T23:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Here is the same early 1900s photo of the Lincoln Highway entering Carson City NV. The Capitol Building is off in the distance. I've colorized this photo. At first I was doubtful about colorizing these old photos but I am starting to come around to the end result. Seems to add some life to the photo. What do you think of the trend of colorizing old black-and-white photos https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014709857283166581 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014709857283166581"
X Link 2026-01-23T14:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"This gentleman has driven his Model T up the Lincoln Highway at Donner Pass c. early 1920s. The route over the mountains at this early date was mostly dirt as seen in the photo. Both of these are colorized versions of the original Black and White. I realize that deciding what color the car should be requires researching which colors were available for Model Ts at that time. According to Grok "the photo is likely colorized (as many historical society images are for modern appeal) with the green paint being a typical period or restoration choice for Model Ts (they originally came in dark greens"
X Link 2026-01-23T15:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Boehnersbarset The Lincoln Highway went over Donner. I know his spot"
X Link 2026-01-24T13:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Places that don't exist anymore. Hallelujah Junction Lassen County Ca. Orville Stoy established a homestead and gas station here. There was even a Hallelujah International Airport" on an abandoned stretch of Highway [--]. " It met its demise when the State of California purchased Hallelujah Junction in [----] and levelled it to construct the four-lane freeway. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015081533921726569 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015081533921726569"
X Link 2026-01-24T15:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@EFTwithHeather I love visiting the east side of the Sierra. The desert hold so many mysteries. Have yet to take the old Lincoln Highway over across Spooner Summit. Maybe this summer"
X Link 2026-01-24T19:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@trefology I'll keep my eyes open for it. We live near Georgetown Jeepers country"
X Link 2026-01-24T19:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@JJFilson I knew music had been written but I didn't know it was classical"
X Link 2026-01-24T23:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@JJFilson It seems a rugged landscape. Quite beautiful"
X Link 2026-01-25T00:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@wohlicious The town is bigger than I thought. Beutiful tree lined Main Street"
X Link 2026-01-26T14:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Like Cucamonga Timbuctoo was a name that signified a place that is "way out there". In [----] Timbuctoo like most Gold Rush towns built itself from the wealth generated by gold panning. It is located on a bluff above the Yuba River close to the gold-bearing sand bars but high enough to avoid flooding. Once the easy gold was panned out they moved on to hydraulic mining of the bluffs around [----]. It's through this method of extraction that Timbuctoo gained its fabulous wealth. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015840792779358305 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015840792779358305"
X Link 2026-01-26T17:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Hydraulic mining is taking place on the bluffs near Timbuctoo CA c. 1860s. The pressure from the water pushes the hillside into flumes where the gold can then be extracted. It was a great way to get the gold but a disaster for the landscape as a whole hillsides would be washed away"
X Link 2026-01-26T17:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"California towns with unusual names. Rough & Ready Nevada County was founded by a group of Wisconsin miners who formed a mining company led by Captain Absalom Austin Townsend. Townsend had served under General Zachary Taylor during the Mexican-American War (18461848). Taylor a celebrated military leader was popularly nicknamed "Old Rough and Ready." So why not name the town after the General In [----] the town briefly seceded from the United States to form the short-lived "Great Republic of Rough and Ready" due to frustrations with mining taxes and a lack of local law enforcement. Oh and that"
X Link 2026-02-12T16:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"It's decision time on the Oregon Trail You're at the classic fork known as the "Parting of the Ways." The left fork led toward Fort Bridger offering better access to water grass for livestock and routes to California or Utah. The right fork was the Greenwood Cutoff a riskier shortcut that saved roughly [--] miles and [--] days but required a brutal 50-mile stretch across the arid Little Colorado Desert with almost no water or grass. Here you said goodbye to others you have travelled and shared so much with. Diaries and accounts describe tearful goodbyes exchanges of mementos like friendship"
X Link 2026-02-13T13:59Z [----] followers, 361.2K engagements

"@blythesylph Got to get to Rite Aid for this dysentery. 🤣"
X Link 2026-02-13T19:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Did you know that the Lincoln Highway (1913-1926) was the first highway to go "coast-to-coast" Starting in Times Square New York it ends (terminus) at Lincoln Park near the Palace of the Legion of Honor San Francisco. The original western terminus marker of the highway was located at the north end of the plaza. Today a replica of the western terminus marker and an interpretive plaque are located at the southeast corner of the plaza next to the bus stop. The replica marker pictured was placed in [----] by the current Lincoln Highway Association."
X Link 2025-10-05T14:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Sacramento once had a proper "shipping scene". Riverboats plied the Sacramento River hauling people and goods. In the background is the "I" Street Bridge which still stands today"
X Link 2025-10-19T16:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"A fantastic shot of a couple of automobiles headed down into the auto subway under the Southern Pacific tracks next to the China Wall at Donner Summit. The snow looks dirty because the very same people who hand-dug the snow would bring ash and coal dust to sprinkle on it in an attempt to help it melt faster. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2007889768831394042 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2007889768831394042"
X Link 2026-01-04T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Just a few hundred yards down the Lincoln Highway at Twin Bridges sits the site of the Slipper Ford House. Here a couple of teams of horses have stopped while headed east to the Silver Mines of Nevada [----]. It was located at the base of Lovers Leap east of Strawberry and functioned as part of the evolving wagon roads and toll routes including the Swan-Henry Toll Road. The house provided shelter and food for stagecoach passengers pioneers and later Pony Express riders navigating the challenging terrain of Johnson's Pass and Pyramid Creek. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009286925480604107"
X Link 2026-01-08T15:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@SFCCM I didn't know about the property boundary aspect"
X Link 2026-01-12T15:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"I can't wait to get back into the high country once the snows melt. Monica is walking on the old Placerville/Lake Tahoe Wagon Road and later the Lincoln Highway. The route was pioneered around [----] by John Calhoun Johnson as Johnson's Cut-off improving on earlier emigrant paths to create a viable wagon route from Placerville to the Tahoe area and Carson Valley. Below Monica sits today's Highway [--] which during its construction severed this section of the trail. The road really does end just a few more steps. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010746144440328429"
X Link 2026-01-12T16:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@CowboyGospeler The old stomping grounds well actually Half Moon Bay but Pescadero was the place where you could light big bonfires"
X Link 2026-01-20T14:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Good Tuesday morning We drove up to Strawberry off Highway [--] yesterday and on the way stopped to take a photo of Kyburz. That's Sugarloaf rock off in the background. The Kyburz Hotel on the right is long gone. About the time the black and white photo was taken c. [----] Dwight Eisenhower and the Army Convoy stayed the night here during their cross-country odyssey on the Lincoln Highway"
X Link 2026-01-20T15:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@ThomasWayneRil1 I wonder how tasty the meat was from a mastodon If I lived in New Mexico I would vote for you just to experience this"
X Link 2026-01-22T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Imagine a time when the transcontinental highway was a dirt road passing the Capitol. The Lincoln Highway Carson City Nevada. Off in the distance we can see the Capitol Building. We are looking east in this early 1900s photo. Behind us the road climbs up to Spooner Summit and down to Lake Tahoe. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014708096938209281 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014708096938209281"
X Link 2026-01-23T14:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""The Loneliest Place in California." After we left Hallelujah Junction yesterday I got lost in the Eastman photos of the northeastern section of the state and ended up here at Ft Bidwell CA. Situated in Surprise Valley near the borders with Oregon (to the north) and Nevada (to the east) it's where California meets those two states. There are [---] residents per the [----] census; more recent estimates (around 2023) put it at about [---]. This photo dates to the late 1930s or early 1940s. There were likely more residents then than now. That's a Buick Station at the left and I think we see an old"
X Link 2026-01-25T14:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"As the town grew it built a theater seating [---] people a bank a bakery hotels and even an ice-skating rink The wealth continued to flow until [----] when downstream farmers sued to end all hydraulic mining in the state. Hydraulic mining caused massive amounts of sediment to move downstream resulting in flooding and the loss of agricultural land. The District Court in San Francisco agreed and ordered the shutdown of all hydraulic mining. Timbuctoo was doomed A rare photo showing Timbucktoo in [----] and today's view with Monica at the same spot. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015846047684427826"
X Link 2026-01-26T17:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"A group of motorists has stopped on the Weber Creek Bridge on the Lincoln Highway in Placerville CA. c. [----]. They were on their way to a revival in Placerville and decided to have the photograph taken on the new bridge. The Lincoln Highway was created in [----] and no construction on it was completed at that time. The route simply used existing roads. This photo is two years after the [----] dedication so the county of El Dorado decided to build a new bridge to handle the increased traffic from the Transcontinental Highway. This is a historic bridge still in use so we in the California Lincoln"
X Link 2026-01-27T16:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"El Dorado County places these historic signs bridge signs in various places around the county. Here we took the Historic Lincoln Highway sign and added it to the county sign with their permission These signs minus the "historic" guided motorists across the country during the 1913-1927 era. My goal as the signage coordinator for the Association is to mark the entire route of the California Lincoln Highway with these signs. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016185743761444952 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016185743761444952"
X Link 2026-01-27T16:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The [----] Weber Creek Bridge Placerville CA. looking north. With the county's permission Monica and I painted the Lincoln Highway logo at each end of the bridge. This is historically correct as the red white and blue logo was painted on telegraph poles bridge sidings and anywhere motorists could see it and know they were on the right track. This is how the bridge looks toady. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016186828676813199 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016186828676813199"
X Link 2026-01-27T16:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@varifrank A quest"
X Link 2026-01-27T16:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"We had painted the logos on the Weber Creek Bridge (1914) earlier when it wasn't raining. Came back in the rain because putting the sign up doesn't require dry weather. Monica is doing the lion's share of the work while I photograph. So our work is done. There are two Lincoln Highway (1913-1927) logos on the bridge and one sign. A little history lesson for those who travel this way. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016192626362614004 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016192626362614004"
X Link 2026-01-27T16:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I've seen lots of photos of dredgers at work in California but this one caught my attention because I had never heard of the town of Hammonton CA. Turns out Hammonton is the town that dug itself up looking for gold not once but twice. According to data compiled prior to [----] Hammonton California was ranked tenth for US gold production (by district). Through [----] approximately [-------] ounces of gold were mined here primarily by massive gold dredges like the one seen here. https://t.co/RMSAF923HI According to data compiled prior to [----] Hammonton California was ranked tenth for US gold"
X Link 2026-01-28T15:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@SFCCM Now that's some horsepower"
X Link 2026-01-28T23:32Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@JJFilson Amazing machines that left their mark"
X Link 2026-01-28T23:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@USRoute41 With gold at its current price I expect to see more people panning and perhaps an old mine or two reopen though environmental reviews would likely slow that down"
X Link 2026-01-29T13:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@SFCCM I wonder did they add more horses for the big pull or was this team enough"
X Link 2026-01-29T13:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"That's not what you think The photo captures the optimistic kitschy postwar roadside era perfectly with classic cars the open highway and bold advertising (Be Happy. drink Lyons). We are at Motel Row in W. Sacramento Highway [--] and the Capitol Inn and Motel in the distance. It cost about $400000 to construct and featured [---] units making it one of the bigger roadside stops in the area. It included amenities such as palm trees swimming pools and tennis courts across its roughly 17-acre property. Motel Row declined after Interstate [--] bypassed it in the 1960s. The Capitol Inn was torn down soon"
X Link 2026-01-29T15:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@SFCCM Thanks You're a wealth of San Francisco ephemera"
X Link 2026-01-29T17:32Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Highway [--] was the original north-south freeway in California eventually replaced by Interstate [--]. It ran approximately [----] miles from Calexico California through California Oregon and Washington to Blaine Washington (at the Canadian border). Here we have a fantastic view of Mt. Shasta taken in [----] just outside Weed CA. Today this section of old Highway [--] is known as Edgewood Road"
X Link 2026-01-30T14:42Z [----] followers, 11.9K engagements

"A great photo showing Syskiou Pass the northernmost part of Highway [--] in California c. [----]. Looks like the men are Shriners by the fez they are wearing. The car sports a COOS BAY plate indicating these folks have come from Oregon south to the state line. Before Interstate [--] was built in the 1960s Highway [--] was the main north-south route through California"
X Link 2026-01-30T15:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"This [----] photo shows Highway [--] just outside Fresno CA. It's a great example of the middle passing lane used early in road construction. The sign at the right says "MIDDLE LANE FOR PASSING ONLY". Here we see a car using the lane to pass and watching out for oncoming vehicles. This passing lane soon became known as "The Suicide Lane". It's actually amazing that road engineers thought this was a good idea. I'm not sure what the rules were when an oncoming car is in the same lane. Crazy https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017267186059075932 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017267186059075932"
X Link 2026-01-30T16:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"One last stop on Highway [--] takes us to the Shasta Service Station and Grocery Store in Chico CA c. 1940s. Back then men in white uniforms topped off the fuel and checked under the hood for you. It gets pretty hot in Chico during the summer so head under that canopy and get a nice ice-cold Coca-Cola. Not going to rent a cabin today just heading back out onto old Route [--]. See you tomorrow. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017401887436476796 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017401887436476796"
X Link 2026-01-31T00:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"A foggy day on the old Lincoln Highway (1913-1927) Clarksville CA. This is the beginning of the Clarsville Grade which will rapidly descend into the Sacramento Valley. This section of 8" concrete was poured in [----] and you can still see the solid center line painted about [---] years ago. Along the sides of the concrete you can see asphalt edging that extends the width of the road for larger and faster vehicles likely installed in the 1920s. That's likely when the center line was painted. The Lincoln Highway logo was painted by Monica and me a few years ago."
X Link 2026-01-31T15:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The site of Frenchman Station NV. along theLincoln Highway/Highway [--] the loneliest stretch of road in America. Just a dirt turnout is all that's left. The blue line on the map indicates an original alignment of the Lincoln Highway while the green line is a later rerouting of that road. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017656743099306339 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017656743099306339"
X Link 2026-01-31T17:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@41Adanac The local group tries. https://www.edhhistory.org/ https://www.edhhistory.org/"
X Link 2026-01-31T17:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@MichelleyDLC Indeed I was one of those attendants a long time ago 1980s. No white uniform though"
X Link 2026-01-31T18:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@SFCCM I'm not a fan of the "fru-fru" drinks either. It's nice to know your mom could enjoy her drink properly"
X Link 2026-01-31T18:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The beginning and the end. Where does the Lincoln Highway (1913-1927) start In New York City at the intersection of Broadway and 42nd Street in Times Square. I drew a small red arrow pointing towards the Lincoln Highway sign at the center-right. We are facing west and if we go [----] miles passing through [--] states we end up at the Western Terminus at The Palace of the Legion of Honor Lincoln Park San Francisco Ca. The marker on the right is a replica of an original [----] post that our California Lincoln Highway Association Chapter created and placed here."
X Link 2026-01-31T18:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The Lincoln Highway (1913-1927) Verdi NV. We were just east of Verdi when we came upon this ford on the old Highway just [---] yards off the Truckee River. Was this a water crossing back then or is the water a feature since the highway was routed away from here I don't know. You can see it on our map. The blue line is the Lincoln Highway. This is just a sample of the obstacles someone traveling on Nevada's Lincoln Highway would have encountered [---] years ago"
X Link 2026-01-31T23:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"This is the Lincoln Highway (1913-1927) bridge crossing the Truckee River just past the ford (river or creek crossing) in the last post. I like to imagine what a wonderful amazing and sometimes scary scene this would be for a traveler from the eastern US heading west at the dawn of transcontinental auto travel. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017738931631268062 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017738931631268062"
X Link 2026-01-31T23:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Boehnersbarset So the ford was there during the Lincoln Highway era. Thanks"
X Link 2026-02-01T13:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"On the left is the eastern terminus marker for the Lincoln Highway (1913-1927) in Times Square New York. On the right is the marker at Lincoln Park San Francisco. The question of which is the beginning really depends on which way you're travelling from west to east or from east to west. Back in [----] however the West was still a "new and exciting place". If you think about it there were people alive on the Lincoln Highway who remembered the Gold Rush of the 1850s just one generation. The bronze plaque below the post was attached to a flagpole at Lincoln Park in [----] which says "END OF THE"
X Link 2026-02-01T14:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"A view of the Truckee River from the metal Lincoln Highway (1913-1927) bridge east of Verdi NV. That's a railroad bridge off in the distance"
X Link 2026-02-01T18:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@dooble_bopp Likely with Union Pacific and a water company or two"
X Link 2026-02-01T18:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Found this [----] photo of Frenchman Station on the Lincoln Highway Nevada. The people in the car are Lincoln Highway Association representatives checking on their route"
X Link 2026-02-01T21:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@WisDgain323 Their motto: "A Good Road from Plymouth Rock to Puget Sound""
X Link 2026-02-02T14:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"I blew up the last photo [----] so we could see what was printed on the sign above the "L" on the Lincoln Highway. I think it says "Take this road." Sure glad someone took the time to make this sign. That was why the red white and blue Lincoln Highway signs were necessary. Easier to spot and follow the homemade sign we see here. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018355876520943888 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018355876520943888"
X Link 2026-02-02T16:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Check out this historic Lincoln Highway (1913-1924) bridge/culvert that was built in [----] one year after the Lincoln Highway was created. Washoe County authorities were so pleased to have the highway run through their town so they created this crossing to celebrate. As the highway was rerouted away from this spot over the years the old bridge sat forlornly ready to fade away. But there is more to the story. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018692095121539080 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018692095121539080"
X Link 2026-02-03T14:24Z [----] followers, 10K engagements

"Monica stands on the now-saved sides of the Lincoln Highway bridge. The Department of Nevada Public Works relocated the old bridge sections to preserve them. Members of the California and Nevada Lincoln Highway Association restored some damage to the historic railing and repainted the Lincoln Highway logos on the end. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018693275692192111 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018693275692192111"
X Link 2026-02-03T14:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The historic Lincoln Highway (1913-1927) bridge railings are now displayed at a scenic pullout/rest area/on the eastbound side of Interstate [--] near mile marker [--] (Exit [--] Mogul area) close to Verdi Nevada just west of Reno. This places them closer to the I-80 freeway making them easier for travelers to see and appreciate as a historical marker. If you're ever driving I-80 through that area it's worth a quick stop to see it in personit's one of the coolest surviving pieces of Lincoln Highway history in Nevada https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018694554652909885"
X Link 2026-02-03T14:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Taking the Lincoln Highway from Placerville to Lake Tahoe [----]. This is an original hand-tinted photograph showing the photographer's wagon headed up the mountains to Lake Tahoe. At this date you were as likely to see a horse and wagon as you were to see another auto. Today this road is known as Highway 50"
X Link 2026-02-04T15:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@ArtWong128 Not this trip😂"
X Link 2026-02-04T19:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@ArtWong128 @SFCCM The drive is so long for us I can't remember being there. Someday"
X Link 2026-02-04T23:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@SFCCM @LisaM1449169 The Electric Scintillator I'm afraid to ask what it did"
X Link 2026-02-04T23:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The year is [----] thirteen years before the first coast-to-coast road The Lincoln Highway (1913-1927) was created. George Wyman has decided to cross the country on his motorcycle which is more like the motorized bikes we see today. He left Lotta's Fountain in San Francisco and headed to New York. Wyman frequently had to push pull carry or pedal the bike when the engine failed or the terrain was impassable. In the Nevada desert he often rode along railroad tracks. He covered approximately [----] miles and arrived in New York City on July [--] [----] after [--] days. George Wyman the first person to"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@SFCCM @LisaM1449169 [--] years. Holy cow"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@SFCCM @LisaM1449169 Wow it really must have been something to remember it so fondly years later"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@EchoesofWarYT @CowboyGospeler Would love to see the old one-star flag in person. The original Bear Flag made in [----] was saved but burned in the [----] San Francisco earthquake and fire"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@CAlowdown In Bakersfield Weren't they originally released somewhere up in northeastern California"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"All that's left of the Boca CA. school is the flagpole. Boca started as a construction camp ("Camp 17") during the building of the Transcontinental Railroad in the late 1860s. In the 1870s it boomed due to extremely cold winters and became the center of a massive ice harvesting operation. Today is essentially a ghost town"
X Link 2026-02-06T15:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"A lone grave sits on the dry hillside of the frontier town of Boca CA. The name "Boca" comes from Spanish for "mouth" because it's located at the mouth of the Little Truckee River now dammed by the Boca Reservoir"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"A few posts back we highlighted a bridge outside of Reno NV with the words "Lincoln Highway" on the railings. There was only one other bridge that I know of along the highway that had this type of design and it's in Tama Iowa. The [----] photo shows that the bridge is rather intact. I heard that it's in disrepair and that efforts are underway to preserve it. The bridge beams with civic pride excited that a new transcontinental road is passing through. Prosperity would come with the new American autoist on the Lincoln Highway (1913-1927). https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019855424531624133"
X Link 2026-02-06T19:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@emcdonald317 Glad you're enjoying the adventure. I like being outdoors and history so hiking these old trails is a natural. Happy Trails"
X Link 2026-02-06T19:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"While the Lincoln Highway often followed older roads in this case the road was built on an old railroad right-of-way in Orangevale CA. The feature was known as the "Lincoln Cut." The car is headed west towards San Francisco"
X Link 2026-02-07T14:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Slippery Ford grade was a steep section of the old Pioneer Trail. It was well known to travellers as a very steep and dangerous section of road. The photo at right shows teamsters hauling their wagons up the grade likely headed to the silver rush in Nevada c.1860s. The Lincoln Highway was created in [----] and this section was included in the new highway. The photo at left shows a lone car making its way up the grade. In about five or so miles they will reach Johnson's Pass at Echo Summit. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020158337648906698 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020158337648906698"
X Link 2026-02-07T15:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@bryan_onymous It's great Predates the Lincoln Highway built in [----] I believe. Was part of the Placerville/Lake Tahoe Wagon Road then the Lincoln Highway 1913"
X Link 2026-02-07T16:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

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