History Center Presents Lecture on the Lincoln Highway

Come to the History Center on Sunday, March 1 at 2 p.m. for a special presentation "The Lincoln Highway Across Indiana."

In 1912, Carl Fisher, of Indianapolis Motor Speedway fame, gathered automotive leaders at the Athenaeum (The Rathskeller) in Indianapolis to garner their support for the nation's first coast-to-coast auto highway. That road would become America's Main Street - or the Lincoln Highway - and served as the nation's first memorial to Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln Highway ran from New York to San Francisco, and through Allen County and downtown Fort Wayne.

This free lecture is part of the George R. Mather Sunday Lecture Series, and is presented by Jan Shupert-Arick of Arts United, past director of the Lincoln Highway Association. For more information visit fwhistorycenter.com.