Lincoln Highway Monument

Be sure to click on a
picture to view larger.

On a trip to Laramie, we stopped at this memorial.  The name Lincoln Highway has all but been forgotten. It was an informative stop, leading to some investigation on my part.  Thus, the link to "Road Trips America web site"
 http://www.roadtripamerica.com/

The highway is now deemed an interstate.  (80) From one side of the US to the other. Part of the list of interstates from 90 to 10.
Sad that history gets lost in the unstoppable progress of people moving.
Sort of the way Route 66 was lost.  I remember driving parts of 66 as far as Albuquerque, NM in the late 50's.
Now, it is a destination for seeing the "olden days travel..."

Back to the memorial visit. Pictures will remind me later on of the stop with my niece, who drove me to Laramie to see what we could see. Maybe even splurge on a sinfully delicious chocolate dessert.

 This is a memorial to the creator of the
odd statue.
Quite a story. The head was created in
Mexico and transported to this spot.
There is a picture inside the visitor's
center of Henry B Jay standing on a
platform in front of the head and
looks cold, cold.




 https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/lincoln.cfm

 

This caught our eye as we parked . Words fail me to describe.

We did make it to Laramie.
I should have gotten a picture of
the sinfully decadent chocolate
treat. Yum

Several ideas come to mind...nah...It is quite large and gets your attention.

Art Museum, odd structure , inside and out