Lincoln Highway
Jeff Morrison
1/12/03

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The Lincoln lives on at this cafe in Belle Plaine along the route, now old Iowa 131, a couple blocks east of where 21 goes south and about half a mile east of the Preston station. (Jeff Morrison) 		02preston1.jpg
Old gas pumps stand sentry outside the George Preston service station in Belle Plaine, Nov. 29, 2002. The station moved to this location after a very early reroute of the Lincoln Highway. From here the Lincoln went into Chelsea. (Jeff Morrison/Final) 		03preston2.jpg
Ronald Preston, son of George, stands outside his father's station Nov. 29, 2002. Ronald said between 200,000 and half a million pictures have been taken of this station, its outer walls covered with old gas station and other signs. (J. Morrison/Final)
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The George Preston service station stands as a sentry of the past, Nov. 29, 2002. Today 1.3 miles of the Lincoln Highway from downtown Belle Plaine to its west edge is part of Iowa 21. US 30 bypassed Belle Plaine in 1937. (J. Morrison/Final) 		05preston4.jpg
The back of the Preston station is as full of signs as the more famous front, Nov. 29, 2002. (Jeff Morrison) 		06chelsea.jpg
Chelsea emphasizes its Czech heritage and place on the Lincoln Highway in this welcome sign on V18. The original Lincoln came in to Chelsea; US 30, then IA 212, and now E66 bypass it to the northeast. (Jeff Morrison)
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Patrons at the King Tower cafe in Tama eat below an aerial photo of the cafe, Nov. 29, 2002. The photo was taken within a few years after the cafe opened in 1937. Back then there were also cabins and a gas station. (Jeff Morrison/Final) 		08tower2.jpg
The noon hour at the King Tower Cafe in Tama is as busy on Nov. 29, 2002, as when it opened in October 1937, the same week the bypass of Belle Plaine did. Although US 30 by then, it was still referred to as the Lincoln Highway. (Jeff Morrison/Final) 		09bridge1.jpg
Vehicles drive across the Lincoln Highway bridge in Tama on Nov. 27, 2002. The bridge was built in 1915, two years after the Lincoln was dedicated, and restored in 1987. The bridge is the only one of its kind on the entire route. (J. Morrison/Final)