Our summer chapter meeting is on July 9 at the Old 40 Bar and Grill at Donner Ski Ranch. The grill is an excellent venue, as right outside the door is California’s most historic square mile. The Donner Ski Ranch is a landmark as one of California’s earliest ski resorts, and Sugar Bowl is another pioneer ski resort just down the road.
Our October chapter meeting will be held at another historic summit, at the California Alpine Club’s Echo Summit Lodge. You don’t want to miss this meeting, as we will be able to view the inside of the building, which is situated on a sheer cliff looking down upon Lake Tahoe. The building was originally a Forest Service lookout for visitors traveling the southern route of the Lincoln Highway through California. The building was then leased to Theodore Clemens Wohlbrück (1879–1936), known as “T.C.” Wohlbrück, who enlarged the building for what he called a “canteen” service station. The building today still includes some of T.C.’s handmade furniture. The color photo shows the lodge as it is today. It still has a Lincoln Highway sign!
In the past we posted the minutes of our last meeting in this newsletter. Our webmaster, Jimmy Lin, has now posted all the minutes of our past meetings on the website at www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/ca/meetings/. We will leave a link in the newsletter for you to follow if you wish.
The National Lincoln Highway Conference for 2023 will be in our state! Our committee is starting the preparation by choosing a hotel near Folsom. We are currently working with the Lake Natoma Inn, which would be a great location along the Lincoln Highway and near Folsom’s historic district. If you are interested in helping prepare for the conference, contact Joel or me.
I’ve contacted the family of our former editor, Gary Kinst, to seek their permission to help get Gary’s book about the Lincoln Highway in California published. It was a dream of Gary’s, and we would like to see it come to fruition. I have a contact at Arcadia Publishing, so we are moving ahead, albeit a bit slowly. Some of you have donated money to see the book published, and I’ll keep you abreast of developments.