Travel along I-80 through eastern Wyoming, between Laramie and Cheyenne, and you can't help but notice a huge bronze bust of Abraham Lincoln on the north side of the freeway. In this video I provide the history behind the Lincoln bust and the original 3,000-mile monument to Lincoln that it symbolizes. The Lincoln Highway, long-since replaced by I-80, is the original transcontinental highway, and it has a huge place in Wyoming's history.
For a fascinating look at the history of the Lincoln Highway in Wyoming, watch this hour-long PBS documentary, "100 Years on the Lincoln Highway":
• 100 Years on the Linco...
Additional information about the Lincoln Highway in Wyoming can be found at this site:
www.wyohistory...
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