The Lincoln Highway (now U.S. 30) entered Ogallala at East 4th Street and exited on West 5th Street near the fairground. Early coast-to-coast travelers often stopped at campgrounds established for the auto adventurers. In the summer of 1919 Lieutenant Colonel Dwight D. Eisenhower led an eighty-one-vehicle military convoy through Ogallala on the Lincoln Highway. The trip promoted the importance of Interstate travel by the military, and helped popularize the route for thousands of civilians who followed.
| HM Number | HMY9X |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Lincoln Highway series |
| Tags | |
| Marker Number | 8 |
| Placed By | Ogallala/Keith County Chamber of Commerce |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, September 22nd, 2014 at 9:58pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 14T E 271657 N 4556149 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 41.12455000, -101.72006667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 41° 7.473', W 101° 43.204' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 41° 7' 28.38" N, 101° 43' 12.24" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 308 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 100-198 Lincoln Highway, Ogallala NE 69153, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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