The Lincoln Highway Association was created in 1913 under the leadership of Henry Joy to link local roads to make a continuous route linking both coasts of the United States. On August 30, 1915, the Lincoln Highway segment running through Hall County, Nebraska was dedicated just outside the city of Grand Island. Local residents were very supportive of the effort to connect the East Coast and the West Coast, and subscriptions were quickly sold to fund the "Seedling Mile," or first mile to be dedicated in the area. Photographs show the dedication, early automobiles, and later scenes taken along the highway in Nebraska. Included in this collection is a portion of a journal kept by Bayard H. Paine on his travels that included driving the Lincoln Highway from Truckee, California to Grand Island, Nebraska in 1915.