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CELEBRATING LINCOLN BOULEVARD

October 2012


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BY JODY JONES,SPECIAL TO THE NEWS MESSENGER

It almost seemed like yester-day when Lincoln was a small

town in South Placer Countywith 4,100 residents, gasolinesold for $1.25 a gallon and Cal-trans District 3s AdvancedPlanning Group started layingfoundation for the now openHighway 65 Lincoln Bypass.

That was three decades ago,when I first joined Caltrans. Ouradvanced planning group wascharged with exploring thefuture transportation needs ofthe district. The Lincoln Bypass

was part of our vision for thesoutheastern end of the Sacra-mento Valley.

Even though there was nofunding for the project at thetime, we remained undeterredand did the groundwork thatneeded to be done.

At the same time, Lincoln cityleaders started working on theirown blueprint for the future. By

1988, the citys new GeneralPlan stated there are indica-tions that the city is on thethreshold of significantgrowth.

That forecast certainly cameto fruition as Lincoln becameone of the fastest growing citiesin the United States, topping43,000 residents today.

Caltrans recognized thisemerging trend as well andmoved forward with permitnegotiations while searchingunder every rock for funding.

Countless dedicated employ-ees pressed ahead with a routeadoption study, design andenvironmental work, and prop-erty acquisition. They poured

their blood, sweat and tearsinto delivering this project toconstruction and then to build-ing.

We worked collaborativelywith our partners the PlacerCounty Transportation Plan-ning Agency, city of Lincoln,Placer County and South PlacerRegional TransportationAuthority to achieve our goalof opening an 11.7-mile stretchof new highway that signifi-cantly reduces travel time forcommuters and enables Lin-coln to realize a downtown ren-aissance.

As motorists travel on thebypass today, we can feel proudthat our patience and persever-ance paid off. You can turn avision into reality.

Jody Jones is Caltrans District 3 director.

Welcome, Lincoln

Boulevard!

BY PAM LOPEZSPECIAL TO THE NEWS MESSENGER

The downtown Lincoln mer-chants are excited about theopening of the Lincoln Bypassand the dedication of LincolnBoulevard.

It is widely believed thatdiverting the commuter trafficis creating the perfect recipe forLincoln residents and visitors to

enjoy the downtown district.Jennifer Ibarra, owner of Lin-

coln Florist & Gifts, expressedthe thoughts of many down-

town Lincoln merchants by say-ing, The bypass has madedowntown Lincoln a pedestri-an-friendly place where it iseasy to shop and enjoy down-town.

The bypass project hasinspired the renaming of GStreet to Lincoln Boulevard andwhat better way to celebratethis monumental event than tohave a huge party?

The downtown Lincoln mer-

chants invite you to come downfrom 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 20 toenjoy a party that has beennearly 40 years in the making.

The downtown portion ofLincoln Boulevard will beclosed to traffic for this event.

There will be an official dedi-cation ceremony, a parade, ven-dors, a magician, a chalk block,live music (a favorite localband: Dudley & the Do Rights),a Kid Zone (complete with facepainting, jump houses, carnivalgames and an exotic pettingzoo), live entertainment and amerchant raffle.

Many downtown merchantswill also offer Lincoln Boule-vard specials throughout theday. To name a few, AwfulAnnies Restaurant will offer$3.95 Bloody Marys, 15 percentoff coupons and Lincoln Boule-vard specials for the day. Lin-

coln Florist & Gifts will offer 20percent off.

Walmart and Mr. Pickles willgive away free pumpkins whilesupplies last. Better With AgeConsignment is giving away afree gift with purchase whilesupplies last. Lincoln BoulevardHome Consignments will offer20 percent off.

Oct. 20th will be great day todine and shop while enjoyingthe festivities.

Pam Lopez is a founding member of the

Lincoln Downtown Association and

owns Mr. Pickles.

2 LINCOLN BYPASS CELEBRATION October 2012

SATURDAY, OCT. 20Lincoln Boulevard will be closed from 7 a.m. to 3

p.m.Celebration activities will be from 9 a.m. to 1p.m.7 a.m. Barriers will be set up, according to thedetour/closure map.7-8 a.m. Vendors set up on the closed boulevardbetween McBean and Seventh Street.Emcee/band set up on the boulevard on thesouth side of Fifth Street.Vaudeville stage is placed on boulevard betweenSixth and Seventh streeets.8-9 a.m. Parade forms at Gateway Plaza.Vendors are open for business.

9-9:15 a.m. Dedication ceremony is at First Street.9:15 a.m. Ribbon cutting and pictures

9:20 a.m. Parade starts from First Street.Pet parade joins end of regular parade at ThirdStreet.Parade turns at Sixth Street and disburses.10:30 a.m. Ferrari Ranch Road to McBean isopened to traffic.Crowd is free to walk from McBean to 7thStreet.1 p.m. Vaudeville Troupe wraps up and the stageis removed.Vendors pack up so Lincoln Boulevard canreopen by 3 p.m.3 p.m. Entire Lincoln Boulevard is reopened to traffic.

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BY STEPHANIE DUMM

NEWS MESSENGER REPORTER

The opening of the Highway65 Bypass in early fall couldbe the start of another evo-

lution in Lincolns history.Thats according to Lincoln

City Councilman and PlacerCounty Transportation Plan-ning Agency member Tom Cos-grove, who has worked for 15years on the realignment ofHighway 65.

The reason its important is Ithink its fairly clear to see thatuntil Highway 65 was realigned,we would never be able to seethe kind of benefit in our down-town area to businessesbecause of the congestion,Cosgrove said. Wed neveropen up opportunities for retailcommercial chains like we cur-rently have. Target, HomeDepot, TJ Maxx and Ross, all ofthese are very important to ourcommunity.

Businesses were originallydrawn to Lincoln because of therailroad, said Lincoln historian

and Lincoln Area ArchivesMuseum co-founder JerryLogan.

Lincoln was founded in 1859and was settled when the rail-road came through in 1861,Logan said. The railroad wasthe main reason Lincoln wasfounded. In 1861, the railarrived and service beganbetween Lincoln and Sacra-mento, and within a year, threehotels opened.

Businesses from miningtowns such as Gold Hill, FoxsFlat and Virginiatown movedinto Lincoln because of the rail-

road, according to Logan, sothey would sell and transporttheir goods.

Farmers had a place to bringtheir products to ship, Logansaid.

While it could not be deter-mined exactly when Highway65 was first built, Logan said,the route was a dirt road untilbeing paved in 1915.

In 1913, the speed limit was8 MPH so you couldnt go anyfaster than a horse or buggycould go, Logan said. The ear-ly version of Highway 65 was99E.

City Council adopted a reso-lution calling for freeway statusof 99E in June 1963, Logan said,and 99E became Highway 65 inDecember 1963.

As trucks became popularfor hauling, the highway added

another dimension, Logansaid. It added more flexibletransport. The railroad couldntgo scooting out to Hungry Hol-

low but a truck could.Lincoln would have been an

island without the railroad andhighway, according to LincolnArea Archives Museum execu-tive director Shirley Russell.

Highway 65 and the railroadkept commerce going, Russellsaid.

In front of Beermanns was ascale you could bring your grain

on a truck and have it weighed,Russell said. Farmers couldbring their grain and have ittrucked out. They sold theirgrain at the granaries.

Highway 65 attracted variousbusinesses, Logan and Russellboth pointed out.

The highway brought ninegas stations, and in the old days,nine saloons, Logan said.

Russell said truck drivers forbusinesses such as Gladding,

McBean, Sierra Pacific and Lin-colns two granaries would stopto eat in Lincoln.

There were cafes that trucks

would stop at and the cannery,when it was going strong, all ofthe trucks brought fruit in andout, Russell said.

The cannery Russell referredto was once located where Floc-chini Circle currently is, adja-cent to the railroad tracks.

Logan said businesses suchas Gladding, McBean and thecannery used both the railroad

and highway to transport items.People used both, whateverwas most convenient, Logansaid. They loaded a lot of stuffonto the railroad from trucks.When the cannery neededcans, they probably shipped itby railroad.

Cosgrove also said that Lin-coln formed as a result of therailroad coming through here.

The city was growing uparound an industry that needed

access to move the products,and of course the roadway washere but the railroad was theother (mode of transport),

Cosgrove said.When asked what businesses

were drawn to Lincoln because

of Highway 65, Cosgrove talkedabout downtown Lincoln.The downtown businesses

are the ones that serve the peo-ple who live in the communityand those downtown business-es are the ones that are yourneighborhood or local busi-nesses, he said. We used tohave a different set of business-es in the downtown area.

Cosgrove said Lincoln used tohave new car dealerships, a

bowling alley, theater and drygoods stores.

A large number of business-es that, up until the last 10years, we hadnt had for a longtime, Cosgrove said.

Businesses have chosen tolocate along Highway 65 for areason, Cosgrove said.

Businesses try to locatewhere people have access tothem so its a very logical thingfor businesses to locate alongHighway 65 because thatswhere its easier to get to them,Cosgrove said. Theres some-times too much of a good thingand thats what happened alongHighway 65 when trafficbecame so heavy and busy inthe mornings and the after-noon.

Lincoln residents sometimesavoid businesses in the down-town area or along Highway 65,

according to Cosgrove, becauseof the traffic congestion.Early on, it was a road where

people located so people couldget to them and, over time, itbecame a heavily traveledroute, so heavily traveled that itdiscouraged local people fromcoming to the downtown area,Cosgrove said. Now we areevolving again to where weretaking traffic away from thedowntown area (because of the

bypass) so local people will bemore liable to visit downtownarea and it feels more comfort-able.


COURTESY CAL TRANS

From left, Placer County Supervisor Robert Weygandt, California Highway Patrol Captain RickWard, then Placer County Transportation Planning Agency chairman Jim Holmes, CaliforniaTransportation Commissioner Jim Earp, Placer County Transportation Planning Agency execu-tive director Celia McAdams, Sen. Ted Gaines, Lincoln City Councilman Tom Cosgrove, thenU.S. Representative John Doolittle, two unidentified persons and then Lincoln City Council-man Primo Santini assemble for a photo. In a 2008 Lincoln News Messenger article, LincolnCity Councilman Tom Cosgrove is quoted as saying, When program was first discussed in1972, gas was just 39 cents.

Highway 65, railroad helped build the city of LincolnEditors note: This story ran

March 29 in a three-part LincolnNews Messenger series about the

Highway 65 Bypass, exploringhow it will affect residents, whichLincoln businesses thrivedbecause of Highway 65 travelingthrough Lincoln and what long-time residents say about thebypass.


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Why is Lincoln laid outin a gridiron pattern?

This system was begunby William Penn in 1682in Philadelphia and ittraveled westward withthe pioneers.

The New England pat-tern of a town commonssurrounded by free-standing houses with alarge ornamental frontyard and a workingbackyard was then super-imposed on this grid.

Those who designedLincolns town plot, and

those who then built on it,followed these easternpatterns. (On the originaltown maps of Lincoln, theentire block betweenFifth, Sixth, E and F streetswas set aside as a townsquare.)

The architectural stylesused in building also fol-lowed patterns prevalentin the eastern U.S. Themost prominent styles ofthe last century includedQueen Anne (Victori-an), Romanesque, Ital-ianate, RomanesqueRevival, Tudor Revival,Second Renaissance

Revival, Colonial Revival,and Bungalow.

Examples of these stylesfrom the last century stillexist in Lincoln and theirprevalence at the end ofthe century set the tonefor building at the begin-ning of the 20th century.

Thus, Lincoln did notbegin life with windingstreets nor quaint (to usnow) European-style vil-lage houses, nor adobehouses in the Mexicanstyle.

Deviations from thepatterns described abovewere not to come until

well into the 20th century.The first 50 lots sold in

the new town of Lincoln,including commercial lotsdowntown, for an averageof $91.63.

The original town con-sisted of 88 blocks, eachwith 16 lots, and allowned by Charles LincolnWilson. His mansion wason the block bounded byFourth and Fifth, and Iand J streets.

From historian Jerry Logans

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I think it will be

great for all these

people who walk

around

downtown. It will

make it less busy

and a lot safer.

I think its a

great thing! Its

really going to

release a lot of

traffic running

through Lincoln.

Although this

seems great, itmay be bad for

the smaller

businesses in

Lincoln because

there will be less

traffic going

through the area.

Its going to

draw business

away from

downtown

Lincoln, where all

of the mom n

pop shops are. It

begs thequestion, Did

anyone stop to

ponder the full

ramifications of

diverting traffic

away from

downtown?

I think it will be

great! Especially

for people who

live in Lincoln

Crossing, like me,

because now we

dont have to

drive aroundLincoln just to get

home.

STREETWISE ASKED BY LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL ZEBRA TALES REPORTER CORINNE LEWIS

BREANA HARVEY,

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Hopefully, it will

bring more

business to town

and bring more

money. Im glad

the big trucks

wont be coming

through asoften.

MADDY DURAN,

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SCHOOL SENIOR

Our town is

totally going to

become Radiator

Springs! Im

excited and kind

of worried about

the business

downfall. But Ihope Lincoln gets

some payback for

how much weve

been through. Im

also so happy to

get rid of that

horrible turn.

How will the Highway 65 Bypass opening affect you?

GRANT DASILVA,

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LOOKING BACK AT LINCOLN

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The northern interiorportion of the EmmadaBuilding is the survivingpart of the Good TemplarsHall, which was con-structed in 1863 by theIndependent Order of the

Good Templars.This structure housed

Lincolns first grammarschool, which opened inthe building on Oct. 10,1864. The building alsohoused the Grange in1875 and, at that time,was known as GrangersHall. L.D. Adams GeneralMerchandise Store occu-pied the lower floor.

The building was pur-chased by Peter Ahart inthe mid 1880s, whoremodeled the faade andleased the commercialspace to Louis Levy. Levyoperated a mens clothingand dry goods store formany years.

In 1893, the SunsetCompany, Lincolns firsttelephone exchange,opened offices in thebuilding and had the firstelevator installed in Lin-coln.

In 1892, the groundfloor was leased to JohnLandis, who opened theTrue Blue (chain) Store.The True Blue Store was

advertised as ten storesin one, including gro-ceries, hardware, crock-ery, jewelry, furniture, drygoods, clothing, hats,shoes and stationary. TheTrue Blue Store remaineda Lincoln fixture until1909 when it quietly went

out of business.In 1913, the building

was purchased by W.D.Ingram and GeorgeWilliamson for the pur-pose of remodeling andexpanding into a newbuilding (present struc-ture), which they namedthe Emmada Building inhonor of their wives,Emma and Amanda.

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Walter Jansen Grain This firm was foundedbefore 1890 as the Buck-eye Milling Company(Howard and Jansen) justnorth of the railroaddepot.

In 1892 to 1893, thecompany moved to thetwin warehouses on GStreet between Fourthand Fifth streets.

In 1894, Jansen boughtout Howard. The buyingand selling of grain

remained the basic func-tion of this enterpriseduring the 1901 to 1950era.

In 1923, Hansen tookhis son, Walter K. Jansen,into the firm and, in Mayof 1926, the company wasofficially (News Messen-ger) named Walter

Jansen & Son, althoughthe name was alreadyused in advertising duringthe 1923 to 1924 period.

After 1900, the plantgrew to include the entire

block fronting on G Streetbetween Fourth and Fifthstreets.

In 1905, the old brickwarehouse south of thecorner store building was

acquired. In 1907, the cor-ner store building wasbought. And in 1913, anew 50by 100 warehousewas built to fill in the gap,completing the 300 feet offrontage and the complexwas officially dubbed theThe Jansen Block.

In the 1980s, the grainelevator at Seventh and Hstreets was torn down.

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house eateries, servicebusiness and shoppingboth upstairs and down-stairs.

From Jerry Logans Western

County and Lincoln according to

history (1901-1950)


The Jansens sign with its 5-foot high letters, onthe Jansen Block since 1929, was torn downaround 1942.

COURTESY LINCOLN NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST

Titled Storing the Harvest, this Ingrams DrugStore postcard demonstrates the bounty of Lin-colns agriculture on 5th and G street in 1905.

NEWS MESSENGER FILE PHOTO

Lincoln Brand Feeds building as it looks today.

A random business history of G Street


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BY BOB WATKINS


In the early 1950s, State High-

way 65 was envisioned as aneastside valley expressway

from Chico to Bakersfield.The only remaining sections

of these early plans are roadsthrough Porterville to the southand Lincoln in the north valley.

Caltrans plans in the 1960s

and 1970s showed a shortbypass around Lincoln withrailroad grade separations ateach end.

Serious studies of the bypasswere undertaken in 1988. Cal-trans Marysville design staff, ledby the late Bob Everitt, addedanother alignment for study.

This one was west of the air-port and only crossed the rail-road once but extended northto Sheridan. This alignment was

thought to save money sincefarm land was then cheap andrailroad crossings expensive. Iwas serving as district directorat the time. Bob Everitt encour-aged me to approve this addedalignment with the argumentthat Lincoln might grow in thefuture. Lincoln was then a smalltown of about 5,000.

Soon, all state constructionfunds were diverted to repairroads damaged in the 1989Loma Prieta earthquake. Plansfor the Lincoln bypass were puton the shelf and not brought upagain until 1997, just as TomCosgrove joined the board ofthe Placer County Transporta-tion Planning Agency.

By then, I had left Caltransand was temporarily with Plac-er County Transportation Plan-ning Agency. That board madethe bypass their top priority,

once funding to complete theDouglas Boulevard tunnel andflyover was secured. The Cali-

fornia Transportation Commis-sion advanced funds to obtainenvironmental clearance andfurther the final design.

I quickly called the thenretired Everitt, of Newcastle, tojoin the Placer County Trans-portation Planning Agency staffto work with Caltrans.

Everitt and Caltrans BillFarnbach soon worked out amajor design change that hasproven to be of great impor-tance to Lincoln. By shifting thedrainage channel to be near therailroad, they were able todesign Ferrari Ranch Road to gounder the freeway rather thanover. At that , that road was onlya little dirt lane. This change not

only provided for that level citystreet that now ties the citytogether but also reduced the

cost estimate for the project.Orin Bennett of Bennett Engi-

neering Services and I wereasked to shepherd the project.We blanketed the area fromRocklin to Wheatland withmaps that emphasized that oneoption, the alignment west ofthe airport. These maps weremailed to every home in Lin-coln.

Some individuals com-plained that we had jumped thegun before the selectionprocess was complete, andbesides, only the state commis-sion could select the alignment.

But those maps cast the dye.The public had no interest inany of the other alignments.

Of course, the road now fol-lows that route.

An unprecedented action

occurred in Lincoln. HomeDepot and the surroundingproperties were developed at atime when project funding wasstill in question and scheduleswere unsettled. Investors liter-ally bet on the future of Lincoln.

I see their actions as the resultof clear local leadership andfaith in the local people.

Leadership at the local levelwas also the key to getting thisproject funded when there wereso many other state projectschasing the same dollars.

Rocklin was willing to placefunding for the Lincoln bypassin front of funding for the SierraCollege interchange.

Placer County and Auburn

were willing to step back withtheir request for Highway 49 inNorth Auburn. Every person

who ever appeared at a statelevel project-hearing or metwith the state director of trans-portation spoke in favor of thisproject.

In my 50 years of projectdevelopment, I can say withassurance that I have neverknown of another major high-way realignment to be totallyunopposed at the state level.Think about it: 13 miles of newalignment through workingfarms, rapid development andestablished city settlementwithout formal opposition or arequest to shift the alignment.

The state commission onlyheard that one positive mes-sage: Build the Lincoln Bypass!

That does not mean therewere not problems. Many seri-ous issues were hard fought butresolved locally. For years, thepublic remained stronglyengaged in every aspect. Cal-trans/Placer County Trans-portation Planning Agencyopen-house gatherings werealways well attended.

Placer County TransportationPlanning Agency, Caltrans,Placer County, Lincoln and allother cities, you did great. Whata wonderful project. Congratu-lations!

But wait! There is one moretask. With the opening of thebypass, a northbound drivercould be in Sheridan withoutgiving Lincoln a thought. Iknow some residents envision anice welcome sign at the TwelveBridges interchange. I haveseen drawings of a landscapedinterchange with hugeupturned clay pipes crownedwith colorful flowers on eachside of a large sign. The gleam-ing white letters of the sign wereto be molded from the worldsgreatest clay and spell out Wel-come to the City of Lincoln.

Robert O. Watkins is an engineer who

retired from Caltrans in 1993 after a 37-year career, and associated with Bennett

Engineering of Roseville since 1997.

Former Caltrans engineershares his thoughts on theHighway 65 Bypass

In my 50 years of project development, I can say with assurance that

I have never known of another major highway realignment to be

totally unopposed at the state level. The state commission only

heard that one positive message: Build the Lincoln Bypass!Robert O. Watkins

COURTESY

The Highway 65 Bypass is 13 miles of new alignment through working farms, rapid develop-ment and established city settlement.

Envisioned in the 60s, city travels long road to finish project


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Lincolnites!Bring your friends and family to the

Call 916.303.3661 to leave a message for information or participation

Saturday, October 20, 2012

9am - 1pm

Lincoln Boulevard

CelebrationRenamingGStreettoHwy6

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