This postcard looks north onto College Avenue from
the corner of College and Tremont. The original photo is from the
late 1800s, when Lincoln was nicknamed "Forest City" due to the vast
number of trees that lined the city streets. |
The city has worked throughout the years to maintain the same
tree-lined streets. This picture taken in 2003 shows the same
intersection at College and Tremont as the picture postcard. |
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In the foreground are two
October glory maples showing their true colors.
The trees, located at a city park at Jackson and 11th streets,
were part of
this year's plantings. |
The city tree farm on the north edge of the
Adams School grounds. |
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Each spring the city
sponsors an Arbor Day poster contest for schoolchildren.
The winners for 2008 all received coupons or gifts from
Pizza Hut, Logan Lanes, Dairy Queen, Culver's, McDonald's,
the city of Lincoln D.A.R.E. program and, for the first-place
winner, an MP-3 player from Certified Labs. Their posters
were also put on display at Culver's.
The 2008 second-grade winners (who are now third-graders)
were recognized by the Lincoln City Council on June 2. They
were Hannah Schalshols from Northwest School, first place; Emily Salander from Central School,
second place; and Braydon Laubenstein from Jefferson School,
third place.
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The
city's formal tree planting ceremony in 2008 took place on April
16, one day before Earth Day and in honor of Arbor Day, which is
celebrated the last Friday in April in Illinois. From left to right
are Mark Mathon, city engineer; Melanie
Riggs, city clerk; and street department employees Russell Wright, Kevin Logan and
Tracy Jackson, superintendent.
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