{"id":70281,"date":"2017-01-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/?p=70281"},"modified":"2019-06-20T12:14:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T19:14:18","slug":"spotted-on-the-roadside-the-16th-president-multi-tasking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/index.php\/spotted-on-the-roadside-the-16th-president-multi-tasking\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotted on the Roadside: The 16th President Multi-Tasking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70301\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-1-of-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-1-of-3.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-1-of-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-1-of-3-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-70311\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-2-of-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-2-of-3.jpg 488w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-2-of-3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-70321\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-70321\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-3-of-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-3-of-3.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-3-of-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-3-of-3-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-70321\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-70321\">In 1849, Abraham Lincoln was offered the governership of the Oregon territory, which he declined. At that point in his life, he was disenchanted with politics and elected to temporarily return to his law practice, riding from village to village. He was a notorious bookworm, even from a young age, and thus it only made sense that he whiled away the long hours on horseback reading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-70321\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-70321\">In 1965, five Oregon towns in Lincoln County consolidated to form what is now known as Lincoln City. The schoolchildren of the towns were given the honor of choosing the new city&#8217;s name, and in the fashion of children, they chose the zappy name &#8220;Surfland&#8221;, not knowing they could choose the even zappier &#8220;City McCityface&#8221;. Ultimately, the people in charge said &#8220;Screw you, children, we&#8217;re naming it Lincoln City&#8221; and Lincoln City it remains*.\u00a0 In honor of the new city, the above statue was gifted to them by the sculptor, Anna Hyatt Huntington. No word on what the gift might have been for Surfland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-70321\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>*At least for now. A placard at the base of the statue indicates that the statue may be removed by the governor if Lincoln City changes its name&#8230;so maybe Surfland still has a chance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70361\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/chance.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spotted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/@44.9812469,-124.0055735,3a,75y,188.12h,83.66t\/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sffhzIvp9rvG_HS8uMK1-IQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656\">NE 22nd St in Lincoln City, OR<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 540px; left: 576px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 36px; left: 495px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 In 1849, Abraham Lincoln was offered the governership of the Oregon territory, which he declined. 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