The Lincoln Highway became the nation’s first transcontinental highway, opening the way for motorists to travel from New York City to San Francisco. Before the Lincoln Highway Association disbanded in the 1930's, it ordered concrete markers honoring Abraham Lincoln, and in 1928 Boy Scouts placed more than 2,400 of them along the route. In Iowa, the highway runs on or near Highway 30, with about 85 percent of the original road still drivable, though some sections are gravel. In Belle Plaine, Iowa, the Glad Hand Club was formed in the mid 20's to serve Lincoln Highway tourists, and after construction began, individuals and organizations built seedling miles to promote the highway and encourage government-backed financial support; Iowa’s seedling mile is outside Cedar Rapids. Joseph Young built the Youngville Cafe on the Lincoln Highway near the present-day junction of U.S. Highways 30 and 218 in Benton County, Iowa, in an English Tudor style meant to catch motorists’ attention. His widowed daughter, Elizabeth Wheeler, operated the business to support her family and lived in the quarters above. From 1931 to 1967, the cafe functioned as a roadside restaurant, Skelly filling station, commercial bus stop, and small cabin court. Young built it as a widower in his seventies, and Elizabeth continued running the cafe and service station for several years after his death. Later operators followed until it closed in 1967, chiefly because parking was no longer allowed along Route 30. Youngville was popular with both travelers and local residents, and in the 1930's it was the only all-night fuel stop between Cedar Rapids and Tama, while also serving as a rest stop for truck drivers and others who played pinball and punch boards before the state ended such games of chance. In 1971, the Youngville Highway Association moved three 1920s cabins to the site to recreate the cabin court, but arson destroyed them in 2004. The Youngville Restoration Project began as a Benton County Sesquicentennial project, and the Youngville Highway History Association was organized in 1995 to preserve and restore the Youngville Cafe. The cafe later reopened for lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays from May through October, remaining a place where visitors could learn about the Lincoln Highway and one of the few remaining rural filling station eateries in the state.