The Lincoln Highway, first aligned across Indiana in 1913 through Fort Wayne, Goshen, Elkhart, South Bend, La Porte, Valparaiso, and Dyer, was rerouted in 1928 as original U.S. 30 on a straighter path through Fort Wayne, Columbia City, Warsaw, Bourbon, Plymouth, and Valparaiso, shortening the route across the state by about 21 miles. As interstate highways later bypassed many small towns, the road was nearly forgotten, but interest revived in the early 1990s, leading to the reestablishment of the Lincoln Highway Association in 1992 and renewed efforts to preserve, promote, and educate the public about its routes and historic resources. In Indiana, the association continued that work, and in 2011 the state's portion of the road was designated an Historic Scenic Byway. Bourbon, settled in the 1830s by the Parks and Greer families from Bourbon County, Kentucky, and southern Indiana, grew with rail connections and a busy local economy that included schoolhouses, sawmills, businesses, churches, a fair, and harness racing. In 1928, when the Lincoln Highway was officially moved onto the new U.S. 30 alignment through Bourbon, traffic and traveler services expanded rapidly, with more businesses, lodging, restaurants, and more than 11 filling stations appearing along Center Street. A September 6, 1928 newspaper account portrayed the road through town as crowded with thousands of automobiles during the Labor Day holiday, and said traffic had grown into one of the busiest thoroughfares in that part of Indiana. In the early 1970s, construction of a four-lane divided U.S. 30 north of Bourbon bypassed the town, and Bourbon returned to a slower pace.