Getting 'the Hall' off the ground no small job a century ago

The Lincoln Community Hall stands as the oldest building on Lincoln's Main Street, the sole survivor of the era when the area's original miners were the "old timers," ranching held sway over the community's economy, and summer homes and tourists were the exception rather than the rule

At that time, Carter V. Rubottom and his wife Nora ran a cattle ranch about two miles west of Lincoln. Several...