This striking slide show from a French YouTube contributor contains scenes from abandoned mining villages, plus ghost towns along old Route 66, including Glenrio. The song is "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues," by blues master Chris Thomas King.
Day: November 6, 2007
Donation will defray museum’s elevator costs
The Humiston Trust of Pontiac, Ill., will donate $75,000 to help defray a portion of the cost of installing an elevator at the Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum, the Bloomington Pantagraph reported. The elevator is planned for the alleyway between the war museum and Route 66 museum near Main and Howard streets. … Continue reading Donation will defray museum’s elevator costs
City gives grant to owner of 1930s station
The City of Normal, Ill., has given a $46,695 grant to a woman so she can put a new roof and install temporary heating in her 1930s gas station on an old alignment of Route 66, reports the Bloomington Pantagraph. She plans to eventually convert the gas station into a restaurant, visitors center and bed-and-breakfast. … Continue reading City gives grant to owner of 1930s station