The Mill restaurant and the Postville Courthouse State Historic Site in Lincoln, Ill., saw “Route 66 Roadside Attraction” signs erected at those sites this week, reported the Bloomington Pantagraph.
A small ceremony was held at each landmark as Ladd christened the new signs with an official bottle of Route 66 Root Beer. He was joined by volunteers John and Lenore Weiss, John Sutton and Shirley Bartelmay, coordinator for the Postville site. […]
Currently, there are 25 locations on Route 66 in Illinois that are listed as official roadside attractions.
Here’s another story about the new sign placements, by the Lincoln Courier.
Illinois Route 66 Association volunteers placed the signs. The effort also is an outshoot from the Hampton Inn Route 66 Caravan in 2003, in which dozens of “Roadside Attraction” signs were placed.
Is there a way to get the location of all the “Route 66 Roadside Attraction” signs? I surfed the net and can’t seem to find a site that includes them all. My wife just finished bicycling the entire route in 51 days. I would like to know how many things we missed. We were always excited to find those informative Roadside Attraction signs. Dennis Stewart