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Showing posts with label Illinois Route 66. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Illinois Route 66. Show all posts
Friday, November 4, 2022

Standard Oil Gas Station, Odell, Illinois on Route 66.

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In 1868, John D. Rockefeller formed the Standard Oil Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  This was the beginning of the Standard Oil Trust ...
Sunday, April 24, 2022

Ambler Texaco Gas Station, on Route 66 in Dwight, Illinois.

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Ambler Texaco Gas Station, also known as Vernon’s Texaco Station and Becker’s Marathon Gas Station, is located along historic Route 66 in th...
Monday, July 19, 2021

Historic Illinois Route 66 Map.

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Friday, June 5, 2020

The Negro Travelers' Green Book - Chicago Section, 1954.

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The History of the Green Book written by Author Victor H. Green. The Green Book, first published in 1936 under the title "The Negro Mo...
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Friday, July 12, 2019

Ambler Texaco Gasoline Station on Route 66 in Dwight, Illinois.

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Ambler’s Texaco Gasoline Station, also known as Vernon’s Texaco Station and Becker’s Marathon Gas Station, is located along historic Illinoi...
Monday, January 21, 2019

Motorcar travel through Illinois: On the old Pontiac Trail, the precursor to Route 66.

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In the first decades of the 20th century, most people who traveled long distances, such as from Chicago to Joliet, Bloomington, Springfield,...
Friday, September 7, 2018

The Daniel Dove Collins House in Collinsville, Illinois on Route 66 (built 1845).

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The Collins House, now located at 703 West Main Street (both the Historic National Road {aka Cumberland Road} and Route 66 travel down M...
Monday, December 18, 2017

The History of District 6 Illinois State Police Headquarters in Pontiac, Livingston County, Illinois on Route 66. (1942-2003)

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The 6th District of the Illinois State Police was originally established as District 9 and it was one of initially five police districts est...
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