Holy Cross & Old Union Cemeteries - Route 66

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wif 23T листка услу Sar Mi 92 ilk SHAGBARK HICKORY yle WHITE no OAKS XX THIS HARDWOOD FOREST IS REPRESENTA- TIVE OF THE PREDOMINANT OAK-HICKORY FOREST NATIVE TO THIS REGION. THESE FORESTS WERE OFTEN LIKE "ISLANDS" IN THE SEAS" OF TALLGRASS PRAIRIE. SOUTH AAA 6. Vim LINCOLN, ILLINOIS (ALT. 590 FT.) 4-2N. 66 BYPASS ("Lincoln Pkwy. OLD OLD 66 HEADS SOUTH OUT OF LINCOLN, DROPPING DOWN INTO THE SALT CREEK FLOODPLAIN. ABOVE, THE ROAD PASSES BETWEEN THE HOLY CROSS & OLD UNION CEMETERIES, ON A RARE, SHORT BRICK-PAVED STRETCH. PARK AT THE WIRE GATE & TAKE A SHORT HIKE INTO HISTORY, DOWN TO SALT CREEK ON OLD OLD 66 (THIS ALIGNMENT WAS ORIGINALLY ILL. RT. 4). THE LATER 4-LANE DIVIDED 66 IS A MERE 100 YARDS TO THE EAST. LINCOLN HAS LOTS OF 66-ERA ARCHITECTURE ABE-LINCOLN-RELATED LANDMARKS & LOGAN COUNTY COURTHOUSE. LINCOLN CHRISTENED THE TOWN IN 1853, WITH THE JUICE OF A WATERMELON! Stretch Shown RED His swick... Atlanta Salt Creek OAK Hi SPRINGFIELD GREY Lincoln OLD ROUTE 66 Scenes! by R. Waldmire We Lov 1990 hellok

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ROUTE 66 WAS CERTIFIED IN 1926 WHEN THE NATION ADOPTED A NUIMBERED SYSTEM OF CROSS- COUNTRY, INTER-STATE ROADS. FULLY PAVED BY 1936, ROUTE 66 BECAME AN IMPORTANT & LEGENDARY HIGHWAY, IMMORTALIZED IN LITERATURE, MUSIC & ON TELEVISION. GRADUALLY "REPLACED BY HUGE, HOMOGENEOUS INTERSTATES," 66 WAS DECERTIFIED IN 1985, CEASING TO EXIST OFFICIALLY: BUT WELL OVER 80% OF THE OLD ROAD IS STILL PRIVEABLE SO, TRAVEL BACK IN TIME, & LEAVE THE STRESS BEHIND ON THE INTERSTATES... MAND THEN, YOU TOO WILL SAY: "I STILL GET MY KICKS, ON OLD ROUTE 66 SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL OLDIS BEAUTIFUL SLOW IS BEAUTIFUL SAFE IS BEAUTIFUL. SANTA MONICA! LOS ANGELES Pacific Ocean CAL. VICTORVIS PASADENA MONT dost LUDLOW. SAN BERNARDINO Great Basin INEV./ VEDESERT NEEDLES TO POCK COLORADO R. FOTinted [ Grand Canyon GMAN Colorado Plateau UTAH COLO. GRANDE UL ARIZ. NM. GO RIO Petrifiad For Desart FLAGSTAFF WINONA WINSLOW- JOSEPA Cry ALLUP FONT ADIVIDE HOLBROOKO GLENRIO GRANTS MORIARTY SANTA ROSA 62563 ILLINOIS TUCUMCARI ROCHESTER .2. Box 110, R.R. 2 IRE, still the best way west? 66 TAKE OLD ALMOST ALL THE WAY! MAIN STREET,USA- ChicagotoL.A.! R. WALDM ALBUQUERQUE Jo. (write small) ZIP VEGA OXLAHOMA CITY KAN. OKLA WEATHERFORDHYDRO TEKSUS VEGA (midway on 66) GROOM CAMARILLO MCLEAN EDMOND ARCADIA SHAMROCK Prairie ELK CITY CLINTON Province OKLA LRENO, GALENA- BAXTER SPGS. KANSAS DEPEW Ow CHANDLER MISSO NMOLTIV- -SAPULPA TULSA JOPLIN · MIAMI VINITA CLAREMORE SAINT LOULS PACIFIC SULLIYAN- CUBA- CARTHAGE CHICAGO FLINOI BROADWELL INCOLN -ST. JAMES ROLLA WAYNE VILLE LEBANON CONWAN OSPRINGFIELD Lake Michigan NORMAL BLOOMINGTON JOLIET DWIGHT MOPONTIAC SPRINGFIELD LITCHFIELD MT. EDWARDSVILLE GRANITE CITY EAST ST. LOUIS Mississippi R PLATEAU 1990... PRINTED ON 100% RECYCLED STOCK