Route 66 in Chicago: Where the Road Begins
In this episode:
- WHY Route 66 BEGINs in Chicago
- WHERE to find 66 in the City
- A
virtual DRIVE of the Mother Road in the Windy City
Live Event Date: August 6th, 2020
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Diners, Snake Pits & Long‐Haul Truckers: The Commerce of Route 66
Get your kicks doing Business on Route 66!
Discover the unique ways highway travel transformed U.S. Commerce:
- Railroads concentrated economic growth in clusters near depots
- But Route 66 allowed for Commerce at ANY SPOT along the road
- Goods and services spread across rural and small town America
Live Event Date: September 6th, 2020
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The Ghosts of Route 66
Get your kicks as we take a "Spirited" trip down the Mother Road!
Discover the Ghost Stories -- and the Ghost Towns of the Highway
- Stories of the Supernatural from all 8 States
- A Tour of Ghost signs, Ghost businesses, and Ghost Towns
Live Event Date: October 6th, 2020
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Time and Place on Route 66
Get your kicks as we take a trip through Time before the Mother Road!
Discover the events of a certain Place, over many different Times:
- The devastation of the Great Chicago Fire
- Mary Lincoln's Time of Distress
- The place where Time became Standard
- An airship's final Landing Place
- Plus architects, hoteliers, robber barons, and so much more!
Live Event Date: November 6th, 2020
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Motoring West the Wright Way: Frank Lloyd Wright & Route 66
Get your kicks as we take a Road Trip with Frank and the Fellowship!
Ride along as we Caravan from the Midwest to the Southwest::
- Follow Frank Lloyd Wright from Wisconsin to Chicago
- Early career as draftsman for Louis Sullivan
- Success and Scandal
- Founding of the Taliesin Fellowship and Taliesin West
- Wright designs in Route 66 towns, Chicago to L.A.
Live Event Date: December 6th, 2020
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Before the Mother Road: Route 66, Illinois 4 & the Pontiac Trail
Get your kicks as we take a Road Trip on the trail across the tall-grass prairie!
Ride along as we journey into history:
- Explore the ancient trail that led from the Chicago River southwest across the Prairie
- Learn how Illinois pulled out of the mud!
- See how the Good Roads Movement led to the Pontiac Trail
- Hear how we voted for the State to build Hard Roads
- And how Illinois 4 blazed the trail for Route 66
Live Event Date: January 6th, 2021
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The Roads that Lead to Lincoln: Honest Abe on the Historic Highways of Illinois
Get your kicks as we take a Road Trip on the trail across the tall-grass prairie!
Ride along as we journey into history:
- Explore the life of Abraham Lincoln in Illinois
- Learn how Abe championed the Internal Improvements of Transportation
- Discover Lincoln's role in building our railroad infrastructure
- See Lincoln-related sites along Route 66 and the Lincoln Highway
- See the bizarre ways we have used the Lincoln Legacy
Live Event Date: February 6th, 2021
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The Crossroads of Cause and Coincidence: Illinois Route 66 & the Mother Road
Get your kicks as we take a Road Trip on the trail across the tall-grass prairie!
Ride along as we journey into history:
- Discover the origins of the old ILLINOIS Route 66
- Learn of the coincidence of IL 66 and the Mother Road
- See how the US 66 designation caused changes to the Illinois Highway Map
- Hear about the two Illinois Routes 126
- And how only in Illinois does IL66 + US66 = 126 ❓
Live Event Date: March 6th, 2021
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Route 66 Roundtable
Get your kicks as a panel of ROAD Scholars discuss a variety of Route 66 Topics!
Ride along as we journey into lively discourse
- Sherry Meyer of InSites To Go on the economic development of cultural
and historical assets in Chicago's North Lawndale Neighborhood
- Cheryl Eichar Jett on women-owned businesses and the Extraordinary Women Initiative
- Jim Hinckley on the story of his personal journey and a virtual tour of Jim Hinckley's America
- Jim Livingston on the I Am Route 66 Project
- Dave Clark on the re-opening plans of Chicago Route 66 businesses
Date: April 6th, 2021
Time: 7:06 PM Central Daylight Time …that's 66 Minutes after Six 😀
"Doors" open at 6:56 PM CDT
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…Live on Zoom 4/6/21 …Video on YouTube through 4/27/21
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