Bill Kemp, an archivist with the McLean County Museum of History, wrote an interesting article in the Bloomington (Ill.) Pantagraph about the history of grain elevators. In particular, he focuses on the J.W. Hawes Grain Elevator Museum in the Route 66 town of Atlanta, Ill. The Hawes elevator was built in 1903 and is one … Continue reading A rare and old grain elevator
The Associated Press reports that the old grain elevator at now-defunct Route 66 town of Ballard, Ill., northeast of Bloomington-Normal, was demolished Friday. The 80-foot-tall structure had been closed since the 1960s. Randy Smith a few years ago contributed an article to the Illinois Route 66 Association newsletter about the history the elevator (picture above). … Continue reading Grain elevator at Route 66 ghost town razed
Here’s an illustration of that. In an article in a Tacoma, Wash., newspaper about Japanese engineers being hired to help build the Tacoma Narrow bridge, there’s this little tidbit: On their days off, team members and their families have been taking in the local sights – the Olympics, Mount Rainier, the Ballard Locks, the Yakima … Continue reading Foreign travelers love Route 66
