Several Route 66 advocates are upset the City of Lincoln, Illinois, is storing the historic Tropics Dining Room sign outdoors and exposed to the weather at a yard-waste disposal facility after it was taken down last year. Readers emailed me photographs of the Tropics sign laying on its side at the waste facility. From one of the images, it seems one … Continue reading Storage of Tropics sign irks Route 66 advocates
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The Mill is launching an online campaign to finish restoration
The nonprofit Route 66 Heritage Foundation of Logan County has launched an IndieGogo campaign to finish the restoration work on The Mill landmark along Route 66 in Lincoln, Illinois. The group wants to raise $93,000 to build a new restroom building with septic lines, rewire and insulate the building, restore wall panels and install an … Continue reading The Mill is launching an online campaign to finish restoration
Annual Cruise-In at The Mill slated for Saturday
The annual Mill Car Cruise-In classic-car show will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the landmark but long-closed Route 66 restaurant in Lincoln, Illinois. The event also serves as a fundraiser in ongoing efforts to preserve The Mill. Geoff Ladd, former leader of Logan County Tourism, a Route 66 Heritage Foundation of … Continue reading Annual Cruise-In at The Mill slated for Saturday
Historic Tropics sign removed
ExploreLoganCounty.com on Wednesday posted on its Facebook page a photo of the Tropics sign along Route 66 in Lincoln, Illinois, being removed. The tourism agency said: Although it will be missed from the landscape, the city of Lincoln (the new owner of the sign) has expressed plans to have it restored. When this will happen … Continue reading Historic Tropics sign removed
Tropics sign will be taken down and restored
Some good news and bad news about a Route 66 landmark. The bad news is the long-closed Tropics Dining Room building along old Route 66 in Lincoln, Ill., was sold and its sign will be taken down, according to Lincoln Daily News. The good news is the sign will be preserved and restored after a new home … Continue reading Tropics sign will be taken down and restored
World’s Largest Covered Wagon repaired
The World's Largest Covered Wagon, aka the Railsplitter Covered Wagon, in Lincoln, Ill., has been repaired in time for tourism season after a severe windstorm damaged it in January. The Bloomington Pantagraph reported: "It was a challenge, and because it is in the Guinness Book of World Records, we had to make sure that we … Continue reading World’s Largest Covered Wagon repaired
World’s Largest Covered Wagon will be repaired by late April
The World's Largest Covered Wagon, located along Route 66 in Lincoln, Ill., will be repaired by April 30 after it was heavily damaged in windstorm a few weeks ago, reported the Lincoln Daily News. A storm on Jan. 26 with 50 mph wind gusts broke two of the wagon's wheels, making the wagon list precariously … Continue reading World’s Largest Covered Wagon will be repaired by late April
World’s Largest Covered Wagon to be repaired soon
Repairs for the World's Largest Covered Wagon in Lincoln, Ill., don't have a firm timetable, other than it will be before the start of tourism season, the Logan County interim tourism director told the Peoria Journal Star. A windstorm the night of Jan. 26 collapsed one side of the 10,000-pound wagon. Tourism director Nancy Saul … Continue reading World’s Largest Covered Wagon to be repaired soon
Wind storm damages World’s Largest Covered Wagon
A wind storm Sunday night severely damaged the World's Largest Covered Wagon next to Route 66 in Lincoln, Ill., that features a statue of a sitting Abraham Lincoln, reported the Lincoln Courier. The newspaper detailed the damage: The wind blew the wagon and its rider, Abraham Lincoln, nearly onto its side. Though the statue of the … Continue reading Wind storm damages World’s Largest Covered Wagon