Getting Familiar With Rt 66

Those Where The Days

7 Miles Today;  Forrest chose to wear  rain gear today.  It was half rain and half sheet when I started my walk.  The inclement weather didn't last very long.  A mild breeze and 35 degree temperature was the order of the day on this the first week of February.  As far as my Virtual Route 66 Journey is concerned I'm doing a lot of reading about this amazing time in our country's history.  We are so used to expressways to get from A to B we forget about life at a slower but much more relaxing pace.  Forrest's next destination on his Route 66 Journey is Joliet, Illinois.  Until tomorrow, God Bless Walk Forrest Walk

Birthplace & Rise of Route 66

Officially, the numerical designation 66 was assigned to the Chicago-to-Los Angeles route in the summer of 1926. With that designation came its acknowledgment as one of the nation’s principal east–west arteries.
From the outset, public road planners intended U.S. 66 to connect the main streets of rural and urban communities along its course for the most practical of reasons: most small towns had no prior access to a major national thoroughfare.
Birthplace and Rise of Route 66
Officially recognized as the birthplace of US Route 66, it was in Springfield Missouri on April 30, 1926 that officials first proposed the name of the new Chicago-to-Los Angeles highway. A placard in Park Central Square was dedicated to the city by the Route 66 Association of Missouri, and traces of the “Mother Road” are still visible in downtown Springfield along Kearney Street, Glenstone Avenue, College and St. Louis streets and on Missouri 266 to Halltown.