1-Route 66 Illinois Part 1

[Music] there it is beginning of historic Route 66 I'm in the 55 I'm Jeff Ved I just turned 55 I'm in my 55 Chevy and we are at the beginning beginning of Route 66 there you go not a lot of parking hey see if I can get a picture here stop and park here for a moment all right [Music] there it is begin rout 66 I'm Jeff fed here in Chicago the starter Route 66 I just turned 55 a couple days ago the 55 is over there I'm 55 and the 55 we're going to tackle Route 66 from Chicago to La come along to the ride there's the beginning right there little rain in Chicago never heard anyone 55 driver so there you go another route 66 sign but this isn't just another sign this is officially the very first Route 66 sign in Illinois so the beginning is just right right over there you can see the 55 just right over there in that corner but that's the official first official sign his stor Route 66 and we're off and there it is cers flamingo downtown Chicago all right now we're turning on to Jackson Jackson used to be Route 66 now it's one way Adams is one way so if they split Route 66 this is Lou there it is this is Lou Mitchell's it's right there it's been around it's been on the same Corner since 1923 or in the same spot since 1923 there is no parking otherwise I would stop and uh and partake so that's Lou Mitchell's Route 66 all right we're back on Adams and Adams is officially Route 66 going west towards California and in order to stay on it we've got to turn left there it is on Ogden so make sure to make a left on Ogden and I've got my uh here it is easy 66 guide yeah make that left here we are hisor Route 66 in Illinois all right oh the old Castle Car [Applause] Wash and we just passed it there's another L malati Pizza you like that Chicago thick crust that's the joint lumati thick crust Chicago style all [Music] right the old Cindy Lou Motel look at that mid-century Cindy Lou Who I don't know look at that sign Henry's hot dogs it's a meal in itself love that sign back at on Ogden Route 66 here we are mcook you go to Google Maps and Google welcome The Fabulous Mook sign see what comes up steak and eggar we are in Willowbrook Illinois and uh the road has seen better days uh but it looks like they're uh they're redoing it Dell Ray's Chicken Basket love that sign get your chicks on Route 66 the chicken Bas 1939 very cool Roadside Attraction all right I'm going to get a quick picture the size of that Stout 66 1946 you guys got to go and check it out for yourself 66 all right 55 is ready to go store Route 66 and the Lincoln Highway intersection headed like that we're in Joliet Illinois uh old Juliet prison up there if you're a fan of The Blues Brothers I did a video on that so checked Love The Blues Brothers that's right up the road just a little ways but this is the intersection of Cass Street and Chicago and the Lincoln Highway precedes Route 66 by uh a few years I think the Lincoln Highway is 1912 somewhere around there Route 66 is 1926 so but this is where they intersected I think the only place and the map that they intersect is here in Illinois Juliet kind of cool stuff historic Route 66 Lincoln Highway all right we are we're finally at uh jet thank goodness Chicago and Jet worst roads that I've been on horrible uh thank goodness the rooster shop builds them tough so so we're out of at jiet and look at that we're just motivating long beautiful little Road Old Highway 66 coming into Wilmington Illinois hey there were the 2021 High School class two-way High School State Football champion Wilmington and W yeah this place has been here for a while from what I understand and apparently some people are unhappy with the uh the new owner this is a Gemini giant the launching pad oh there you go [Music] so there's the Gemini [Applause] Giant [Music] got the launching pad Jim giant Wilmington Illinois [Music] we're coming into Braidwood Illinois and the polka dot drivein it's been here for the I think since the 50 I don't know when it's been here I'm making that up good burgers been here before polka dot drivein historic Route 66 [Music] Hometown Route 66 look at this all the so historic two cell jail is that way historic Route [Music] [Music] [Music] 66 all right time for a photo up how you doing man good how are you sir is this you uh I think he's inside yeah awesome car man thank you sir awesome Place historic Route 66 got a visitor Tom I got a video going too if you don't mind look at this I I have a video thank you hi Tom I'm Jeff this dead hi je how you doing never better how are you sir doing good got check out his car wow wow this is a little overwhelming a little overwhelming amazing had to start putting it on the ceiling fantastic can you tell me a thumbnail history pardon a thumbnail history of the place thumbnail history of the place well this entire block used to have a Lumberyard on it it was built in 1895 this is a photo of it over here what you look at right here so it took up the entire block that you're on right now uh this picture was actually taken about 1895 where that tree is that's where we currently are today okay my grandparents came here in actually 1937 my grandfather managed this yard he bought it in 46 ran it till 71 these pictures were taken in 71 these are my grandparents in the office right here the window right there was the window right there the clock handing above the window right there is the clock that hangs in the front of the the the shop right now oh wow that's fantastic you've been here ever since yep uh when he sold the yard in 71 we built this on the back portion of the property and uh when he passed away he left the building to my uncle uh we had a little construction business we ran out of here then pretty Bare Bones I bought the building from my uh Uncle 15 years ago and uh I worked on stained glass windows so I buildt all the cabinets in here they're all full of stained glass I still do make and repair windows but uh I've been here working I'd see people out on the highway here in the road in front and they get a little lost on where 66 went where the jail was yeah so I go out and talked to them uh our young son and granddaughters live out in Vegas so my wife and I have driven back and forth probably over 25 times over the years and we tell people about other places to stop 11 years ago my oldest son made the Route 66 sign on the outside of the building so people started stopping and take pictures so we figured if they're going to stop let's do something the outside so we started putting the Coke signs on the outside people W stopped I started keeping literature to give to people so people started coming in so eight years ago we started doing this on the inside today my wife kindly refers to this as my man cave mini Museum turst information center sometimes we CH awesome how often are you here uh I'm here every day that I'm not doing something else there you go very nice can people find you online and where uh well I have a Facebook page it's called Perkins wooden glass so they can see us there okay I post uh as people stop every day I take their picture and put them on my page and uh if anything else is going on I kind of post it the days that I'm not here I've got to sign on the door I write on there where I'm at if I've gone to a doctor's appointment or what may be happening but uh other than that I'm here and we try to give people a little information on 66 you're the best thanks so much I appreciate and thanks for keeping this place alive thank you look at this awesome I'm going to go uh the two two room jail is just that way jail just down the street all right but uh before you uh before you leave let me get your picture and all right we're going to take some pictures here so all right I got those two characters made some new friends here at the shop on Route 66 look at the Burma shave sign and right down the road from the shop is the historic two cell jail and Tom was saying nobody in P was never locked up there but when Paul McCartney came through town in the' 60s he signed the guest book that's kind of cool and then that's uh an old Diner that they moved to this location all right [Music] Dwight Illinois and Amer service [Music] station look at this place all right hey guys how are you and this is the Dwight information center how do you like that whatever happen she's Linate I 2018 that we had up here on the wallain disappeared I think one of Time Slips you some of the newer pumps hello I'm over here how are you never bitter how are you hi there I'm Jeff fad nice to meet you Mary FL Mary nice to meet you tell me about this place well it was U given to the village in 1999 when the man that owned the village of Dwight Town not a parish not a city it's a village Village when the man that owned it built a station on the interstate and he turned his keys over to the village and we had it re re renovated to it kind of look like a 1940s type station and uh use it for a visitor center staffed by volunteers and it's a lot of fun how long have you been here working at the station yeah oh I don't know four or five years maybe you must have enjoy it I do we only work one shift a week but U we meet a lot of very nice people from all over the world very good very good thanks so much for keeping this place alive DWI first motorized Fire Engine little Flathead four does it still run um well do the fire engine still run does the fire engine still run we haven't had it started for a long time no it's very cool about the bearings right yeah it's all about the bearings yeah all about the bearings yeah nice looking thank you sir so built 1933 Dwight information center Dwight Illinois Route 66 neat and nice people all over the place now we're off to the uh [Music]

Channel: Jeff Thisted

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Length: 20min 11sec (1211 seconds)

Published: Mon Oct 30 2023