John Posch

Historical marker location:

213 West College Avenue, Greenville, Illinois

( Marker is on College Avenue, on the right when traveling west.)

Shoemaker from Austria.

The famous Route 66, one of the first highways in the U.S., passed through Illinois. The highway, which stretched from Chicago to Santa Monica, California, was a popular route for tourists and truckers and played an important role in American culture and history.