J.H. Hawes Grain Elevator

Historical marker location:

105-211 1st St, Atlanta, Illinois

( Marker is on 1st Street south of NW Race Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2001

Atlanta, Illinois.

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.