Historical Marker
Cahokia Mounds
Historical marker location:
30 Ramey Drive, Collinsville, Illinois
( Marker is on Ramey Drive, 0.3 miles south of Collinsville Road, on the right when traveling south.)
The Road to America's Oldest City.
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.