Text by Tammie

    The “Christmas in Carlinville” to be held Dec. 5, 6 and 7, 2025, in Carlinville, Illinois, will take visitors all over town. But there also will be festivities at the historic Downtown Square, the place where historically Route 66 once “circled.” Two courthouses also were once on the square. Now there’s a gazebo. There’s more about it all at Mother Road Moves .

  Atlanta, Illinois, was among stops for a recent Mother Road Moves newsletter . While there, we happened by the Paul Bunyon [sic] giant that holds a hot dog in a bun. We stopped for lunch at the Country-Aire Restaurant, home of delicious pie and Lumi, The Pie Lady giant that celebrates the owner’s wife’s pie-making skills. Of course, I took home a piece of delicious pecan pie. But can we also talk about the pork tenderloin sandwich I ate on-site? Scrumptious!

  The Macoupin County “Cannonball” Jail’s entrance faced U.S. Route 66. Route 66 in Carlinville, Illinois, was used for transporting illegal beverages in the 1920s. Leading to some people being incarcerated at the jail right on that same Route 66. Perfect. https://motherroadmoves.substack.com/p/cannonball-jail-kept-inmates-on-route