As 100th anniversary celebrations are underway throughout the eight states and hundreds of cities Route 66 travels through — including Claremont — it’s a good time to explore how the iconic road came to be. Here, crews prepare to lay asphalt along Route 66 in Illinois in the late 1920s. Photo/courtesy of Route 66 Postcards
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