Miles of Possibility Route 66 Conference

Name: Miles of Possibility Route 66 Conference
Start: 2025-10-09T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-10-11T16:45:00-05:00
Location: Joliet Area Historical Museum

Schedule

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025 at 06:30 pm to Sat, 11 Oct, 2025 at 04:45 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Joliet Area Historical Museum | Joliet, IL

The Miles of Possibility Route 66 Conference (MOP) is the only annual conference that focuses on the history, preservation, and economic development of Route 66.
This year's conference theme is "Road to the Centennial" with Keynote speaker Rhys Martin. Rhys is the Manager of Preserve Route 66 with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, President of the Oklahoma Route 66 Association, the chair of the State Route 66 Association Working Group for the Route 66 Road Ahead Partnership, a member of the Oklahoma Route 66 Centennial Commission and the Tulsa Route 66 Commission, and an advisor to the non-profit Route 66 Alliance. Rhys is an accomplished photographer and a published author, including the 2018 book Lost Restaurants of Tulsa.
More information regarding event times, speakers, and other activities can be found through the TICKET link.