http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170608/dozen-communities-celebrating-ties-to-route-66
(Steven Spearle -Springfield Journal-Register. Please Click on the link to read the full story. Here is an excerpt.)

The Shell Station museum in Mount Olive, which will be part of the festival this weekend. (roadtrips.com image)
Cheryl Eichar Jett learned to read a road map as a small child.
“I acquired (my parents’) love of road-tripping,” said Jett, a former Springfield resident and author of four books on Route 66. “Route 66 is Americana at its best. It’s a microcosm of our society.”
The “Blue Carpet” is the state’s southern-most Route 66 corridor. There are also “Red Carpet” and “White Carpet” corridors, which have their own separate festivals.