Farm History/Rt 66 Bus Trip
2026-08-15 08:00 - 12:30 (America/Chicago)
Get your farm history kicks on Route 66 with a bus tour through northern McLean County!
Join us Saturday, August 15 for a drive down memory lane with Don Meyer, ag historian and guest curator for the Museum’s Farming in the Great Corn Belt permanent exhibit, and Candace Summers, the Museum’s Senior Director of Education.
Highlights include:

1833 “Old Chicago Trail”
Black Hawk War stockade site
Matthew T Scott house & farmland
“Memory Lane,” remnant of the 2-lane 1920s highway
Duncan Manor
Sprague’s Service Station, Normal
and more!

Cost: $50 for Farm Bureau/Museum members, $55 for non-members
Coffee and donuts will be available at 7:45 a.m. Bus will leave from the McLean County Fairgrounds promptly at 8:15 a.m. and return approximately 12:30 p.m. Seating is limited to 50 passengers, with a minimum of 28 people required to secure the motor coach.
Registration is due by July 26, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. Register online or call the Museum at 309-827-0428 to pay with a credit card. Payment must be made at the time of purchase.
The trip includes transportation by Peoria Charter Coach to all sites, bottled water, and a snack.
