Joe Mikulecky, a member of the governor’s Electric Vehicle Advisory Council, during a break to charge his 2012 Nissan (73 miles per charge) in Atlanta, Illinois, at one of the electric car charging stations along the famous roadway. |PHOTO BY DAVE HOEKSTRA

Don Bode, a 61-year-old welder from Lincoln, nine miles south of Atlanta, Illinois, on Rt. 66. | PHOTO BY DAVE HOEKSTRA

The old Brown's Texaco station in Atlanta, Illinois, along Rt. 66. | PHOTO COURTESY WILLIAM THOMAS