The Ninth Annual Miles of Possibility Route 66 Conference will be held Thursday thru Sunday, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, in Edwardsville, Ill., with the theme “Giants of Route 66.”
The main conference activities will take place at the historic Wildey Theatre just off Route 66.
The keynote speaker will be Joel Baker, founder of American Giants and the nation’s leading authority of – and advocate for – the identification, preservation, and restoration of the giant fiberglass statues known as “muffler men” produced in the 1960s by International Fiberglass Company, once located in Venice, Calif.
“Muffler men” got their name from their advertising use at automotive shops. Baker has established an American Giants Museum in Atlanta, Ill.
