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Funded by the Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition this Lincoln Highway mural, by artist Jay Allen, highlights Genoa's role in understanding the importance of The Good Roads Movement in rural Illinois. Address: 104 W Main St, Genoa, IL 60135

"The Good Roads Movement"

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"Illinois was a leader in the Good Roads Movement that swept through rural America during the early 1900's. Road dragging contests - "sleds" hitched to a team of horses and dragged along the road, packing and smoothing the road surface - were held as part of a campaign to improve Illinois highways.

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While communities like Genoa had been linked to major markets by railroads, they realized the need for a good hard road system in order to reach other services and entertainment in nearby communities."

Address: 104 W Main St, Genoa, IL

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