May these stories and pieces of history from Route 66 inspire you to discover a piece of America's past for yourself. Welcome to the heydays of Route 66! This historic road was commissioned in 1926, and by 1937 it was a fully paved, two-lane road from Chicago to Los Angeles. It traveled more than two-thousand miles through eight states and three time zones as travelers went looking for the promised land. Listen as America's Route 66 Band take you on this spoken word journey down Route 66. 

There were two people who refused to recognize the truth. His mother told a Chicago reporter for the Herald Examiner, “Lester was a great hearted boy who was always taking the blame for other’s sins. He wouldn’t hurt nobody except in self-defense.” When FBI agents finally brought him down, his sister bristled, “The FBI killed a better man today than he ever killed.” Then his mother added, “I’m proud he was my son.”

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Lester Gillis, aka; Baby Face had no morales and killed without remorse. In time, he would gleefully describe his killings to his pals. In the end, even his friends would turn against him.

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Lester Gillis, aka; Baby Face had no morales and killed without remorse. In time, he would gleefully describe his killings to his pals. In the end, even his friends would turn against him.

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Lester Gillis, aka: Baby Face grew up in the area around Humboldt Park in Chicago at a time when the nation was wallowing in the mire of prohibition. He joined a juvenile gang, bootlegged bear and stole automobile tires, then moved on to steeling cars and robbing banks. He had no morales and killed without remorse. In time, he would gleefully describe his killings to his pals. In the end, even his friends would turn against him.

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Things went wrong with the bank job in Grand Haven. Citizens take control. 

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In the early 10930's the gangster era was is full swing. Learn the finer points of bank robbing. Get in and get out!

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He joined a juvenile gang, bootlegged bear and stole automobile tires, then moved on to steeling cars and robbing banks. He had no morales and killed without remorse. In time, he would gleefully describe his killings to his pals.

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Hellen Gillis was the wife of Baby Face Nelson. Learn about how this woman fit into the lawless life of the FBI's number one gangster.

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