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Soulsby Service Station
Mount Olive, Illinois
Restored 1920s house-and-canopy service station in Mount Olive, run by one family for decades.
- Cost
- Free
- Time to allow
- 15 min
A house-and-canopy filling station from the 1920s, run by the Soulsby family for decades and restored by volunteers. It is a tiny stop but one of the best preserved on the Illinois stretch. Mount Olive is also where union organiser Mother Jones is buried, a quirky extra stop in town.
Good to know
- Opening is limited, so plan to see the outside
- Mother Jones' memorial is in the town cemetery
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
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