Pioneer’s Rest Motel in Broadwell, Illinois
Landmark

Pioneer’s Rest Motel

Broadwell, Illinois

Mile Marker 165 mi from Chicago
Price $
Highway Historic Route 66

The Pioneer Rest Motel was built by Ernie Edwards sister Bonnie and her husband in the late 1940s. What started out as a few tourist cabins eventually were remodeled under one roof becoming a more modern motel. It closed in 1991

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