In the summers when I was about 10- 12 or even younger we would go to Illinois (me and my sister) to visit all of our family members for a few weeks. My aunt Annie lived about 5 or 6 miles from my grandma and we would walk to my grandma's all by our selves after she met us half way there. Of course neither my aunt or grandma drove. I would never let my kids do that if I had some nowadays. They didn't think anything of it in the 50 's. This town was Peoria, Illinois and I have such fond memories of visiting there over the years.