I took this off the Oklahoma Route 66 Association site and added info and links where applicable:The Roger Miller Festival will be Oct. 22 in Erick, Okla. While you're there, go see the Roger Miller Museum to honor the "King of the Road" and visit the Sandhills Curiosity Shop for music and goofy comedy. The … Continue reading Upcoming Route 66 events
Day: October 17, 2005
Michael Wallis to star in “American Roads” TV show
Tulsa author Michael Wallis, author of the best-sellling "Route 66: The Mother Road," is about to begin production on the "American Road" television series. There will be 13 half-hour episodes about scenic highways, including Route 66. It will be shot by Pro Video Productions of Duluth, Minn. It will air on PBS.If any of you … Continue reading Michael Wallis to star in “American Roads” TV show
New bridge being built old-style
The Illinois Department of Transportation is replacing a 1925 bridge in Pontiac, Ill., on old Route 4, which is a precursor to Route 66. The agency took considerable pains to make sure the new bridge looks like the old one. This story here explains it nicely. The construction is estimated to be finished by winter. … Continue reading New bridge being built old-style
“The Grapes of Wrath” onstage
It looks like there's a theatre in Seattle that's putting on a production of "The Grapes of Wrath," based on the John Steinbeck novel of impoverished Okies trying to find a better life, any life, down Route 66 to California. A review of the production is here. The interesting part is that the play's ending … Continue reading “The Grapes of Wrath” onstage
A look at Tulsa’s Vision 2025 Route 66 project (Part 1)
Tulsa County voters in 2003 approved the Vision 2025 sales tax for massive capital improvements. One of those improvements was to the county's length Route 66, to the tune of $15 million.To put that in perspective, the Route 66 Corridor Act approved by Congress in the late 1990s was authorized for just $10 million over … Continue reading A look at Tulsa’s Vision 2025 Route 66 project (Part 1)
More from Cow Bop’s journal
The Western swing group just finished playing in Oklahoma City. The last two journal entries are here and here.