The death toll from wildfires that struck the Texas Panhandle has risen to 11, with two missing. The fires also have killed countless livestock, as recounted by this heartbreaking article from the Amarillo Globe-News (free registration required). Davie Gipson, one of the volunteers at the Devils Rope Museum in McLean, told me on the phone … Continue reading Panhandle wildfires update
Day: March 14, 2006
New Route 66 map is published
Here's a story about the creation of the "Route 66 Greatest Hits Map" by Dave Brackney and photographer Todd Masinter. The map pays tribute to the 80th anniversary of Route 66, according to the Pasadena Star-News. "The face we are putting forward here is not the face of one-size-fits-all corporate America, with Targets, Wal-Marts and … Continue reading New Route 66 map is published