The California Route 66 Museum in Victorville in a few months will mark its 15th anniversary, and longtime museum volunteer and officer Charlotte “Chick” Kirk recently celebrated her 80th birthday, reported the Victorville Daily Press. The story behind Kirk's involvement in the museum: The museum opened on Nov. 11, 1995. On that very day, Kirk … Continue reading Victorville museum volunteer marks milestone
Day: July 8, 2010
New plant sign touts Webb City’s Route 66 heritage
Cardinal Scale Manufacturing Co. in Webb City, Mo., is marking its 60th anniversary and just opened a new building in town, according to the Joplin Globe. That's certainly noteworthy, but the real point of interest for Route 66 enthusiasts lurks in the plans for the land near the Cardinal Scale plant: Mayor John Biggs said … Continue reading New plant sign touts Webb City’s Route 66 heritage
Call of the whacky
This YouTube poster called "pappymeme," aka Mondo Man, checked out a few Route 66 sights in Arizona and California and let loose his trademark Tarzan yell. There's more where this came from at his YouTube account, but I like these best, especially the bemused look from Bottletree Ranch owner Elmer Long. Maybe it's because Elmer … Continue reading Call of the whacky
Follow her east
Claudia Heller, who's written a bunch of recent articles about Route 66 in California for the Pasadena Star-News, tucked into a report about Route 66 enthusiast Kim Anderson that she's about to write a series about the Mother Road during a trip from Needles, Calif., to Chicago. Considering Heller's well-researched previous stories, I'm looking forward … Continue reading Follow her east
“Route 66 Yellow Pages” off to a good start
When I first heard last summer about a Kansas firm wanting to publish a 300-page, advertising-supported Route 66 guidebook in early 2010, I was skeptical. Such a publication would be a huge undertaking. Trying to collect advertising from businesses along a 2,400-mile stretch of old highway would be like herding cats. And the ambitions were … Continue reading “Route 66 Yellow Pages” off to a good start