Cheryl Nowka, daughter of the late Lucille "Mother of the Mother Road" Hamons of Lucille's in Hydro, Okla., died at age 63 over the weekend, according to an obituary in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. According to posts on the Route 66 yahoogroup, Nowka had been ill for some time and spent her final days in … Continue reading Daughter of Lucille Hamons dies
Day: June 25, 2011
Book review: “Get Your Pics on Route 66”
Joe Sonderman has written at least four books through Arcadia Publishing using his massive collection of vintage postcards from Route 66. Alas, those books come in black-and-white, preventing readers from seeing the postcards' vivid colors. That problem has been rectified with a beautiful new book, "Get Your Pics on Route 66" (160 pages, softcover, full … Continue reading Book review: “Get Your Pics on Route 66”