Hackett Hot Wings in Joplin to be featured on America’s Best Restaurants site, video channel

Hackett Hot Wings in Joplin, Missouri, soon will be featured on the America's Best Restaurants website and YouTube channel. A video crew from the company visited the restaurant at 502 S. Main St. (aka Route 66) last week. The video should be on the America's Best Restaurants YouTube channel in eight to 10 weeks, reported … Continue reading Hackett Hot Wings in Joplin to be featured on America’s Best Restaurants site, video channel

Updated third edition of “Route 66 Party Guide” is out; YouTube channel contains 100 videos

Sam Allen, who first created the "Route 66 Party Guide" book and a website nearly 10 years ago, recently updated his book and has beefed up his YouTube channel. He stated in an email that the third edition (Amazon link) is in paperback, hardcover and e-book versions. The book has been completely updated. There are … Continue reading Updated third edition of “Route 66 Party Guide” is out; YouTube channel contains 100 videos

Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau honored for Route 66 mural trail

The Illinois Governor’s Conference on Travel & Tourism recently honored the Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau with a Cooperative Partnership award for The Last 100 Miles of Route 66 Postcard Mural Trail. More about the honor from The Alton Telegraph newspaper: Working with 12 different Route 66 communities to create a vivid Route 66 … Continue reading Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau honored for Route 66 mural trail

How an incident at Oklahoma Joe’s led to an early civil-rights movement in Albuquerque

A recently posted massive photo archive on the Vintage St. Louis & Route 66 page on Facebook revealed an episode at an Albuquerque restaurant that led to the city imposing an anti-discrimination ordinance years before the U.S. civil-rights movement began in the mid-1950s. One post contained an old postcard of Oklahoma Joe's Genuine Pit Bar-B-Que … Continue reading How an incident at Oklahoma Joe’s led to an early civil-rights movement in Albuquerque

Arizona Office of Tourism launches digital Route 66 Passport program

The Arizona Office of Tourism launched a digital Route 66 Passport program during the Labor Day weekend where participants can win prizes. The Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona is a partner in the free program It requires no downloads of apps, and it includes a free digital map. The pass can be saved onto a … Continue reading Arizona Office of Tourism launches digital Route 66 Passport program

Oklahoma Route 66 Association replacing “Roadside Attraction” signs in state

The Oklahoma Route 66 Association a few days ago announced it is replacing about a dozen "Roadside Attraction" signs erected by Hampton Inn at Route 66 sites across the state nearly 20 years ago. The association stated in a news release it was identifying the location, the sign's status and whether descriptive text needs to … Continue reading Oklahoma Route 66 Association replacing “Roadside Attraction” signs in state

Atlas Obscura podcast features Mary Beth Babcock and her Buck Atom statue in Tulsa

A recent podcast by the Atlas Obscura travel website featured Mary Beth Babcock, owner and creator of the Buck Atom's Cosmic Curios on 66 shop in Tulsa, and the landmark Buck Atom fiberglass statue that anchors the site. It's an entertaining 11-minute podcast, and Babcock's irrepressible personality comes through: Babcock commissioned the Buck Atom statue … Continue reading Atlas Obscura podcast features Mary Beth Babcock and her Buck Atom statue in Tulsa

Take a deep dive into the massive Route 66 Photo Archive and its 50,000+ images

This has been over 20 years in the making, but the Route 66 Photo Archive recently passed 50,000 images in its database. Dries Bessels started the archive in June 2000. In late June this year, he announced the archive had passed more than 50,000 images in the database. The photographs are sorted by location from … Continue reading Take a deep dive into the massive Route 66 Photo Archive and its 50,000+ images

Google Doodle contains an artist’s tribute to Route 66

The Google Doodle on Google's homepage on Saturday will contain a commissioned work of an artist's representation of Route 66. Allison Hacker of M Booth Communications alerted us to the forthcoming Google Doodle in an email about two weeks ago: While every Doodle has a story behind it, this specific one has a 2,448-mile-long journey. … Continue reading Google Doodle contains an artist’s tribute to Route 66

“Hispanic Legacies of Route 66 in New Mexico” webpage given an award for excellence

The "Hispanic Legacies of Route 66 in New Mexico" webpage recently received the 2022 Stanton-Horton Award for Excellence in National Park Service History from the Organization of American Historians. The StoryMap webpage, of which the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program was a prominent partner, combines photos, video and other interactive elements. The Organization of American … Continue reading “Hispanic Legacies of Route 66 in New Mexico” webpage given an award for excellence