Travis Good had some interesting news from the Route 66 town of Dwight, Ill., that he posted to the Route 66 yahoogroup: Ron was showing me a new business in Dwight across the street from the Becker gas station. It looks like a big billboard with a mural on it. It turns out that it … Continue reading Java stop
Month: April 2007
Construction begins on Avery Plaza
A couple of news items today from the Tulsa World have relevance to Route 66: Construction has begun on the Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza, which is at Southwest Boulevard and Riverside Drive in Tulsa. It eventually will be part of a Route 66 museum complex. Organizers of the Route 66 Marathon probably will tweak the … Continue reading Construction begins on Avery Plaza
The sad story of Glenrio
Josh Burton of the Amarillo Globe-News does a bang-up job telling the history of Glenrio, a Route 66 ghost town on the Texas-New Mexico border that recently was named to the National Register of Historic Places. Burton talked to Phil Thomason, who wrote the proposal to put Glenrio on the National Register; Allen Ehresman, whose … Continue reading The sad story of Glenrio
Carl who?
Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Carl Hubbell was born in the Route 66 town of Carthage, Mo. He's the guy most famous for striking out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin consecutively in the 1934 All-Star Game. He also was the league MVP twice. If you've driven through Carthage and … Continue reading Carl who?
The ugly truth
The Lope traveled to the Panhandle of Texas and shot this and several other photos of the "Rattlesnakes -- Exit Now" sign that was blown down by severe storms a few weeks ago. I saw a similar photo in the recently mailed Texas Old Route 66 Association's newsletter, so I mostly knew what the damage … Continue reading The ugly truth