Rick Dailey and other fans are attempting to document the scenes where the original "Route 66" television show was shot, The Sentinel of Cumberland County, Pa., reports. The site, ohio66.com, originally was created to tell where "Route 66," starring George Maharis and Martin Milner during the early 1960s, was shot near Cleveland. But since, then … Continue reading Site documents “Route 66” scenes
Month: August 2009
Kingman logos expand Route 66 role
Deep into this Kingman (Ariz.) Daily Miner about the City Council is this item: Elsewhere on the agenda, councilmembers will review a series of logos designed by Joshua Noble of the Kingman Area Chamber of Commerce to be used in future tourism and economic development efforts. Chamber president Beverly Liles will present the four recently-redesigned … Continue reading Kingman logos expand Route 66 role
Voice of the Dodgers set to retire after next season
After the close of the 2010 maj0r-league baseball season, it appears that a living legend will finally hang up the microphone after more than 60 years. Summers in Southern California will never be quite the same. Reported Phil Rosenthal of the Chicago Tribune noted that Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully gave himself a little … Continue reading Voice of the Dodgers set to retire after next season
How about a lift?
For the second straight year, the Lift to the Rocker event at the Fanning 66 Outpost on Route 66 near Cuba, Mo., raised funds for the Cuba Volunteer Fire Department. For $5, participants could get the rare opportunity to be lifted by a fire department bucket truck to the seat of the store's 42-foot-tall World's … Continue reading How about a lift?
Old Matt is not that old
A mile or two east of Kellyville, Okla., on Route 66 is a new place called Old Matt's General Store. Here's the kicker: According to an article in the Sapulpa Daily Herald, owner Matthew Morris graduated in May and opened his store in mid-July. That's graduated from high school, not college. He has it figured … Continue reading Old Matt is not that old
Wrink’s Market closes
Buffeted by a poor economy and other economic factors, Terry Wrinkle pulled the plug on his resurrected Wrink's Market off old Route 66 in Lebanon, Mo., and closed it in mid-June. Wrinkle reopened Wrink's Market in June 2007 after his father and the store's longtime owner, Glenn "Wrink" Wrinkle, died in 2005 at age 82. … Continue reading Wrink’s Market closes
More from the Steil-Luning Route 66 trip
Here's another fresh video from Tim Steil and Jim Luning's "Route 66 -- Ten Years Later" trip last month.
Toolin’ tumbleweed
Look who's now doing the driving in the latest installment of "Route 66: A Road Trip through the Bible." This segment covers the second book of Chronicles.
Details of Will Rogers event released
On Friday afternoon, Jim Conkle of the Route 66 Alliance released the long-awaited details about the 2009 Will Rogers Awards banquet that will be Sept. 12 in Flagstaff, Ariz., as part of the annual Flagstaff Route 66 Days that week. The banquet will be from 7 to about 9:30 p.m. in the main ballroom of … Continue reading Details of Will Rogers event released