The New Mexico Route 66 Centennial Speaker Series is launching on Jan. 24 in the Albuquerque metro area and will continue throughout the year.
The first day of the series will have a dozen speakers lined up, with additional ones each successive month.
All events are free. The lectures repeat throughout the locations.
In addition to the above website, more about the series can be found on its Facebook page.
Here are the lectures lined up for Jan. 24:
- The KiMo Theatre: Fact and Folklore
- Rerouting Route 66 through New Mexico
- Little Beaver Town
- An Iconic View: Route 66 in Downtown Albuquerque
- Why turn left at Albuquerque? Albuquerque, Route 66 and the Many Roads That Came Before
- Route 66 New Mexico
- The Civil War on Route 66
- Chinese Merchants of Albuquerque’s Route 66
- The Italians’ Pathway to Prosperity on Albuquerque’s Route 66
- Motels on Route 66/Central Avenue in Albuquerque
- North Fourth Street – Albuquerque’s Original Route 66
- Tijeras Canyon – Five Miles of Road and Hundreds of Stories
Speakers are scheduled through May. The schedule for the remaining months will be announced later.
(Vintage postcard image of Route 66 in downtown Albuquerque courtesy of 66postcards.com)