The city council of Clinton, Oklahoma, this week approved the purchase of “The Triangle” near McLain Rogers Park, which will be used as a Route 66 monument.
According to the Clinton Daily News (subscription required), the monument at 10th Street and Opal Avenue will be provided to the city by the Route 66 Centennial Commission.
The city spent $34,628 for the land from Donelle Ratheal Wollman, said city manager Robert Johnston.
“An element of the Route 66 centennial was the State Route 66 Centennial Commission providing a two-sided monument to be placed somewhere in Clinton, at our discretion,” said Johnston. “The area that some people refer to as ‘The Triangle’ down there, 10th and Opal, was determined to be a viable opportunity, so we contacted Donelle about it and she was pleased to offer to sell that – all that property she acquired from Denny Meacham and another smaller tract to the City – and Andrew Stone come up with some preliminary drawings of what it could look like when it was done.”
The rendering includes a parking area, a walkway, and large flowerbeds flanking the proposed location of the monument itself.
City officials didn’t have a good-detail drawing of the monument itself, but a final design was imminent.
Johnston also said the area has historical significance. Tenth Street was the original 1926 alignment of Route 66, and Opal Avenue was the truck route of 66 starting in 1939.
(Excerpted image from Google Street View of the McLain Rogers Park entrance and The Triangle property in Clinton, Oklahoma)