A Dallas-based CBS affiliate filed a nice report today on Oklahoma's Route 66 motels, which recently made Preservation Oklahoma's 2007 Most Endangered Places List. The piece -- which mentions the Riviera Courts in Miamia, the Chelsea Motel and Chelsea Motor Inn in Chelsea, Elm's Motel in Claremore, the Cotton Boll Motel in Canute, and the … Continue reading Route 66 Motels
Author: Ron Warnick
I'm the editor and publisher of Route 66 News, a clearinghouse of events, information, and entertainment pertaining to historic U.S. 66, the Mother Road.
Light posting
Posts on Route 66 News will be light in the next few days because I'm traveling, and connections will be erratic at best. I do have someone checking the Internet periodically to make sure no big stories are being missed. In the meantime, I recommend the Route 66 Revisited blog by two Reuters correspondents. They … Continue reading Light posting
Tourist center opens in San Bernardino
The new California Welcome Center for San Bernardino, one of just 13 in the state of California, opened today, reported the San Bernardino County Sun. It's expecting 100,000 visitors a year and a $6.5 million boost to the local economy. The center's opening may be a benchmark in the city's progress. After two consecutive years … Continue reading Tourist center opens in San Bernardino
37 Miles of Smiles
That's that the organizer is calling the garage sale along Route 66 in Logan County, Ill., reports the Lincoln Courier. The event will be on June 9-10. Just look for the "Route 66 Garage Sale" signs along various alignments of the route. The towns participating are Atlanta, Lawndale, Lincoln, Broadwell and Elkhart. Vendors spaces are … Continue reading 37 Miles of Smiles
Red Carpet treatment
Matt A. drove down Route 66 in Illinois during the Illinois Route 66 Red Carpet Corridor weekend. Here's his blog about it, with plenty of photos.
A sneak peek of the Route 66 Interpretive Center
The new Route 66 Interpretive Center in the old Armory building in Chandler, Okla., doesn't open to the public until 11 a.m. Saturday, and I'll be out of town because of a prior engagement. However, Howard Dickman, chairman of the Old Armory Restorers group, showed me around the building a couple of days ago. The … Continue reading A sneak peek of the Route 66 Interpretive Center
Churning out tales from the Mother Road
The Reuters correspondents who are traveling Route 66 in a vintage Porsche are filing lots of reports from the road. There were 16 stories on Wednesday alone; nearly all of them are excellent and often have fresh angles. A comparison between Seligman, Ariz., and Needles, Calif. Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Talking to a Flagstaff man … Continue reading Churning out tales from the Mother Road
Story of the Blue Dome
Tulsa has an area in downtown called the Blue Dome District -- an area of up-and-coming restaurants, taverns, businesses and residential lofts. The district's namesake is a blue-domed Gulf Oil station, built in 1924 on what became an early alignment of Route 66 through Tulsa. According to this article in Urban Tulsa, it was the … Continue reading Story of the Blue Dome
Tucumcari at night
The images aren't high quality, sometimes objects fade out of focus, and many of the neon lights remain out of commission after a severe hailstorm in late March. But this recent video from the seminal Route 66 town of Tucumcari, N.M., made me exclaim: "I wish I'd thought of that." Brian, aka bkdurham, on a … Continue reading Tucumcari at night
Trail blazing
The Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat has a story about the "trail-breaking" on June 2 of the new Route 66 Trail from Chicago to St. Louis that was fashioned specifically for bicyclists. Six towns along the Mother Road are hosts for segments of the trail. The segments range from 17 to 50 miles, although riders can go … Continue reading Trail blazing