Joplin City Hall in downtown Joplin, Mo., decorates its windows each year for the Christmas season. This year, the windows took on a Route 66 theme as well. Ace Jackalope was there Friday for opening night. https://youtu.be/oXLjyU1vWKo Joplin is hosting the International Route 66 Festival in August 2013.
Author: Ron Warnick
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Indian marching band reunites after a half-century hiatus
Something remarkable occurred during the recent annual Winslow Christmas Parade on Route 66 in Winslow, Ariz. -- the Santa Fe All-Indian Marching Band reunited after a hiatus of 49 years. The Arizona Daily Sun reports that the band started in 1923 -- several years before U.S. Highway 66 was commissioned -- and disbanded in 1963 after … Continue reading Indian marching band reunites after a half-century hiatus
Tucumcari’s Christmas Village
For a second straight year, a miniature Christmas Village has been set up in the windows of the building across Route 66 from the Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari, N.M. The display will be open each Saturday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. through Christmas. According to the Tucumcari / Quay County Chamber of Commerce: … Continue reading Tucumcari’s Christmas Village
Cars Land at Christmas
Cars Land, located at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif., recently was decorated for the holiday season for the first time. The Disney Parks Blog produced this video about it: https://youtu.be/vc2_m9eoUa4 Do check out Cars Land's official website, where everything -- including the radio station -- has been changed to reflect the Christmas season. Cars Land … Continue reading Cars Land at Christmas
Art contest re-imagines the venerable Route 66 shield
The small town of Atlanta, Ill., is hosting what it hopes becomes an annual event -- "Route 66 Reinterpreted," an art project that re-imagines the look of the famous Route 66 shield sign. The contest is modeled after Chicago's "Cows on Parade" exhibit, except this one takes on the Mother Road's most famous symbol. According to the … Continue reading Art contest re-imagines the venerable Route 66 shield
Cadillac Ranch patriarch charged with child molestation
Stanley Marsh 3, the millionaire proprietor of the Cadillac Ranch and other whimsical art installations off Route 66 in Amarillo, Texas, was charged on 11 felony counts of molesting children and briefly jailed Wednesday, reported the Amarillo Globe-News and other media outlets. The newspaper reported: According to the criminal complaints, Marsh 3, 74, is charged … Continue reading Cadillac Ranch patriarch charged with child molestation
Where a celebrity’s fame persists after death
The Los Angeles Times posted a terrific article about Karie Bible, a black-clad tour guide at century-old and celebrity-filled Hollywood Forever Cemetery, located off Santa Monica Boulevard (aka Route 66) in Los Angeles. It seems Bible (her real name) is perfect for the site, combining a bit of kitsch with a lot of history in … Continue reading Where a celebrity’s fame persists after death
Crews begin dismantling Route 66 Bridge
Work crews started Monday in dismantling the closed Route 66 Bridge over the Meramec River at Route 66 State Park near Eureka, Mo., reported the Eureka-Wildwood Patch. A crew member from XL Contracting, the staff handling the deconstruction of the bridge, told Patch Monday the concrete on the bridge will be cut into slabs and … Continue reading Crews begin dismantling Route 66 Bridge
City will help fund Litchfield museum after all
Reversing an earlier decision, the City Council of Litchfield, Ill., has agreed to use money from motel taxes for the Litchfield Museum & Route 66 Welcome Center, said the Springfield State Journal-Register. The newspaper reported: The council agreed in principle earlier this month to increase the tax from 3 percent to 4 percent beginning in … Continue reading City will help fund Litchfield museum after all
A fun chat on KMOX radio
For fun, here's 34-minute broadcast on the KMOX-AM Auto Show in St. Louis. Host Greg Damon brought in Route 66 aficionado Joe Sonderman to talk about old cars and the Mother Road. The show really gets cooking around the 5-minute mark, where a caller tells about the Corvette he ordered. Sonderman owns the 66postcards.com site. … Continue reading A fun chat on KMOX radio