As expected, Claude Neon on Thursday reinstalled the Route 66 shield on the walkway at the Cyrus Avery Route 66 Memorial Plaza in Tulsa, reported KOTV. The LED shield was vandalized last year. Claude Neon installed a protective screen, designed by Steve Vogt, to dissuade future mischief. It would have been easy to come up … Continue reading Route 66 shield reinstalled on Cyrus Avery walkway
Category: Attractions
Meadow Gold sign update
The rebuilding of the historic Meadow Gold sign at 11th Street and Quaker Avenue in Tulsa continued this week. Sure, the image above doesn't look much different from the one from Laurel Kane's post last Wednesday. But look closer: That is neon tubing on the perimeter of each letter. It takes a lot of time … Continue reading Meadow Gold sign update
Pitch made for Route 66 monument in Mojave
Jim Conkle of the fledgling Route 66 Alliance sent me some photos of him making a pitch to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), her staff and other officials near Amboy Crater, just off Route 66 near Amboy, Calif., to designate a Route 66 National Monument along 70 miles of Southern California's Mojave Desert. Conkle also wrote … Continue reading Pitch made for Route 66 monument in Mojave
Racing to the rocker
The inaugural Race to the Rocker, a four-mile footrace on Route 66 from Cuba, Mo., to the world's largest rocking chair at the Fanning 66 Outpost and General Store, drew 155 participants on Saturday under nearly perfect weather conditions. The race, organized by local running club JOG Inc., raised $7,500 to help Cuba's high school … Continue reading Racing to the rocker
New museum opens next month in Santa Fe
The new New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe, N.M., that is slated to open May 24 should be of interest to roadies. According to the Salt Lake Tribune: The museum explores how the West's various cultures clashed and blended over 400 years of written and spoken memory. It starts with new Mexico's native inhabitants … Continue reading New museum opens next month in Santa Fe
And so it begins …
Workers from Claude Neon Federal began re-erecting the historic Meadow Gold neon sign at 11th Street and Quaker Avenue in Tulsa on Monday afternoon. The "Beatrice Foods Co." was the only part they had attached to the framework, and that was to only one side, as of about 2:30 p.m. The "Milk, Ice Cream" part … Continue reading And so it begins …
Sneak preview of I-44 Welcome Center
The Missouri Department of Transportation will open a new Route 66-themed Welcome Center on Interstate 44 west of Conway. The welcome center isn't quite finished and therefore isn't open. But it's far enough along that these photos from Angela Eden of MoDOT will give you a good idea what the Route 66 welcome center will … Continue reading Sneak preview of I-44 Welcome Center
“Gateway to Oklahoma”
"Gateway to Oklahoma" is what the state tourism director Hardy Watkins described Miami, Okla., during that city's chamber of commerce luncheon Wednesday, reported the Joplin (Mo.) Globe. Watkins told the crowd that successful communities know who they are, accept who they are and celebrate who they are. [...] “You’re being incredibly aggressive,” Watkins said, praising … Continue reading “Gateway to Oklahoma”
A take on Tulsa’s Mother Road
Urban Tulsa, the alternative weekly in town, has a report today about the still-being-planned Route 66 interpretive center in town. Many of the quotes are from Michael Wallis, author of the best-selling "Route 66: The Mother Road." Wallis' thoughts about the Route 66 center: "I saw this site as the key to really push Tulsa … Continue reading A take on Tulsa’s Mother Road
Stolen meteorite returned to Meteor Crater
A nearly 50-pound meteorite that was stolen in 1968 from Meteor Crater near Route 66 in eastern Arizona has been found and returned, reports the Arizona Republic. It's called the Basket meteorite because of its shape. How it was recovered is remarkable: Tom Lynch did not know any of this three years ago when he … Continue reading Stolen meteorite returned to Meteor Crater