The Southwest Museum of the American Indian is just off Route 66 and is the oldest museum in Los Angeles, dating to 1913. Some controlling interests want to move the museum's contents to another site; American Indians and other museum advocates want the artifacts to stay where they are. For more background on this complicated … Continue reading Write to help the Southwest Museum
Category: Attractions
L.A. uses “Cars” to trumpet itself
The story is roundabout and the headline is perhaps even inaccurate. But the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau is using the "Cars" movie as a hook to attract travelers to its sections of the Mother Road. Other cities along Route 66, take note. This is a smart way to get people curious about your … Continue reading L.A. uses “Cars” to trumpet itself
Mini-golf on the Mother Road
The Washington (Mo.) Missourian reports that the new Route 66 Mini Golf is set to open next month in Gray Summit, Mo., on Highway 100, aka Route 66, next to the Diamond Inn Motel. It's at the site of a mini-course that closed a few years ago. If you want to learn more about the … Continue reading Mini-golf on the Mother Road
Notes from the road
Here's a few odds 'n' ends I collected during our journey from Tulsa to Albuquerque and back for the Route 66 festival: We've seen a marked decline in Clines Corners, the Route 66 stop that dates to 1937. In the last couple of years we've visited there, prices on merchandise have gone up while the … Continue reading Notes from the road
Oklahoma proposes tourism funding cuts
I've received word that proposed state funding for about 30 Oklahoma Historical Society sites, including the Route 66 Museum in Clinton, has been cut from $3.1 million to a mere $700,000. The state is working out its yearly budget and has less than a week in which to do so. It seems ludicrous to cut … Continue reading Oklahoma proposes tourism funding cuts
More scuttlebutt
Here are more Route 66 news items I learned at the afternoon session of the Route 66 Summit in Albuquerque: -- American Road magazine is expanding its Web site on June 30, complete with podcasts from our two-lane highways. -- David Sheehan is currently traveling Route 66 to film a pilot episode about the Mother … Continue reading More scuttlebutt
Scuttlebutt from the road
I'm between sessions at the Route 66 Summit in Albuquerque, before the festival starts in earnest. The nice part is that you hear a lot of news from the movers and shakers of the Mother Road. Here's the latest tidbits: A Phillips 66 station at 10th and Military streets in Baxter Springs, Kan., has been … Continue reading Scuttlebutt from the road
Oklahoma City’s Gold Dome finds new life
A few years ago, the geodesic "Gold Dome" on Route 66 in Oklahoma City once was slated for the wrecking ball. Now it's being used as a multicultural center and office complex, reports Preservation Online, a publication by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Gold Dome, built in 1958 as a Citizen's Bank, is … Continue reading Oklahoma City’s Gold Dome finds new life
Two Route 66 sites may be featured on Rachel Ray’s show
Rachael Ray is the busy host of four programs on the Food Network. The network is launching a daily syndicated show for her in September, and Route 66 may be featured on one of the episodes, according to the Springfield Journal-Register. So this morning, a film crew will shoot local Lincoln impersonator Fritz Klein visiting … Continue reading Two Route 66 sites may be featured on Rachel Ray’s show
“Cars” at the Admiral Twin Drive-In
Red Fork Hippie Chick and I saw "Cars" at the historic Admiral Twin Drive-In in Tulsa. Here's her writeup of it, which includes a lot of photographs of truly vintage advertisements shown before the main feature.