Less than a month after it was purchased, the Rose Bowl on Route 66 in Tulsa is up for sale again -- this time on eBay. Starting bid is $499,000, with a "Buy It Now" price of $599,000. Owner Sam Baker also is selling the original wooden alleys for $3,500 apiece, according to the site. … Continue reading Rose Bowl in Tulsa up for sale on eBay
Category: Attractions
It’s not yet over for Horn Oil Co.
It appears the Albuquerque Downtown Neighborhoods Association has appealed the decision to by the city's Environmental Planning Commission to approve a proposal to redevelop and raze part of Horn Oil Co. on Central Avenue, aka Route 66. I have little information about on what grounds the appeal is based. I've e-mailed one of the association's … Continue reading It’s not yet over for Horn Oil Co.
Southwest Museum may be closed until at least 2010
So the story now, according to this new report from the Los Angeles Times, is that the Southwest Museum of American Indian artifacts will close June 30 for major repairs to its building on the Mount Washington site near the Pasadena Freeway (Route 66). Operators of the Southwest Museum say they will close its collections … Continue reading Southwest Museum may be closed until at least 2010
A real character of the road dies
I hadn't heard of Riley B. Thompson, who died at age 82 on Saturday. But I'm sure some of the old-timers of Route 66 in Southern California have. Check out the obituary in the Daily Press. After serving in the Marine Corps, Thompson moved to the High Desert in 1950 and worked providing vehicles and … Continue reading A real character of the road dies
American Indian museum is under siege
This dispute is complicated. But it seems the Autry National Center wants the Southwest Museum of the American Indian to move from its historic 1914 building near the Pasadena Freeway (Route 66) to an expanded facility in Griffith Park. The Southwest Museum's supporters, Friends of the Southwest Museum Coalition, don't want it to move, and … Continue reading American Indian museum is under siege
Map of Illinois Route 66 bike trail published
Much of the trail isn't on Route 66 for safety reasons, but shadows it. Roger Kramer of Roger Kramer's Favorite Cycling Tours reports: One of the old alignments of Route 66 used Chain of Rocks Road from the Mississippi River to the present Illinois Route 157, took Route 157 through Edwardsville and Hamel, then continued … Continue reading Map of Illinois Route 66 bike trail published
Rick and Jane see the Big Cross
Rick and Jane McKinney, the evangelist couple that's walking much of Route 66 in their Walk to Reclaim America, made it to the big cross in Groom, Texas, on St. Patrick's Day. They have walked 1,200 miles. At least they missed the wildfires in the Panhandle a few days earlier.
Lauterbach Tire Man beheaded
No, al-Qaida insurgents from Iraq aren't responsible. The lopping off of the Lauterbach Tire Man's noggin on the 1926-34 alignment of Route 66 in Springfield, Ill., was caused by last week's severe thunderstorms. As you can see, the head was eventually found. Lauterbach Tire and Car Wash Service is at 1569 Wabash Ave. in Springfield. … Continue reading Lauterbach Tire Man beheaded
Blogger seeks to restore Seligman Harvey House
Michael Taylor of the National Park Service Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program has tipped me off to a blog concerning restoration efforts of a Harvey House in the Route 66 town of Seligman, Ariz. Seligman Harvey House is written by Mary Clurman of Seligman. This Harvey House, one of many built on the railroad lines … Continue reading Blogger seeks to restore Seligman Harvey House
New Route 66 map is published
Here's a story about the creation of the "Route 66 Greatest Hits Map" by Dave Brackney and photographer Todd Masinter. The map pays tribute to the 80th anniversary of Route 66, according to the Pasadena Star-News. "The face we are putting forward here is not the face of one-size-fits-all corporate America, with Targets, Wal-Marts and … Continue reading New Route 66 map is published