Noted video blogger Adam the Woo and a companion recently completed a journey down Route 66 in the Texas Panhandle. It's a leisurely road trip, sprinkled with Adam's gentle tomfoolery. https://youtu.be/5Kvm09skVVM Adam, who seeks out unusual roadside attractions and television and movie locations, has more than 500,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel. He's uploaded hundreds … Continue reading Adam the Woo travels Route 66 in the Texas Panhandle
Category: Attractions
RoadTripOK crew posts finale of its 52-week video series
The RoadTripOK crew this week posted its final video from a yearlong weekly series of attractions in Oklahoma, including several along Route 66. Two of the destinations are in the Route 66 town of Oklahoma City: the Oklahoma State Capitol Tourism Information Center, which has many Oklahoma travel souvenirs and free travel brochures and maps, … Continue reading RoadTripOK crew posts finale of its 52-week video series
Sapulpa will get a 26-foot Christmas tree in downtown
A community Christmas tree is seen in Baker City, Oregon. A similar tree is planned in downtown Sapulpa, Oklahoma. Two community groups in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, are partnering to bring a 26-foot-tall Christmas tree that will be placed at the Creek County Courthouse along Route 66. The tree replaces an unofficial community Christmas tree that stood … Continue reading Sapulpa will get a 26-foot Christmas tree in downtown
More doubt cast on Apache Death Cave story at Two Guns
A researcher who previously has debunked a long-told tale at a Route 66 site has cast additional doubt on the Apache Death Cave massacre that supposedly occurred in 1878 at Two Guns, Arizona. And it turns out the man who likely made up the story killed a man decades before. If you're unfamiliar with Apache … Continue reading More doubt cast on Apache Death Cave story at Two Guns
Lowell Davis, creator of Red Oak II near Carthage, dies at 83
Lowell Davis, an illustrator who created the rustic Red Oak II complex near Carthage, Missouri, as an homage to his hometown, died Monday. He was 83. According post Monday night on the Red Oak II page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=3654927054531816&id=130367633654460 Ozarks Alive described his early career after his stint in the Air Force: Lowell Davis rose … Continue reading Lowell Davis, creator of Red Oak II near Carthage, dies at 83
Train planned for Red Oak II complex near Carthage
One of the part-owners of the Red Oak II complex near Route 66 near Carthage, Missouri, plans to add a rideable train to the complex in the coming years. This revelation is tucked into a story about Red Oak II by Thrillist. The reporter didn't talk to its creator, Lowell Davis, because he was in … Continue reading Train planned for Red Oak II complex near Carthage
Muffler Man statue planned at Uranus Missouri complex
Louie Keen, the self-proclaimed mayor of the Uranus Missouri complex near St. Robert, Missouri, announced plans to erect a Muffler Man fiberglass statue in his own image next month. Keen revealed the plan in a Facebook post Wednesday: https://www.facebook.com/MayorofUranus/posts/3408565502560705 Keen calls it a "Mega-Mayor" statue that obviously is patterned after his "official" costume of a … Continue reading Muffler Man statue planned at Uranus Missouri complex
Amboy Crater among newest additions to National Trail System
The trail leading to the Amboy Crater extinct volcano in California's Mojave Desert on Thursday was among 30 sites added to the National Trail System. U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt made the announcement of 1,275 miles being added to the trail system from Lake Mead National Recreation Area. That is in addition to … Continue reading Amboy Crater among newest additions to National Trail System
Latest RoadTripOK video again features Tulsa
The latest RoadTripOK video this week features sites near Route 66 in Tulsa, the second time this series has featured the city. Here is the video: https://youtu.be/PdCon3lWWys Here are the places the video spotlights: Gathering PlaceMother Road MarketPhilbrook Museum of Art Oklahoma Tourism and Broken Arrow-based Retrospec Films announced last fall they would launch a … Continue reading Latest RoadTripOK video again features Tulsa
‘World’s largest Route 66 sign’ planned in Wellston won’t be the world’s largest
Longtime Route 66 researcher and artist Jerry McClanahan flagged an article in a local newspaper that reported Wellston, Oklahoma, is planning what reputedly would be the "world's largest" Route 66 sign. In a Facebook post, McClanahan posted a photograph of an Oct. 8 article from The Lincoln County News, based in Chandler, Oklahoma, that stated … Continue reading ‘World’s largest Route 66 sign’ planned in Wellston won’t be the world’s largest