The Cotton Gin complex that graced Route 66 in Kellyville, Okla., for decades was torn down in recent weeks. When we passed through town Saturday, we found that the property where the Cotton Gin stood was scraped clean, with the steel skeleton being build in the back of the land. No traces of the historical … Continue reading Kellyville’s Cotton Gin complex is razed
Category: Businesses
Route 66 documentary to debut next month
Photojournalist Joe Frederick of Frederick Media spent much of last summer checking out businesses and its people along Route 66. That trip will culminate in the documentary film, "Life Along the Forgotten Highway," next month. Frederick recently appeared on a news show on NBC Philadelphia to talk about the film. A free screening is scheduled … Continue reading Route 66 documentary to debut next month
Tucumcari Tonite
A slide show of the Route 66 town in eastern New Mexico.
Route 66 online magazine coming next month
A Route 66 online magazine -- supported by advertising, with content generated by Route 66 fans -- will be launched in late April. The magazine, called 66 The Mother Road, is the brainchild of John and Judy Springs, who are based in Palm Desert, Calif. According to the magazine's media kit, it will be published … Continue reading Route 66 online magazine coming next month
Admiral Twin will be rebuilt
The historic Admiral Twin Drive-In theater in Tulsa, which saw its iconic double screen destroyed by fire last year, will rebuild and reopen this summer, according to a report by KJRH-TV in Tulsa. Blake Smith confirmed Wednesday that he plans to break ground on the rebuilding project in April. He says that a fundraising effort … Continue reading Admiral Twin will be rebuilt
A geocache of bad publicity
The Nevada Department of Transportation, citing highway safety concerns, removed an estimated 1,000 geocache locations along the Extraterrestrial Highway about two weeks ago, according to Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Adrienne Packer. The agency's action has irked geocache fans and the small Nevada towns, hotels and restaurants who depended on their business during the tourism off-season. The … Continue reading A geocache of bad publicity
A closer look at Pops
Here's a very good slide show about Pops in Arcadia, Okla., with an interview with general manager Marty Doepke. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJylFB5oH90
Toy car maker introduces Route 66 series
GreenLight Collectibles, a toy maker based in Indianapolis, is creating a Route 66 series of tie-cast cars and trading cards featuring real-life Route 66 landmarks. Both will hit stores next month. According to the news release: Each car in the series will be packaged with a Route 66 trading card that highlights a stop along … Continue reading Toy car maker introduces Route 66 series
A permanent spot on the pier
Dan Rice, proprietor of the Cali-to-66 souvenir shack that sits on near the end of the Santa Monica Pier, said in an e-mail over the weekend that he would move into a permanent kiosk on the pier this spring. [...T]he City is giving us our permanent spot to further establish us. They understand that this will help … Continue reading A permanent spot on the pier
A postcard from a bygone agricultural era
Brian Mackey wrote this exceptional story for the Springfield State Journal-Register about the historic Manske-Niemann Farm, which is south of Litchfield, Ill., just off Route 66. An excerpt: Perhaps the most remarkable fact about the Manske-Niemann Farm is that it has been continuously occupied and worked by the same family since Abraham Lincoln was in the … Continue reading A postcard from a bygone agricultural era