The Joplin Museum Complex in Joplin, Mo., asked the City Council on Monday night to move its cramped operations to Memorial Hall on Seventh Street, aka Route 66, and levy a sales tax to help pay for it, renovations and operating expenses, reported the Joplin Globe. Brad Belk, director of the museum complex, told the … Continue reading Joplin museum may move to Route 66
Category: History
A chat with Quinta Scott
A little over three decades years ago, photographer Quinta Scott was learning how to use a recently purchased but unwieldy Speed Graphic camera. After shooting a photo at the historic Eads Bridge in St. Louis for a book, she made the fateful decision to also shoot photographs along the city's Route 66 alignment of Watson … Continue reading A chat with Quinta Scott
A chat with Michael Wallis
I talked with Michael Wallis, author of the best-selling "Route 66: The Mother Road" and more than a dozen other books, by phone Friday night from his home in Tulsa. Wallis was in an expansive mood, and talked about a few things that probably will be of interest to roadies: --- Wallis and Jim Conkle, … Continue reading A chat with Michael Wallis
Santa Monica building a new history museum
The Santa Monica (Calif.) Daily Press reports that construction has started on a new home for the Santa Monica History Museum at Seventh Street and Santa Monica Boulevard, aka Route 66. Hands-on interactive displays will include a Douglas DC-3 aircraft, Whirlwind Dipper roller coaster (where with the touch of a button visitors can be transported … Continue reading Santa Monica building a new history museum
Wildwood group secures site for history museum
Newsmagazine Network, which serves the west suburbs of St. Louis, reports that the Wildwood (Mo.) Historical Society has bought a five-acre tract known as "The Hencken Place" and seeks to establish a historical museum and theater there. The land is located directly off Hwy. 100, just 1/8 mile west of Stovall’s Grove Saloon. Nearly 7,000 … Continue reading Wildwood group secures site for history museum
A look back at Henry’s restaurant
David Allen of the Inland Valley (Calif.) Daily Bulletin takes a nostalgic look at the unique Henry's restaurant on Route 66 in Pomona, Calif., which was demolished more than two decades ago. More remarkably, the exterior - a large oval dome with broad windows and wooden trellises at the roof's edges - is variously remembered … Continue reading A look back at Henry’s restaurant
A visit to La Posada
This slide show posted on YouTube turns out to be a good overview of the historic La Posada Hotel in Winslow, Ariz.
Pevely Dairy plant named to National Register
The old Pevely Dairy Plant, on the more-obscure Chouteau Avenue alignment of Route 66 in St. Louis, was named to the National Register of Historic Places effective Nov. 18, according to an e-mail from the National Park Service. Pevely Dairy, especially its ice cream, was a St. Louis institution for more than a century. But … Continue reading Pevely Dairy plant named to National Register
What’s special about the Mother Road?
Debra Ronca at How Stuff Works tries to answer that question. In my opinion, she does a remarkably good job in explaining Route 66's enduring attraction to travelers.
A visit to Devil’s Elbow
The Southeastern Missourian has quite an essay and photos about attractions along Route 66 in Devil's Elbow, Mo. The most intriguing are things of which I was unfamiliar -- The Trestle, which is a massive wooden railroad trestle that was built around World War II, and another large wooden trestle at the Big Piney River. … Continue reading A visit to Devil’s Elbow