Here's a new video uploaded about the California Route 66 Museum in Victorville. Sharon Foster gives a lot of information about the museum and the importance of Route 66 in the area and to America. https://youtu.be/yApMZjbbGtA
Category: Museums
Tulsa’s Route 66 Village would get Vision2 funding
The Route 66 Village along old Route 66 in west Tulsa would receive $549,000 from potential Vision2 sales-tax funding, reported the Tulsa World after a Thursday meeting of the City Council. Councilors parceled out about $158 million in quality-of-life projects if the Vision2 tax package is approved by voters on Nov. 6. Vision2 is a $748 million, … Continue reading Tulsa’s Route 66 Village would get Vision2 funding
Details revealed for upcoming Route 66 exhibit at Autry Center
In a Shalom Life story about artist and journalist Jim Farber, he revealed a few of the things that will be featured in a Route 66 exhibit staring in May 2014 at the Autry National Center in Los Angeles. The key excerpts: I talked with Jim recently in his backyard, which is only a few … Continue reading Details revealed for upcoming Route 66 exhibit at Autry Center
Sculpture at Avery Plaza should be unveiled next month
The delayed and long-awaited "East Meets West" sculpture at the Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza in Tulsa is set to be unveiled in October, reported the Tulsa World. The bronze sculpture, which depicts two frightened carriage horses rearing up at the sight of an early car driven by Cyrus Avery and his wife, was designed by … Continue reading Sculpture at Avery Plaza should be unveiled next month
Route 66 museum likely will be in Tucumcari Convention Center
The City Commission of Tucumcari, N.M., on Thursday approved the use of the Tucumcari Convention Center as the future home of the New Mexico Route 66 Museum, according to an email from Richard Talley, owner of the Motel Safari in Tucumcari. The museum's board now will work on a lease agreement with the city. Talley … Continue reading Route 66 museum likely will be in Tucumcari Convention Center
A visit to Doc’s Soda Fountain in Girard
Here's the latest "Route 66 Stories" video for the Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway. It's an interview with the Deck brothers and their Doc's Soda Fountain in downtown Girard, about 1 1/2 blocks off Illinois Highway 4, the 1926-32 alignment of Route 66. It's also home to the Deck's Drug Store museum. The store's history … Continue reading A visit to Doc’s Soda Fountain in Girard
Pontiac continues its tourism surge
The focus has been on the Route 66 town of Pontiac, Ill., in recent stories about the uncommonly strong tourism that Illinois saw in 2011. But this excerpt in a new story by the Pontiac Daily Leader got my attention: Locally, the city of Pontiac last year experienced a 40 percent increase in the number … Continue reading Pontiac continues its tourism surge
Pontiac’s museums
This video by WMBD-TV in Peoria, Ill., does a good job packing information about the four museums in Pontiac, Ill., into about 90 seconds. https://youtu.be/NPSITNBYeeA The museums are: Route 66 Hall of Fame & Museum Pontiac-Oakland Automobile Museum & Resource Center Livingston County War Museum International Walldog Mural & Sign Art Museum And the Museum … Continue reading Pontiac’s museums
Route 66 bolsters Illinois recovery in tourism
The state of Illinois announced that tourism returned to pre-recession levels in 2011, with Route 66 helping drive that recovery, reported the Chicago Tribune. The state reported hosting more than 93.3 million visitors, up 10.2 percent from 2010 and surpassing the previous record of 91 million in 2006. The increase outpaced a national average gain … Continue reading Route 66 bolsters Illinois recovery in tourism
Private prison operator is likely source of Santa Rosa’s tax rebate
Documents obtained by the Guadalupe County Communicator indicate a private prison operator is the likely source of the gross receipts tax rebate that has put the City of Santa Rosa, N.M., in a fiscal crisis. The GEO Group is the only local employer given a tax refund this year that's big enough to cover what … Continue reading Private prison operator is likely source of Santa Rosa’s tax rebate