The Threatt Filling Station and family farm near Luther, Oklahoma, made it onto the National Trust for Historic Preservation's annual list of 11 of America's most endangered historic places. The properties are threatened by deterioration, climate change, or inappropriate development. The good news is in the 34 years the National Trust has compiled the lists, … Continue reading Threatt Filling Station makes America’s Most Endangered Historic Places list
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Pacific awards $2.2M contract to convert Red Cedar Inn into a visitors center
The Pacific, Missouri, board of aldermen voted last week to award a $2.2 million contract to rehabilitate the closed Red Cedar Inn restaurant into a visitors center. According to a report by the Washington Missourian, the board unanimously gave the deal to St. Louis-based Legacy Contracting Group to remake the Route 66 landmark into a … Continue reading Pacific awards $2.2M contract to convert Red Cedar Inn into a visitors center
Volunteers complete next-to-last work phase on Painted Desert Trading Post
A group of volunteers a few days ago finished the penultimate work session to shore up the historic but long-closed Painted Desert Trading Post in eastern Arizona. Chaz Baldwin on Sunday posted several photos of the just-completed work, including vintage images: Mike Ward, one of the members of the Route 66 Co-op that owns the … Continue reading Volunteers complete next-to-last work phase on Painted Desert Trading Post
Festival in September will pay tribute to Red Oak II’s late founder Lowell Davis
The Red Oak II complex near Carthage, Missouri, will hold a Red Oak II Festival on Sept. 11 to pay tribute to the faux town's creator, artist Lowell Davis, who died at age 83 in November. The Red Oak II Festival, according to a post on Facebook, will feature hayrides, Dutch oven cooking, children's games, … Continue reading Festival in September will pay tribute to Red Oak II’s late founder Lowell Davis
Admiral Twin Drive-In in Tulsa to mark 70th year with “The Outsiders” screening
The Admiral Twin Drive-In theater in Tulsa will celebrate its 70th anniversary this weekend with special screenings of "The Outsiders," part of which was shot at the historic Route 66 theater. The 1983 movie, based on the classic novel by Tulsa-area resident S.E. Hinton, will be shown Friday, Saturday and Sunday, reported the Tulsa World. … Continue reading Admiral Twin Drive-In in Tulsa to mark 70th year with “The Outsiders” screening
U-Drop Inn in Shamrock will reopen its restaurant for the first time in decades
The historic U-Drop Inn in Shamrock, Texas, will reopen its diner later this summer for the first time more than a quarter century. Longtime Shamrock resident Baldo de Leon in a telephone interview Wednesday said he's leasing the restaurant space for one year from the city, which owns the Route 66 landmark, to run the … Continue reading U-Drop Inn in Shamrock will reopen its restaurant for the first time in decades
Fundraiser launched for a new phase of Road Runner’s Retreat resurrection
The organizer of several cleanup weekends at the closed Road Runner's Retreat site near Chambless, California, has launched a fundraiser of T-shirt and pin sales to help finance the fourth stage of its eventual resurrection. The fundraiser via GoFundMe.com has a goal of $5,000, with incentives that include a Road Runner's Retreat T-shirt that states, … Continue reading Fundraiser launched for a new phase of Road Runner’s Retreat resurrection
More details emerge about the planned reopening of TeePee Drive-In in Sapulpa
A Sapulpa Times report contained more details about the eventual reopening of the long-closed TeePee Drive-In in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. The gist: It's not going to be just a drive-in theater. As previously reported, the Kante Group earlier this year bought the theater, which sits along the Ozark Trail alignment of early Route 66 west of … Continue reading More details emerge about the planned reopening of TeePee Drive-In in Sapulpa
Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa will open to the public in May 2022
The widely anticipated Bob Dylan Center will open to the public on May 10, 2022, in downtown Tulsa, appropriately just a few feet from the Woody Guthrie Center. Early in his career, Dylan was a musical disciple of Guthrie, a folk-music icon. According to the announcement Wednesday from the center's website, the facility devoted to … Continue reading Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa will open to the public in May 2022
County board rejects zoning change for massive 2 Guns Resort project
The Coconino County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday night unanimously rejected an ambitious redevelopment plan for the Two Guns, Arizona, site. John Gunderman of Indiana had planned to convert 267 acres at the Route 66 ghost town into a 774-unit western-themed "glamping" area with a cliffside hotel, treehouses, yurts, cabins, several restaurants, a rodeo, two … Continue reading County board rejects zoning change for massive 2 Guns Resort project