A new batch of Anthony Reichardt films from the 1990s shows Two Guns, Arizona; a long stretch of Route 66 in the California desert to Oatman, Arizona; and Michael Wallis, author of the best-selling "Route 66: The Mother Road." Below is Wallis in 1993 during a meeting of the California Historic Route 66 Association at … Continue reading See Michael Wallis, Desert California and Two Guns from early 1990s
Category: Route 66 Associations
Final cost-share grant season opens for Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program
An era is coming to an end as the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program announced this week it is opening its annual cost-share grant application season -- its last before the program sunsets later this year. According to a news release from program director Kaisa Barthuli: Applications will be accepted until Friday, April 12, 2019. The … Continue reading Final cost-share grant season opens for Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program
Last Camp Joy cabin to be donated to Lebanon Route 66 group
The last surviving cabin at the long-closed Camp Joy tourist camp in Lebanon, Missouri, will be donated to the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society so it can be repaired and restored. The donation by Lee Sing, owner of Sing Rental, initially was announced Saturday during the Route 66 Association of Missouri meeting in Lebanon. Camp … Continue reading Last Camp Joy cabin to be donated to Lebanon Route 66 group
“Roamin’ Rich” Dinkela ousts longtime Missouri Route 66 Association president
"Roamin' Rich" Dinkela, a popular social-media promoter of Route 66 based in the St. Louis area, defeated longtime Route 66 Association of Missouri president Tommy Pike of Springfield during the group's election Saturday. Judy Wallmark, former secretary of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society and also of the St. Louis area, defeated incumbent association secretary … Continue reading “Roamin’ Rich” Dinkela ousts longtime Missouri Route 66 Association president
Missouri State uploads “Trucking on Route 66” interviews
Missouri State University Libraries over the years has interviewed a number of Route 66 figures (including yours truly) as part of an oral-history project. It received a Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program cost-share grant to amass a "Trucking on Route 66" oral-history collection. MSU Libraries, in a collaboration with Ozarks Alive, has been uploading interviews … Continue reading Missouri State uploads “Trucking on Route 66” interviews
Donations may help find new owner for Gasconade River Bridge
The Route 66 Gasconade River Bridge Guardians have gathered enough donations to help pay for an engineer's study for the bridge. Now, the nonprofit group is using the money to put together "pitch packets" for prospective new owners of the closed and endangered span near Hazelgreen, Missouri. In an article this week in the Rolla … Continue reading Donations may help find new owner for Gasconade River Bridge
Congress fails to pass Route 66 bills before session ends
The 115th Congress failed to pass two Route 66-related bills into law before the legislative body's session ended Jan. 3, leaving Route 66 boosters the prospect of starting the process all over again with the new Congress. The Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act and the Route 66 Centennial Commission Act easily passed through the … Continue reading Congress fails to pass Route 66 bills before session ends
El Vado to host annual Route 66 Road Ahead reception, board meeting
The revitalized El Vado Motel in Albuquerque will host next month's Route 66 Road Ahead Partnership's annual board of directors meeting, plus a stakeholders reception that's open to all. The board of directors meeting will be from 9:30 to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 22 and from 9:30 a.m. to noon Feb. 23 at the motel at … Continue reading El Vado to host annual Route 66 Road Ahead reception, board meeting
U.S. government shutdown affects some national parks
The shutdown of the U.S. government that began Friday night is affecting some, but not all, of the national parks and other sites managed by the National Park Service. The effect the shutdown, if it's short-term, should be low on Route 66 because it's tourism off-season, especially near the Christmas and New Year's holidays. One … Continue reading U.S. government shutdown affects some national parks
Travel app by Route 66 Road Ahead Partnership may be released by May
The Route 66 Road Ahead Partnership is developing an app that will offer turn-by-turn directions on Route 66 and themed itineraries. The group stated the app should be ready for release by May -- near the start of travel season. From the news release this week: The GPS-based app has several purposes, including: • Helping … Continue reading Travel app by Route 66 Road Ahead Partnership may be released by May