This recent video answers a question: Can the air strip at the Route 66 town of Amboy, California, still be used by airplanes? The answer: Yes, indeed. Matt Guthmiller, who's been flying since age 16, took a video crew with him in his small airplane on a trip from Lake Havasu to the Amboy air … Continue reading Flying into Amboy
Category: Towns
Lebanon to double number of Route 66 signs in town
Lebanon, Missouri, soon will double the number of blue-and-white "Route 66 Historic Byway" signs and probably will add banners proclaiming the city's Mother Road ties. But an effort to change Elm Street to Route 66 in Lebanon probably won't happen anytime soon. According to a post earlier this week by the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 … Continue reading Lebanon to double number of Route 66 signs in town
More details emerge about Decades of Wheels complex in Baxter Springs
The Decades of Wheels complex in downtown Baxter Springs, Kansas, will be "95 percent" finished by its opening weekend Oct. 12-14. Decades of Wheels will contain a classic-car museum, restaurant, bed-and-breakfast and children's fun house. A story in the Joplin Globe about the progress of the $3 million project brought forth previously unreported details about … Continue reading More details emerge about Decades of Wheels complex in Baxter Springs
Vinita wins $25,000 to help enhance its downtown
The city of Vinita, Oklahoma, received a $25,000 AARP Community Challenge Grant to help improve its downtown, including the Route 66 corridor. KSNF-TV reports about 1,600 towns applied for the grant, and only 129 won it. Here's what Vinita will do with the money: The Vinita Route 66 Breezeway Project will make the downtown area more … Continue reading Vinita wins $25,000 to help enhance its downtown
Albuquerque gets long-awaited $75 million grant for ART
The troubled Albuquerque Rapid Transit project will receive a $75 million grant from the federal government -- more than a year after it was initially announced by the city. Mayor Tim Keller said Tuesday the money will come in two installments in the coming weeks from the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment Program, reported the Albuquerque … Continue reading Albuquerque gets long-awaited $75 million grant for ART
The capital of Route 66 is …
I think you can describe it as a landslide. Readers during a weeklong online poll overwhelmingly voted Tulsa the capital of Route 66. More than 320 people voted, and Tulsa gathered 194 votes (which included four write-ins) for almost 60 percent support. Tulsa boasts a lot going for it in making its case. It was … Continue reading The capital of Route 66 is …
Business offers walking mid-century modern tours along Route 66 in Albuquerque
A company called Modern Albuquerque has launched two guided walking tours mostly along Central Avenue (aka Route 66) in the Duke City. The business' co-creator, Thea Haver, stated in an email: While the tours focus on the mid-century modern styled buildings on the tour route, the road on which most were built is Route 66. … Continue reading Business offers walking mid-century modern tours along Route 66 in Albuquerque
What is the capital of Route 66?
Tulsa World newspaper columnist John Klein a few days ago wrote an essay with this provocative title: "Tulsa is already the heart of Route 66. Soon it will also be the capital of the Mother Road." Klein lays out his case with quotes from Route 66 Alliance officers Michael Wallis and Ken Busby, who hope … Continue reading What is the capital of Route 66?
Angels on the Route operators resurface in nearby Galena
The operators of the closed Angels on the Route restaurant on Route 66 in Baxter Springs, Kansas, have resurfaced at an upcoming restaurant in nearby Galena, Kansas -- also on Route 66. On Monday, Alan and Cheri McCarney will open Sugar Creek Diner & Bakery at 300 W. Seventh St. (aka Route 66) in Galena, … Continue reading Angels on the Route operators resurface in nearby Galena
Kum & Go won’t pave over all of original Route 66 after all
The Kum & Go convenience-store chain reversed course and said it won't pave over a small section of Route 66 in Springfield, Missouri. The Springfield News-Leader reported: After hearing from fans of the historic road, the company will keep an original section unpaved as it builds a new marketplace store at the intersection of Glenstone … Continue reading Kum & Go won’t pave over all of original Route 66 after all