The site, which features Route 66 prominently, is here. According to the Springfield News-Leader: The alliance is a marketing organization that aims to create positive economic growth in the region through cooperative tourism promotion and development. Its members include convention and visitors bureaus in Springfield, Carthage and Joplin as well as several chambers of commerce … Continue reading Southwest Missouri tourism site launched
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Goodies from the Roadside America newsletter
In the regular e-mail newsletter from the excellent Roadside America site, there are two new Route 66-related field reports: Wigwam Village Motel #6 in Holbrook, Ariz. The Route 66 Monument in Tucumcari, N.M.
Hamel launches Web site
The Route 66 town of Hamel, Ill., recently launched an Internet site. It's not only touting the town to potential future residents, but also is playing up its Route 66 heritage, reports the Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat. Hamel also is holding a biannual festival. This year's Hamel Heritage Days is June 10, with much of the … Continue reading Hamel launches Web site
Historic Highways blog launched
The Historic Highways blog has been online only about a week, but I like it a lot already. Dave Eames of Kansas City, formerly of Tulsa, collects roadside memorabilia, including from Route 66. He seems to favor stuff from the '40s, '50s and '60s, which isn't a bad thing. The image above is from a … Continue reading Historic Highways blog launched
Route 66 News banned in China
But I'm not the only Internet site about Route 66 to be blocked by China's servers. I found this from the Tulsa-based Batesline blog. There is a site, Great Firewall of China, in which you can type in a URL to find out whether China blocks the site to its citizens. There is a disclaimer … Continue reading Route 66 News banned in China
Albuquerque Murals Project
Duke City Fix photographers have pooled their resources to create the Albuquerque Murals Project. It documents all of the city's murals into an attractive, easy-to-use Web site. And if you have an image of an Albuquerque mural that's not in the collection and a Flickr account, you can join in.
Consuming a minute of your time
The Consumatron Minute takes an irreverent look at the beginning of Route 66 and Mother Road souvenirs -- all in less than 60 seconds. I advise a genuine road trip over cheap trinkets to gain a true Route 66 experience, however. 🙂
When U.S. 66 was U.S. 60
I recently was directed to this terrific site, the Broer Map Library, that has high-quality scans of maps from all over the world from different eras. This includes the eight states that carried Route 66, which can be found at an index here. The Broer collection is a great resource for highway researchers. You can … Continue reading When U.S. 66 was U.S. 60
Heaven at Hank’s
Emily, aka Red Fork Hippie, has created a new blog called IndieTulsa, which features independent businesses in Tulsa. Her latest post is about Hank's Hamburgers on the Admiral alignment of old Route 66. She speaks the truth about this excellent diner, including the peanut butter balls. Roadfood.com was impressed with it, too.
The case of the mysterious traffic surge
Traffic at Route 66 News jumped to record levels today, fueled mostly by a link from the Wigwam Motel in Rialto, Calif. The motel showed how its teepee design inspired the Cozy Cone Motel in the animated hit movie, "Cars." That link to here has existed for nearly 10 months, so I was flummoxed on … Continue reading The case of the mysterious traffic surge