Now is the time of year in which you can apply for a cost-share grant from the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program. These grants, which cover up to 50 percent of the cost of a project, mostly are awarded for repairs or improvements to historic properties along Route 66. Applications can be found here, or … Continue reading Cost-share grant season begins
“I have a dream”
(This was originally posted three years ago. It's appropriate to repost it for the holiday.) This is the full version of Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963. So what does King have to do with Route 66? Well, there's this passage: There are those who are asking the devotees … Continue reading “I have a dream”
Harvey House in Barstow to mark centennial
The historic Harvey House in Barstow, Calif., is set to mark the 100th anniversary with a series of events and celebrations this year, according to the Desert Dispatch. The celebration is expected to kick off with a Harvey House Farmer’s Market Day on the third Saturday of every month until September, according to Sielski. Sielski … Continue reading Harvey House in Barstow to mark centennial
The grim state of the Route 66 Bridge
A representative from the Missouri Department of Transportation attended the Route 66 Association of Missouri's meeting this weekend and painted a grim picture of the state of the Route 66 Bridge near Eureka, Mo., adjacent to Route 66 State Park. The state recently closed the bridge to the public and has proposed demolishing the dilapidated … Continue reading The grim state of the Route 66 Bridge
Bob Waldmire interview to be replayed
A one-hour radio interview conducted with late Route 66 artist Bob Waldmire in 2008 will be rebroadcast over the Internet on Monday afternoon on BOUNCE Talk Radio. The broadcast time is 3 p.m. Eastern, noon Pacific time, Monday on the "Route 66 Radio Show." The show is hosted by Bob Moore, former executive editor of … Continue reading Bob Waldmire interview to be replayed
Logan County sees huge jump in tourism dollars
Geoff Ladd, tourism director for Logan County, Ill., saw an unprecedented jump of 30 percent in tourism revenue in 2009, and Route 66 played a role in that, reported the Lincoln Courier. There were a number of reasons cited in the rise in motel tax revenue: the opening of a Hampton Inn and the reopening … Continue reading Logan County sees huge jump in tourism dollars
Roy Rogers Museum fails after moving from Route 66
San Bernardino County Sun features editor John Weeks reports that the Roy Rogers Museum, less than six years after it picked up and moved from its longtime Route 66 home in Victorville, Calif., has shut down in Branson, Mo., and all of its memorabilia will be auctioned in the coming weeks. Weeks writes: What a … Continue reading Roy Rogers Museum fails after moving from Route 66
This old road (continued)
The post and video about an obscure 1930s or '40s alignment of Route 66 near Kingman, Ariz., sparked interest in readers. Here's the video again, if you missed it: The road, I surmised, would have gone south all the way to the hamlet of Harris, Ariz., had the driver kept going on a primitive road … Continue reading This old road (continued)
Double the art gallery fun
Photographer Sandi Wheaton, the woman who lost her job and took the opportunity to take a lengthy road trip to document Route 66, will have her images on display at not one, but two art galleries in Canada. The opening nights of the exhibits about car culture coincide with the nearby 2010 Detroit Auto Show. … Continue reading Double the art gallery fun
NIMBY, revisited
Newsweek has an interesting take today about Sen. Dianne Feinstein's proposed legislation that would create a Mojave Trails National Monument. The title of the magazine's piece is "Not in Anyone's Backyard." In short, Feinstein proposes to set aside hundreds of thousands of acres in the state's Mojave Desert along the Route 66 corridor and protect … Continue reading NIMBY, revisited