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Learn about Route 66 on Monday at the Tiskilwa museum
18+ hour, 42+ min ago (162+ words) Amanda Bryden of the Illinois State Museum in Springfield will explore the history of the one-hundred-year-old Route 66 at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14 at Tiskilwa’s Museum on Main. Using PowerPoint images and audio clips, Bryden will share the experiences of everyday people who…...
Photo Gallery: Highlights of a Route 66 Road Trip
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (395+ words) Your daily dose of steel, rubber and soul It took place in 2013, but I bet most of the attractions still look about the same now You owe it to yourself to drive an 88-mile stretch of road in northern Arizona…...
The Route 66 Towns That Died When The Interstate Opened
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (1109+ words) The mechanism was always the same. A new four-lane opened a few miles away, the traffic left in a single season, and a town whose entire economy was people needing gas discovered that nobody needed gas there anymore. Glenrio has…...
Caprock Chronicles 'Kicks on Route 66' series continues in Conway, Amarillo
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (703+ words) Amarillo's where I'll be —Composers Terry Stafford and Paul Fraser, hit recording by George Strait After leaving Groom, the next Route 66 town was Conway, in southern Carson County, which has two claims to fame. First, settlers of the 1890s established the…...
‘It’s like an invasion’: Oklahoma crowds flock to rat rod caravan on Route 66
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (303+ words) A caravan of unique cars is making its way across the state of Oklahoma on the Mother Road to celebrate 100 years of Route 66. Organizers are calling it an invasion. More than 100 so-called "rat rods" are making their way across the…...
In Texas, a historic Route 66 neighborhood taps its deep roots for a revival
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (1491+ words) Sept. 08, 2026, 12:04 p.m. ET | Amarillo, Texas David Rosas turns off Arthur Avenue and starts walking through the old Mexican American Barrio of his childhood. The first landmark is an empty lot. His grandmother’s house once stood here, Mr. Rosas says. It was…...
Route 66 tourists flock to Pacific Museum for centennial
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (510+ words) PACIFIC, Mo. – As Route 66 celebrates its 100th anniversary, a historic stop in Pacific is giving travelers from across the country and around the world a glimpse into the Mother Road’s past. The Red Cedar Inn was built in 1934. It served as…...
"Exhibiting Route 66" is part of this month's Route 66 Centennial Speaker Series
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (261+ words) A clearinghouse of news and events about historic Route 66, the Mother Road. Jeffrey Richardson, curator of the traveling “Route 66: The Road and the Romance” exhibit, will explain how artifacts were chosen as part of this month’s Route 66 Centennial Speaker Series....
Route 66 enthusiast maps, lists every living business on the Mother Road
1+ week, 1+ day ago (567+ words) A clearinghouse of news and events about historic Route 66, the Mother Road. A road-trip app developer has developed a three-dimensional map and another website that lists every business on Route 66. Jake Boyles, who described himself has “a dad of 5 who…...
Barstow Station McDonald's Revives Route 66 Nostalgia...
1+ week, 2+ day ago (615+ words) A unique McDonald's in Barstow, California, blends fast food with railway heritage, offering travelers on Route 66 the chance to dine inside renovated vintage train carriages. A standard fast-food stop becomes a journey through American transport history in Barstow, California. Travelers…...