The tiny Richfield service station was ahead of its time when it was built on Foothill Boulevard in Cucamonga in 1915. Gasoline-powered automobiles were just catching on. Foothill wouldn’t become ...
The Conoco Tower Station and U-Drop Inn in Shamrock, TX. Old Route 66 crosses eight states, three time zones, and more than 2,400 miles as it winds its way from Santa Monica to Chicago. You’ll find ...
A century later, the Mother Road still stirs wonder, while its faded neon, old motels, and bypassed towns show the price of ...
CLINTON, Okla. — The Route 66 Revitalization Grant Program awarded the Friends of the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum $71,505 to restore the Glancy Motor Hotel neon sign. This sign is considered a major part ...
State grants mean new neon, restored gas stations, public art and maybe even a ‘musical road’ New Mexico communities big and small have worked for a year or longer to unveil their celebrations next ...
Our Route 66 road trip ended at the beginning, at East Jackson Boulevard and South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, where a brown sign hanging 12 feet high on a light post tells people they’ve reached the ...