It's hard to imagine what my life would be like today had I not decided to see what this Route 66 thing was all about. Checking in at the Rock Cafe on August 1st; love their little 3D printed sign from When Dinosaurs Attack! It was the summer of 2013 when I first set out … Continue reading Threatt Station, Two Springfields, and Tons of Photos
In April, I spent nearly two weeks in Arizona and New Mexico on Route 66-related work. I attended a national-level Centennial meeting in Albuquerque, celebrated Angel Delgadillo's 98th Birthday in Seligman, visited with old friends in Kingman, and more -- but the main focus of my trip was capturing the work at a former Shell … Continue reading The Osterman Station
Last Sunday, we had our quarterly Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Route 66 Association where we said "Thank You" to Blaine Davis, who is stepping off of the board after more than seventeen years of service. That was in Vinita, Oklahoma; I raced back to Tulsa to board a flight to New Orleans, where I … Continue reading Conference Hopping
For decades, the giant Skateland neon sign stood near the corner of 11th and Sheridan in Tulsa. The roller rink there just off Route 66 was a Tulsa mainstay for decades. Ed and Wanda Enlow, who had been teaching skating at the Continental Roller Rink near 11th and Peoria, opened the family skating rink on … Continue reading Saving Skateland’s Neon
Originally posted to the Oklahoma Route 66 Association blog on 11/7/19 When it was announced this summer that the contents of Afton Station were going to be auctioned off, I was tremendously sad. Afton Station had been a great asset to Route 66, not just in northeast Oklahoma but throughout all 2400+ miles. It wasn't … Continue reading The Waldmire U-Haul
I came across an old Tulsa World article in the archives at the library recently. It was written a few months after Route 66 was federally de-certified and I found it quite interesting. I have transcribed it below (exactly as written) with the photos from the article. I'll chime in a bit at the end. … Continue reading Along Route 66
It's been a busy week on Route 66 in Tulsa and the surrounding area. I love a good road trip to someplace new, but there's a lot to be said for helping others enjoy the city and stretch of highway I am most familiar with. Tulsa has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to … Continue reading Preservation & Payne
In my previous post, I mentioned that our travels that day included one more stop but didn't mention where we stopped or why. I felt it would be appropriate to give this stop a post of its own so that I could adequately explain why this stop was so important to me. I struggled with … Continue reading The Guardian of Route 66
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