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Feed: ROUTE 66 NEWS
A clearinghouse of news and events pertaining to historic Route 66, the Mother Road.
Hello from Austin
29-Jul-10
Here are Asleep at the Wheel, with longtime Texas Playboys singer Leon Rausch, performing “Route 66″ during an in-store appearance at Waterloo Records in Austin, Texas. Rausch and Asleep at the Wheel were at the store promoting their new album, “It’s a Good Day!”
Notes from the road
29-Jul-10
The Fanning 66 Outpost in the Route 66 hamlet of Fanning, Mo., is hosting its annual Picture in the Rocker Day on Aug. 7, where you can enjoy the rare opportunity of sitting (or standing) on the World’s Largest Rocking Chair. The Viva Cuba blog had some of the details: The Outpost charges $5.00 per [...]
Author begins work on Route 66 encyclopedia
28-Jul-10
Jim Hinckley, a Kingman, Ariz.-based author of several automotive and Route 66-related books, announced this week he is beginning work on a Route 66 encyclopedia and atlas. And he is soliciting help from the Route 66 community to help make the volume more complete. In a news release, Hinckley said: To ensure this work is [...]
Driving Route 66 and hunting for UFOs
27-Jul-10
A film crew from Europe is coming this weekend to Needles, Calif., to do a story about Route 66 and a UFO crash that occurred in 2008, according to the Mohave Daily News. The crew will mainly be there to talk to Frank Costigan of KTOX radio in Needles. He said the radio station, KTOX, [...]
Trying TV coverage to boost a bridge rehab
27-Jul-10
The Pulaski County Daily and Waynesville Daily Guide published stories within days of each other about Pulaski County’s ongoing efforts to repair the decaying Devil’s Elbow Bridge in the Route 66 hamlet of Devil’s Elbow, Mo. The gist of it is: Jerry Plunkett, a local military contractor, is looking for a variety of ways to rehabilitate [...]
New Route 66 Malt Shop holds soft opening on weekend
26-Jul-10
Kelly Vickers at the Duke City Fix collective blog posted some photos from the Route 66 Days and Nights street festival in the Nob Hill district of Albuquerque this weekend. One of the interesting items is that the Route 66 Malt Shop, which once occupied space at the former Horn Oil Co. site, held a [...]
Hello from Venezuela
25-Jul-10
Here’s a version of “Route 66″ by Biella Da Costa, one of Venezuela’s most popular jazz singers. But it’s her band that does a lot of the heavy lifting here:
“Alien outhouses” in Flagstaff saved from scrapyard
24-Jul-10
Remember the “Solar Calendar” art piece, also called “alien outhouses” by locals, at Route 66 and Postal Boulevard in Flagstaff, Ariz.? The city had dismantled the 12 illuminated pillars after they were deemed a safety hazard after two motorists struck them. The display also had multiple problems staying lighted at night. A businessman bought them, [...]
Bye bye, bridge
23-Jul-10
The 81-year-old Pacific Electric Railway bridge that goes over Foothill Boulevard (aka Route 66) in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., will be dismantled starting Sunday, reported the Contra Costa Times. Two cranes will remove the bridge and place it on the north side of Foothill Boulevard, where workers will spend the next two weeks removing paint and [...]
Endurance athlete suffers serious injury on Route 66
23-Jul-10
James Cracknell, the British Olympic gold-medalist who was attempting to traverse the United States by bicycle and running in a mere 18 days, suffered a fractured skull Tuesday on Route 66 when he was hit by a truck in Arizona, reports The Independent of London. The 38-year-old was filming for the Discovery Channel on a [...]
Sweet addition to the Pier
22-Jul-10
Soda Jerks, an old-time soda fountain, opened less than two weeks ago on the historic Santa Monica Pier, according to L.A. Weekly. Because setting up a real soda fountain — the kind with historically accurate egg creams; 18 flavors of ice cream from Fosselman’s, the Alhambra ice cream shop where McCaffrey held his first job; 14 [...]
Notes from the road
22-Jul-10
It wasn’t a pleasant afternoon or evening in the St. Louis region for Route 66 travelers — or for any travelers, for that matter. Two to four inches of rain fell in a short time Wednesday afternoon, causing flash flooding in low-lying areas, according to various media reports. That included several feet of water at [...]
La Posada will redevelop east grounds
22-Jul-10
A new project is being planned for the east grounds of the already-impressive La Posada hotel on Route 66 in Winslow, Ariz. According to an entry today on the hotel’s Facebook page: For the last few months Allan Affeldt and his staff have been working on the development of a project that will transform the [...]
Several Route 66 sites make Arizona magazine’s “best of” list
21-Jul-10
Several Route 66 establishments made the final cut in Arizona Highways magazine’s annual “Best of Arizona” feature, which is in the August issue that’s out now. Mr. D’z Route 66 Diner in Kingman was mentioned in the Kingman Daily Miner for having the “Best Beer without a Buzz,” a reference to the restaurant’s acclaimed root beer. [...]
More kicks with Leon
20-Jul-10
Leon Rausch, a longtime singer for Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys, has collaborated with Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel on a new album, “It’s a Good Day,” that’s out tomorrow. And since Asleep at the Wheel’s favorite song is “Route 66,” you’d think that the band would persuade Rausch to perform it [...]
Man to drive classic car for asthma nonprofit
20-Jul-10
If you see a Marine blue 1948 Plymouth Special Deluxe sedan on Route 66 in the coming days, chances are good it’s Scott Christenson behind the wheel. Christenson, 56, of Champaign, Ill., plans to drive from Chicago to Los Angeles, starting later this week, in remembrance of his niece, Erin Dennington, who died at age [...]
RFD-TV buys Roy Rogers’ horse, dog at auction
19-Jul-10
Cable television channel RFD-TV gave thought about purchasing all of the memorabilia from the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans museum when its contents were put on the auction block a few days ago. Instead, it bought the next-best thing. RFD-TV president Patrick Gottsch purchased the movie cowboy’s beloved horse, Trigger, for $266,500. After Trigger died [...]
Secluded Newberry Springs ranch used as movie set
18-Jul-10
I didn’t know a ranch in the Route 66 town of Newberry Springs, Calif., has been often used as a movie set. I’ll bet you didn’t, either. But, according to the Victorville Daily Press, Spike Lynch’s hidden Roughout Ranch (between Interstate 15 and I-40) has been used as a film-shoot location in each of the [...]
Fair-food restaurant to open in historic Springfield eatery
18-Jul-10
Remember the Sonrise Donuts building and its distinctive neon sign on its roof on Route 66 in Springfield, Ill.? The long-closed business now will be the home Monday of a Gibby’s Orbits restaurant, reported the Springfield State Journal-Register. Jack Gibbons had served mini-doughnuts, corn dogs, lemon shake-ups and other favorites at area county fairs since [...]
Is the depot suitable for Joplin museum?
17-Jul-10
A story in the Joplin Globe this week shed light on why officials with the Joplin Museum Complex are hesitating to endorse an idea to renovate the city’s historic railroad depot and move the museum there. [T]he existing interior space is less than the current museum’s, he said, based on his staff’s measurements of the [...]
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