Street Scene - Route 66

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211 Mi "/im ill. Ley 12. HILI HUS Villa JAV Mano 24th Suz فهمد مسواك SHEEL. 1:72 NAMONS' STORE LUCILLE'S 66 HIST! HYDRO, OKLAHOMA-HOARDS OF TRUCKS HURTLE BY ON I-40, WHILE RIGHT ON THE ROAD IS HAMONS' STORE, CURBED OLD RT. 66 REPOSES PEACEFULLY BESIDE JT. IN CONTINUOUS OPERATION SINCE 1941, WHEN LUCILLE HAMONS & HER LATE HUSBAND CARL PURCHASED IT. (IT WAS BUILT IN THE 30's, WHEN THIS STRETCH OF 66 WAS PAVED), THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE PROTOTYPICAL EARLY 66 TOURIST FACILITY, WITH GAS, A SMALL STORE, A ROW OF RENTAL UNITS TODAY, THE UNITS ARE CLOSED tu BUT THE STORE IS OPEN, E THE RESIDENT OWNER-HISTORIAN, LUCILLE HAMONS, IS ESTABLISHING A NOTEABLE RT. 66 "MUSEUM; WELL-STOCKED WITH 66- RELATED ITEMS. THE TINY, PICTURESQUE TOWN OF HYDRO IS ACTUALLY ITS MAIN STREET FEATURES UNUSUAL ABOUT I MILE NORTH OF 66. PARALLEL PARKING ALONG THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. THIS STRETCH OF 66 FEATURES CURBED, 9-FT. WIDE LANES, MADE FROM 50-FT.-LONG POURED CONCRETE SLABS. THE ROAD UNDULATES OVER THE GREAT PLAINS, AS THE TREE COVER THINS OUT, GIVING WAY TO MORE ARID GRASSLANDS. PENSE COLONIES.: 40 OF SHRUBBY POST OAKS & BLACKJACK OAKS DOT THE LANDSCAPE. 58 TIL HYDRO To WEATHERFORD TO EL RENO by R. Waldmire. (... Valt.. dive Me OLD ROUTE 66 Scenes! 1990

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ROUTE 66 WAS CERTIFIED IN 1926 WHEN THE NATION ADOPTED A NUMBERED SYSTEM OF CROSS- COUNTRY, INTER-STATE ROADS. FULLY PAVED BY 1936, ROUTE 66 BECAME AN IMPORTANT & LEGENDARY. HIGHWAY IMMORTALIZED IN LITERATURE, MUSIC, & ON TELEVISION. GRADUALLY "REPLACED BY HUGE HOMOGENEOUS "INTERSTATES," 66 WAS DECERTIFIED IN 1985, CEASING TO EXIST OFFICIALLY BUT WELL OVER 80% OF THE OLD ROAD IS STILL PRIVEABLE SO, TRAVEL BACK IN TIME, & LEAVE THE STRESS BEHIND ON THE INTERSTATES...AND THEN, YOU TOO WILL SAY: "I STILL GET MY KICKS, ON OLD ROUTE 66 SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL OLD IS BEAUTIFUL SLOW IS BEAUTIFUL SAFE IS BEAUTIFUL. SANTA MONICA! LOS ANGELES Pacific Ocean CAL. PASADENA CLAREMONT BARSTOW (UDLOW El SAN BERNARDINO LOYEDES F Great Basin COLORADO FORTMAN SELIGMAN ASH FORK WILLIAMS WINONA FLAGSTAFF TO POCK گیرد؟ Grand Canyon UTAH ARIZ NM. Painted Deserti Retrified for WINSLOW- JOSEPA CITY HOLBROOKO Colora Plateau RIO COLO. GRANDE GALLUP OR: GPANTS FONT DIVIDE MORUARTYO SANTA ROSA 62563 SIONITTI TUCUMCARI STER, ROCHEST R. 2. BoX 110, R.R IRE, ALDMIR still the best way west! TAKE OLD PALMOST ALL THE WAY! MAIN STREET,USA- ChicagotoL.A.! R. WAL GLENRIO VEGA ALBUQUERQUE Jos (write small) SVE OKIA WEATHER FORED HYDRO KAN. TEKSUS VEGA (midway on 66) ARCADIA EDMOND OKLAHOMA CITY MCLEAN AMARILLO SHAMROCK CLINTON CELK CITY Prairie Province OKLA DE ER EL RENO -CHAN ER GALENA BAXTER SPGS. R. Wald KANSAS MISSOUR -MALLTOWN MIAMI -SAPULPA TULSA DEPEW BRISTOW JOPLIN VINITA CLAREMORE SAINT LOULS PACIFIC SULLIVAN- CUBA- CHICAGO ILLINOIS BROAD WELL WAYNES VILLE ROLLA CARTHAGE- ST. JAMES LEBANON CONMANO SPRINGFIELD AR Lake Michigan JOLIET PLATEAU DWIGHT PONTIAC NORMAL BLOOMINGTON OLINCOLN SPRINGFIELD LITCHFIELD MT. EDWARDSVILLE GRANITE CITY EAST ST. LOUIS Mississippi R. 1990... PRINTED ON 100% RECYCLED STOCK