U-Drop Inn

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PRESENT BUILDING OWNER: J.R.TINDALL ប។ JULIER TÚ 10 45 83 NORTH 9810 ایک آنکھ کے پرانے WITH A NAIL IN THE DUST JOHN NUNN SCRATCHED OUT HIS PLAN FOR THE TOWER STATION & CAFE. BUILT BY J. M. TINDALL, IT OPENED APRIL 1ST, 1936. THE OWNERS, JOHN AND BEBE NUNN, HELD A CONTEST TO NAME THE CAFE- AN 8- YR.-OLD BOY SUBMITTED THE WINNING NAME: U DROP INN. ACROSS THE STREET IS ANOTHER LANDMARK-THE WESTERN CAFE & MOTEL - ONE OF SEVERAL VINTAGE "TOURIST COURTS" STILL OPERATING ALONG OLD 66 IN SHAMROCK. 66 ASCENDS THESE ROLLING, WINDY, WHICH TYPIFY THIS GREAT GRASSLANDS BIOREGION-THE GREAT PLAINS. GOING WEST, ARID PLAINS, CAFE NA WI DROP OLD 66 EASTBOUND Allarricit U.S. 83 SOUTH IN SHAMROCK, TEXAS (ALT. 2,310 FT.), AT THE INTERSECTION OF 2 GREAT CROSS-COUNTRY HIGHWAYS IT. S. 66 & U.S. U.S. 66 & U.S. 83 - SITS ONE OF THE MOST UNUSUAL EXAMPLES OF "ART DECO" ARCHITECTURE ANY- WHERE- -THE TOWER STATION &U.DROP INN CAFE... A WELL-KNOWN, WELCOME LANDMARK ON THE SWEEPING PLAINS SURROUNDING SHAMROCK. THE TOWN WHEN THE RAILROAD CAME THROUGH THIS "IRISH CITY, U.S.A" WAS NAMED IN 1903 LOTS OF, 66-ERA HAS AN ACTUAL PIECE OF THE BLARNEY STONE IN ITS PARK. ARCHITECTURE REMAINS ALONG 66-INCLUDING AN EDSEL GRAVEYARD BUT THE COMPACT, OLD BRICK DOWN TOWN IS ACTUALLY SOUTH OF 66 A FEW BLOCKS, ON U.S. 83 A HIGHWAY THAT "CONNECTS" MEXICO & CANADA. um SMOTEL TUTUSTIETE faji by R. Waldmire OLD ROUTE 66 Scenes 1990 TITI

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ROUTE 66 WAS CERTIFIED IN 1926 WHEN THE NATION ADOPTED A NUIMBERED 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 BUT WELL OVER 80% OF THE OLD ROAD IS OFFICIALLY: 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. Pacific Ocean SANTA MONICA! LOS ANGELES SADY MONT Y 10 CAL. SAN BERNARDINO UDLOW- Gre at Basin LINEV/ VEDESERT Q-BARSTOWI THE ED! NEEDLES, COLORADO R FORTMAN 835 OPOCK SEL CORS $9 Colorado Plateau UTAH COLO. GRANDE RIO ARIZ NM. Grand Canyon Painted Desert Retrified Fore WILLIAMS- WINONA- WINSLOW- FLAGSTAFF JOSEPA CITY HOLBROOKO GALLUP THOREAU OPANTS CONT DIVIDE 62563 MORIARTY SANTA ROSA R, ILLINOIS TUCUMCARIO 110, ROCHESTER 2. 2. Box 11 R.R. ALDMIRE, still the best way west? TAKE OLD 66PALMOST ALL THE WAY! MAIN STREET,USA- ChicagotoL.A.! WAL Fo (write small) R. GLENRIO VEGA ALBUQUERQUE ZIP OKIA WEATHERFORD HYDRO KAN. TEKSUS VEGA (midway on 66) ARCADIA EDMOND OXLAHOMA CITY GROOM AMARILLO MCLEAN SHAMROCK Prairie ELK CITY CLINTON Province OKLA RENO, KANSAS -SAPULPA BRISTOW CHANDLER DEPEN R. Walden SAXTER SPGS. MIAMI GALENA- VINITA CLAREMORE TULSA MISSOUR HALLTO SAINT LOUIS BROADWELL PACIFIC SULLIYAN- CUBA- CHICAGO ILLINOIS JOPLIN CARTHAGE WAYNES VILLE LEBANON COMMAN SPRINGFIELD so ST. JAMES ROLLA Lake Michigan JOLIET DWIGHT PONTIAC LINCOLN OZARI PLATEAU SPRINGFIELD LITCHFIELD EDWARDSVILLE GRANITE CITY EAST ST. LOUIS Mississippi R Ⓒ1990... PRINTED ON 100% RECYCLED STOCK