Edsel Graveyard

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Yak 44 do tx Je NICOS AGOVA OLY 20 เหร La Va E'S 284 Wichied 2051 AUNT ELE OLD 66 EASTBOUND EDSEL GRAVEYARD, EAST EDGE OF SHAMROCK, TEXAS (ALT. 2,310 FT.) - IN THIS VIEW FACING NORTH, A ROW OF TIRED, OLD EDSELS & A LONE CORVAIR- RESTS PEACEFULLY IN A FIELD, SANDWICHED BETWEEN OLD 66 IN THE FOREGROUND & I-40, WHICH ROARS BY IN THE BACKGROUND. 66 HAS MANY OF THESE "AUTO GRAVEYARDS SCATTERED ALONG ITS LENGTH, EACH WITH ITS OWN UNIQUE ASSEMBLAGE OF VINTAGE VEHICLES. LIKE SO MANY OTHER HIS- TORIC, EARLY AUTO-ERA LANDMARKS ALONG THE ROAD THEY ARE VULNERA- BLE TO "OVERNIGHT OBLITERATION, LOST FOREVER EXCEPT IN PICTURES. AT LEAST THE VINTAGE VEHICLES & THEIR PARTS ARE OFTEN "SAVED" FOR RESTORATIONS, & THESE EDSELS MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED HERE FOR THAT PURPOSE. A HARDY GROVE OF SIBERIAN ELMS SHELTERS THE CARS. THIS ELM IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL "NATURALIZED SPECIES ON THE GREAT PLAINS, E FORMS THICKETS WITH HACKBERRIES ALONG MUCH OF 66. THERE ARE MORE VINTAGE VEHICLES "RESTING ON THE WEST SIDE OF SHAMROCK (SKETCHED FROM A 1990 PHOTO). OLD ROUTE by R. Waldmire. ©1992 66 Scenes

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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 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 TO WILL SAY: "I STILL GET MY KICKS, ON OLD ROUTE 66 SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL - OLD IS BEAUTIFUL SLOW IS BEAUTIFUL SAFE IS BEAUTIFUL CAL. SANTA MONICA! LOS ANGELES PASADENA CLAREMONT Pacific Ocean LUDLOW- SAN BERNARDINO Great Basin ANEV./ VICTORVILLE! -BARSTOW VEDESERT COLORADO R MEEDLES FORTH Grand Canyon ww TO POCKSELIGMAN 2 V RIO Colorado B Plateau UTAH COLO. GRANDE ARIZ. NM. & Painted Desert Petrified For WINONA WINSLOW FLAGSTAFFO JOSEPA CITY GALLUP HOLBROOKO THOREAU GPANTS ADIVIDE CONT کے BLENRIQ MORIARTY SANTA ROSA 62563 TUCUMCARI ROCHESTER, ILLINOIS .2. Box 110, IRE, R. R. 2 R. WALDMIR Jo. ALBUQUERQUE (write small> still the best way wrest! 66 TAKE OLD ALMOST ALL THE WAY! MAIN STREET,USA- ChicagotoL.A.! ZUP VEGA OKLA HAN TEKSUS VEGA (midway on 66) ARCADIA EDMOND- OXLAHOMA CITY MCLEAN GROOM AMARILLO Prairie ER FORD HYDRO SHAMROCK Province OKLA AS EL RENO, 182 KANSAS MISSOUR -SAPULPA BRI DEPEWOW NMOLTIV BAXTER SPGS. MIAMI GALENA VINITA CLAREMORE TULSA SAINT LOULS PACIFIC SULLIVAN- CUBA- CHICAGO ILLINOIS BROAD WELL JOPLIN CARTHAGE Lake Michigan MITO RAD FULLE JOLIET DWIGHT MOPONTIAC BLOOMINGTON OLINCOLN SPRINGFIELD LITCHFIELD PLATEAU GRANITE CITY EAST ST. LOUIS Mississippi R -ST. JAMES ROLLA WAYNE VILLE LEBANONS •COMMAN SPRINGFIELD -CHANDER 1990 PRINTED ON 100% RECYCLED R. Waldmi STOCK