Old Route 66 Scenes - 1990

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Thuis QAJPRIJLA JOUST CACTUS Burro CH Food GPTS Z-INN BENTO BATMAN THEIR BLDG. Ume Linte 1551 POETIES Am III: SMA THE RUGGED BLACK MOUNTAINS STRETCH 100 MILES ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER. OATMAN NESTLES ON THE WESTERN FLANKS, SUR- VOLCANIC FORMATIONS, INCLUDING THE "ELEPHANTS TOOTH" (LEFT). THE FERAL BURROS ARE RIGHT AT HOME HERE. BARMAN LM!! FAIZ OLD 66 WESTBOUND Alt BLACK OATMAN, ARIZONA (ALT. 2,400-2,600 FT.)- BORN IN 1906 AS A TENT CAMP, THIS PICTURESQUE TOWN FLOURISHED AS A GOLD-MINING CENTER, PRODUCING OVER $36,000,000 IN GOLD BY 1931 (AT THE 1930 GOLD PRICE OF $20 PER OUNCE). THE OATMAN REGION REPUTEDLY HAD A POPULATION OF 15,000-THE TOWN HAD A MOVIE HOUSE, BANK, NEWSPAPER & REAL ESTATE OFFICES. THE MINES WERE CLOSED IN 1942 AS "NON-ESSENTIAL TO THE WAR EFFORT." MOST OF THE BUT THE TOWN SURVIVED BECAUSE MINING POPULATION MOVED ON ITS MAIN STREET WAS J. S. 166"CARRYING THE COUNTRY WEST!" THE FINAL BLOW CAME TO BATMAN IN 1951, WHEN TRAFFIC FELL SILENT, AS THE RIBBON WAS CUT, OPENING THE NEW RT. 66 ALIGNMENT BETWEEN KINGMAN & TOPOCK LEAVING THE TOWN HIGH & DRY. BUT THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE TOWN - WITH ITS STAR RESIDENTS" THE WILD BURROS, LURE TOURISTS BY THE DROVES, TO SEE SUCH THINGS AS THE ROOM CAROLE LOMBARD & CLARK GABLE HONEYMOONED IN! GOLDROAD OATMAN MOJAVE (66) TO TOPOCK D² VALLEY SITGREAVES PASS(3,518 FT.) بیMT ELEPHANT'S TOOTH ornue SZ LEE LUMBERG DA 66 TO KINGMAN Waldmine by R. Waldmire OLD ROUTE 66 Scenes! 1990 1990

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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 DRIVEABLE 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 PASADENA CLAREMONT Pacific CAL. Ocean LUDLOW- Great Basin SAN BERNARDINO NEV BARSTOW VICTORVILLE! NAVEDESERT In p ORTMAN TO POCK COLORADO RE R! INGMAN SELIGMAN SASHFORK OCK Grand Canyon RIO Colorado Plateau UTAH COLD. GRANDE ARIZ. NM. Desert Painted Petrified Forest WINONA WINSLOW- FLAGSTAFFO JOSEPA CITY HOLBROOKO GALLUP HOR OGRANTS CONT DIVIDE GLENRIO MORIARTY SANTA ROSA 62563 SIONITTI TUCUMCARI CHESTER, ROCH 2. BOX 110, R.R. 2 -DMIRE, ra WALD ALBUQUERQUE Jo. (write small> still the best way west! TAKE OLD 66ALMOST ALL THE WAY! MAIN STREET,USA- ChicagotoL.A.! ZIP VEGA ا۔ KAN. OKLA WEATHER FORD HYDRENO, au TEKSUS VEGA midway on 66) ARCADIA EDMOND OXLAHOMA CITY GROOM CAMARILLO MCLEAN SHAMROCK Prairie Province OKLA GALENA- BAXTER SRGS. LERN -SAPULPA BRISTOW DEPEW KANSAS R. Waldmire Pos ENMOLTIVA miAmi VINITA CLAREMORE TULSA CHICAGO SAINT LOUIS PACIFIC SULLIVAN- CUBA JOPLIN CARTHAGE WAYNES VILLE LEBANON •CONWAY ILLINOIS ST. JAMES SPRINGFIELD NORMINGTON Lake Michigan JOLIET DWIGHT PONTIAC OLINCOLN PLATEAU SPRINGFIELD LITCHFIELD EDWARDSVILLE GRANITE CITY EAST ST. LOUIS Mississippi R 1990... PRINTED ON 100% RECYCLED STOCK