Cool Springs Camp - Route 66

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Frag et pation. CH OCOTILLO ww THE BLACK MOUNTAINS - THIS RUGGED DESERT RANGE STRETCHES 100 MILES ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER, FROM SACRAMENTO WASH NORTH TO LAKE MEAD. THE RANGE, OF RECENT VOLCANIC ORIGIN, IS NAMED FOR ITS COLOR. RT. 66 SNAKES UP THE EASTERN FLANKS, UP & OVER SITGREAVES PASS (ALT. 3,600 FT.), THEN DOWN THROUGH OATMAN & ONTO THE MOJAVE VALLEY. 147¹&PRINKS COOL SPRINGS TASTY FOODS Fr ... BETWEEN KINGMAN & OATMAN, ARIZONA, ON THE EASTERN FLANKS OF THE RUGGED BLACK MOUNTAINS, THE COOL SPRINGS CAMP PERCHED BESIDE OLD OLD 66, A BEACON TO WEARY TRAVELLERS BUILT IN THE 1930's, THE FACILITIES INCLUDED A CAFE, GARAGE, GAS STATION, & TOURIST CABINS, LOCATED JUST BEFORE THE STEEP, WINDING, TREACHEROUS ASCENT OVER THE MOUNTAINS. WHEN THE NEW ALIGNMENT OF RT. 66 OPENED IN 1951 (LATER OATMAN PAVED OVER BY I-40), MOST TRAVELLERS BYPASSED THE LONGER, MORE WINDING, ORIGINAL ALIGNMENT, & COOL SPRINGS WAS LEFT "HIGH & DRY." THE BUSINESS WAS CONVERTED TO A POULTRY OPERA- TION CALLED "THE CHICKEN RANCH, BUT AFTER A FIRE IT WAS ABANDONED. OVER THE YEARS, THE ELEMENTS & VANDALS TOPPLING THE STONE WALLS. TODAY, ONLY TOOK THEIR TOLLS FOUNDATIONS & SCATTERED STONES REMAIN, MUTE REMINDERS OF BETTER DAYS. BLACK SEN NOTICE "Teddy bear CHOLLA FORESTS yn KINGMAN GOLDROAD COLO RADO R. 66 COOL SPES. THIMBLE BUTTE ALT. 4,000 FT. 40 TOPOCK OLD ROUTE 66 Scenes! by R. Waldmire 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 BUT WELL OVER 80% OF THE OLD ROAD IS OFFICIALLY: STILL DRIVEABLE so, TRAVEL BACK IN TIME, & LEAYE 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 CAL. SANTA MONICA! PASADENA CLAREMONT LOS ANGELES Pacific Ocean TUDLOW- Great Basin BARSTOW! VICTORVILLE VEDESER SAN BERNARDINO NEV/ LOJA MEED OFFORTI "SOCK POCK SELIM JASAM COLORADO R fa Colorado Plateau UTAH COLO. GRANDE ARIZ NM. RIO Grand Canyon Painted Desert! Retrified Forest WINONA- WINSLOW- FLAGSTAFFC JOSEPA CITY HOLBROOK GALLUP THORD GPANTS DIVIDE CONT GLENRIO MORIARTY SANTA ROSA TUCUMCARI 62563 ILLINOIS ROCHESTER ત્ર 011 Xos хо 2. R.R. 2 Fo. (write small) R. WALDM ALBUQUERQUE ZIP still the best way west? TAKE OLD 66PALMOST ALL THE WAY! MAIN STREET,USA Chicagolo L..A... SAINT LOULS VEGA OKLA HAN TEKSUS VEGA (midway on 66) ARCADIA EDMOND OKLAHOMA CITY CAMARI MCLEAN Prairie ER FORD HYDRO ELK CITY CLINTON SHAMROCK Province OKLA EL RENO GALENA- BAXTER SPGS. KANSAS CHANDLER -SAPULPA DEPEWW R. Waldmir MISSO ENMOLTIVN- PACIFIC SULLIYAN- CUBA- CHICAGO ILLINOIS BROADWELL JOPLIN MIAMI VINITA CLAREMORE TULSA CARTHAGE LEBANON CONWAY SPRINGFIELD ST. JAMES ROLLA WAYNES VILLE Lake Michigan JOLIET DWIGHT MOPONTIAC BLOOMINGTON LINCOLN SPRINGFIELD ATT LIVELLE ARA PLATEAU Mississippi EAST ST. LOUIS R. 1990... PRINTED ON 100% RECYCLED STOCK