Old Route 66 Scenes by Bob Waldmire

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ROUTE 66 CROSSED THE COLORADO RIVER ON THIS GRACEFUL BRIDGE, BUILT IN 1916, THE FIRST TO CAReRY AUTO FRAFFIC OVER THE RIVER IN THE AREA. THE BRIDGE-PAITED WHITE- NOW CARRIES A GAS PIPELINE. THERE IS A PARKING AREA AT THE FOOT OF THE BRIDGE, ON THE ARI2O- NA SIDE. WHICH AFFORDS A CLOSE LoOk. 1OCATOR MA KINGMAN OATMAN S66 TO ASH FORK 40 to Flagstaff 95 SEARCH LIGHT JCT. GOFFS The COLORADO RIVER BASIN LIKE AN EMERALD STRAND, WINDS THROUGH THE DESERT, BETWEEN LOw, JAGGED RANGES THE RIVER'S BANK S & MARSHY LOWLANDS ARE HOME TO DENSE , LUSH THICKETS OF WILLOWS, TAMARISKS, COTTONWOODS, & REEDS, PROVIDING A VALUABLE HABITAT FOR MANY SPECIES, THE.lk. COLORADO RIVER IS AN IMPORTANT MIGRATORY FLYWAY FOR MANY SPECIES OF BIRDS. COLORADO R. GOLDROAD NEEDLES GOLDEN SHORES MTS. Mojave Desert TO POCK The Need les TWO GREAT DESERTS INTERFACE" HERE: THE SONORAN & THE MOJAVE. To BLYTHE: OLD ROUTE THE "NEEDLES, VIEWED FROM TOPOCK, ARIZONA (ALT. 510 FT.) FACING SOUTH, ACROSS A BEND IN THE COLORADO RIVER SPIRES REPRESENT S MAGMA THAT COOLED & MARDENED IN THE CONDUITS OF NOW- ERODED VOLCANOES. LONG AN IMPORTANT LANDMARK FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, E MORE RECENT SURVEYORS & TRAVELLERS. NEEDLES, CALIFORNIA WAS NAMED FOR THIS JAGGED RANGE. THE 1940 FILM "THE GRAPES OF WRATH SHOWS AUTOS CROSSING THIS BRIDGE, THIS IS A Low, HOT DESERT RANGE WHICH ENCOMPASSE S MUCH OF THE ARID SOUTHWESTERN U.S.& MOST OF MEXICO. THIS CLUSTER OF VOLCANIC Scenes! 1990 LOOMING ON THE HORIZON WITHIN THE BASIN & RANGE EROVINCE, by R. Waldmire WITH THE INEEDLES 2APAI BLACKMTS

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ROUTE 66 WAS CERTIFIED IN 1926 PLACE STAMP WHEN THE NATION ADOPTED A NUMPERED SYSTEM OF Cross COUNTRY, INTER-STATE ROADS. FuuY PAVED BY 1936 ROUTE 66 BECAME AN IMPORTANTE LEGENDARY HIGHWAY MORTALIZED IN LITERATURE, music, sa TELEVBON, GRADUALLY "REPLACED BY HUGE MOMOGENEOUS INTERSTATES," 66 WAS DECERTIFIED IN 1985 CEASING TO EXIST OFFICIALLY BUT WEU OYER 80OF THE OLD ROAD IS snu PRIVEABLE so, TRAVEL BACK IN TIME, ELEA THE STRESS PEHIND ON THE INTERSTATES... AND THE WUTO WILL SAY: TS774 GET MY KICKS, NODROUTE 6 ALL IS VAUNFUL • OLD IS BEAUTIFUL SLOW IS BEAUTIFUL. SAFE IS BEAUTIFU HERE €9929 SIONITTI e small Le Miehighese R.R.2. Box 110, ROCHESTER JOLIET DWIGWT SMO PONTIAC 1810 LOOMINGTON SLINCOLN SPRINGFIELD LITCHFIELD MATE CHICAGO /P BROAP WELT I SAINT Stud ill the best uhy west MEOW 66 JALMOST ALL THE WAY! MAIN STREET,USA-Chicago to L.A. LANT LCOM GIG 191 NR BU PACIFIC SWLIYAN CUBA Ba' WALDW GALENA AXTER SRGS. PMMALTIM- Colorado KITC Misi SPPR Coi? RIO Grand Canyon UTAH! ARIZ Canyon COLD. ORANSK OYINEV. 1 3-ST. JAMES ROLLA 3 OKAYNA NUES OIBANON CONAN KLAHOMA City ST ST. 0. GRANDE EDMOND ARCADA DENA ONT KAN O SPRINGFIELD winted Dero -CARTHAGE JOPLIN roa A wear OKLAT COREL VICIRARSE TE SANTA MONICA -VICTORVILEI -BARSTOWI MIA TOS ANGELES CA Bon trifter for VINITA CLAREMORE Teksu DIORLAU LATKA VE OLENRIO , TULSA SAPULPA CBRISTOW PEPEW CHANDLER ALBUQUE & PANTS SEY MOJAVE UDLOWS STRENOU NVDRO STOCK TVEGA Ocean BERNARDINO COLORADO R (midway on 66) R. Waldmite © 1990... PRINTED ON 100% RECYCLO SELIGM . STASH FORK wiwiams FLAGSTAFF WINONA- WINSLOW- JOSLIN Cm HOLBROOKS GALLUD MORIARTY SANTA ROSA TUCUMCART AMARILLO GROOM O-MELEAN SHAMROCX ELK CITY E CLINTON