Festival is full of beans October 13, 2006
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Moriarty, N.M., is hosting its Pinto Bean Fiesta on Friday and the rest of the weekend. In fact, it’s the 25th anniversary of the event.
You can go to this article by the Mountain View Telegraph for details. Here’s a flier of the event. The parade Saturday will start on Old Route 66 on the west side of town, and there are a slew of other activities.
Commerce to host Route 66 Oktoberfest October 13, 2006
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It sounds like it’s going to be a fun time Saturday in Commerce, Okla. The town’s third annual Route 66 Oktoberfest will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Commerce Avenue (aka Route 66), with live music, turtle races, frog-jumping contests, a chili competition and a car and motorcycle show.
Best of all, it’s for a good cause, reports the Miami (Okla.) News Record:
“The proceeds will be used to fix up the parks,” Commerce City Counsel [sic] member Lena Enochs said. “We’re going to put a pavilion in one. It’ll make it better for the children.”
Pontiac finds a tourism niche October 13, 2006
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Deep in this story by the Pontiac Daily Leader is this somewhat startling factoid that ties in to the Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame & Museum:
Karls said that Pontiac has found a tourism niche: coach tours to the Route 66 and Livingston County War museums. In 2005, there were 15 tours; this year there will probably be 35.
Even if just half of the tours were Route 66-related, that’s still a jump that will raise your eyebrows. I attribute the increase to greater awareness of the relatively new Route 66 museum and the tons of publicity from the “Cars” movie.
More about Budville October 13, 2006
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You first read here about the impending reopening of Budville near Cubero, N.M.
The Cibola County Beacon has more details about the historic store’s refurbishment, including that it’s going to be fully open in late November — just in time for Christmas shopping. And a bare-bones version of the store’s Web site is up.
Based on the Beacon’s story, it sounds like the couple that owns it truly has a Route 66 jewel.
El Reno college to host a Route 66 event October 13, 2006
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The “Cruisin’ Route 66: Sample the Good Life” event will be hosted by Redlands Community College in El Reno, Okla., on Oct. 27.
First, photographer and author Shellee Graham will display her “Return to Route 66: Photographs from the Mother Road” from 11 a.m. to noon in the college’s Fine Art Gallery.
From noon to 2 p.m. will be “Eats and Treats” with Brian Dunning and the Rockabilly Trio performing. Graham and “Oklahoma Route 66″ author Jim Ross will make presentations in the conference center.
From 2 to 3 p.m. will be a book-signing.
Admission is free. For more information, call 405-262-2552, Ext. 2628.
