A brief history of Camp Cajon December 12, 2006
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Freelance writer Mark Landis writes a fascinating historical piece in the San Bernardino County (Calif.) Sun about William H. Bristol, who was a key member of the community and a major promoter of the area in the late 1800s and much of the first half of the 20th century.
His contribution to Route 66 is this: He helped built Camp Cajon, which essentially was a rest area along the National Old Trails Highway along Cajon Pass near what would be the Los Angeles metro area. The National Old Trails Highway later would become Route 66.
But the rest area didn’t last:
Camp Cajon was decimated by the great flood of 1938. The beautiful handmade stone structures were buried or damaged beyond repair and the camp was abandoned. Route 66 was realigned and Camp Cajon, the gateway to Southern California, has been all but forgotten.
Here’s an old picture taken at Camp Cajon in 1930.
Raising the Pops bottle December 12, 2006
Posted by Ron in Attractions, Businesses, Photographs.3 comments
Jim Ross sent us some photos he shot Monday of the raising of the 66-foot-tall giant pop bottle and drinking straw that will stand near the Pops convenience store and diner along Route 66 in Arcadia, Okla. Pops is the brainchild of Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon.
Ross wrote:
Here are some shots of the pop bottle going up at POPS today [...] It took 5 hours to truck it from downtown OKC. Ultimately, it will be painted yellow and each ring will have a band of neon. Should be an awesome sight when finished.
For more background about Pops, go here. Pops should be open by summer.
