History of Route 66 on the Voice of America February 9, 2007
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Ted Landphair has provided a report on the history and current days of Historic Route 66 for the Voice of America.
The Mother Road report provides a lot of attention in Oklahoma, including author Michael Wallis and Seaba Station owner Sue Preston.
This also gives me the opportunity to try out this new audio plug-in recently provided by the good folks at WordPress.com. If you want to listen to the broadcast as it was originally intended, including the music clips and voices of Wallis and Preston, just click on the little arrow below.
Painting in Capitol features Route 66 icon February 9, 2007
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A new painting, “Arcadia Round-up,” is on display in the Oklahoma Capitol after a ceremony on Thursday, reports the Associated Press.
The landscape painting by Linda Tuma Robertson of Edmond, Okla., features the famed Round Barn on Route 66 in Arcadia, Okla.
The story, regrettably, doesn’t include a picture of the painting. With luck, I will be able to acquire a photo of the image in the next few days.
Don’t forget the peanut-butter truffles February 9, 2007
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USA Today’s travel staff asked experts from all 50 states what would be a romantic experience in their respective states on Valentine’s Day.
Here’s the entry from Oklahoma:
A cruise down Route 66 in the Tulsa area offers a chance for car-noodling spiced with a little kitsch. In the evenings, listen to the ghosts whisper as the sun sets over the remnants of abandoned motels and gas stations on East 11th Street, or crank up the nostalgia at the Admiral Twin Drive-In. Stop by Hank’s Hamburgers and buy peanut-butter truffles enrobed in decadent chocolate.
– Recommended by Emily Priddy, vice president, Oklahoma Route 66 Association
I should add that Priddy is now the past vice president of the Oklahoma Route 66 Association. She’s still a member, but she voluntarily stepped down from her veep post and handed it over to dedicated roadie Cletus Simpson of Davenport.
