Lincoln to promote obscure 66 alignment April 21, 2007
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Geoff Ladd, chief of Logan County (Ill.) tourism, said the agency will be promoting a 1926-30 alignment of Route 66 and a second, more obscure alignment through Lincoln, reports the Lincoln Courier.
A second alignment, which was used for only 10 months in 1928, means the Logan County Courthouse and still more local businesses can be promoted along with the route.
One of the alignments passes the sign at the Lincoln Depot that commemorates Abraham Lincoln christening the city with watermelon juice.
“That’s an incredible one-two punch,” Ladd said. “It goes to the heart of the whole Abraham Lincoln promotion.”
The routes also take in the site of The Mill restaurant, which the bureau is working to save as a historic site, and the “ghost bridge” crossing Salt Creek.
There’s also some good news regarding the Pig Hip restaurant.
Ladd also announced that tourism volunteer Walt Radespiel will set up his shop on the Pig Hip site at Broadwell this summer to provide some interpretation at the site. The Pig Hip Museum and former restaurant, a Route 66 icon, was recently destroyed by fire.
Rendezvous rods April 21, 2007
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Purcell Productions has posted a nice promotional video touting the annual Route 66 Rendezvous in San Bernardino, Calif. This year’s event is Sept. 13-16.
More than a half-million people attend each year. But the stars of the show are the cars, as this video shows.
Trail walker makes it to Kingman April 21, 2007
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The Kingman (Ariz.) Daily Miner caught up with Detlev Henschel and his wife Katrin Frommhold as they trudge across North America on wagon trails and the oldest roads they can find, including Route 66.
Detlev explained that he wanted to show the “good news” about America - one removed from world politics and the biggest cities and focused instead on the smaller towns, natural beauty, history and everyday kind of people that help make this country the great place it is.
When asked about his thoughts regarding the Kingman area, he said the area was “beautiful - the people (are beautiful) as well. One place in particular that stood out in his mind was the Cool Springs store located along old Route 66 at the base of the Black Mountains near Oatman. He said they’d had a pleasant stop there with the owner.
You can follow Henschel’s adventures at his Web site here.
