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Route 66 Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Route 66.

Results 1 - 20 of 1,531 in Route 66

  1. Study will survey landmarks along Route 66 for preservationRead the original story

    34 min ago | Whittier Daily News

    ... the case of gear heads and greasers, joy similar to that of the Noel is felt in September during the Stater Bros. Route 66 Rendezvous event. The massive four-day classic car show and street festival draws hundreds of thousands to San Bernardino. ... 1 comment

    Related Topix: San Bernardino, CA, Boulevard, CA, Lake Arrowhead, CA, San Bernardino County, CA

  2. Artist creates postcard effect in Joplin welcome center's muralRead the original story

    45 min ago | Missourian

    ... tried to highlight those ordinary things as something significant." The mural depicts scenes from the Spook Light, Route 66, artist Thomas Hart Benton, astronaut Janet Kavandi, outlaw Clyde Barrow, the castle at Redings Mill, poet Langston Hughes, ...

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    Related Topix: Joplin, MO, Kansas City, MO, Redings Mill, MO

  3. Meditations with musicRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Route 66 News

    Here's a remarkable story in the Los Angeles Times about the Church of Beethoven , which is less than a block off an old alignment of Route 66 in Albuquerque and has its beginnings on the Mother Road.

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    Related Topix: Symphony, Arts

  4. Study will survey landmarks along Route 66 for preservationRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Home - San Bernardino County Sun

    ... the case of gear heads and greasers, joy similar to that of the Noel is felt in September during the Stater Bros. Route 66 Rendezvous event. The massive four-day classic car show and street festival draws hundreds of thousands to San Bernardino. ... 1 comment

    Related Topix: San Bernardino, CA, Lake Arrowhead, CA, San Bernardino County, CA

  5. A pie-in-the-sky placeRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Route 66 News

    Longtime roadie Dave Hoekstra of the Chicago Sun-Times takes a closer look at the restored and historic Palms Grill Cafe on old Route 66 in Atlanta, Ill.

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    Related Topix: Atlanta, IL, Baked Goods, Life, Dessert, Food, Pies

  6. Study to examine potential historic sites along state leg of Route...Read the original story

    6 hrs ago | San Bernardino County Sun

    ... the case of gear heads and greasers, joy similar to that of the Noel is felt in September during the Stater Bros. Route 66 Rendezvous event. The massive four-day classic car show and street festival draws hundreds of thousands to San Bernardino. ...

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    Related Topix: San Bernardino, CA, Boulevard, CA, Lake Arrowhead, CA, San Bernardino County, CA

  7. Route 66 - immortalized but mortalRead the original story

    18 hrs ago | SanLuisObispo.com

    ... to Disneyland and the original McDonald's in San Bernardino. Immortalized in countless novels, songs and movies, Route 66 was the 2,400-mile road along which adventure seekers meandered from Chicago to the Pacific Coast, bedding down in tepee motels ...

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    Related Topix: John Steinbeck, Vocal, California, Martin Milner, San Bernardino, CA

  8. 'Oklahoma Landscapes' - Michael WallisRead the original story

    23 hrs ago | TulsaWorld.com - Lifestyle

    ... Michael Wallis may be best known as "the Bard of the Mother Road," through his books on the history and legacy of Route 66 that include the Pulitzer Prize nominee, "Route 66: The Mother Road," and for lending his voice as the Sheriff of Radiator ...

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    Related Topix: Oklahoma, Sport Movies, Family, Animation Movies, Comedy Movies, Cars, Tulsa, OK

  9. Paying homage to music at the Church of BeethovenRead the original story w/Photo

    Yesterday | Los Angeles Times

    ... an afterthought?" He recruited other musicians from the symphony, and together, in an abandoned gas station off old Route 66, they began playing concerts each Sunday. More and more people started coming ("I just leave here feeling really ...

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    Related Topix: Symphony, Arts

  10. Balanced way to protect desert

    Yesterday | Home - San Bernardino County Sun

    ... Trails National Monument of some 941,000 acres, including 266,000 acres of former railroad easements along historic Route 66 between Ludlow and Needles. Existing recreatonal uses, including hunting and rock collecting, would be maintained. The act ...

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    Related Topix: Dianne Feinstein, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, California, Joshua Tree, CA, US National Parks, Mojave National Preserve, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Opinion

  11. Desert dutyRead the original story

    Yesterday | Press-Enterprise

    ... than 1 million acres of desert land. The bill would create two national monuments, one running along much of old Route 66 through the San Bernardino County desert, and another stretching from the San Bernardino Mountains to Joshua Tree National ...

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    Related Topix: Dianne Feinstein, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Opinion

  12. 71-year-old Illinois man nearing his goal of running the length of historic Route 66Read the original story

    Friday | San Bernardino County Sun

    ... and an campaigner for active senior living. For just shy of seven months, Duick has been running along historic Route 66. He reached the Inland Empire last week. So far, he's covered every step from Chicago to Duarte and, with just about 50 miles to ... 1 comment

    Related Topix: Duarte, CA, Santa Monica, CA

  13. 31ThuRead the original story

    Friday | Tulsa World

    ... Up Boys at 8:00 pm) Bring in the New Year Honky Tonk style with the Round Up Boys at the historic Rose Bowl on Route 66 in Tulsa. Beer, concessions, party favors, complimentary ... Submit or Edit Your Event Fill out this form to list your event on ...

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    Related Topix: Events

  14. The incredible journeyRead the original story

    Friday Dec 25 | Saginaw News

    ... one of the nation's top fundraisers in the fight against multiple sclerosis, the Bike MS Oklahoma 2009 along Route 66. "It was their victory party and they were about $5,000 short of making the $500,000 mark," Fairchild remembered. "They told the ...

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    Related Topix: Saginaw, MI, Weather

  15. Man's walking trip along Route 66 brings him to San Gabriel ValleyRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 24 | Pasadena Star-News

    The way Emory Duick, 71 of Des Plains, Ill. figures it, no one has ever walked the entire length of Route 66. 10 comments

    Related Topix: Duarte, CA, Entertainment, Drama, Television

  16. Plaques mark historical spots along Route 66Read the original story

    Thursday Dec 24 | San Gabriel Valley Tribune

    ... a drinking historical society. But whatever its secret purpose, it is a name you will find all along California's Route 66. If you see a historical plaque along the route, it was probably the work of ECV. One of the recent plaques erected on the ...

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    Related Topix: Arcadia, CA, Ross, CA, 9, Sierra Madre, CA, Daggett, CA

  17. Immortalized in culture, Route 66 on way to preservationRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 24 | Charleston Daily Mail

    News Immortalized in culture, Route 66 on way to preservation California foundation wants to document state's portion of famous corridor It was, John Steinbeck wrote in "The Grapes of Wrath,'' the "Mother Road'' of Dust Bowl sharecroppers heading to the promised land of California.

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    Related Topix: California, California Government, John Steinbeck, Vocal, The Grapes of Wrath, Pop/Rock, Martin Milner

  18. Almost ThereRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 24 | Journal & Topics Newspapers

    After 6A1 2 months and about 2,100 miles, Emery Duick of Des Plaines is almost in sight of his "Route 66" goal of Santa Monica, California.

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    Related Topix: Santa Monica, CA, US Travel, Los Angeles Travel, Travel

  19. Cops find copper copped from job siteRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 24 | Lebanon Daily Record

    About 100 pounds of copper wire was stolen from a job site in the 1200 block of Route 66 sometime overnight on Wednesday.

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    Related Topix: Lebanon, MO

  20. Documenting The Mother Road

    Wednesday Dec 23 | PLANetizen

    The California Preservation Foundation and the National Park Service are funding a cultural survey of Route 66, which could result in several new national landmarks along the old highway.

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