I didn’t know this, but someone has been refurbishing the giant totem pole at Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park near Foyil, Okla., for the past year. Virginia Klugloff has been doing the work.
Her work this year — which was the result of a grant from the local branch of the preservation group Questers — has included improvements on the main structure as well as on the grounds of the park.
Krugloff said the top half of the totem pole still could use some more work.
Totem Pole Park is not on Route 66, but is inextricably linked to the road because it’s been a longtime side trip for Mother Road travelers. For example, the park’s manager says more than one-fifth of its visitors in July and August were from foreign countries.