Long to-do list for Route 66: The Road Ahead group

The Route 66: The Road Ahead Partnership exited its second annual board of directors meeting Feb. 15-17 in Tulsa with a lengthy to-do list — including a Route 66 navigational app and funding for preservation project — for the months ahead. In addition to approving a 2018 budget and a five-year budget, the group approved … Continue reading Long to-do list for Route 66: The Road Ahead group

“Cultural Heritage Tourism: Why People Travel Route 66”

A marketing professor revealed a little-known word — anemoia — he’d discovered only in the past year that probably explains why many people explore Route 66. Nick Gerlich, a professor at West Texas A&M and an avid explorer of old Route 66, explained during his presentation Oct. 31 at the Miles of Possibility Conference in Edwardsville, Illinois, that anemoia … Continue reading “Cultural Heritage Tourism: Why People Travel Route 66”

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The Student Life of Pomona College in Pomona, Calif., put together recommendations for great American road trips. Here’s the segment about Route 66. What do you see wrong with it? With the California gold rush and the advent of the automobile, Americans began to long for an independent way to the alluring West. Established in … Continue reading Whoops

Travel film series includes Route 66

If you live near Richmond, Ind., you may want to keep your calendar free on April 15. That’s when the local Lions Club will screen “Route 66, Part II — The Romance of the Road” as part of the Lions Travel Film Series, according to the Richmond Palladium-Item. Presented by Charles Hartman, it is an … Continue reading Travel film series includes Route 66