From Civil War sites
- September 4th, 2010
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From Civil War sites in Missouri and Oklahoma, to outlaws in Texas and New Mexico, to the numerous gold mining camps of Arizona, the sights along this old highway are incredible.
If you long for the good ole? days with the buttery smell of popcorn at the drive in theater or a greasy burger at the local diner, you will have plenty of opportunities at places like the Cozy Dog Drive-In in Springfield, Illinois; Wrink?s Market and the Munger Moss Motel in Lebanon, Missouri; or the Snow Cap Drive-In in Seligman, Arizona. If your memory revives the days of Stuckey?s, Steak ?N? Shakes, and Burma-Shave signs, you?ll be happy to know that these Route 66 icons are on their way back!
If it?s an older part of the west that you?re looking for, you?ll find that too. Holbrook, Arizona was once said to have been ?too tough for women or churches;? Tucumcari was once referred to as ?Six-Shooter Siding,? and Galena, Kansas was the site of much bloodshed during its coal mining days.
Even though several interstates have virtually replaced the old highway, almost 85% of it can still be traveled.
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