Route 66 in California
Route 66 in California

Author: Glen Duncan

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738530376

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The "Mother Road" hauled it all, traversing the American West from Chicago to Santa Monica Beach, the last 350 miles through Southern California. For settlers, Depression-era "Okies" and "Arkies," and post-World War II families bound for suburbia, Route 66 was a migration funnel for generations. Wending through the mountains and badlands of San Bernardino County into Los Angeles County, Route 66 became a state of mind and a catchphrase for travelers everywhere, especially after singer Bobby Troupe popularized the hit song "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" and actors Martin Milner and George Maharis hit the road with the ragtop down and the shades on in the namesake television series that seemed to go anywhere every week. The shield of the Route 66 sign has become iconography for the growth of Southern California's economy, population, popularity, and folklore.

Documenting the American Indian Experience of Route 66
Documenting the American Indian Experience of Route 66

Author: Caroline Waddell

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13:

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"The purpose of this project is to create a foundation for future projects that will help preserve historic resources and tell a more complete story of Route 66 and the experiences of American Indian communities and individuals. The project consisted of a literature search, creation of a database of extant resources relating to American Indian experience of Route 66, establishing contact with tribal representatives, an analysis of the literature search, and providing recommendations for future research.

Route 66
Route 66

Author: David Knudson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2012-10-10

Total Pages: 57

ISBN-13: 0747812810

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Begun in 1926 to connect Chicago to Los Angeles, Route 66 was the country's first major east-west thoroughfare. By 1930 it was an important route for both truckers and travellers alike, and in 1939 it became known as 'The Mother Road' thanks to John Steinbeck's classic The Grapes of Wrath. Over the years, hundreds of thousands of Americans travelled this great road from those heading west during the Great Depression to postwar families taking road trips across the country – but by the 1970s four-lane highways, expressways, and tollways had largely supplanted it, and Route 66 fell into disrepair. In this book, authority David Knudson traces the fascinating story of The Mother Road from origins to decline, including the roadside attractions and cottage industries it spawned and the efforts to save and restore it.

Hip to the Trip
Hip to the Trip

Author: Peter B. Dedek

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 2007-05-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0826341950

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Before and since its official closure in 1985, historic U.S. 66 became associated with the deserts, Indians, and cowboys of the Southwest, the "Okies" of the Great Depression, and the millions of vacationers who took to the highway in their streamlined automobiles and found adventure on the open road from the late 1940s to the 1970s. Route 66 has such name recognition that in the past twenty years it has been used to advertise products ranging from blue jeans, to root beer, to automobiles. The highway enjoyed only about thirty years of dominance as a primary auto and truck route from 1926 to around 1956. Gradually replaced by interstates into the 1980s, Route 66 became forever fixed in the history and lore of the Southwest and the United States. Route 66 provides a unique vantage point from which to better understand American popular culture from the 1920s to the present. The purpose of this book is not to simply recount the history of Route 66, but to create a comprehensive portrait of the cultural meaning of the highway. What was Route 66 at its pinnacle, what is it today, and what might it become in the future?

Route 66
Route 66

Author: World Monuments Fund (New York, N.Y.)

Publisher:

Published: 2014-08

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 9780985894351

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"In 2008, Route 66 was included on the World Monuments Watch, a biennial program that raises awareness about historic places at risk from the forces of environmental, economic, and social change. Through the Watch, World Monuments Fund (WMF) was able to partner with the U.S. National Park Service Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, a collaboration that has capitalized on the respective strengths of each institution in service to the long-term stewardship of the Mother Road" -- p. 4.

U.S. Route 66
U.S. Route 66

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 10

ISBN-13:

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Corridor Preservation
Corridor Preservation

Author: John J. Maiorana

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9780309056526

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This synthesis will be of interest to transportation agency administrators, planners, attorneys, environmental officials, and engineers in federal, state, and local governments, as well as to citizens interested in corridor preservation. It is especially timely in view of the ISTEA provisions for corridor preservation, although the requirements and conditions are changing. This synthesis describes the state of the practice with respect to the experience and status of corridor preservation for highways in the United States. The report describes the many elements of the corridor preservation process, including project development, advance acquisition, fee-simple acquisitions, and other options, as well as environmental issues. This report of the Transportation Research Board presents detailed information on acquisition techniques such as exactions, subdivision control ordinances, transfer of development rights, purchase options, and access management. Detailed discussions of maps of reservation and legal issues, such as land use law, are also addressed. In addition, innovations in corridor preservation are highlighted and future research is suggested. This synthesis also contains several case examples that illustrate a range of practice.