Route 66 in Texas / Joe Sonderman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sonderman, Joe., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Texas--Pictorial works.

Texas.

United States Highway 66--Pictorial works.

United States Highway 66.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Other Title:

Route sixty-six in Texas

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2013]

Summary:

Route 66 stretches across 178 miles and through seven counties in the Texas Panhandle. To a traveler on Interstate 40, the road may seem like an endless expanse, with the horizon interrupted only by the occasional grain elevator. But there is history, scenery, and adventure waiting on Route 66, which follows the trail of the Native Americans, conquistadors, cattle and oil barons, cowboys, and Dust Bowl refugees. With such sites as the blazing neon sign at Shamrock's U-Drop Inn and the quiet ruins of Glenrio, Route 66 in Texas is still "The Main Street of America." The traveler who leaves the franchised blandness of the interstate will see motels with Western and Native American imagery, good old-fashioned tourist traps, some bizarre sculptures (such as cars stuck in the ground at Cadillac Ranch), and beautiful Art Deco structures. These images and stories tell of mom-and-pop establishments that still thrive today and those that are crumbling in the swirling dust and tumbleweeds of the notorious Jericho Gap.

Contents:

Wheeler County

Gray County

Donley and Carson counties

Amarillo area

Downtown and West Amarillo

Oldham and Deaf Smith counties.

OCLC:

885209447