BRUNO
MICHEL Country Music Journalist
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Route 66 in Oklahoma from Quapaw to Texola; 386 Miles |
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Members of the Oklahoma Route 66 Association are happy to share information on We felt that the road is most actively preserved in Oklahoma and people do a lot to ensure that the icons of the road are being restored or at least not forgotten. Due to the vast of sightseeings, we tried to pick a selection - very difficult indeed and not meant to downgrade any sight not mentionned. Entering Oklahoma; The murals in Quapaw Miami, Coleman Theatre The Buffalo Ranch near Afton served travellers from 1953 until 2001 while the Eagle Tree Art Gallery near Vinita is still going strong Some old beer joints in Foyil Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park in Foyil has many sights on the property Old bridge near Verdigris and the Blue Whale in Catoosa. They hang 'em high in Tulsa. Yep, that's a fullsize Peterbilt up there A stretch of really old alignment before Stroud and the Rock Cafe The Pioneer BBQ past Chandler and Little Brother's Gas Station in Wellston, which is now a BBQ. Ernest
"Butch"
The Hometown of Country Star Garth Brooks has a great neon on the Yukon's Best Flour building. An old gas station between El Reno and Geary; searching for a stretch of 1925/26 alignment before driving the 38-span bridge across the Canadian River into
Hydro. Lucille's:
She served her
Clinton was home to Pop Hicks' Restaurant from 1936 until 1999, when the place burnt down on August 5. The
town hosts also a Route
66 Museum
Texola is close to fading to ghost town status. The abandoned West Winds Motel in Texola The Last Stop Bar in Texola before crossing the stateline to Texas.
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