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And away we go ...
This is the first post of the Route 66 discussion group on Route 66. Welcome! (And many thanks to Chantal for creating this wonderful community blog.)
This group's purpose is to exchange news about people, businesses and events along Route 66, the Mother Road, in the Duke City and surrounding areas. I have a sister site, Route66News.com, in which I try to keep up on the the happenings on all 2,400 miles of that historic highway.
(Disclosure: I don't live in ABQ, but in Tulsa. However, I'm in your fair city usually at least once a year, follow what's going on closely, and am quite fond of it.)
I figure this group would be of most interest to preservationists, local businesspeople, and tourists. But if you want to join this group to simply reminisce, that's good, too.
Note that I said surrounding areas to ABQ. The Duke City boasts not one, but two prominent Route 66 alignments. Many of you are doubtlessly familiar with the Central Avenue one. But there once was a "Santa Fe Loop" of Route 66 in the 1920s and '30s that went from Santa Rosa up to Santa Fe, then south to the Duke City that approximately follows I-25. That alignment continued south to Los Lunas before heading west again.
And, yes, I've driven both segments.
Enough about me. How about you?
This group's purpose is to exchange news about people, businesses and events along Route 66, the Mother Road, in the Duke City and surrounding areas. I have a sister site, Route66News.com, in which I try to keep up on the the happenings on all 2,400 miles of that historic highway.
(Disclosure: I don't live in ABQ, but in Tulsa. However, I'm in your fair city usually at least once a year, follow what's going on closely, and am quite fond of it.)
I figure this group would be of most interest to preservationists, local businesspeople, and tourists. But if you want to join this group to simply reminisce, that's good, too.
Note that I said surrounding areas to ABQ. The Duke City boasts not one, but two prominent Route 66 alignments. Many of you are doubtlessly familiar with the Central Avenue one. But there once was a "Santa Fe Loop" of Route 66 in the 1920s and '30s that went from Santa Rosa up to Santa Fe, then south to the Duke City that approximately follows I-25. That alignment continued south to Los Lunas before heading west again.
And, yes, I've driven both segments.
Enough about me. How about you?
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Permalink Reply by Izquierdo on -
I agreed with the need for a Route 66 site in Albuquerque, Ron, although it seems as if it hasn't yet generated much of a following. That should change as people become more aware of its presence on Duke City Fix. I'll alert some of my friends, who I think would be interested.
I recently interviewed a 90-year-old basketball player from Forrest, N.M. (south of 66 on the Eastern Plains). His team had to travel to Albuquerque for the state tournament in 1933 and brazenly went through the Tijeras cutoff directly to Albuquerque when it was still a wagon rut, echewing the approved route north to Santa Fe, and back to Albuquerque.
It's a long interview and the Route 66 piece is short and buried somewhere in its depths, but you can find it at the following address: http://www.qcsunonline.com/common/printer/view.php?db=quaycounty&am...
That address takes you to the second part of a three-part series published by the Quay County Sun. It was also picked up from the Sun by the website Topix, and it appears in abbreviated form in the Nov. 2007 issue of New Mexico Magazine, page 71, although the magazine is not on the web.
If the above address doesn't work, you can find it by Googling "Oran Caton, basketball."
I'll check in regularly here to keep in touch..
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Permalink Reply by Magic Juggler on -
My magic shop is on historic route 66 in Nob Hill. I am looking forward to interesting discussions here.
As for interesting happenings, I can say we will be having a seances coming up for Halloween, we will have famous magicians from Las Vegas providing lectures, and always have shows featuring local up and coming performers. Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Dante "Frisbee" Smith on -
My realestate company in on Central 7401 to be exact. I'll keep my eyes open! hell I met my Wife while crusing good ol' 66
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