Custom Oklahoma Route 66 Postcard with vintage scenes. Available at Legends’ General Store
Though all of the eight states along historic Route 66 display pride in ownership of their piece of the pavement, Oklahoma seems to do it the best. Perhaps that is as it should be, given that the Mother Road was born in Oklahoma when Cyrus Avery of Tulsa conceived of the idea to link Chicago all the way to Los Angeles. Moreover, Oklahoma has more miles of the original highway than any other state, they were the first to install historic markers along the old route, the first to have a state-sponsored Route 66 museum, and ironically, the first to lose part of the original road when I-44 barreled through, dealing a deathblow to many service businesses between Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
Enjoy your journey through the Sooner State.
Nine-foot wide road between Miami and Afton, Oklahoma.
Kathy Weiser-Alexander.
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Meadow Gold Sign in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Kathy Alexander.
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Route 66 Postcard Coloring Book, available at Legends’ General Store.
Westbound on Route 66:
Quapaw & Commerce – Entering Oklahoma Route 66
Miami – Culture on the Mother Road
Vinita – Crossroads of America
Largest McDonald’s In the World?
Chelsea – 1st Oil Well in Indian Territory
Off the Path – Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park
Claremore – Home of Will Rogers
Haunted Belvidere Mansion in Claremore
Tulsa – Oil Capital of the World
Ghosts of the Tulsa Little Theatre
History and Haunting of the Gilcrease Museum
Sapulpa – Crossroads of America
Kellyville – Small Town America
Bristow – Queen of the Woodlands
Off the Path – Shamrock – Oil Boom & Bust Ghost Town
Davenport – Still Kickin’ on Route 66
Chandler – Last Gunfight of the Old West
Arcadia – Home of the Round Barn
Oklahoma City – An Overnight Success
El Reno – Home of the Oklahoma Land Rush
Calumet – An Old Stretch of the Mother Road
Bridgeport – Fording the Canadian River
Weatherford Big City Amenities With Small Town Charm
Clinton – Hub City of Western Oklahoma
Foss & Canute – Beyond Glory Days
Elk City – A Step Back In Time
Sayre – Entering Cowboy Country
Off the Path – Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
Erick and Texola – Gateways to Oklahoma
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