Oklahoma Route 66

by James William Ross, Shellee Graham (Illustrator)

Building on the foundation laid with the first edition of Oklahoma Route 66, this updated volume, in full color, contains many new images, color-coded maps, and everything you would expect from the top authority on the Mother Road in Oklahoma. With 62 maps and over 250 photos, it can be used simply as a guide to navigate the road or as a reference or handbook. Oklahoma Route 66 is the most thoroughly documented accounting of a section of Route 66 yet published.

Genres: Nonfiction, Travel

220 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Jewlsbookblog]

This book is a tour of Route 66 in Oklahoma. From the exact turns and any existing road markers/signage (if they’re still in existence), Ross gives very detailed directions to find the original bits of the Mother Road. Even if you aren’t planning to drive it, it’s still a fun transportation history read. It was also wild to learn just how many parts of 66 I have been on without realizing it, lol. With the centennial coming up, the state has issued a red passport book of places to stop along the way and it’s made for great family weekend road trips to see how many places we can visit and mark off! (The blue passport is the entire Route 66 from Chicago to LA. I believe AZ also offers a red passport of places in their state too.) I came upon this book at one of the Route 66 museums. It’s a wonderful pictorial history and definitely worth reading if you like transportation history or just a touch of nostalgic, small town American history.

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[Pam]

Edmond and Guthrie: A Little off the Tracks: The Lesser Known History of Two Oklahoma Towns is by David A. Farris. I picked this book up at Pop’s in Arcadia, Oklahoma while a friend and I were sightseeing along Route 66. It just looked like a good book to read. I was not disappointed. The only thing that might be construed as disappointing is that it wasn’t long enough. The stories were great to read and he tells how they were authenticated, if possible. The stories range from before statehood to ghost stories to stories about UFO’s in Oklahoma. I thought it interesting when he compares reality and fiction with the stories of the Dalton and Dillon gangs as well as Belle Starr. Another story that interested me was the story of the graves along the railroad in Edmond and how they figured out who was in the graves. This would be very interesting to go see. I definitely recommend this little book. I read the second edition of this book printed in 2011.