Talks with people living and working along The Mother Road
Times Beach, Missouri, contains both the biggest environmental disaster and story that most people are not familiar with along Route 66. Yet, during the 1980’s the plight of Times Beach reached international attention. The common practice at the time was to spread recycled machinery oil to suppress the dust along dirt roads. Unfortunately, the contractor…
Times Beach, Missouri, contains both the biggest environmental disaster and story that most people are not familiar with along Route 66. Yet, during the 1980’s the plight of Times Beach reached international attention. The common practice at the time was to spread recycled machinery oil to suppress the dust along dirt roads. Unfortunately, the contractor…
The Wagon Wheel Motel is the longest, continuously operated motel along Route 66. Route 66 Podcast host Anthony talks with Connie Echols, owner of The Wagon Wheel Motel. Connie purchased the hotel at an age when most people prepare for retirement, and Connie has been busy ever since. Website: The Wagon Wheel Motel Website: Wagon…
Long before Route 66, travelers would take the Mojave Road 130 miles across the Mojave Desert. Join Anthony Arno as he talks with Dennis Casebier, founder of the Mojave Desert Heritage and Cultural Association, about his early attempts to create a hiking trail to preserve the Mojave Road. Dennis tells the chilling stories of one…
