Will Rogers

Route 66 is sometimes referred to as The Will Rogers Memorial Highway, but not many people know who Will Rogers was. Rogers, Oklahoma’s favorite son,  was a stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator who was born and raised along Route 66.

Join Route 66 Podcast host Anthony Arno, as he talks with Tad Jones, Director of the Will Rogers Memorial Museum all about the life of one of the most beloved personalities of his generation that starred in over 71 movies and was the highest paid entertainer of his time.

Website: Will Rogers Memorial Museum 

 

Michael Wallis and Will Rogers’ great-granddaughter, Jennifer Rogers-Etcheverry, promoting the Will Rogers and Route 66 connection.

 

 

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Legends of America Route 66  Postcard Book

The Route 66 Postcard Coloring Book highlights 20 places along The Mother Road that you can color and actually send as a postcard or just keep for yourself.