
Strange 66
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Route 66 conjures images of an innocent golden age of car travel: shiny V8s powering down hot, two-lane blacktop, sucking 20-cent-a-gallon gasoline, and periodically depositing their occupants at mom-n-pop greasy spoons, neon-lit motels, and tourist traps. But America's Mother Road wasn't all about ruddy-cheeked, summer vacationers. Route 66 and the regions it traverses have a side more seldom seen, rich with weird tales (mimetic architecture, paranormal phenomena, and even cryptozoology) to the downright sordid and seedy (murder, mistreatment, and other assorted mayhem).
In Strange 66, bestselling Route 66 authority Michael Witzel explores the flip side of Route 66 to offer details on infamous Route 66 locations that once served as hideouts for the James Gang (Meramec Caverns), Bonnie and Clyde (Baxter Springs, Kansas), and Al Capone (Cicero, Illinois).
There are the stories of unspeakable crimes committed along 66, such as the Stafflebeck "murder bordello" in Galena, Kansas, and Arizona's "Orphan Maker of Route 66." Witzel also explores the people that passed through the region, including the Dust Bowl exodus and the Trail of Tears tribute in Jerome, Missouri.
Then there are the lighter, though still strange stories, such as the Route 66 Great Transcontinental Footrace and the origins of various roadside colossi, like the Blue Whale of Catoosa and Giganticus Headicus in Walapai, Arizona. And speaking of heads, what about steak? Eat one as big as your head at the Big Texan in Amarillo-and it's free!
All of these stories culminate in a look at Route 66 unlike any other, completely illustrated with modern and archival photography and written by an acknowledged authority on the Mother Road.
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- Intro
- Introduction
- I There's a Killer on the Road
- 1. Al Capone on 66
- 2. Jesse James's Hideout Cave
- 3. Bonnie and Clyde Shootout
- 4. Galena's Bloody Madam
- 5. The Greenlease Kidnapping
- 6. The Mosser Massacre Murders
- II Mysteries and the Unexplained
- 1. Ghost of the Vanishing Hitchhiker
- 2. Tri-County Truck Stop Ghosts
- 3. Hotel Monte Vista Haunting
- 4. America's Last Living Ghost Town
- 5. The Miraculous Weeping Icon
- 6. Spook Light on Devil's Promenade
- III Memorable Structures and Crazy Constructs
- 1. Eat and Sleep in a Wigwam
- 2. An Homage to the Cadillac
- 3. Arcadia's Round Red Barn
- 4. Hole in the Wall Conoco Station
- 5. The Glass House McDonald's
- 6. Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch
- IV Tales of the Infamous and Legendary
- 1. Troup Was the Troubadour of 66
- 2. C. C. Pyle's Bunion Derby
- 3. Court Jester of Route 66
- 4. Father of the Highway
- 5. John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
- 6. On the Trail of Tears
- V Roadside Tributes and Other Monuments
- 1. Galloway's Route 66 Totem Poles
- 2. Standin' on a Corner
- 3. Lumberjacks and Spacemen
- 4. Giganticus Headicus
- 5. Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza
- 6. There's a Blue Whale in Port
- VI Exemplary Eats and Roadside Treats
- 1. World's Largest Ketchup Bottle
- 2. The Cozy Dog Drive In
- 3. Waylan's Ku-Ku Burger
- 4. Home of the Free 72-Ounce Steak
- 5. Pops 66 Soda Ranch
- 6. Hatch Chiles and the 66 Diner
- VII Won't Come Back from Dead Man's Curve
- 1. Towanda's Dead Man's Curve
- 2. Conquering La Bajada Mesa
- 3. Pasadena's Suicide Bridge
- 4. Atomic Bomb Road Building
- 5. Switchbacks of Sitgreaves Pass
- 6. The Road with Many Monikers
- Index
- About the Author
- Photo Credits
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