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Recently, the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation released an updated Oklahoma Route 66 Passport to give visitors a road map to the historic businesses, shops and cultural landmarks ...
On Southwest Boulevard, between W. 23rd and W. 24th Streets there is a granite marker dedicated to Route 66 as the Will Rogers Highway which features an image of namesake Will Rogers together with information on the route from Michael Wallis, author of Route 66: The Mother Road; [52] and, at Howard Park just past W. 25th Street, three Indiana ...
The restaurant actually predates Route 66 since it was built on the road's predecessor, Route 4, in 1924. The business was moved to Route 66 in 1935, and it's been there ever since.
Haskell Lake is located about 3 miles northwest of central Haskell. [11] Created by the WPA, it is about 14 acres in size and known for good fishing. [12] [13] The Arkansas River, just to the east of town, [7] also offers fishing opportunities for species like catfish, though access there is typically had through private lands. [14]
The Rock Café in Stroud, Oklahoma, a historic restaurant on U.S. Route 66, takes its name from the local sandstone used in its construction. [2]Originally built in 1936 and opened in 1939, the Rock Café reopened on May 29, 2009 [3] after extensive repairs by historic preservationist David Burke [4] due to damage from a 2008 fire. [5]
An entrepreneur operating a Route 66 business at Arcadia wants to promote towns along one of the Mother Road's most scenic stretches in Oklahoma. Route 66 is almost 100 years old.
Pops restaurant in Arcadia, Oklahoma is a modern roadside attraction on Route 66. Using a theme of soda pop, it is marked by a giant neon sign in the shape of a soda pop bottle. The glass walls of the restaurant are decorated with shelves of over 700 different types of soda pop bottles, arranged by beverage color.
Some of these restaurants have been around for decades, some are more recent, all 20 are within 90 minutes of downtown OKC and worth a trip.