ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nancy Theken! Nancy Theken is the marke0ng manager at Lake Powell View Estates community development. She works with real estate agents in support of sales, social media marke0ng, and 0mely, relave content. Follow her Blog at: www.lakepowellviewestates.com Nancy may Be contacted at [email protected] PAGE 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 Introduction 5 Travel To Lake Powell Via The Mother Road - Route 66 8 Standin’ on the Corner in Winslow, Arizona 11 Continuing West to Williams 14 On to Peach Springs 16 Last Stop – Oatman 17 About Lake Powell View Estates PAGE 3 Introduction Thank you for downloading our eBook. There are several routes that will lead you to the beauty and serenity of the Lake Powell area, but if you enjoy road trips, then a trip down memory lane via historic Route 66 is just what you need! We’ve mapped out this nostalgic and spectacularly scenic journey through Arizona to inspire you to get out and enjoy one of the most famous roads in America. From Holbrook to Oatman, this helpful guide highlights the must-see stops along the way and provides some insight and historical background as you pass from town to town. Enjoy! Nancy Theken PAGE 4 Travel To Lake Powell Via The Mother Road - Route 66 Lake Powell, Arizona is one of the most favorite vacaon des0naons in the country. People come from near and far to rent houseBoats and explore the never-ending coves and Bays that surround the lake. RememBer the old saying – “geng there is half the fun?” Well, perhaps the person that coined that phrase traveled to Lake Powell on historic Route 66. Driving an RV along Route 66 is like taking a trip Back in 0me when America was a much simpler place. The memories you and your family create here will Be etched into your mind forever. Ge#ng Your Kicks on Route 66 Although it is no longer an official U.S. highway, travelers s0ll are drawn to explore what remains If you are a Baby Boomer, you know the tune – of the old highway. “Get Your Kicks on Route 66.” This historic highway is a genuine piece of Americana that has Route 66 Began over a century ago when the survived numerous efforts to dismantle it. United States was s0ll a young country. The people wanted to explore the famous west, But A lot of Americans discovered Route 66 By the road system was incomplete and travel from watching the popular TV series from the 60’s, east to west was confusing. where Mar0n Milner and George Maharis ran into trouBles and adventures along the highway. A movement Began in the 1920’s to establish a standardized highway system and in 1921 the Route 66 was filmed in Black and white and ran Federal Government passed an amendment to for 100 episodes from 1960 through 1964. It the Federal Aid Road Act, requiring states to gave us a glimpse of the glory days of the iconic designate primary roads that would Be included highway as Milner and Maharis tooled along in in a naonal highway system. their Corve_e. PAGE 5 Cyrus Avery, a successful Businessman from Oklahoma was given the joB of establishing what would Become the U.S. highway system. He was to figure out which were the most important routes in each state and try to map a way to connect and maintain them. He also had to devise a numBering system for the highways that would eliminate the various “trail” names associated with the different routes that criss- crossed the states. How Route 66 Got It's Name The Perfect RV Adventure Avery wanted a major highway through Oklahoma to draw tourists and money to his Steeped in history, the route spans 2,400 miles home state, and he discovered an old trail used running east/west from Chicago, Illinois to Santa to cross Oklahoma during the California Gold Monica, CA and is nirvana for RV’ers. Rush. This old trail would eventually Become the Basis for Route 66. Arizona Boasts having the longest stretch of Route 66 s0ll in use today and there are more On NovemBer 11, 1926, a Bill was passed in than a dozen ci0es along the way that are Washington creang the American Highway packed with art deco and memorabilia. System, thus officially giving Birth to U.S Highway RV owners can leisurely explore Route 66, and 66. Today Avery is known as the “Father” of experience a “Blast from the past” visi0ng the Route 66. ci0es and towns that s0ll retain the charm of a Bygone era. In 1938 author John SteinBeck chronicled the trek of the Joad family as they made their way across Route 66 to California in his famous Blood, Ghosts and Dinosaurs book “The Grapes of Wrath.” The Book follows a poor farming family as they and other Traveling from east to west across Arizona, the depression-era families make their way from the first stop on the route will Be HolBrook which dust Bowl of Oklahoma, traveling along Route 66 was founded in 1881. to discover a Be_er life. This is an old cowBoy town with a Bloody history Baby Boomers who once thought of driving – there was even a Bar here named the “ Route 66 can take comfort in the fact that not Bucket of Blood Saloon” where a memBer of the only does it s0ll exist, But there are towns along infamous Dalton Gang shot and killed two men the way that retain the nostalgia of the original aer an argument over a Bad hand dealt in a era. card game. ! PAGE 6 The town was deemed to Be “too tough for women or churches” and The Navajo County Courthouse here is said to Be haunted. George Smiley was hanged in HolBrook on January 8, 1900 and his ghost is rumored to wander the courthouse. Staff memBers report that he opens and closes doors and moves oBjects around. Also reportedly seen in the courthouse is the ghost of Mary – a pros0tute that died in one of the jail cells. Paranormal inves0gators visited the facility in 2008 and claimed that several other ghosts also occupy the s0ll-used facility. A Sign of the Times ! While in HolBrook, take a drive through Down the road from Joseph City sits the famous the Petrified Forest with over 13,000 years of “JackrabBit Trading Post” where you can shop history. The park was once the tropical for souvenirs. This li_le store opened in 1949, homeland to some of the earliest known offering gas, food and camping to travelers. The dinosaurs. Or visit the Naonal Park road signs for the JackrabBit Trading Post are Service museum with over 200,000 oBjects almost as famous as the ever popular “Burma collected from the area. Ar0facts from the Hopi, Shave” signs that once do_ed our naon’s Zuni and Navaho Indians along with highways. archeological oBjects from other cultures can Be viewed in the museum. “Standin’ on a Corner in Winslow, Arizona” All kids love dinosaurs, and HolBrook doesn’t From the JackrabBit Trading Post, it’s on to disappoint. 3 miles east of HolBrook is home to Winslow, Arizona, another famous stop the Dinosaur Park, where for $5.00 you can drive men0oned in the through and see life size replicas of dinosaurs. Eagles’1972 song “Take it Easy” – which, By the HolBrook has Been a treasure trove of dinosaur way, was the Band’s first single. Bones and footprints discovered By paleontologists throughout the years and new S"ck with us on our journey along discoveries are s0ll taking place here. Route 66 as we head to Winslow and Heading east from HolBrook, you will pass beyond… through the town of Joseph City which was founded By Mormon pioneers. Some of the older homes and Buildings s0ll remain, and the city is home to about 1300 residents. PAGE 7 Standin’ on the Corner in Winslow, Arizona Winslow was a railroad terminal in the 1880’s was like Back in the days when the west was and the Beau0ful La Posada Hotel was Built really wild. here in 1929 By the Santa Fe Railway Company to provide a hotel and restaurant for train Heading west out of Winslow, our next stop will travelers. Be the abandoned town of Two Guns and then Meteor City, home of the Meteor Crater. It was Built for the Fred Harvey Company. Fred Harvey was a freight agent for the Chicago, Two Guns is merely a collec0on of abandoned Burlington and quincy Railroad and he had a Buildings that once held Businesses and vision of providing first class lodging and fine residents of the old west. dining for railroad passengers. Mr. Harvey never The town was originally called Canyon Lodge, as got to see half of the more than 84 Harvey it was the site of a natural crossing point to get Houses that his company went on to Build – he across Diablo Canyon. One of the local property died in 1901. owners, and the proprietor of a couple of Businesses, Henry Miller, adopted the nick-name The Beau0ful La Posada in Winslow is s0ll serving “Two Guns” for himself, and he suBsequently travelers with fine surroundings and good food passed the name along to the town. and is now on the Naonal Register of Historic Places. When the old Naonal Trail Highway moved west and was re-named Highway 66, Canyon And while in Winslow Be sure to visit the Lodge officially changed its name to “Two Guns” Old Trails Museum to get an idea of what - which sounded more exci0ng than Canyon Winslow Lodge.