A new project focused on historic Route 66 is here ahead of the centennial celebration next year. You can now take a virtual ...
Annette LaFortune Murray will graduate from Route 66 writer to Route 66 “rider” for a new venture — a Route 66 Centennial motor coach tour. Route 66 is turning 100 in 2026. Murray, a former teacher ...
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‘Mother Road’ celebrating centennial next year

Mother Road’ celebrating centennial next year; Route 66 stretches about 100 miles through Southwestern Illinois.
In this episode of Czechast, Zdeněk Jurásek shares how he biked 4,000 km along Route 66, led hundreds of travelers since, and why the Mother Road still inspires him.
Route 66 turns 100 years old in 2026 presenting the country an opportunity to authentically rewrite the narrative of the Mother Road, so-named by John Steinbeck in his 1939 novel, “The Grapes of Wrath ...
Where there's a Will, there's a way — to adventures along Route 66. Individuals and families are encouraged to take cultural icon and Oklahoma native Will Rogers with them, in a sense, as they travel ...
What I discovered travelling Missouri’s lesser-trodden stretch of Route 66 - With the ‘Mother Road’ celebrating its 100th ...
While the staff of HOT ROD has been known to complain of heavy story loads, constant deadline pressures, and the virtual lack of a personal life, every now and then we do receive special perks. The ...