The old Route 66 had 2,448 miles and stretched from Chicago to Santa Monica. It was built in 1926 to offer travelers a road to the west, giving them hope and a new beginning during the dust bowl days. It went through Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. John Steinbeck called it t The Mother Road in his novel THE GRAPES OF WRATH.I became interes...
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