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The heart of historic Route 66, Kingman, Arizona. That is not merely a marketing slogan. This dusty desert crossroads was immortalized in a catchy tune about getting your kicks on Route 66 penned by Bobby Troup in 1946. And in 1932 the city hosted the annual U.S....

A Route 66 centennial celebration is coming to Kingman and you are invited. On the evening of October 15, 2026 at the Beale Street Theater, 302 E Beale Street in Kingman, award-winning documentary filmmaker John Paget will be introducing Route 66: The Main Street of...

The road of dreams. That would be an apt descriptor for iconic Route 66 in the year of the highways centennial. Markku Jaakkola and Jacob Gilbert recently took to the road in a 1973 Chrysler New Yorker. But this Route 66 centennial adventure was more than just a road...

Aprons Away: Women's Work on Route 66, the latest book from author Cheryl Eichar Jett, presents an interesting chapter in the Route 66 story that has been largely overlooked, even during the Route 66 centennial. The publisher, Reedy Press, provides a summary that...