Route 66 Memories from the Mother Road

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Part of the series, "100 Years on Route 66 in 52 Weeks," published by the Missouri Press Association and distributed for reprint by its membership newspapers.  Reprinted here with permission by MPA.

By Cheryl Eichar Jett

Part of the series, "100 Years on Route 66 in 52 Weeks," published by the Missouri Press Association and distributed for reprint by its membership newspapers.  Reprinted here with permission by MPA.

Part of the series, "100 Years on Route 66 in 52 Weeks," published by the Missouri Press Association and distributed for reprint by its membership newspapers.  Reprinted here with permission by MPA.

By Cheryl Eichar Jett

Part of the series, "100 Years on Route 66 in 52 Weeks," published by the Missouri Press Association and distributed for reprint by its membership newspapers.  Reprinted here with permission by MPA.

By Kip Welborn

Part of the series, "100 Years on Route 66 in 52 Weeks," published by the Missouri Press Association and distributed for reprint by its membership newspapers.  Reprinted here with permission by MPA.

By Bob Ford
For mankind to advance, we have to be able to move. From a path to trail, dirt roads to interstates, the ability to hunt, trade, transport, relocate and defend oneself is freedom. Route 66 became the All-American highway that provided those sustaining abilities, but it also added an eclectic cultural element.