Hip to the Trip: A Cultural History of Route 66 by Peter B. Dedek katydids "-- The Press Democrat

"-- The Press Democrat

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Discovering that gold doesn't just grow on trees they force the Native people to dig it from the ground

Hip to the Trip: A Cultural History of Route 66 by Peter B. Dedek katydids "-- The Press DemocratBefore and since its official closure in 1985, historic U. S. 66 became associated with the deserts, Indians, and cowboys of the Southwest, the Okies of the Great Depression, and the millions of vacationers who took to the highway in their streamlined automobiles and found adventure on the open road from the late 1940s to the 1970s. Route 66 has such name recognition that in the past twenty years it has been used to advertise products ranging from