Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Ludlow is a mover and a shaker in southern California – but Ludlow is not a person. Ludlow is a tiny town on Route 66. What do you do when the main street running through your town is diverted? Well, you move your town! That’s what Ludlow did, anyway. Twice. Back in the 1880s, Ludlow […]
Ludlow: a mover and a shaker
Tags: cafe, cans, cemetery, coffee shop, Friends Coffee Shop, gas station, ludlow, marines, military, mining town, motel, rations, thunder, Twentynine Palms
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Two Guns, Arizona is a bizarre and fascinating place. This is a real, bonafide, empty ghost town right on the side of the Interstate. There is an exit on I-40 to Two Guns, but there’s nothing there except ruins. And Mike. When you learn of the history of Two Guns, you think it must be […]
shooting in Two Guns
Tags: apache death cave, graffiti, homeless, koa, mike, phoenix news, two guns
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
It’s impossible to drive all of the original Route 66, since some of it is under the interstate, some of it is impassable, and some of it just no longer exists. Also, there are many different alignments of the Route, so you sometimes have to choose which version to drive. I have to say that […]
dirt 66
Tags: David Wiclkline, dead river, dirt road, Images of 66, jeep, Navigation, trading post
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