Name: POTAPOV'S SERVICE STATION & AUTO COURT - Oro Grande, CA - Route 66 - August 21, 1993 @CadillaconRoute
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Description: POTAPOV'S SERVICE STATION & AUTO COURT - Oro Grande, CA - Route 66 - August 21, 1993

POTAPOV'S SERVICE STATION & AUTO COURT - Oro Grande, CA - Route 66 - August 21, 1993

1959 Cadillac on Route 66 2024-04-27 | POTAPOV'S SERVICE STATION & AUTO COURT - Oro Grande, CA - Route 66 - August 21, 1993

Illinois to New Mexico - ROUTE 66 WESTBOUND - August 22-25, 1994

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August 22-25, 1994

After traveling from California in a 1959 Cadillac on Route 66 as well as visiting friends in Indiana and family in Wisconsin, my friend Eric Wittman and I embarked on the return journey back west. The return trip took four days of primarily interstate highway driving with only one night at a motel and the other two nights sleeping in the car.
Of the several Route 66 road trips that I embarked upon, ample video footage and still photography was captured and I have since created over 80 videos that showcase the various places and people that were encountered along the road. The brief, nearly four and a half minutes of video that I shot on this 1994 return trip is nothing spectacular other than 28 years have since passed and it has not been seen in the other video compilations.

Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
October 7, 2022

Illinois to California - ROUTE 66 WESTBOUND - September 1- 4, 1993

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ROUTE 66 WESTBOUND
Peru, Illinois
to
Oak Hills, California

September 1 - 4, 1993
After traveling from California for eight days in
a 1959 Cadillac on Route 66 as well as a three
day side trip to the Motown Museum in Detroit
and a visit with family in Wisconsin,
my friend Eric Wittman and I embarked
on the return journey back west.
The return trip took four days of
primarily interstate highway driving
with three nights at motels.
Over the two week road trip, I managed to
capture video on five two-hour video cassettes
and also took many photographs.
I have since assembled individual video
segments of various locations and interesting
people that we encountered along the way.
This video contains the remaining bits
and pieces of footage shot in between
some of those locations while on our
four day drive back to California.

Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
May 15, 2022

Topock, AZ to Lupton, AZ - ROUTE 66 EASTBOUND - August 14-15, 1994

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August 14-15, 1994
Traveling Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac, my friend Eric Wittman and I take in the sights eastbound along the old road in Arizona. The video footage and photography captured included:
the BRANDIN' IRON MOTEL in Kingman,
the HACKBERRY GENERAL STORE in Hackberry,
ANGEL DELGADILLO at his barber shop and his
brother Juan, at the SNOW CAP in Seligman,
the WHITING BROTHERS station in Ashfork,
the TWIN ARROWS TRADING POST & CAFE east of Flagstaff,
the ruins at TWO GUNS,
Phil Blansett at the JACKRABBIT TRADING POST near Joseph City,
the WIGWAM MOTEL and JOE & AGGIE'S CAFE in Holbrook
and the SANDERS, ARIZONA POST OFFICE. With enough video and photographic images captured at those locales I have since created individual video segments pertaining just to those. What is seen here is everything else in Arizona on Route 66 between Topock and Lupton.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California July 2021

Santa Ana, CA to Needles, CA - ROUTE 66 EASTBOUND - August 14, 1994

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Traveling Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac, my friend Eric Wittman and I take in the sights eastbound along the old road from the starting point of Santa Ana to Needles at the Colorado River. Among the video footage and photographs captured includes stops in Cucamonga at the CUCAMONGA STATION, WIGWAM MOTEL in Rialto, POTOPOV'S STATION near Oro Grande, the WHITING BROTHERS STATION in Newberry Springs and the LUDLOW CAFE in Ludlow. With enough video and photos shot at those locales I have since created individual video segments that pertain just to those. What is seen here is everything else on our first day of travel on Route 66 through California to the Arizona border.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California July 2021

Gallup NM to San Jon, NM - ROUTE 66 EASTBOUND - August 16-17, 1994

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August 16-17, 1994
Traveling Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac, my friend Eric Wittman and I take in the sights eastbound along the old road in New Mexico. Among the video footage captured includes stops in Grants at the 'St. Vincent De Paul Thrift Shop' with longtime worker, MARY SAAVEDRA, Lillian Redman at her BLUE SWALLOW MOTEL in Tucumcari and at CEDAR HILL STATION in San Jon. With enough video and photographic images captured at those locales I have since created individual video segments pertaining just to those. What is seen here is everything else in New Mexico on Route 66 between Gallup and San Jon.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California July 2021

Amarillo, TX to Texola, OK - ROUTE 66 EASTBOUND - August 17, 1994

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August 17, 1994
Traveling Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac, my friend Eric Wittman and I take in the sights eastbound along the old road in Texas. Among the video footage captured that day include stops at WALKER'S STATION in Conway, 66 COURTS in Groom and the U DROP INN in Shamrock of which I have since made individual video segments. What is seen here is everything else in Texas between the New Mexico and Oklahoma borders.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California July 2021

Elkhart, IL to Funks Grove, IL - ROUTE 66 EASTBOUND - August 28, 1993

1959 Cadillac on Route 66 2019-09-18 | NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED

August 28, 1993
After a week driving Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac, Eric Wittman and I were nearing the end of the line in Chicago as we inched through the Illinois, the last of the eight states that the famed highway runs through. We woke at the 66 HOTEL COURT in Litchfield and made a stop to visit with FRANCIS MARTEN at his farm where he had been caretaker for the 'Our Lady Of The Highway's' shrine located on his farm since 1959. We would continue on and stretch out legs at the DIXIE TRUCKER'S HOME in McLean and pick up some maple sirup and visit with Glaida Funk at FUNKS GROVE. I have made individual video segments on those three locations and what is seen in this video are the bits and pieces in-between.

NOW & THEN GIFTS - Linda & Gary Moore - Vega, TX - ROUTE 66 - September 3, 1993

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NOW & THEN GIFTS
920 East Main Street
Vega, Texas

September 3, 1993

A return visit to a helpful gift shop owner in the Route 66 town of Vega, Texas while traveling in a 1959 Cadillac. In 1992, LINDA MOORE, who ran the shop directed my traveling companion and I eastward to Amarillo where we would find an abundance of the antiques that we were looking for. I was intrigued by the wonderful aroma within her store. She said it was the 'Peach Candy' potpourri that she had for sale of which I promptly purchased. The wonderful scent permeated the passenger cabin from under the seat of my old Cadillac for an entire year when on another Route 66 road trip from California, I made another visit to her shop. I was introduced to her friendly husband, GARY MOORE, who was also a postal worked just as I was. I thanked her for the antique shopping frenzy in Amarillo and for the wonderful potpourri for which I proceeded to buy some rejuvenating oil for it from her before I got back on the road.
Linda & Gary Moore are a perfect example of the caliber of people that are all along old Route 66. Friendly, helpful and a real joy to visit with. A memorable couple indeed.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
September 2019

Erick, OK to Commerce, OK - ROUTE 66 EASTBOUND - August 25-26, 1993

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August 25-26, 1993
Traveling from California on Route 66 in my 1959 Cadillac, Eric Wittman and I take two days to drive the old road through Oklahoma. With enough video footage and still photos taken at the WEST WINDS MOTEL in Erick, POP HICKS RESTAURANT and the RIO SIESTA MOTEL in Clinton, LUCILLE HAMONS in Hydro, CAROL HOLLOWAY in Kellyville, the 66 MOTEL in Tulsa, the ruins of the W. E. AUTO COURT in Sapulpa and the DAIRY RANCH and BUFFALO RANCH in Afton, I have made individual video segments for each of those locales. What is seen here, is everything else shot in between during those two days in Oklahoma.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
September 2019

WALKER'S STATION & CAFE - Conway, TX - ROUTE 66 - August 24, 1993

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WALKER'S Phillips 66 STATION & CAFE
Route 66
Conway, Texas

August 24, 1993
On a Route 66 road trip from California in my 1959 Cadillac, my friend, Eric Wittman and I photographed and captured video footage of interesting people and structures that caught our eye. One of those places was at a weathered, old, boarded-up filling station set at an angle on the intersection of old Route 66 and Texas State Highway 207 in Conway, Texas. Opening in 1947 by Cecil and Zelma Walker, it would eventually close in 1966 just two weeks after Route 66 was bypassed by Interstate Highway 40 one mile to the north. The cafe was demolished sometime between 1984 and 1993 but the filling station , although looking rough, is still standing.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
August 2019

U.S. POST OFFICE - Sanders, AZ - Route 66 - August 14, 1995

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August 14, 1995
While traveling on Route 66 from southern California in my 1959 Cadillac, my sister, Victoria Reichardt and I wake up at the WIGWAM MOTEL in Holbrook, Arizona, have breakfast at nearby JOE & AGGIE'S CAFE and then continue eastward. We make a brief stop at the Sanders, Arizona post office to drop off some mail and buy stamps. Not long after our visit there, the post office closed and moved to another building on the south side of I-40. The former building sat vacant before eventually being demolished. A new interchange was constructed and now a new shopping center stands where the old Sanders post office property was.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
June 2019

Amarillo, TX to Shamrock, TX - ROUTE 66 EASTBOUND - August 24, 1993

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August 24, 1993
Traveling Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac, my friend Eric Wittman and I take in the sights eastbound along the old road in Texas. Among the video footage captured that day include stops at WALKER'S STATION in Conway, 66 COURTS in Groom and the U DROP INN in Shamrock of which I have since made individual video segments. What is seen here is everything else in Texas between the New Mexico and Oklahoma borders.

Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
May 2019

Gallup, NM to San Jon, NM - ROUTE 66 EASTBOUND - August 23-24, 1993

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August 23-24, 1993

My friend, Eric Wittman and I on a Route 66 road trip from California in my 1959 Cadillac. On the third and fourth day on the road in New Mexico, among the video footage that I shot was visiting with MARY SAAVEDRA at the St. Vincent De Paul Thrift Shop in Grants, Lillian Redman at her BLUE SWALLOW MOTEL in Tucumcari and the abandoned CEDAR HILL SERVICE STATION west of San Jon. I accumulated enough video footage and still photography to create individual video segments exclusively for those locations. What is shown here is everything else in between while traveling eastbound on Route 66 across New Mexico.

Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
March 2019

Kingman, AZ to Lupton, AZ - ROUTE 66 EASTBOUND - August 22-23, 1993

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August 22-23, 1993

My friend, Eric Wittman and I on a Route 66 road trip from California in my 1959 Cadillac. On the second day third day on the road, among the video footage I shot was at the HACKBERRY GENERAL STORE, the SNOW CAP DRIVE-IN in Seligman, the closed WHITING BROTHERS STATION in Ash Fork, the ruins at TWO GUNS, the JACK RABBIT TRADING POST near Joseph City and the WIGWAM MOTEL in Holbrook. I have since made individual video segments of just those locations. What is seen in this footage is everything shot in-between.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
March 2019

MICHAEL WALLIS - California Route 66 Annual Dinner - GRISWOLD'S INN Claremont - March 27, 1993

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March 27, 1993

Griswold's Inn - The Sierra Room
555 West Foothill Boulevard
Route 66
Claremont, California

Having traveled Route 66 from Califronia in my 1959 Cadillac the previous summer in 1992, my buddy Eric Wittman and I were anxious to make the journey again in August 1993. One of the things that sparked our enthusiasm was a book written by Michael Wallis and published in 1990 entitle, 'Route 66 - The Mother Road'. We would take that book with us on our road trip and when we remembered to do so, we had some of the highways old timers sign it for us. What perfect luck to have the author of that wonderful book be the guest speaker at the California Historic Route 66 Associations Annual Dinner in the Spring of 1993, just a few months before we would hit the road in the Caddy. We wasted no time in making our reservations for the dinner. We were an hour and a half late to the before the event mingling period as the 1959 Cadillac blew a freeze plug on the freeway on the drive to the event. We managed to take my 1960 Cadillac to the dinner instead.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
February 2018

Orange, CA to Oatman, AZ - ROUTE 66 EASTBOUND - August 21, 1993

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August 21, 1993
My friend, Eric Wittman and I, embark on a journey down Historic Route 66 from southern California in my 1959 Cadillac. In the 315 miles traveled iin California that day, I had compiled enough video and still photos of our stops at the CUCAMONGA STATION in Rancho Cucamonga, WIGWAM MOTEL in Rialto, POTAPOV'S SERVICE STATION north of Oro Grande, the WHITING BROTHERS STATION in Newberry Springs and the LUDLOW CAFE in Ludlow to create videos that document just those individual locations. What is assembled here are the photos and video of everything else in between those stops on that day.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
February 2019

TWO GUNS, AZ - 'Mike' - Route 66 - August 22, 1993

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Two Guns, Arizona
Route 66

August 22, 1993

My friend Eric Wittman and I, on the second day of traveling Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac. With 'Mike', our tour guide, we drive the car out into the desert over the abandoned 1914 Canyon Padre bridge to the stone ruins of Two Guns.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
February 2019

LUCILLE HAMONS - Hydro, OK - Route 66 - August 15, 1995

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Traveling Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac several times in the 1990's, my traveling companions and I knew even back then, how fortunate we were to have met visited with a handful of interesting personalities who had lived and worked on the old highway back in its heyday. One of those individuals was LUCILLE HAMONS who operated a filling station near Hydro, Oklahoma from 1941 until her death in 2000.
This video footage documents my third and final visit with her back in August 1995.

Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
October 2018

HONG KONG CAFE - WIGWAM CURIOS - Flagstaff, AZ - Route 66 - August 29, 1992

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August 29, 1992

Traveling Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac, Miguel Ordaz and I stop at the HONG KONG CAFE in Flagstaff, Arizona for dinner. I captured a brief bit of video of it's neon signage as well as the WIGWAM CURIOS flashing neon just next to it. Both of the neon signs are long gone.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
October 2018

WIGWAM MOTEL - Holbrook, AZ - Route 66 - August 29, 1992

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WIGWAM MOTEL
811 West Hopi Drive
Route 66
Holbrook, Arizona

Over 25 year old video footage shot on three occasions (1992, 1993 & 1995) while on Route 66 road trips from southern California in my 1959 Cadillac. Also included are various still photographs.

Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
October 2018

WIGWAM MOTEL - Rialto, CA - Route 66 - August 28, 1992

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WIGWAM MOTEL
2728 East Foothill Boulevard
Route 66
Railto, California

Traveling Route 66 from California in a 1959 Cadillac back in the 1990's were some wonderful times. One of the iconic roadside draws along the old road was the WIGWAM MOTEL in Rialto, California. Built in 1949 and expanded in 1953, by the time I passed by there in 1991, 1992 7 1993, the motel had fallen into a sad state of severe neglect. I capture some video footage of that low point of the motels history but in 20013, the Patel family purchased the motel and undertook the monumental task of bringing the Route 66 motel back to its former glory. Restored and
lushly landscaped, it has once again became a popular overnight stop for weary travelers.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
October 2018

DIXIE TRUCKERS HOME (Dixie Truck Stop) - McLean, IL - Route 66 - September 3, 1992

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DIXIE TRUCKERS HOME
315 East Dixie Road
Route 66
McLean, Illinois

Between August 1992 and August 1998, I traveled Route 66 from southern California in my 1959 Cadillac with several traveling companions where we documented our adventures along the way by videotaping and taking still photographs. Here I have compiled the video footage that I captured on several visits at the first truck stop in the United States. Located on Route 66 in McLean Illinois, with exception to closing for a few hours after a devastating fire in 1965, the DIXIE TRUCKERS HOME has been open 24 hours, seven days a week since it opened in January 1928.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
July 2018

ARCADIA ROUND BARN - Arcadia, OK - Route 66 - September 1, 1992

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ARCADIA ROUND BARN
107 East Route 66
Arcadia, Oklahoma

Between 1992 and 1998 I traveled Route 66 from California on several occasions in my 1959 Cadillac, with exception to 1998 which was in a Chevrolet van. My companions and I managed to pass the iconic round barn in Arcadia, Oklahoma each time for a photo opportunity. Here is some brief video of those very road trips.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
June 2018

WAGON WHEEL MOTEL - Richfield, UT - September 9, 1992

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September 9, 1992
My traveling partner, Miguel Ordaz and I on our return trip to California after a ten day road trip on Route 66.
Our last night of travel we found ourselves in Richfield, Utah at the old WAGON WHEEL MOTEL.
Soon after our stay the motel was converted into the 'Wagon Wheel Apartments'. The property was eventually sold and sadly leveled.
In 1997 a two story affordable housing complex was built. The 'Cambridge Park Apartments' now stand at the site of the old neon-lit motel.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
February 2018

TED DREWES FROZEN CUSTARD - St. Louis, MO - Route 66 - August 18, 1995

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August 18, 1995
After traveling seven days on Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac, my sister Victoria Reichardt Lima and I, made a stop at the world famous St. Louis locale, TED DREWES FROZEN CUSTARD on Chippewa Street for their signature frozen treat, the 'Concrete'.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
February 2018

O'HARE OASIS - Schiller Park, IL - August 29, 1993 - Tri-State Tollway

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August 29, 1993
After eight days of traveling on Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac, my buddy, Eric Wittman and I had reached the terminus of the Route in Chicago. We took a side trip and continued east to Detroit to visit the ' Motown Museum'. After 302 miles into our return trip back westward, while on the Tr-State Tollway in Illinois, we stopped at the O'HARE OASIS TRAVEL PLAZA to stretch our feet and get a bite to eat. Construction of the building that spans across the highway originally began in 1958.
Upon completion, Fred Harvey ran a restauraant and gift shop there until the early 1970s' Howard Johnson's took over operation until 1984 when Burger King, Taco Bell and Mrs. Fields Cookies were the new occupants. The structure would be demolished and rebuilt ten years after our visit.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, california
January 2018

For a wealth of information regarding the beginings of the Illinois Tollway, a fellow by the name of Ron Bean has created a website where he has lovingly compiled photographs and documented its history. The photos seen in this video of the demolition and reconstruction of the oasis were graciously shared by Mr. Bean from his website.
You can visit by clicking this link: http://www.panix.com/~rbean/oasis/index.html

Joplin, MO to Pacific, MO - ROUTE 66 EASTBOUND - August 26-27, 1993

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August 26-27, 1993
Eric Wittman and I travel from California on Route 66 in my 1959 Cadillac. With exception to visits with Russell Rippelmeyer at 4M VINEYARDS in St. James, MO and Chit Romay at the SUNRISE MOTEL in Sullivan, MO this is the remaining footage shot during our drive through Missouri.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
November 2017

Clinton, OK to Galena, KS - ROUTE 66 EASTBOUND - August 18-19, 1994

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August 18-19, 1994

Eric Witman and I travel Route 66 from southern California in my 1959 Cadillac. In the two days of travel through Oklahoma, there was enough video material that I shot at three locations to create three separate segments. Those segments being our visit with LUCILLE HAMONS, the HINTON JUNCTION CAFE & COURTS and the ruins of the CONOCO SERVICE STATION not far east of Arcadia, Oklahoma.
The footage here is what I capture before, in-between and after those stops and also some 'Then And Now' images of various places that we stopped at along the old road on those two days back in August 1994.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
September 2017

SULLIVAN MOTEL - Sullivan, MO - Route 66 - August 20, 1994

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SULLIVAN MOTEL
750 South Service Road West
Route 66
Sullivan, MO

August 20, 1994
Brief video of my stay at the once busy Route 66 motel that would be demolished to make way for a reconstructed interchange at Elmont Road in 2007, 13 years later.

Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
August 2017

*October 26, 2017 update*
".....Hello, my name is Cathy Lessley Merino and I came across your You Tube video about your journeys on Route 66. I was very pleasantly surprised to see the 'Sullivan Motel'. My father built and operated the Sullivan Motel, that is where I grew up. We lived there from about 1962 to 1972, when I graduated from high school. He leased it out after that and eventually sold it. I just wanted to say thank you--seeing the motel the way it was (with my bicycle & swing set in the front) was heartwarming and wonderful. Blessings to you & safe journeys!"

Baxter Springs, KS to Missouri State Line - ROUTE 66 EASTBOUND - August 26, 1993

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August 26, 1993
On one of several road trips traveling Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac, my road companions and I stopped to visit with interesting folk and video tape and photograph whatever caught our interest. There is also video footage of in-between places rolling down the road that are of historic value all of these years later as it shows things that are now much different or no longer exist. This brief bit of video was shot traveling the short 13 miles of Route 66 in the state of Kansas. Only three little towns are on the highway between Oklahoma and Missouri but those three communities hold on to their piece of the historic highway with great pride.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
August 2017

STUCKEY'S - Adrian, Texas - Flora Nixon - Route 66 - September 3, 1993

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September 3, 1993
On the third day of returning back to California after a week on Route 66 in my 1959 Cadillac, my buddy, Eric Wittman and I first stop fro fuel in Vega Texas. Before getting back on the road, we go to the drive-thru at DAIRY QUEEN and have our soft-serve cones handed to us by smiling Vega resident, Flora Lee Pernell Nixon. Our next stop about 20 miles later was at a familiar roadside oasis seen along the highways, STUCKEY'S located near Adrian, Texas. It closed in 2015 but will hopefully be repurposed for a another use before vandals completly destroy it.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
July 2017

LUCILLE HAMONS - Hydro, OK - Route 66 - August 18, 1994

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Traveling Route 66 from California several times in my 1959 Cadillac back in the 1990's, my road companions and I knew even back then how fortunate we were to have met visited with a handful of interesting personalities who had lived and worked on the old highway back in its heyday. One of those individuals was LUCILLE HAMONS who operated a filling station near Hydro, Oklahoma from 1941 until she died in 2000.
This is video documenting our visit with her back in August 1994.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
July 2017

LEWIS MOTEL - Vinita, OK - Route 66 - August 22, 1995

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After a week of traveling Route 66 from southern California in my 1959 Cadillac with my sister, Victoria Reichardt Lima, we head back west traveling 700 miles and spending the night at the LEWIS MOTEL in Vinita, Oklahoma.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
July 2017

TWIN ARROWS TRADING POST & CAFE - Route 66 - August 13, 1995

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August 13, 1995
22 miles east of Flagstaff, Arizona, my sister, Victoria Reichardt Lima and I stop at an iconic Route 66 business in operation since 1948. Two years prior while on another road trip, my friend, Eric Wittman and I had breakfast in the Cafe. In 1995 it had closed down for good and the struggling trading post would follw just three years later in 1998.
The complex is now in a sad state of decay and neglect with rampant vandalism. The once thriving locale probably doesn't have much time left before it is completely demolished.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
July 2017

HACKBERRY GENERAL STORE - Hackberry, AZ - Route 66 - August 22, 1993

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On the second day of traveling Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac, my buddy Eric Wittman and I, stop at the closed and deserted Hackberry General Store located about 30 miles east of Kingman, Arizona.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
June 2017

BRANDIN' IRON MOTEL - Kingman, AZ - Route 66 - August 21, 1993

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August 21, 1993
On the first day of traveling from Californina on Route 66 in my 1959 Cadillac, my friend Eric Wittman and I stop in Kingman, Arizona for the night. Before we check into the BRANDIN' IRON MOTEL, we visit with Thomas, Shirley and Terry Bellmore. They lived in a house on a hill behind the Chevron station where we were getting fuel. Thomas had a 1956 Coupe de Ville and notice us pull into the station. We went up and visited with his family, took some photos and then went to the motel. The next year when Eric and I came through Kingman, the BRANDIN' IRON was completely dark and no longer in business. After several years, the property was renovated into the Andy Devine Apartments.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, Californ ia
June 2017

PARKS IN THE PINES GENERAL STORE - Parks, AZ - Route 66 - August 22, 1993

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PARKS IN THE PINES GENERAL STORE
12963 Old Route 66
Parks, Arizona

August 22, 1993
The second day of traveling Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac, my friend Eric Wittman and I stop at the historic roadside locale located between Williams and Flagstaff, Arizona.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
June 2017

OCTAGON HOUSE - Randy Roeseler - Watertown, WI - September 5, 1992

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The OCTAGON HOUSE
919 Charles Avenue
Watertown, Wisconsin

Septemeber 5, 1992 - After traveling nine days from California on Route 66 in my 1959 Cadillac, my companion, Miguel Ordaz and I took a side trip for a few days up to Wisconsin. We made a point to tour the spacious five story home known as the Octagon House. We also saw America's first kindergarted which is also on the grounds. Our very well versed tour guide was Mr. Randy Roeseler.

Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California - June 2017

WHITING BROTHERS STATION - Ash Fork, AZ - Route 66 - August 22, 1993

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WHITING BROTHERS STATION
900 block of West Lewis Avenue
Route 66
Ash Fork, Arizona

August 22, 1993 - Traveling eastbound on Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac, my buddy Eric Wittman and I, stop to photograph and capture a few moments of video tape of the abandoned filling station on the West end of Ash Fork, Arizona. The once active road side business was demolished four years later in 1997 and is now the site of a building supply company.

Anthony Reichardt
Santa ana, California
June 2017

FUNK'S GROVE, IL - Glaida Funk - Route 66 - August 28, 1993

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Traveling Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac with my road companions was big fun back in the 1990's. Here is some vintage video from three different visits with Glaida Funk of FUNK'S GROVE PURE MAPLE SIRUP in central Illinois.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California - 2017

ARISTON CAFE - Litchfield, IL - Nick Adam - Route 66 - August 27, 1993

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ARISTON CAFE
413 North Old Route 66
Litchfield, Illinois

August 27, 1993
August 17, 1995
August 22, 1998

While traveling Route 66 from southern California in my 1959 Cadillac, my road companions and I stop to eat at the now longest running restaurant on Route 66. Here is vintage video footage along with photographic images of the iconic cafe.

Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California - 2017

McDONALD'S - Vinita Service Plaza - Route 66 - September 2, 1993

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While returning back to California after traveling on Route 66 in my 1959 Cadillac, my buddy Eric Wittman and I stop at the World's largest McDONALD'S. Located near Vinita, Oklahoma at the Vinita Service Plaza on the Will Rogers Turnpike, the structure which opened in 1957, would be renovated in 2013-2014. The arch structure built over the highway originally had a restaurant called the 'Glass House Restaurant'. Howard Johnson's later occupied it and them McDonald's took over. After the renovation, a 'Subway' sandwich eatery also occupied the restaurant area.

OCTAGON HOUSE - William 'Bill' Jannke - Watertown, WI - August 30, 1993

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The OCTAGON HOUSE MUSEUM
919 Charles Avenue
Watertown, Wisconsin

August 30, 1993 - Traveling Route 66 from southern California with my buddy, Eric Wittman in my 1959 Cadillac, we took a side trip into Wisconsin after reaching the eastbound terminus of our journey. With a stop in my hometown of Watertown, we visited some of my family as well as touring a fgascinating and historic home now known as the 'Octagon House Museum'. Our tour guide, Bill Jannke who is the resident historian in town, made our visit a joy with his wealth of historic local knowledge and colorful personality.

Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
2017

ROCK CAFE - Dawn Welch - Stroud, OK - Route 66 - August 16, 1995

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Rock Cafe
114 West Main Street
Route 66
Stroud, Oklahoma

August 16, 1995 - My sister, Victoria Reichardt-Lima and I traveling from southern California on Route 66 in my 1959 Cadillac stop at the Route 66 landmark for diner and have the pleasure of visiting with the owners and their daughter.

POP HICKS' RESTAURANT - Clinton, Oklahoma - Route 66 - August 16, 1995

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Traveling old Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac back in the 1990's, it never crossed my mind that one day the interesting places and people that I saw and photographed along the way might one day not be there.
Such was the case with POP HICKS' RESTAURANT in Clinton, Oklahoma.
Here is a brief piece of vintage video from August 16, 1995 that I shot of the exterior of the once popular Route 66 icon.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California

Click here to view my video shot at POP HICKS"'RESTAURANT back in 1993 while talking with the owners, Howard and Mary Nichols.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeIWXVB10aU

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL - Mary Saavedra - Route 66 - Grants, NM - August 23, 1993

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ST. VINCENT DE PAUL THRIFT SHOP - Mary Saavedra
301 West Santa Fe Avenue
Route 66
Grants, New Mexico

Traveling Route 66 from southern California in my 1959 Cadillac between 1992 - 1998, my companions and I marveled at the sights but most of all, adored our interaction with the interesting people whom we met along the old road. When passing through Grants, New Mexico, my visits with Mary Saavedra, a 25 year volunteer with the St. Vincent De Paul, a Catholic charity, were some of my fondest memories.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California

BLUE SWALLOW MOTEL - Lillian Redman - Route 66 - August 30, 1992

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BLUE SWALLOW MOTEL
815 East Route 66 Boulevard
Tucumcari, New Mexico

Each year between 1992 and 1995 while traveling from southern California on Route 66 in my 1959 Cadillac, me and my traveling companions stopped to spend the night at the now legendary Route 66 motel. All of those four years, we were blessed to have the pleasure of meeting and chatting with the long-time proprietor, LILLIAN REDMAN. In her 80's as each year passed it was evident that she was slowing down and becoming more tired. She eventually sold the motel in 1998, 40 years after first taking ownership and passsed away in 1999.
Now owned by Kevin and Nancy Mueller, the iconic Route 66 motel has undergone an extensive and monumental renovation.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California
2016

JOE & AGGIE'S CAFE - Holbrook, AZ - Route 66 - August 14, 1995

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While traveling on Route 66 from southern California in my 1959 Cadillac, my sister, Victoria Reichardt-Lima and I stop and have breakfast at JOE & AGGIE'S CAFE in Holbrook, Arizona. We had the pleasure of visiting with original co-owner, Aggie Montano and her daughter and son-in-law, Alice & Stan Gallegos.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California - 2016

U DROP INN - Shamrock, TX - Route 66 - Wayne Pierce - August 1994 & 1995

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While traveling Route 66 from southern California in my 1959 Cadillac, my traveling companions and I made it a point to stop and photograph, video tape unique and interesting locations as well as talk to the personalities who worked and lived along the old highway. In August 1995, I had the unexpected pleasure of chatting with WAYNE PIERCE who along with his wife Mayr, were the last people to operate the U DROP INN in Shamrock, Texas.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California

OOGIE'S Drive-In - Streator, IL - August 28, 1993

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OOGIE'S Restaurant & Drive-In
310 North Park Street
Streator, Illinois

On the seventh day of traveling Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac, me and my road companion, Eric Wittman, made a short side trip to Streator, Illinois for a few hours. There we had a surprise visit with Eric's 89 year old great aunt Lois Harcharik. After seeing the car we drove up in, it was she who suggested that we go to the classic 1950's drive-in for root beer and hamburgers.
Lois was as happy as could be talking to us about train rides and dump cakes. It was Eric and I who were the lucky ones to see how important our visit with her was.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, California