Kingman, Arizona
Beale's Wagon Road passed this way in 1859. That became Highway 66, which became Route 66. A civil engineer names Lewis Kingman gave his name to this place. He was a surveyor from Massachusetts and was employed by a railroad company We're on the eastern edge of the Mohave Desert, and we can feel it. Las Vegas is 85 miles away. But we're not headed there. Yet. Dozens of majors businesses and the US military have been and gone here. "The Heart of Route 66" is the claim, and that heart is still beating. 20,000 people. 83 percent white. Average age 40. More females than males. Blink, and you'll miss it.
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Beale's Wagon Road passed this way in 1859. That became Highway 66, which became Route 66. A civil engineer names Lewis Kingman gave his name to this place. He was a surveyor from Massachusetts and was employed by a railroad company We're on the eastern edge of the Mohave Desert, and we can feel it. Las Vegas is 85 miles away. But we're not headed there. Yet. Dozens of majors businesses and the US military have been and gone here. "The Heart of Route 66" is the claim, and that heart is still beating. 20,000 people. 83 percent white. Average age 40. More females than males. Blink, and you'll miss it.
The journey
1. Route 66: The Mother Road
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