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Could new legislation lead to a Route 66 economic revival?

  • Written by Daniel Milowski, Ph.D. Student in History, Arizona State University
An aerial view of Seligman, Arizona, looking west, dated March 12, 1971. Route 66 bisects the town.James R. Powell Route 66 Collection/Newberry Library

In his 1939 novel “The Grapes of Wrath,” John Steinbeck dubbed Route 66 “The Mother Road.”

The 2,448 mile-long highway that once wound from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa...

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