This is Durlin Motel that was opened in 1902 but later it came Oatman Hotel. Now there is a restaurant, bar, ice cream and shop there. For the restaurant it is you have to find a table when it is open. Very good food and they also had music there too. This hotel survived a…
Tag: 2024
Arizona: 4/4/2024 – Oatman (Route 66)
Oatman was chosen in honor of Olive Oatman, who was captured and enslaved by indians. Oatman is a little gold mining town on route 66. When the minors left town they left burros behind. Alot of the hang around town. They are taken care of by the town. There is a certain food you can…
Arizona: 4/4/2024 – Topock/Golden Shores (Route 66)
There is use be a town called Topock, AZ. This was where the last stop from Arizona on route 66 to go into California and first stop to go into Arizona on route 66. Topock was developed in 1883, as construction began on a wooden railroad bridge over the Colorado River. There is nothing left…
Arizona: Old Trails Arch Bridge National Register of Historic Places (Route 66)
Old Trails Arch Bridge is a National Register of Historic Places. Why? The road use to be apart of route 66 going from California. This bridge was in the movie The Grapes of Wrath. After the route 66 got change to a different road they changed the bridge to a former railroad bridge but now…
Arizona: AT&SF #3759 Locomotive National Register of Historic Places (Kingman, Route 66)
This AT& SF steam engine #3759. In 1883, Kingman was established as a railroad stop, Kingman was a water stop. This “Mountain Type” coal-burning steam locomotive was built in 1927. In 1941, it was converted to use oil. It retired in 1953, having traveled over 2,000,000 miles. Passenger service from Los Angeles to Kansas City….
Arizona: Desert Power & Water Co. Electric Power Plant National Register of Historic Places (Kingman, Route 66)
This use to be the Desert Power and Water House building located in Kingman, AZ. It opened on July 31, 1907 and its the oldest reinforced concrete structure in Arizona. They used the building has a power and water for the town of Kingman. Also supplied the area mines with power to operate their hoists…
Arizona: 4/3/2024 – Kingman (Route 66)
In April of 2024, me and my family went on a awesome road trip along Route 66 in Arizona. Kingman, AZ was our first stop. The is the visitor center for all your route 66 stuff. There are two little stores and a museum upstairs. 120 W Beale Street. There also a little area that…
Arizona: Anza Trail Cultural History Park (JUBA Part 10)
Welcome to Anza Trail Cultural History Park! This is located in Tucson, Arizona. This is a little park that Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail and Santa Cruz River connect. This place is near the Arizona State School for the Deaf and Blind. There is starting of a walk way and little exhibit signs…
New National Historic Site #429
The new park is Amache National Historic Site located in Colorado. Amache, also know at the Granada Relocation Center. It’s one ten incarceration sites established by the War Relocation Authority during World War II to unjustly incarcerate Japanese Americans. Over 10,000 people, most American citizens, were incarcerated at Amache from 1942-1945.