If there was ever an icon for the USA, for many, it has to be Route 66. Some dream of it. Some spend all of their belongings to make the journey, and some never leave, opting to live “the American Dream.” Say what you will, but the draw is palpable. U.S. Route 66 spanned 2,400 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica. It transformed American society by serving as a lifeline for
Dust Bowl migration, a World War II military transport corridor, and a cultural symbol of post-war freedom, roadside business, and the classic American road trip. Westward Migration: Served as the main escape route for hundreds of thousands fleeing the Dust Bowl for California during the 1930s, famously dubbed the “Mother Road” in John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. Even now, remnants of Handlers with massive troops, supplies, and military mobilization efforts across the American heartland during World War Two. For most, history is just fine, but it’s the “living history” that matters. Roadside Americana: It spawned an era of quirky mom-and-pop motels, neon signs, diners, and gas stations that defined mid-century car culture.
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