Secret Route 66: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

Take a tour of Route 66 unlike any other, discovering the secrets, memorable characters, and little known stories in the back of a few of the route’s enduring icons. Find the solution to the question, “Who was once Ella Jones?” and pay a discuss with to a secluded cemetery that few road warriors even know exists. Learn why Hooker, Missouri, disappeared, and who murdered Billie Grayson in Chandler, Oklahoma.Do you know that a strongbox full of gold still lies buried near the Colorado River, or that tragedy hounds a tiny place in Arizona named after a caricature? Is it true that ghosts and monsters lurk along the highway’s reaches? Are you aware what a Walldog is, or whether nuclear weapons were once used to blast a path for the route? Get the answers in Secret Route 66: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Difficult to understand. Two of the historic highway’s most recognized authorities, Jim Ross and Shellee Graham, chronicle these and dozens of other tales as they peel away the layers of history to expose the weird, wonderful, and Difficult to understand of The us’s Mother Road.

Take a tour of Route 66 unlike any other, discovering the secrets, memorable characters, and little known stories in the back of a few of the route’s enduring icons. Find the solution to the question, “Who was once Ella Jones?” and pay a discuss with to a secluded cemetery that few road warriors even know exists. Learn why Hooker, Missouri, disappeared, and who murdered Billie Grayson in Chandler, Oklahoma. Do you know that a strongbox full of gold still lies buried near the Colorado River, or that tragedy hounds a tiny place in Arizona named after a caricature? Is it true that ghosts and monsters lurk along the highway’s reaches? Are you aware what a Walldog is, or whether nuclear weapons were once used to blast a path for the route? Get the answers in Secret Route 66. Two of the historic highway’s most recognized authorities, Jim Ross and Shellee Graham, chronicle these and dozens of other tales as they peel away the layers of history to expose the weird, wonderful, and Difficult to understand of The us’s Mother Road.