On the Route 66 in Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA
Oklahoma boasts more than 400 miles of Route 66 – more than any other state – and Oklahoma City serves as a center point.
Sid’s Diner: 300 S Choctaw Ave, El Reno, Oklahoma, USA
The Provine Service Station: U.S. Rt. 66, Hydro, Oklahoma, USA
Lucille’s Roadhouse: 1301 N Airport Rd, Weatherford, Oklahoma, USA
Route 66 Museum: 2229 W Gary Blvd Clinton, Oklahoma, USA
Route 66 Interpretive Center: 400 E 1st St, Chandler, Oklahoma, USA
Blue Whale of Catoosa: 2600 U.S. Rt. 66, Catoosa, Oklahoma, USA
Will Rogers Memorial Museum: 1720 W Will Rogers Blvd, Claremore, Oklahoma, USA
Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park: 21300 OK-28 A, Chelsea, Oklahoma, USA
Traveled south from Oklahoma City following Route 66. The first stop was Sid’s diner in El Reno.
Family-owned and operated for 50 years, the place retained its old traditional look.
The next stop is Lucille’s Historic Highway Gas Station.
The Provine Service Station is a historic filling station on US Route 66 in Oklahoma. Located a half-mile south of Hydro, Oklahoma, and operated by Lucille Hamons from 1941 until her death on August 18, 2000, the site was added to the US National Register of Historic Places in 1997
Not far from the Provine Service Station is Lucille’s Roadhouse.
This Route 66 themed restaurant in Weatherford sports a 1950s diner look with polished chrome, glass brick and colored lighting.
The parking lot now has charge stations for electric cars instead of the old gas station.
Kept driving to Clinton to see the Route 66 Museum
The state’s official showcase of Route 66, operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society, offers visitors a spirited tour of pure Americana in Clinton.
The next day, I followed Route 66 going north, starting from Tulsa, Oklahoma. The first stop was Route 66 Interpretive Center in Chandler.
The Chandler Armory building in Chandler, Oklahoma is an Art Deco military building which now houses the Route 66 Interpretive Center, a museum devoted to understanding the construction and history of U.S. Route 66.
Chandler has businesses that still retained the look of old Route 66 shops.
Sonic Drive-In fast food restaurant
A motel
A bowling place
Route 66 is the main road of downtown Chandler.
By kept going north from Chandler, the smaller city of Stroud was reached. Route 66 is the main road that goes through downtown Stroud.
The Blue Whale of Catoosa is a waterfront structure, just east of the American town of Catoosa, Oklahoma, and it has become one of the most recognizable attractions on old Route 66.
North of Catoosa is Will Rogers Memorial Museum in Claremore.
The Will Rogers Memorial Museum is a 19,052-square-foot museum in Claremore, Oklahoma that memorializes entertainer Will Rogers. The museum houses artifacts, memorabilia, photographs, and manuscripts pertaining to Rogers’ life, and documentaries, speeches, and movies starring Rogers are shown in a theater.
Will Rogers is an American entertainer, radio personality, film actor, and writer who was famous for his pithy and homespun humor and social commentary.
His tomb is here.
His study room reconstructed
The life of Will Rogers is described with miniatures.
His boyhood Ranch
Claremore downtown, where he often visited when he was growing up
He was the best in rodeo and roping of steers.
He worked as a cowboy
He was humorous and made many keen political remarks in shows.
Also, a popular commentator
He was well known by his acting career
But he died from a plane crash
On the north of Claremore is Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park
Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park is the oldest and largest example of a folk art environment in Oklahoma; its construction lasting from 1937 to 1961. Totem Pole Park contains the original, highly decorated creations of Galloway, one of Oklahoma’s premier folk artists and significant in the “visionary art” movement. The park is located just 3.5 miles off the Mother Road. All of the art objects are made of stone or concrete, reinforced with steel rebar and wood.
