Summer 2000 Newsletter

Kudos!		Dateline Tulsa
Director and former President and Treasurer Susie McComb has resigned to join the National Park Service at Fort Davis, Texas. We will miss Susie's enthusiasm and hard work for Historic Route 66. Director Barbara Silverman will leave in August for Denver. She will be heading up part of the new MainStreet program for the state of Colorado. Barb has, among other things, headed up our fund raising program and the nominations committee. Update your Rolodex We have a NEW Association phone number: (505) 224-2802. Also, some of you have the wrong fax number. The correct fax number is: (505) 246-0211. Annual Budget For those of you did not make our Annual meeting and wish a copy of the budget please write to our Interim Treasurer, Nick Manole at the Association address, 1415 Central NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106. Japanese Documentary Japanese National Television spent mid-July in New Mexico filming an hour and a half, television show on Historic Route 66 to be shown in a few months. Albuquerque Mayor Jim Baca met with the film crew and writers to exchange gifts and swap trivia on the Historic Highway. Latest New Mexico Route 66 Brochures available Three more local, historic brochures have been completed for the state of New Mexico's Route 66 communities. Funded through the state Scenic Byway program and administered by New Mexico MainStreet (a division of the New Mexico Office of Economic Development), they cover historic sights and descriptions as well as a map for the communities of Los Lunas, Moriarty and Bernalillo. These materials are available upon request from the local Chamber of Commerce and/or Visitor Bureau.		Tulsa, Oklahoma has released a map and guide of its Historic Route 66. It includes descriptions and locations of Art Deco Architecture, shopping and eating opportunities, places to stay, museums, parks and zoo, plus much, much more. The work was accomplished through local volunteers and underwritten by local Tulsa Route 66 business owners. Pat Cowan and Marian Clarke, long time Route 66 enthusiasts, did most of the leg work, proofing and editing. Marian has written two cookbooks with historic information about Route 66: The Route 66 Cookbook and The Main Street of America Cookbook. The map and brochure are free if you send SASE (standard size) to the Tulsa Convention and Visitors Bureau, 616 South Boston, Suite 100, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119-1298. Thanks, Marian Clarke! Give us your Names! Our Association is in the final stages of research of the people who built New Mexico's Route 66. The names will be part of a memorial to the men and women who built the Mother Road. Historic Route 66 continues to have a tremendous impact on our history, culture and economy. We want to include everyone who deserves to be honored. If you know of anyone who worked on the Route between 1926 and 1959, please share with our researcher/archivist Mo Palmer at (505) 294-1193, e-mail us at Mosue66@aol.com, or write us at 8120 Princess Jeanne NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110. More info Men Working, Tijeras Canyon, Circa 1940. Gift of Linda and Clarence Armenta. Photo courtesy of Albuquerque Museum Archives.

New Mexico Route 66 Brochures Available from Chambers of Commerce

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