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The Association applied for, and received, a $10,000 grant from the City
of Albuquerque's Urban Enhancement Trust Fund. Spearheaded by the hard work
of Director Dorothy Skousen Black and her brother Nate Skousen Jr., the grant
is for researching the names of the construction workers who created the
original alignments for Historic Route 66 in New Mexico. A committee has been
set up for oversight of the project: Dorothy Black Chair, Sherri Brueggemann,
David Riley and Nate Skousen, Jr.
Upon completion of the research the Association
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intends to apply for
additional funds to create a memorial to those workers. The Skousens' father
was a construction engineer for Historic Route 66 and Nate Jr.'s stories of
the roads' development have appeared in the Association’s newsletter over the
last few years (see our web site for past issues).
Anyone with information or photographs pertaining to the construction and
the workers on Historic Route 66 in New Mexico should contact Dorothy Black
at (505) 884-8649, or send materials to our Association address.
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