Autum 1997	Volume 4, Number 4
51st NATIONAL PRESERVATION CONFERENCE October 14 - 19, 1997 Sweeny Convention Center Santa Fe, New Mexico People and Places: Living in Cultural Landscapes * Opening and Closing Plenary Sessions feature Peirce Lewis, Richard West, Wanda Corn and Roger Kennedy. * More than 40 educational and three overview sessions. * More than 40 field sessions highlighting New Mexico's pueblo and mission style architecture, cultural and natural landscapes, and preservation issues of the Southwest. Register Now! FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION, CALL 1-800-944-6847 Join Author Michael Wallis And The New Mexico Route 66 Association In Santa Fe The 51st National Preservation Conference Draws Near by Sue Bohannan Mann Plans move into the final stages for the 51st National Preservation Conference to be held in Sweeney Convention Center in Santa Fe, NM, from October 14 - 19, 1997. Our association has been asked to help with a one-day tour of Route 66 from Santa Fe to Albuquerque and back. The tour, set for Thursday, October 16, has already sold out. Anita Miller and Ed Boles have agreed to host the tour from 9:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Donna Peck has invited us to have lunch at her home on the UNM campus. We look forward to helping make the national audience more aware of the rich heritage of Route 66 in New Mexico. We also hope to make them more aware of how important it is to preserve the road. On Friday, October 17 at 6:00 p.m., the New Mexico Route 66 Association will host a dinner at the Inn of Loretta with Michael Wallis, who will be speaking on Route 66. The enrollment already nears 90 and should pass well beyond 100 by the cutoff date of September 15. If you would like more information about this conference, please call 1-800-944-6847 to order a brochure.
Route 66 Congressional Bill Needs Everyone's Support By David Knudson National Historic Route 66 Federation In 1990, New Mexico's Senator Pete Domenici authorized the National Park Service to conduct a special resource study of Route 66 across the country. Its purpose was to propose a means of stemming the decay and destruction that was taking place along many stretches of the Mother Road and to recommend solutions that would help save landmarks that had not declined too severely. By 1994, the extensive study had been completed, but the recommendations had not been published. If you recall my last article (Vol. 4, Number 2) in this newsletter, 1994 was the INSIDE Upcoming Events Route 66 Scenic Byway Gets Big Boost Memeber News year my wife Mary Lou and I made our fateful trip along Route 66 and decided to try to do what we could to preserve it. When we discussed the formation of a nationwide Route 66 organization with several folks who were very knowledgeable about the road, we were informed about the resource study that had not been published. Upon investigation, we learned that David Gaines, with the National Park Service in Santa Fe, was in charge of conducting the study. After a quick call and an almost quicker flight to Santa Fe, we met with David, a man sincerely interested in preserving the old road. We learned that the study had not been published because there was no organization with a nationwide presence and objectivity with which the federal government could work. Viola! Guess who that could be. Shortly after the Federation was formed, the study was published, and we started talking with Senator Domenici's Legislative Aide, Gary Ziehe, in Washington. Once again, a (continued on page 2)

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