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2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray on Route 66


Forty years after their first Route 66 Corvette tour, a writer and his friend reflect on the changes to the iconic road and the great American sports car.
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Toward the end, the city council managed to get a underwear factory there, where most all the high school girls worked summers, and part time. It too went away, because of the lack of emloyees. That was about it, back then. Oh, yes we had about 22 service stations and 5 restaurants in the early to mid 50s, but then those all went away too, thanks to Interstate 40. Oil fields started drying up, cotton fields, along with two cotten gins went away, and today, our population of 1500 back in the 50s, has become less than half of that, most all of them being in the 60s or above. I too, along with most of our class mates went away. We try to come back ocassionally, but there is no family there for me, and certainly not much else to do when there. Keep on writing folks. Keep on visiting. Take a look at small town America on the mother road, and enjoy what you can, while it is still there.