A portion of Route 66, from Rolla to Springfield, Missouri, overlaps with part of the northern route of the Trail of Tears, followed by the Cherokee Indians during their forced relocation from their traditional homelands in the southern Appalachians.
In , the U. Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which granted the president the authority to negotiate treaties with Native American tribes to give up their lands east of the Mississippi River in exchange for unsettled lands west of the Mississippi.
While some Indians ceded their land and left peacefully, the Cherokee, among other tribes, resisted. In , the Cherokee were forcibly removed by U.
Of the four main removal routes used by the tribe, the northern route, from Tennessee to Oklahoma, was followed by the largest group—12, people, according to some estimates.
In all, 15, to 16, Cherokee traveled the Trail of Tears, and an estimated 3, to 4, of them died along the way from disease, malnutrition and exposure. He went on to make his living in farming, real estate and oil, among other ventures, and became a civil leader in Oklahoma.
Avery was a participant in the Good Roads Movement, which advocated for improved American roadways the movement was started in the late s by bicyclists and grew during the early s with the arrival of mass-produced automobiles. We and our partners use cookies to better understand your needs, improve performance and provide you with personalised content and advertisements.
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What to See and Do. New Mexico. Where to Eat. We had to spend an extra day for repairs. Our rest stops were lots of fun with some boys to talk with. Getting close to Albuquerque, we noticed the reddest soil all around. As we went through Flagstaff the next day, we were treated to a magnificent morning sky. In Bobby Troup, an aspiring songwriter and music arranger, drove from Pennsylvania to Los Angeles to advance his career. Our house was boarded up, and my dad and brothers got our Model T Ford ready, they built a trailer to haul all our things.
I was just a little bitty guy, and I was real scared about what was going to happen to us. Skip to main content. Search this exhibition. The People's Highway: Route View object record. Phillips 66 service station sign. Cyrus Avery, a businessman in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is credited with creating the identity of Route Avery saw the need for better roads through his state, and as chairman of the state highway commission, he helped plan the national system of numbered highways.
His proposal for a highway from Chicago to Los Angeles along a southwestern route was approved and designated U. Avery founded the U.
Ten years later, he established U. In Carl and Lucille Hamons purchased a gasoline station and tourist court on a rural stretch of Route 66 in Provine, Oklahoma. Its signature black-and-white shield markers were taken down, and in , Route 66 was officially decommissioned. But Route 66 would not go quietly.
Today, 85 percent of Route 66 remains drivable, and some businesses thrive among the casualties. Ted Drewes Frozen Custard stand is still serving up cones in St. Louis; Stanton, Missouri's Meramec Caverns still gives tours; and the famous Wigwam Motel in Holbrook, Arizona, still offers a night's stay in a by foot concrete wigwam. Driving a stretch of the route between Albuquerque and Gallup in the late s, New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici was saddened by the deteriorating filling stations and shuttered mom-and-pop stores.
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