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Our authors split the duty, driving from border to border, along America''s Main Street in search of its past glory and present success. The former Route 66 is the seventh of 12 Great Places we''re celebrating during our 75th anniversary year.
ROUTE 66
Born in the Roaring '20s, America's Main Street became a symbol of hope in the Great Depression as motorists chased their dreams westward. In the late 1940s, it blossomed into the place to go as Americans reveled in the peacetime plenty that followed World War II. Arizona's portion of the route between Illinois and California brought great scenery and a new generation of roadside oddities and kitsch. Parts of the concrete ribbon, some of the businesses and most of the memories remain today.
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