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1 post published by Never Quite Lost during July 2025| NEVER QUITE LOST
1 post published by Never Quite Lost during July 2025| NEVER QUITE LOST
Eudell Walter Whitmire. Many Route 66 travellers visiting Sapulpa stop at Michael Jones’ Gasoline Alley Classics, at 24 North Main, and some might even casually wonder the block on which the old Fo…| NEVER QUITE LOST
1 post published by Never Quite Lost during May 2023| NEVER QUITE LOST
It was a quiet night in Alanreed, Texas. Perhaps a dog or two barked at the automobile weaving its way down Main Street; cars were still a novel enough sight for the canine population to call attention to each one, … Continue reading →| NEVER QUITE LOST
On the evening of January 18, 1908, assistant cashier CW Jones was working late at the First Bank of Texola in Texola on the Oklahoma-Texas border. It was about 7pm when he was suddenly interrupted by two masked men bursting … Continue reading →| NEVER QUITE LOST
Lenwood is a small town on Route 66 just west of Barstow, California, that began in 1923 Frank and Nancy Ellen Woods decided to subdivide some 1540 acres they owned. Through the company Lenwood Estates they established a new town … Continue reading →| NEVER QUITE LOST
Hotel El Rancho in Gallup, New Mexico, is as much a draw for tourists as it was when it opened in 1937 and one of the first things anyone is told about the hotel is that it was owned by … Continue reading →| NEVER QUITE LOST
Some time ago i wrote a piece on the rapid decline of the Minnetonka Trading Post on Route 66 in Arizona. It’s not often I get to add a positive update, but I have been delighted to see that, under … Continue reading →| NEVER QUITE LOST
It was the perfect news story. A husband shot dead by his wife at the exclusive Casa Del Mar club as the last minutes of 1936 ticked away, but, no doubt to the joy of news reporters, this story proved … Continue reading →| NEVER QUITE LOST
On a hot summer’s day in 1929, a young man drove into Detroit accompanied by a motorcycle escort to be greeted at his journey’s end by a large crowd. He was not a movie star, although the reception might have … Continue reading →| NEVER QUITE LOST
There has never been much to Bard, New Mexico, but, for decades it had a single store which was the centre of the tiny community. In his 1946 Guide, Jack Rittenhouse wrote that Bard ‘consists of a single building, but … Continue reading →| NEVER QUITE LOST
Winslow is perhaps best known for its connection with show business – most people know the little Arizona town for its mention in The Eagles’ song ‘Take It Easy’. But almost a hundred years ago, Winslow had its own rising … Continue reading →| NEVER QUITE LOST
Just this week I had a reminder of how quickly history can disappear on Route 66. On the western side of Truxton, Arizona, once a small but lively town until the interstate opened in 1978, on the…| NEVER QUITE LOST
Of the many cars along Route 66, probably one of the most photographed and instantly recognizable is the white Pontiac in Glenrio, Texas. Everyone who visits the town takes a photo of it and, while…| NEVER QUITE LOST
