Happy 100th Birthday, Route 66
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Soon after its 1926 creation, Route 66 was sold as the "best & most scenic route from Chicago through St. Louis to" this city
Los Angeles
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So-called built from this material used in insulation were once advertising fixtures along the road; many still stand today
Fiberglass
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On Route 66 in Erick, Oklahoma, the 100th Meridian Museum honors the unofficial eastern boundary of this U.S./Canadian region
The Great Plains
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Steinbeck coined this famous nickname for Route 66 in "The Grapes of Wrath", where the highway is a lifeline for refugees in flight
the Mother Road