2023 Road Trip: Route 66: Oklahoma III (5/13/2023)

Saturday, May 13 2023 (continued)

Milk Bottle Grocery (1930, milk bottle
added in 1948) in Oklahoma City, OK

Garden Exhibition Center (1962, by Turnbull & Mills) is
an example of Oklahoma mid-century modernism
at the Will Rogers Gardens (est 1933) in Oklahoma City

Ed Lycen Conservatory (1924, by Lord and Burnham,
moved here in 1936)

Desert Landscape in the conservatory where most of the
space is used for events such as weddings

Iris x hollandica 'Miss Saigon'/Dutch Iris

East Lake

Will Roger Memorial (1954, bust by
Lawrence Tenny Stevens)

Yukon Mill & Grain Company grain elevator (1916) (KSS)

Close-up of the Route 66 mural Yukon's Best (2019,
by Carlos Barboza) at the grain elevator

A Roadside America attraction, a Route 66 mural (2006, by Chris Small) in El Reno, OK,
with depictions of businesses that occupied the building over the years (KSS)

Robert's Grill (1926) still serves burgers

Sid's Diner (1989) is known for Oklahoma's
fried onion burgers; unfortunately we were
not hungry when in "Hamburger City"
(a Roadside America attraction)

Route 66 El Reno sign (2018) where Route 66,
Rock Island Railroad and the Chisholm Trail meet

Oklahoma Historic Route 66 sign

Another Crossroads of America in El Reno, OK,
where Route 66 crossed US Highway 81 (starting in
Pembina, ND at the Canadian border to Laredo, TX
at the Mexican border) (mural by Chris Small in 2009)

A chicken bursting through the wall at Squawk 'N' Skoot

Town clock and statue (2004, by
Charlie Beecham) of Major General
Jesse Lee Reno, namesake of El Reno, OK

Route 66 near Bridgeport, OK

Lucille's Historic Highway Gas Station
(1927) in Hydro, OK is one of only two
upper-story out-thrust porch style stations
on Oklahoma's Route 66; owned by 
Lucille Hamons (from 1941 to 2000)
who was known as the "Mother of the
Mother Road" (a Roadside America attraction)

Conoco Gas Pump (c 1940s) with a
lighted globe on top, and the gas
costing 32-9/10 cents per gallon (KSS)

Replica Lucille's Roadhouse (2006), with a steakhouse and
a 1950s-style diner, in Weatherford, OK, is 4 miles
from the original Lucille's Gas Station

Wind turbine blade mural (2021, by Scott Taylor and Jamie Henderson)
honors Vietnam veterans and has a length of 122 feet/37 m; (a Roadside America attraction)

One of the world's largest wind farms with
356 turbines is near Weatherford, OK

Next: Route 66 in Oklahoma (continued).