U.S. Route 66
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U.S. Route 66 or U.S. Highway 66 was one of the original highways in the United States Numbered Highway System. Established on November 11, 1926, with signage erected the following year, the highway r
A remnant of an original state right-of-way marker from early construction of US 66
Route 66 marker outside the Woodruff Building in Springfield, Missouri
Modern 'historic' signage at Route 66's eastern terminus in Chicago
Restored Magnolia gasoline station museum on Route 66 in Shamrock, Texas
Dust Bowl
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The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s. The phenomenon was caused by a combination of
U.S. Route 66
…terminating in Santa Monica, California, covering 2,448 miles (3,940 km). US 66 became a major route for westward migration, especially during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, and contributed to the economic development of communities along its path. It later faced decline as traffic was diverted to the Interstate…
Arthur Rothstein's Farmer and Sons Walking in the Face of a Dust Storm, a Resettlement Administration photograph taken in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, in April 1936
A dust storm approaches Stratford, Texas, in 1935.
A dust storm; Spearman, Texas, April 14, 1935
Heavy black clouds of dust rising over the Texas Panhandle, Texas, c. 1936