Late last summer, Alan and I spent 22 nights on the road in a dedicated effort to travel Historic Route 66 from start to finish, Chicago to Santa Monica. Eight states, three time zones and 2,448 miles. The journey continues.
Oil was discovered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the turn of the century, and the city transitioned from a small frontier town to a boom town - even becoming known as “The Oil Capital of the World” at one point. Thanks to the oil barons who made Tulsa their home, the city now boasts one of the largest collections of art deco structures in the United States, mainly in the downtown area. Tulsa’s population was 1,390 in 1900 and 141,258 in 1930. By 2020, Tulsa had grown to over 413,000 people. And every one of them must have been on the road the afternoon we were there.
