The number of families who
owned cars saw a significant increase during the 1920's, prompting the creation
of a new high way that would stretch across the United States, linking the
country by concrete rather than the traditional train tracks. This
revolutionized vacations, allowing people to drive out of town and get away
from home life. Highway 66 is 2,451 miles long, spanning from Chicago, Illinois
to Los Angeles,California. Established in 1926 the vast highway began to adopt
several names such as the "Main Street of America" and "The
Mother Road," showing just how revolutionary it was as a highway. Route 66 never saw more travelers than it did in the 1930's.
Oklahoman farmers flooded the road to travel west towards California in attempts of the Dust Bowl that plagued the Mid West. The masses of travelers
prompted small mom-and-pop businesses to sprout up along Route 66. Small
Cafes and Restaurants catered especially to the trucks drivers who often used
the road to transport goods. Besides opportunity for businessmen, the road
symbolized opportunity to those traveling on it. Sojourners from all over, saw Highway 66 as the
single object that could deliver them from their suffering, it was the start of
a brighter future.Sources: Time Official Site Picture1 Picture 2 Picture 3
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