Candacy Taylor was originally writing a Route 66 travel guide for Route 66 when she discovered the unfair treatment of black travelers along The Mother Road. Candacy immediately pivoted and would spend the next five years researching the history of black travel in America, bringing to light that half of the Route 66 communities were "sun down" towns.

Join Route 66 podcast host Anthony Arno as he talks with Candacy about the not so popular side of Route 66 during its heyday, including the popularity of The Green Book. Highlights from the show include:

• Candacy first learning about the Green Book
• Route 66 "Sun Down" towns
• Victor Green and his Green Book
• Automotive Hall of Fame honors
• Non "Sun Down" towns on Route 66
• Murray's Dude Ranch and other popular Route 66 stops
• Nat King Cole treatment along The Mother Road
• An incredible story about Candacy's step-father, Ron
• The Green Book movie- how accurate is it?
• Candacy's academic accolades
• The Smithsonian exhibit
• Overground Railroad: The Young Adult version for teens

During the centennial year of Route 66 many people will drive historic Route 66. However, Ed Fogle has driven the entire route in a 100 year old Hupmobile, an automobile that stopped production in the 1939. Join the Route 66 Podcast as Ed tells what it was like driving an "orphan" vehicle along Route 66, without any air conditioning, speedometer, odemeter, gas gauge, shocks, and wooden wheels!

Highlights from the show include:

• Earlier memories of driving Route 66 in a '59 convertable
• locating a 100 year old automobile at an Arizona car museum
• Insistance on buying an "orphan" car instead of a Model T
• The initial test drive lasted less than one mile
• What a 1929 automobile does not have
• Getting creative without any dashboard information
• What to bring in case of breakdowns
• Both simple and complicated breakdowns
• The role of Ed's wife Jackie - Chief Navigator
• Highlights along the trip
• The biggest challenge: City or Mountain driving?
• The day the engine fell out
• Access to the Santa Monica Pier
• How the journey has changed Ed and Jackie's life

In 1903 a Horatio Nelson Jackson, an eccentric doctor from Vermont, makes a $50 bet that he can be the first person to drive an automobile coast to coast in under 90 days. Despite not even owning a car, having no driving experience, and no road maps to plan the route Jackson heads out within five days of making the wager. The story was first written in the book, Horatio's Drive: America's first road trip, by Dayton Duncan, who would later unite with documentary film maker Ken Burns to create a feature PBS documentary film.

Highlights from the show include:

• What makes a really good road trip?

• Road tripping basics

• Dayton earliest road trip memory

• Dayton's first impression of Ken Burns

• The Brooklyn Bridge film

• The most unusual $50 wager at a California social club

• Discovering Horatio Nelson Jackson

• Settling on the Winton touring car

• The start of the 1903 trip in San Francisco

• Documenting the trip

• Picking up a 4 legged passenger along the Route

• What happens when Jackson asked for directions

• Copy cats attempting to cross the continent by auto

• • Packard Company attempt

  • Oldsmobile attempt

• Winton Car Company asks Jackson to allow sponsorship

• Jackson turns down any financial help

• Jackson arrives into NYC under his own terms

• Packard and Oldsmobile final results

• Life after the historic ride

• Working alongside Ken Burns

• Artifacts at The Smithsonian Museum

Thank you to Route 66 Podcast supporters, including:

• Rob and Cheryl Cochran – Maryland
• Jim Crabtree – California
• Todd Farrell – Nebraska
• John Garza - Texas
• Rich Havlik – Minnesota
• Mary Nicholson – Pennsylvania
• Phil Norton - Pennsylvania
• Mark Wilson – Texas

And from the United Kingdom

• Charli Beeton

THE MOTHER ROAD AT 100: The Voices of Route 66

A multimedia presentation featuring Route 66 before, during, and after its heyday

During the centennial year of Route 66 schedule a virtual or in person presentation by Route 66 Podcast host, Anthony Arno, highlighting episodes over the past 10 years. An optional trivia option is available, where all attendees can participate to win Route 66 related prizes- either virtually or in person!

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