History Day 

Construction

Early History

Effects on Life

Travel Log

"Personality"

Demise

Survival

Music

Bibliography

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All underlined website addresses are links to that website.

Primary Sources (Websites)

Solomon, Alan, "In all its faded glory, Route 66 still charms" June 27, 1999 <http://www.bergen.com/travel/rte66199906273.htm>  (This website provided lots of insight and information into the road itself and how it appears to everyday people.)

Kulman, Linda, "Get hip to this timely tip: Route 66 is still a fine road for kicks in the sticks" April 4, 2000 <http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/000424/nycu/route66.htm> (This website provided me with additional information about the road and people's perspective upon it.

Bucchino, Jeff, "Route 66: An Evolutionary Process" 1997-2000 <http://www.flagstaff.about.com/citiestowns/southwestus/flagstaff/library/weekly/aa062900a.htm>
(This web-article gave both primary and secondary views of Route 66.)

Secondary Sources (books and other tangible materials)

Wallis, Michael Route 66: The Mother Road New York, New York, Saint Martin's Press, 1990 (This book gave me a lot of information on Cy Avery and his work for Route 66.  It also helped me with the "Travel Log," "Construction," "Opening," and "Effects on Life" pages.)

Kim, Arthur "Get Your Kicks on Route 66!"Journal of Cultural Geography, Fall/Winter 2000 (This article is a song map of postwar migration.)

St. Clair, David J. The Motorization of American Cities New York, London, and Westport, Connecticut, Praeger Publishers, 1986 (This book helped me understand the reasons for building Route 66.  It also helped me understand some of the effects on life for people affected be the Mother Road.)

Secondary Sources (Websites)

Netvision.com, "Historic Route 66" Undated <http://route66.netvision.be/
> (This website provided me with some general information on Route 66.)

Nakata, John and Fischer, Charlene "Photographic Images from Historic Route 66" <http://www.sightandsound.com/route66.html> (This website provided me with a lot of images of Route 66.)

National66.com, "History of Route 66" 1995 <http://www.national66.com/66hstry.html> (This website provided me with some general information about Route 66.)

Mathis, Martin, "Martin's Route 66 Gallery & Essay" Jan. 14, 2001 <http://www.lastbandit.com/rte66pix.html> (This website provided me with many pictures of Route 66 as well as some general information.)

Route66clicks.com, "The Largest Route 66 Resource on the Web" Undated <http://www.route66clicks.com/8states.html> (This website was part of a webring that provided me with links to other Route 66 websites.)

Special Resource Study Route 66, "Alternatives Introduction" July 1995 <http://wemweb.com/66_study/alts/altintro.html>  (This website provided me with information on the deeper meaning of Route 66.)

M&D Creations, "General Information" 1996-2001 <http://www.route66usa.com/info.html> (This website provided me with yet more pictures and general information on Route 66.)

Itgo.com, "Route 66" Undated <http://route66.itgo.com/route66.html> (This website provided me with an excellent map of the Route as well as links to other Route 66 websites."

Duarte Chamber of Commerce, "The Legendary History of Route 66" Undated <http://www.ci.duarte.ca.us/chamber/page005.html> (This website provided me with information on the history of Route 66.)

Special Resource Study Route 66, "Cultural Resources - Route 66" July 1995 <http://wemweb.com/66_study/aff_env/cultural.html> (This website provided me with a wealth of information about 66.)

GBCNet, "US Highway 66: The Mother Road" Undated <http://www.gbcnet.com/ushighways/US66/index.html>  (This website provided me with ample information on California's historic highways.)

Hiway 66, "Historic Route 66, the History" Undated <http://www.hiway66.com/discover/index.html> (This website provided me with ample, relevant information on the Mother Road.)

JIPRecords, "The Main Street of America" Undated <http://www.jiprecs.nu/Rte66.html> (This website provided me with interesting factoids on Route 66.)

Brittany and Tayler, "Cyrus Avery Father of Route 66" Undated <http://www.blast.net/mcginn5a/route66#cyrus> (This student-produced website provided me with interesting information on Cyrus Aver.)

Brusca, Frank, "A Comparison of the National Road and Route 40 with the Lincoln Highway and Route 66" 2000 <http://www.route40.net/history/compare.htm> (This website provided me with a unique comparison of several major national roads.)