Some More on US-60

From Wikipedia


BILL CLINTON'S FATHER

William Jefferson, Blythe, Jr., was traveling from Chicago, Illinois, to Hope, Arkansas, May 17, 1946 in a 1942 Buick when he lost control of it and crashed. he survived the accident, but drowned in a drainage ditch while trying to get back to the road.

Three months later, his wife gave birth to William Jefferson Blythe, III. When she married Roger Clinton in 1950, the III was adopted and name changed to Clinton.


RUSSELL LEE

The man who took the pictures of Pie Town in 1940, is considered one of the main Great Depression photographers. He was born July 21, 1903, in Ottawa, Illinois. In 1935, he bought a camera, and began taking Depression pictures until the early 1940s.

During World War II, he flew a million miles for the Air Transport Command, taking pictures of airport approaches. He died in Texas in 1986.


US-60

Today, the western terminus is near the California border in Arizona. In Phoenix, it is Grand Avenue. Today, it goes through Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, West Virginia, and the eastern terminus is in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Even though it has the 0 at the end, designating a transcontinental route, in 1926, it ended at Springfield, Missouri. Route 66 was almost Route 60.

Now, You Know. --RoadDog