JULY 11-- Blue Swallow Motel announced that they have new owners. Robert and Dawn Federics from Crystal Lake, Illinois, bought it from Kevin and Nancy Mueller who initially offered it at the price of $1.2 million.
It was built in 1939 by W.A. Huggins and the famous neon sign was erected in the 1950s. Lillian Redman owned the motel for more than 40 years.
The renaissance of the motel began when Dale and Hilda Bakke bought it.
We have been fortunate enough to spend a night there and enjoyed cocktails out by Route 66 while enjoying watching the cars go by, that great Blue Swallow neon sign and the neon sign of the Tepee Curios place.
JULY 15-- Route 66 Navigation Principals take over ownership of the Historic Route 66 website from Swa Frantzen and Nadine Pelicaen.
This was a very helpful website in our early days of driving the Mother Road.
--RoadDog
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