OCTOBER 22
Ten coffins were found in a mass grave which may have been victims of the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma Race Massacre.
A sad chapter of Route 66 history along with the way black motorists were treated.
See my Cooter's History Thing blog for more information.
OCTOBER 23
Litchfield Museum and Route 66 Welcome Center wins a $30,000 grant to expand their veterans exhibit. They have lots of information on Litchfield and area veterans who served. The last time through there, we stopped and I asked about War of 1812 veterans buried around the town and they had several pages worth of names and information. You don't usually think of War of 1812 veterans and Illinois.
OCTOBER 25
Amboy Crater in California is among the newest additions to the National Trail System. It is located in California's Mojave Desert
Some 30 sites were added to the list.
The crater, located near Amboy (Roy's), population 5, is 1.5 miles long and984 feet high at the rim and has quite a view, or so I have heard.
That Had to be Quite an Impact When That Meteor Hit. Wondering How Roy's Survived? Probably Why Gas Is So Expensive There. --RoadIte
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