DECEMBER 28, 2020
The Library of Congress puts the Negro Motorist Green Book interviews online. One of the interviews is about the historic Threatt Filling Station on Route 66 in Luther, Oklahoma.
Built around 1915 using local sandstone and was a house/type gas station.
What made it most impressive was that it was one of the early stations that catered to black tourists.
I am so glad that the Negro Green Book has become so well known as it gives another side of Route 66 that is too often overlooked.
DECEMBER 30, 2020
The Museum Club of Flagstaff, Arizona, will be going on an indefinite hiatus starting Monday. Citing the virus hardships as a major cause. Their last day will be Sunday January 3, 2021. Owners don't know if it will reopen. Maybe. This is the second time it has closed in three years.
It was built by taxidermist Dean Eldridge in 1931 and has nearly 30,000 items from his collection of stuffed animals. It became a bar after Prohibition ended.
It hit its heyday when Don and Thorna Scott bought it in the early 1960s and began booking performers like Willie nelson, Waylon Jennings and Bob Wills. The Scotts met their deaths tragically. Thorna fell down the stairs and he committed suicide.
We did stop in for a drink or two when we went through there. Neat place. Something to see wherever you look.
What Clutter? --Old
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