FEBRUARY 13
Threatt Filling Station near Luther, Oklahoma, may open to public as an interpretive center by June.
It was built by Allen Threatt in 1915 and served as a place black tourists could get gas and services during the Jim Crow era. I am glad they are doing something with it as this is an underlooked aspect of travel in the United States.
When we drove by it, we had no idea of the importance of the place. It looked like just another run-down building along 66.
FEBRUARY 16
Sugar Grove Nature Center at Funk's Grove, Illinois, has sudden layoffs of staff. There was no warning. This consists of 1,000 acres of preserved forest.
It is the largest intact prairie grove in the State of Illinois. Sadly, I have never been there.
--RoadDog
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