community development

Houston, We Have A Problem

by jimhinckleysamerica | May 20, 2020 | community development, Kingman Arizona, Lifestyle, Miscellaneous, National Old Trails Road, ROUTE 66, Route 66 authors, Route 66 centennial, Route 66 history, Travel, Travel Tips, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

There is little doubt that some communities, some sections of the highway corridor will survive and even thrive during the crisis as well as into the centennial and beyond. However, without the unified sense of purpose and of community made manifest in the U.S. Highway 66 Association, Route 66 itself can not survive. Simply put, we can no longer afford the luxury of myopia or a self serving focus.

Lessons To Learn

by jimhinckleysamerica | May 12, 2020 | automotive history, community development, Lifestyle, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Charles Nash, born in 1864, was an abandoned child that became a ward of the court. He ran away from an abusive situation at age 12, got a job on a farm, and in the years that followed learned carpentry skills, clerked in a grocery store and worked stuffing cushions...

Out With The Old, In With The New

by jimhinckleysamerica | April 22, 2020 | automotive history, community development, Lifestyle, Miscellaneous | 2 Comments

If you don't have something good to say, don't say anything at all. That old adage underlines the primary reason that I haven't written a post in the last week or so. There are other factors as well; being so sick that I felt like one foot was in the grave and the...

The Phoenix

by jimhinckleysamerica | Apr 1

We are living through one of the most fascinating, most unnerving, most trans-formative periods the world has seen since at least WWII. To be honest I would rather be reading about it in history books rather than watching it unfold. I would like to skip to the end of...

We Have Nothing To Fear (Just Kidding)

by jimhinckleysamerica | Mar 23

Am I the only one that feels like a rabid bear is chasing me but with my shoe laces tied together, and a bag with a wolverine in one hand and a bag with a bobcat in the other, it is becoming increasingly hard to keep the panic in check? Still, the show must go on. And...

The Grand Adventure

by jimhinckleysamerica | Feb 14

In our home we celebrate Valentine's Day every day of the week. Never is there is a day that I don't reflect on how fortunate I am that an amazing woman looked beyond my down at the heels, rough around the edges exterior and accepted my invitation to share the grand...

Tarnished Gems

by jimhinckleysamerica | Feb 5

The celebrity association is lengthy. At one of the hotels an impromptu reception was held for Clark Gable and Carol Lombard after their wedding in the spring of 1939. Edsel Ford and his travel companions had stayed at the hotel in July 1915. The neighboring hotel was...

Here Is To New Adventures!

by jimhinckleysamerica | Dec 31

An argument could be made that the great American love affair with road trips began with the bicycle. During the 1890's the country was consumed with bicycle mania and that included touring. In June 1899, Frank Burtt whose family had made a fortune with an iron...

Of Dreams & Dreamers

by jimhinckleysamerica | Dec 18

The old hotels are just one block off of Route 66 in Cuba, Missouri. Few travelers or enthusiasts give more than a passing glance to the forlorn looking old structures, and fewer still are aware of their rich history or their link to classic Hollywood. If Terry West...

One Partnership At A Time

by jimhinckleysamerica | Nov 19

Organized in early 1927, the U.S. Highway 66 Association was similar in nature to many organizations and businesses established before the creation of the federal highway system to promote roads such as the Lincoln Highway and the National Old Trails Highway. The association had two primary goals; lobby to have U.S. 66 fully paved from Chicago to its western terminus at Seventh and Broadway in Los Angeles, California and the development of marketing initiatives to promote tourism on the highway.