Hollywood history

Inspiration, Road Trips & Interesting Discoveries

by jimhinckleysamerica | March 13, 2021 | Adventure, automotive history, community development, ghost town, Hollywood history, Kingman Arizona, Lifestyle, Miscellaneous, ROUTE 66, Route 66 authors, Travel, Travel Tips, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

On May 2, 1915, 26-year-old Effie Hotchkiss set off from her home in Brooklyn, New York, for the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, with her, quote, "rotund" 52-year-old mother, Avis, in the side car. For two women to drive a car on such an adventure would...

The Purple People Eater & The King of The Road

by jimhinckleysamerica | January 19, 2021 | Hollywood history, Lifestyle, Miscellaneous, ROUTE 66, Route 66 history, Travel Tips, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Erick, Oklahoma is on the fast track to becoming a ghost town. The Route 66 corridor signed as Roger Miller Boulevard is lined with long shuttered motels, empty storefronts and century old brick buildings that hint of better times. For fans of the double six Erick is...

Stars & Dreams

by jimhinckleysamerica | October 28, 2020 | automotive history, Hollywood history, Lifestyle, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Florence Lawrence was an unusual woman, to say the very least. In an era when women were not even allowed to vote, she became one of the first superstars of the silver screen. And she also became a passionate automobilist as well as an accomplished mechanic. And if...