National Old Trails Road

Land of Enchantment

Land of enchantment. That is the official moniker for the state of New Mexico. But I am not sure that mere words can aptly describe the wonders in this state, especially those found along Route 66. On the March 31 episode of Coffee With Jim, the podcast from Jim...

California Here We Come

California, here we come! That was a common cry for the OKies and the people displaced by the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. And after WWII it became the motto for GI's with new family's that were chasing dreams. That was followed by the era of the family...

Route 66 Time Capsules

Route 66 time capsules are to be found all along Route 66 between Chicago and Santa Monica. A few are truly diamonds in the rough. Some are little more than picturesque ruins. Then there are the revered icons, survivors unchanged from when the doors opened 50, 60 or...
Lost Highway Adventures and Walkabouts

Lost Highway Adventures and Walkabouts

Lost highway adventures and walkabouts. We are kicking off a new year by sharing America's story and inspiring road trips by telling people where to go with virtual adventures. It's what we do at Jim Hinckley's America.  Lost Highway Adventures Episode three of the...

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In Search of Lost Highways

Recently I set out in search of lost highways in Coyote Pass. In this picturesque wonderland chapters of the American story are etched in ruts, broken asphalt, and in trails. In Search of Lost Highways Trucks headed north to Las Vegas on U.S. 93 labor to make the...

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Welcome to El Trovatore

Welcome To El Trovatore - Unincorporated. When I discovered that simple sign in the basement of the Mohave Museum of History & Arts in Kingman, Arizona, I had my second piece of hard evidence that the urban myth was a reality. But I lacked answers. And nearly five...

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No Mere Highway

It is no mere highway. It hasn't been since the U.S. Highway 66 Association was established in the early spring of 1927. And now, in the era of renaissance, this storied old highway has transcended its original purpose. It has been been transformed into the modern...

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Epic Road Trips

Telling the story of epic road trips. Sharing epic road trips. Making, and surviving, a few epic road trips. In a nut shell that sums up things rather nicely as road trips of an epic nature have been a big part of my life since at least 1959. And epic road trips have...

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Road Trip

Road trip. Route 66, a highway, a television program, a road trip inspiring song and a destination. Memory making, epic adventures on the open road. It's as American as apple pie, hot dogs and a marketing campaign that encouraged people to see the U.S.A. in their...

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Conrad Shenfield: An Entrepreneurial Tale

Subjugation of the Hualapai people followed a brief war in the late 1860s. And as a result, over the course of the next twenty years the northwest corner of the Arizona territory was inundated with a veritable flood of prospectors, ranchers, miners, investors, crooks,...

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