Holly Barker and the Launching Pad on Route 66
Posted on 03/08/2019
Holly Barker and her partner Tully Garrett rescued and lovingly restored the legendary Launching Pad restaurant on Route 66 in Wilmington, IL. The massive Gemini Giant statue is the guardian[…]
Erika Nelson: The Collection Finds A Home
Posted on 03/05/2019
After a long hiatus, we are back on the American Road with the folks who are part and parcel of the stories in our magazine. In this first edition, we[…]
Tony Craig: About Animation and Roadside Americana
Posted on 03/01/2019
Artist Tony Craig shares tales from his prolific career in Disney cartoon and digital animation/production, now entering a third decade; he also reveals a passionate gift for preservation of roadside[…]
Paul Bahnmeier and Historic Lecompton, Kansas
Posted on 02/22/2019
Lecompton, Kansas is known as the “Birthplace of the Civil War and Where Slavery Began to Die.” The desperate, even vicious political and military saga of the free-state vs. slave-state[…]
Jerry McClanahan and The Mother Road
Posted on 02/15/2019
A highly regarded artist and photographer, Jerry McClanahan shares his love for and vast experience of Route 66 dating back to the family treks of his childhood nearly six decades[…]
