Detail, Monuments, Olympus OM-2, Poetry
by Patrick Jennings

Change

Route 66, The Mother Road, Hackberry, California, United States of America
Even the old

familiar

roads change
 
 
 
So must I

along with them

or become lost

Old Route 66
The Mother Road
Hackberry
California, United States of America

Taken during travels, 1997

The lower sign reads:

NATIONAL OLD TRAILS
—– ROAD —–

This road preceded RT. 66 & the numbered U.S. highway system. It ran from New York City to Los Angeles, via Chicago, & from there roughly parallelled what was to become U.S. 66.
This sign was located at the east edge of Hackberry, where the road made a sharp curve into town. Thus, west-bound travellers were directed to turn right, & east-bound travellers were directed to turn left. In 1926, this road became U.S. 66. In the early 1930s, the current 66 alignment was built, to avoid the wash which, when flowing, was impassable.

(Sign donated for display by Fred Grigg).