Special July 4 post. We are going to return to Route 66 today for some American portraits. There’s a photography book I got as a Christmas present (or was it a birthday gift?) a few […]
Category Archives: Route 66: Oklahoma
Route 66 in Oklahoma. Fort Reno.
Fort Reno. On Route 66 in Oklahoma last month. While driving across Oklahoma during week two of the Route 66 road trip I did a stop at historic Fort Reno near El Reno. It is […]
Route 66 in Oklahoma. Davenport to Texola.
Davenport to Texola, Oklahoma. This is the last set from my drive through Oklahoma on Route 66 last month. The drive from central Oklahoma through western Oklahoma to the Texas state line was particularly enjoyable. […]
Route 66 in Oklahoma. Tulsa to Stroud.
Tulsa to Stroud, Oklahoma. On Route 66 in Oklahoma last month. Third in a group of posts about my drive across Oklahoma on Route 66. The first thing of note I saw in Tulsa as […]
Route 66 in Oklahoma. Vinita to Catoosa.
Vinita to Catoosa, Oklahoma. On Route 66 in Oklahoma last month. This is the second of a series of posts tracing my drive across Oklahoma during week two of my Route 66 road trip in […]
Route 66 in Oklahoma. Commerce to Afton.
Commerce to Afton, Oklahoma. On Route 66 in Oklahoma last month. During week two of the Route 66 road trip in February I drove the entire length of the Mother Road through Oklahoma from east […]
Tulsa’s deco churches
Route 66 in Oklahoma. Tulsa’s astounding ecclesiastical art deco architecture. First, Christ the King Church, which is noted as a combination of Gothic, Byzantine and Art Deco architecture (1926). It is quite an unusual building […]
Tulsa’s Downtown Deco District
Route 66 in Oklahoma. Art deco in the historic Tulsa downtown. The old central business district of Tulsa has a remarkable concentration of surviving historic architecture. It is part of the Tulsa Oil Capital Historic District. […]
Tulsa art deco
Route 66 in Oklahoma. Tulsa Art Deco. It is no secret. I really like art deco, and Tulsa has lots and lots of it. Tulsa’s art deco architecture is simply astounding. The quantity of it, […]
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath. Rural Oklahoma along Route 66, in February 2017. My Route 66 posts so far have been east-to-west. These are west-to-east (with some rearrangement here and there for thematic reasons). Why start […]