"To thousands of migrants escaping the Dust Bowl, Route 66 represented a road to opportunity in the Golden State. California is the last of the eight states to prepare a history for the National Register..." says the LA Times. The California Preservation Foundation has now selected an engineering and architecture consulting firm to carry out "the first definitive document on the storied highway's history from its early days until it was decertified in the 1980s." [LAT]
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