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(narrator)
Since its inception in 1926,

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Route 66 has been an icon
of the American West

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and a defining element
of the American experience.

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From Chicago to Los Angeles,

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the Mother Road
takes us on a journey

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from the East
to the American West,

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with its wide-open skies
and a mix of different cultures.

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(woman)
Route 66 has opened the gateway
to a lot of opportunities.

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(Shellee)
You can still drive it?

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I'm like, "Oh, my gosh,
how cool is that?"

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-Where y'all from?
-Germany!

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(narrator)
International visitors
come by the tens of thousands,

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hungry for
an American experience.

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(speaking foreign language)

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♪

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(Mirna)
But the most famous
person of all...

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-Who?
-...me.

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They grew up watching
American television,

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Route 66 with George Maharis,
Martin Milner,

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and they're all here
to see America of yesterday.

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(narrator)
Beloved television shows,
like the Route 66 TV show,

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and films like Easy Rider,

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have celebrated the road
from a male perspective,

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in which women are seldom
in the driver's seat.

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(woman)
We forget that women
were on those journeys.

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We forget
that women were working

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all along the way
in those businesses.

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(narrator)
Despite its moniker,
the Mother Road,

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little attention has been paid
to diverse women's experiences

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across many different cultures,
and almost 100 years of history.

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(woman)
When I first got the motel,

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and they were having
a convention,

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and they said,
"Well, a woman doesn't come.

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There's no women!"

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And so,
they put this man beside me.

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I don't know who he is!

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But they just said,

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"Well, no, you just,
just has to be a man with you."

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It's a mirror held up
to the nation,

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a road that can be, really,
a living classroom.

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(woman)
She was entrepreneurial.

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She was very business-oriented.

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And she allowed us to live
a very comfortable life.

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(narrator)
From archaeologists,
to politicians,

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and countless entrepreneurs,

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women overcame segregation
and gender discrimination

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to build fulfilling lives
for themselves

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and generations to come

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on America's most beloved road.

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This is their story.

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♪

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When the writing
was on the wall,

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after the interstate highway
bill was signed and enacted,

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it took a long time,

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but immediately from 1956
on to the mid-'80s,

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it began the death knell
for Route 66,

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slowly but surely,

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the creation of these
five interstate highways

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that parallel Route 66 today,

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55, 44, 40, 15, and 10.

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(Sean)
When it was decommissioned,
I think, in a way,

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the favor that
the federal government had done

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is by doing something so brash
as saying,

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"We declare this road
to not exist."

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That brought people
out of a shell to say,

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"Wow, maybe we need
to look at this."

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(narrator)
In 1985, when the Mother Road
was decommissioned,

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people were immediately hungry
to escape the homogeneous chains

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and endless strip malls
that had taken over America.

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Despite its black and white
shields being dismantled,

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they took to the road,

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looking for America's
vanishing main streets.

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(Michael)
Suzanne and I knew that
the road was still there,

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85 percent of it!

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This is actually a love letter
to the road and the people

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because I got tired,
we both did,

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of people talking about 66
in the past tense.

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(Suzanne)
Michael and I made the trip
along Route 66 before Christmas.

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I took a lot of the pictures.

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And so, we would go a few feet,
and then Michael would say,

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"Here, let's get a picture,"

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so I'd climb out
with all my bags and everything

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and take pictures.

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And then,
we'd get back in the car,

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-and he'd go a little further.
-Resiliency,

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that's what it takes.

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For years,

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I was sort of like a voice
crying in the wilderness,

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going into the capitals
of each of the eight states,

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Springfield, Illinois,

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Jeff City, Missouri,
Oklahoma City,

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all the way out to Sacramento,

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and trying to convince
the people in state government,

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in city governments,
in chambers,

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"Look, the revitalization
of this road,

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85 percent of which
you can still travel,

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means it puts vehicular traffic

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in your state,
your county, your city."

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(man)
Certainly,
a road trip on Route 66

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is a lot better than a major
interstate highway.

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(Michael)
Well, you know, when you're on
a super-slab like that,

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you might as well be on
an airport runway.

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It's the cookie-cutter culture.

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(narrator)
Whether it's in an Airstream,

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as part of a racing team,

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or on a motorbike,

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today's travelers
are seeking something more

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than a quick photo.

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It's all about
the personal connection.

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(indistinct speaking)

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I've been
the vice president twice,

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president,
and now I'm sergeant at arms.

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I've also been a road captain
throughout the whole time.

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(people murmuring)

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We had a meeting
specifically to choose a name.

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So, we all sat around the table,

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and there was probably
20 of us at the time,

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and everybody threw out names.

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And I went to the washroom,
and when I got back,

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I heard the name Organized Chaos
for the first time,

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and that that was what
we were gonna be called.

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What would make
Organized Chaos unique,

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it's the philanthropic
aspect of it.

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So, whenever we can ride

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and still do some
philanthropic work, we do.

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(woman)
So, are you guys all aware of
Sarah's Circle and what they do?

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They are a non-profit
organization,

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they have about 50 beds
for homeless women,

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or for women
who just kind of drop in.

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(Nancy)
This actual memorial
is for gay soldiers.

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So, we were elected to be
the honor guard for that,

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which we were all very proud of.

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We started out focusing on LGBT.

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And then, as we developed more,

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we realized that we have
a lot of different backgrounds,

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and so now we've branched out

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to support a lot of different
kinds of organizations as well.

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We actually ride on Route 66.

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We left from here,

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so we looked for a place
that was a part of Route 66.

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And then, we took it
all the way down to Pontiac.

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So, it was a lot of fun.

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We stopped a lot

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at the different iconic sites
along the route.

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When we get off the bikes
on a big ride,

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you know,
you'll have a little boy go,

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"Mommy, they're all girls!"

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But it's not unusual
for somebody's battery

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to need to be replaced
on the side of the road.

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And you have these women
pullin' out screwdrivers,

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and takin' the battery out,
and puttin' it in.

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We don't wait for somebody else
to do it for us.

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We love to ride,

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and that's what
brings us all together.

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(upbeat jazzy music)

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♪

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(narrator)
Starting in Chicago
and heading west,

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the Mother Road traverses
urban and rural landscapes.

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Regardless of differences
in environment, however,

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women entrepreneurs have lacked
the same access to capital

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as their male peers.

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(Kathryn)
Lou Mitchell's
has been here since 1923.

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And we are on
565 West Jackson Boulevard,

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which is pretty much
about the beginning of Route 66.

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And Uncle Lou
was my best friend.

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And then, when it was time that
he wanted to retire, here I am.

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We always say that when
one Greek meets another Greek,

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they open up a restaurant!

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I mean, what else
are we gonna do?

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Lights, camera, action
is how the day goes.

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It's just the audience changes,
who comes, and who goes.

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And it's just, it's just fun!

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And people come
from all over the world.

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The very first time
that my sister and I,

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on our first project,

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went to the bank
to borrow money,

09:01.200 --> 09:03.366 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
we were told by the banker

09:03.466 --> 09:08.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:35%
that women are
unqualified debt holders.

09:09.033 --> 09:10.266 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
Needless to say,

09:10.366 --> 09:14.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
I never had high blood pressure,
but I did at that moment.

09:14.600 --> 09:18.000 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5%
I was like, "Oh, okay."

09:18.100 --> 09:21.666 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
Well, we did get our loan
from a different banker.

09:21.766 --> 09:23.066 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
And the interesting thing

09:23.166 --> 09:25.466 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:57.5%
is that the people that
weren't gonna loan us money

09:25.566 --> 09:27.866 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:47.5%
because we were not
qualified debt holders

09:27.966 --> 09:29.800 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5%
went out of business!

09:29.900 --> 09:33.533 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
Isn't that providential?

09:33.633 --> 09:37.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5%
(Donna)
I've been working
at Lou Mitchell's for 31 years.

09:37.900 --> 09:40.233 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
I'll be 92 in May.

09:40.333 --> 09:43.533 align:start position:15% line:10% size:32.5%
My first job,
I worked for my aunt in Iowa

09:43.633 --> 09:44.966 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:75%
in a little, small restaurant.

09:45.066 --> 09:49.533 align:start position:25% line:10% size:47.5%
I was 13 years old.

09:49.633 --> 09:51.433 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5%
And I liked it.

09:51.533 --> 09:54.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
I give out the Milk Duds
and the donut holes.

09:54.300 --> 09:57.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
Mr. Lou Mitchell himself
started that,

09:57.466 --> 10:01.000 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5%
like, maybe 50, 60 years ago.

10:01.100 --> 10:03.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
But you have to give out
your personality

10:03.366 --> 10:04.633 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
more than anything

10:04.733 --> 10:07.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:32.5%
'cause we get
a lot of repeat people.

10:07.400 --> 10:08.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:25%
And we get
a very lot of tourists,

10:09.033 --> 10:11.900 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
which I like them a lot too.

10:12.000 --> 10:16.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
Everyone likes to be recognized,
and I like to recognize them.

10:17.033 --> 10:19.333 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:25%
(narrator)
Working in a family-owned
and operated business

10:19.433 --> 10:22.000 align:start position:20% line:10% size:30%
is an aspect
of the Route 66 culture

10:22.100 --> 10:27.566 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
and women's experiences
that unites past and present.

10:27.666 --> 10:29.566 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(Mirna)
$73.31, sir.

10:29.666 --> 10:31.066 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
And I'll put our card
in the bag.

10:31.166 --> 10:34.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
We're online if you'd like
to read more of Route 66.

10:34.566 --> 10:38.400 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:75%
When my dad and my mom started
this little gift shop here,

10:38.500 --> 10:41.133 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:40%
my dad was still
a full-time barber.

10:41.233 --> 10:42.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
So, he would be
in the barbershop

10:42.766 --> 10:44.400 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
doing haircuts and shaves.

10:44.500 --> 10:48.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
And my mom was the person
who ran the store.

10:48.233 --> 10:51.600 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:32.5%
And together,
between the two of them,

10:51.700 --> 10:55.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:32.5%
they ordered,
they would price product.

10:55.533 --> 10:57.900 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
My mom would take care
of customers.

10:58.000 --> 10:59.833 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5%
When I first came to work here,

10:59.933 --> 11:02.733 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:47.5%
in one of our rooms
in the back, they had a bed!

11:02.833 --> 11:05.666 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
So, they would take turns
taking naps, you know.

11:05.766 --> 11:08.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
They were working
seven days a week

11:08.333 --> 11:11.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
when they were building
this Route 66 store.

11:11.333 --> 11:14.266 align:start position:20% line:10% size:42.5%
And the alignment
that our store sits on,

11:14.366 --> 11:16.700 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5%
that came in in the '60s.

11:16.800 --> 11:18.000 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
So, before that,

11:18.100 --> 11:20.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60%
this is where everything
was happening, right here.

11:20.933 --> 11:25.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60%
And, as you can see now,
there's not much goin' on.

11:25.566 --> 11:27.100 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75%
And my grandfather's business,

11:27.200 --> 11:31.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:60%
my grandfather opened up
a pool hall and barbershop.

11:31.166 --> 11:34.033 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:45%
Well, his business
is one block down that way.

11:34.133 --> 11:39.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
So, the family business was also
right on Main Street back then.

11:39.300 --> 11:41.800 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
And my grandfather
also got bypassed,

11:41.900 --> 11:43.666 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
and my dad got bypassed,

11:43.766 --> 11:46.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45%
so it's kinda like
history keeps repeating itself.

11:46.900 --> 11:49.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
Today, America's like I-40,
all right,

11:49.666 --> 11:51.833 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
it's goin' very,
very, very fast.

11:51.933 --> 11:54.366 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5%
Route 66 represents America

11:54.466 --> 11:56.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
and where our country
has come from.

11:57.066 --> 11:59.400 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5%
We are such a young country

11:59.500 --> 12:03.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
that most our history took place
on this road right here.

12:03.633 --> 12:06.366 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
The largest migration
of American history,

12:06.466 --> 12:11.133 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:55%
during the Depression,
took place here on Route 66.

12:11.233 --> 12:14.400 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
We hear people from Germany,
we hear people from France.

12:14.500 --> 12:17.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:35%
We hear people
from all over the world.

12:17.500 --> 12:20.600 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
They grew up watching
American television.

12:20.700 --> 12:22.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
They grew up watching
the television show,

12:23.066 --> 12:26.200 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
Route 66 with George Maharis,
Martin Milner,

12:26.300 --> 12:29.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:50%
and they're all here
to see America of yesterday.

12:30.033 --> 12:33.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:40%
And they tell us
when they travel Route 66,

12:34.033 --> 12:37.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:60%
it's a feeling, to them,
of what America used to be.

12:37.900 --> 12:39.033 align:start position:35% line:10% size:30%
-Want photo?
-Sorry.

12:39.133 --> 12:40.866 align:start position:25% line:10% size:40%
Yeah, may I have
a picture with you?

12:40.966 --> 12:43.766 align:start position:15% line:10% size:17.5%
(Angel)
Okay, cheese, cheese,
cheese, and cottage cheese.

12:43.866 --> 12:47.033 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:20%
(Olivia)
You can't say Angel Delgadillo
without thinking of Route 66.

12:47.133 --> 12:51.400 align:start position:15% line:10% size:67.5%
He's such an important part
of the entire experience.

12:51.500 --> 12:57.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5%
People actually come to America
to see Angel, to meet Angel.

12:57.166 --> 13:02.633 align:start position:25% line:74% size:15%
(Sean)
What we have here
is Angel's argument

13:02.733 --> 13:07.933 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
for why the Arizona
Highway Department

13:08.033 --> 13:13.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:35%
did not handle
the bypass period well.

13:13.400 --> 13:17.766 align:start position:15% line:10% size:67.5%
He took notice of the green
federal highway signs

13:17.866 --> 13:20.600 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:42.5%
between Flagstaff
and Seligman.

13:20.700 --> 13:25.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
They don't even mention Seligman
until after you pass Ashfork.

13:25.266 --> 13:27.933 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
And so, Angel's point was,

13:28.033 --> 13:30.133 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
in the days of Route 66,

13:30.233 --> 13:32.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
you knew you were
going through these towns,

13:32.500 --> 13:36.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
and they were lined up in a row,
and you had to go through them.

13:36.733 --> 13:38.700 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
But once you got on I-40,

13:38.800 --> 13:40.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
you could go all the way
to Los Angeles

13:40.600 --> 13:42.800 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:35%
and never even
get off the freeway.

13:42.900 --> 13:44.200 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5%
So, if you needed anything,

13:44.300 --> 13:48.000 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
if you'd overnighted
in Flagstaff,

13:48.100 --> 13:51.233 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
unless you needed gas,
or food, or something,

13:51.333 --> 13:54.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
these signs for the local
cities and towns,

13:54.200 --> 13:57.233 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
like Ashfork and Williams,

13:57.333 --> 14:01.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5%
would have taken the business
before you'd gotten to Seligman.

14:01.300 --> 14:04.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
Seligman would have been
a forgotten city.

14:04.600 --> 14:06.700 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
It's interesting to think of

14:06.800 --> 14:11.200 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
the barber of Seligman
going toe-to-toe

14:11.300 --> 14:13.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:40%
with the Arizona
Department of Transportation

14:13.433 --> 14:15.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:35%
in the Arizona
governor's office.

14:15.533 --> 14:20.500 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
This physical item
is the embodiment

14:20.600 --> 14:23.200 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75%
of Angel Delgadillo's struggle

14:23.300 --> 14:26.800 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
to get people to hear
the tragedy.

14:26.900 --> 14:28.800 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5%
(blues music)

14:28.900 --> 14:31.533 align:start position:87.5% line:10% size:2.5%
♪

14:31.633 --> 14:34.666 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:25%
(narrator)
Working with family could have
its challenges for women,

14:34.766 --> 14:37.600 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:40%
and particularly
when your mother was the boss

14:37.700 --> 14:40.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
in a time when women
in leadership positions

14:40.166 --> 14:41.866 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35%
was very rare.

14:41.966 --> 14:44.433 align:start position:32.5% line:10% size:35%
(lively music)

14:44.533 --> 14:45.766 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65%
Well, this side over here,

14:45.866 --> 14:49.066 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:45%
this is the couple
that put the factory in here,

14:49.166 --> 14:50.933 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:55%
Cal and Marie Frazier.

14:51.033 --> 14:54.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5%
They bought it and created jobs
for lots of women.

14:54.633 --> 14:58.533 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:17.5%
(Betty)
So, what time did work start?

14:58.633 --> 15:01.600 align:start position:15% line:74% size:17.5%
(Linda)
Well, when I was in school,
I started at 6:30,

15:01.700 --> 15:04.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
and I'd work 'till 8:00,
go to school,

15:04.866 --> 15:09.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:45%
and I'd come back,
work from 4:00 until 6:00,

15:09.433 --> 15:12.300 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
go home, and then come back
and work 'till 9:00.

15:12.400 --> 15:14.466 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:17.5%
(Betty)
I cannot believe that
they let you work

15:14.566 --> 15:16.933 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:32.5%
as a teenager
like that in school.

15:17.033 --> 15:19.166 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:17.5%
(Linda)
Well, yeah,
Mother was supervisor, so.

15:19.266 --> 15:20.900 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(Betty)
Oh, I see!

15:21.000 --> 15:24.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20%
(Martha)
Her mother was Estelle Grimsley,
I remember her very well.

15:24.266 --> 15:26.766 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
-Estelline Grimsley.
-Estelline.

15:26.866 --> 15:28.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(Betty)
During this time, really,

15:28.733 --> 15:31.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:25%
other than
maybe a teacher at school,

15:31.200 --> 15:33.633 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5%
I never knew women,

15:33.733 --> 15:36.833 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:52.5%
many women who worked
outside of the home, period.

15:36.933 --> 15:39.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:37.5%
And, certainly,
I didn't know women

15:39.500 --> 15:42.233 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5%
who were in charge of anything.

15:42.333 --> 15:45.300 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(Linda)
She was the number one lady.

15:45.400 --> 15:48.366 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
Actually, she didn't have much
sewing skills.

15:48.466 --> 15:50.800 align:start position:20% line:10% size:57.5%
She was just, she was--

15:50.900 --> 15:52.500 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:52.5%
-She was a go-getter!
-Go-getter,

15:52.600 --> 15:55.566 align:start position:15% line:10% size:70%
she worked, she worked hard.

15:55.666 --> 15:59.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
She came out of
the cotton patch to this.

15:59.200 --> 16:01.133 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5%
I think she was hard on me,

16:01.233 --> 16:03.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
but that was because
I'm the boss' daughter.

16:03.633 --> 16:05.133 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5%
She fired me twice.

16:05.233 --> 16:07.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(Betty)
Uh-oh, she got angry and fired--

16:07.433 --> 16:10.200 align:start position:15% line:74% size:17.5%
(Linda)
She went and pulled my card,
and said, "Don't come back."

16:10.300 --> 16:12.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:20%
(Jackie)
She threatened me twice.

16:12.400 --> 16:15.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(Betty)
Really, what were you doing?

16:15.700 --> 16:18.066 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:20%
(Jackie)
She said somethin' I didn't
like, and I told her about it!

16:18.166 --> 16:20.933 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80%
And she didn't like that either,
you know, you don't do that.

16:21.033 --> 16:22.633 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
She's your boss!

16:22.733 --> 16:25.133 align:start position:20% line:74% size:17.5%
(Betty)
Was she criticizing
the way you were sewing?

16:25.233 --> 16:26.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:20%
(Martha)
Well, that was her job!

16:26.933 --> 16:29.200 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:20%
(Jackie)
She had to come over
and look and see what we did.

16:29.300 --> 16:31.433 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75%
And if you didn't do it right,

16:31.533 --> 16:35.300 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
she would put a red tag on it,
and you had to do it over!

16:35.400 --> 16:37.066 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5%
And you couldn't miss a stitch.

16:37.166 --> 16:40.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:35%
I was a lacer,
lace on the bras.

16:40.766 --> 16:44.166 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:20%
(Martha)
You had a lace cup,
and you had a tricot cup,

16:44.266 --> 16:47.500 align:start position:15% line:10% size:67.5%
and you set that tricot cup
in there.

16:47.600 --> 16:52.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:52.5%
-You sewed around it?
-Yeah, you sewed around it--

16:52.100 --> 16:56.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
-Did you zigzag--
-No, no, no, no.

16:56.333 --> 16:58.600 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
Anyway, you got paid by the box.

16:58.700 --> 17:00.200 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
You got so much an hour,

17:00.300 --> 17:03.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5%
and then if you met your quota,
any over that,

17:04.000 --> 17:05.966 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
why, you got some extra.

17:06.066 --> 17:08.566 align:start position:15% line:74% size:17.5%
(Linda)
Off the ticket that you
had to tear off of each box.

17:08.666 --> 17:09.966 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:15%
-Yeah.
-Mm-hm.

17:10.066 --> 17:13.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20%
(Martha)
So, when I left,
I was makin' pretty good money.

17:13.533 --> 17:15.566 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
We had two or three years
of drought, you know,

17:15.666 --> 17:18.066 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35%
and stuff was,
it was hard.

17:18.166 --> 17:20.066 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
That was the reason
I started to work,

17:20.166 --> 17:22.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
to help pay the lunch bill
for the kids at school,

17:22.633 --> 17:26.133 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
and just little things
to help out.

17:26.233 --> 17:29.166 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:17.5%
(Linda)
I had rather saw my mother
workin' here

17:29.266 --> 17:31.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
-as out in the cotton patch.
-Well, of course, yes!

17:32.000 --> 17:33.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(Linda)
And so, this was--

17:33.966 --> 17:37.200 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:45%
for all the women,
that's where they came from.

17:37.300 --> 17:39.400 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5%
(downhearted music)

17:39.500 --> 17:43.033 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:25%
(narrator)
Post World War II,
and as civil rights advanced,

17:43.133 --> 17:46.300 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:42.5%
African Americans
left the South on Route 66,

17:46.400 --> 17:49.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
searching for opportunities
they should, by law,

17:49.366 --> 17:52.433 align:start position:25% line:10% size:50%
have had everywhere,
but did not.

17:52.533 --> 17:54.233 align:start position:32.5% line:10% size:32.5%
(car honking)

17:57.833 --> 18:00.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
That is your little
hole-in-the-wall

18:00.200 --> 18:02.633 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
kind of picture.

18:02.733 --> 18:07.900 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
It was actually the foundation
of us going into business,

18:08.000 --> 18:09.133 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
and what you see there

18:09.233 --> 18:11.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
is two people that enjoyed
doing what they do.

18:11.433 --> 18:14.066 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
They enjoyed serving people.

18:14.166 --> 18:15.500 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5%
They enjoyed caring for people,

18:15.600 --> 18:19.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5%
and they were motivated
by the good Lord to do His will.

18:20.000 --> 18:23.266 align:start position:17.5% line:52.67% size:65%
When we finally moved into
this central location,

18:23.366 --> 18:26.600 align:start position:20% line:52.67% size:40%
Mom was actually
the business part of it,

18:26.700 --> 18:32.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5%
and she was also the one that
made customers feel comfortable.

18:32.366 --> 18:34.233 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
Mom ran the show.

18:34.333 --> 18:36.666 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
She was actually the glue
that held us all together.

18:36.766 --> 18:41.066 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:40%
She was the glue
that kinda accompanied him

18:41.166 --> 18:43.033 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50%
because he drove us,

18:43.133 --> 18:45.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:55%
but she made sure that
we were ready to be driven.

18:45.800 --> 18:50.300 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
If you look at the logo here,
that represents 1870.

18:50.400 --> 18:54.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:42.5%
1870 was my dad's
great-great-grandmother,

18:54.133 --> 18:55.466 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5%
her name was Aunt Caroline.

18:55.566 --> 18:57.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:32.5%
Aunt Caroline
came up with the recipe

18:57.400 --> 18:59.066 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
to the barbecue sauce,

18:59.166 --> 19:03.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
and she handed it down
four generations.

19:03.133 --> 19:07.533 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
Now, she was born in slavery
in Mississippi,

19:07.633 --> 19:10.533 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
sold to another family
into Louisiana,

19:10.633 --> 19:13.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
and she died in Nacogdoches,
East Texas.

19:13.533 --> 19:17.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5%
The root of our flavoring
actually comes out of Louisiana.

19:17.833 --> 19:19.766 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:20%
(Sharon)
Now, when your family
moved over here,

19:19.866 --> 19:21.966 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5%
do you happen to remember
how they traveled,

19:22.066 --> 19:23.800 align:start position:20% line:10% size:60%
or how you all traveled?

19:23.900 --> 19:27.266 align:start position:20% line:74% size:12.5%
(Joe)
We had 66 at Tucumcari,
I think it was.

19:27.366 --> 19:28.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5%
Came up Tucumcari, straight up.

19:29.066 --> 19:31.766 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:55%
We had a station wagon
that had all of us in it,

19:31.866 --> 19:33.533 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
it was 13 of us.

19:33.633 --> 19:36.066 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
And the truck was,

19:36.166 --> 19:37.733 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
was in as good a shape
as Dad could get it.

19:37.833 --> 19:40.533 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
Anyway, Dad and Mom
argued all night

19:40.633 --> 19:42.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
about whether or not
we should be doing this.

19:43.033 --> 19:45.933 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
When we woke up,
we were here.

19:46.033 --> 19:48.433 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:15%
(Mike)
But Mom wanted us all
to graduate from high school,

19:48.533 --> 19:50.000 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:35%
go to college,
go to the military,

19:50.100 --> 19:51.300 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5%
wherever they wanted.

19:51.400 --> 19:52.500 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5%
And she said,

19:52.600 --> 19:54.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
"I wanted to give them
the full opportunity."

19:54.266 --> 19:57.833 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
That opportunity was available
in New Mexico.

19:57.933 --> 20:00.766 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35%
(upbeat music)

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(Joe)
Part of the move was

20:02.466 --> 20:06.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
Brown vs. Board integrating
schools happened in 1954.

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We left there four years later,
and schools hadn't integrated.

20:10.600 --> 20:12.666 align:start position:17.5% line:58% size:65%
So, that's why some things
couldn't happen in Texas

20:12.766 --> 20:15.866 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
'cause Texas was cut and dry,
Black here, white there.

20:15.966 --> 20:18.933 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:42.5%
And we cranked up
a barbecue operation

20:19.033 --> 20:23.200 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
on South Broadway, 1962.

20:23.300 --> 20:25.866 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
So, the business
started to rise,

20:25.966 --> 20:27.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
I mean, to the point where
I would meet people,

20:27.700 --> 20:29.366 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
I met a captain in the Air Force

20:29.466 --> 20:30.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
in San Francisco one night,
and he said,

20:31.000 --> 20:33.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
"I ate at your folks' restaurant
the other night.

20:33.200 --> 20:34.766 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75%
Wanna go out and see a movie?"

20:34.866 --> 20:36.766 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25%
(laughing)

20:37.966 --> 20:38.933 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:25%
(narrator)
A strong sense of home

20:39.033 --> 20:41.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:32.5%
was important
to Route 66 communities

20:41.400 --> 20:46.133 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65%
and the women who led them
through good times and bad.

20:46.233 --> 20:50.933 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:72.5%
Route 66 didn't exactly split
Times Beach down the middle.

20:51.033 --> 20:54.766 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80%
Some of it was on the south side
of old highway 66.

20:54.866 --> 20:56.466 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
The largest majority of it

20:56.566 --> 20:59.600 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
was on the north side
of old highway 66.

20:59.700 --> 21:02.733 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
In 1925, the St. Louis
Star-Times newspaper

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acquired the property
and made it into weekend homes.

21:08.766 --> 21:10.833 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
A lot of the homes
were on stilts

21:10.933 --> 21:11.966 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
because of the flooding.

21:12.066 --> 21:14.266 align:start position:25% line:10% size:35%
People used it
as a summer resort,

21:14.366 --> 21:16.066 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:45%
or they'd come out
for the weekend,

21:16.166 --> 21:17.600 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:72.5%
you know, bring their family.

21:17.700 --> 21:19.666 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:22.5%
(Marilyn)
Times Beach was very small.

21:19.766 --> 21:22.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60%
It seemed like everybody
was related to everybody.

21:22.933 --> 21:26.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
There was under 1,200 people
at the time I first moved here.

21:26.833 --> 21:30.300 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5%
1981, I ran for office.

21:30.400 --> 21:35.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:55%
My platform was to get
some things in the community

21:35.200 --> 21:36.533 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5%
for our young people to do.

21:36.633 --> 21:38.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(Diane)
The Times Beach community

21:38.633 --> 21:42.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
was a community of folks
who were not wealthy.

21:42.500 --> 21:45.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:42.5%
A lot of 'em came
after World War II,

21:45.200 --> 21:48.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
and moved into places
that had been clubhouses.

21:48.500 --> 21:50.766 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75%
The roads were all dirt roads.

21:50.866 --> 21:52.933 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:42.5%
They got together
and hired somebody,

21:53.033 --> 21:55.200 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35%
Russell Bliss,

21:55.300 --> 22:00.466 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
to spread oil on the road.

22:00.566 --> 22:05.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:47.5%
And Russell decided
the oil he had in his truck

22:05.166 --> 22:06.300 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50%
was the best to use.

22:06.400 --> 22:08.766 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
However, he had been paid

22:08.866 --> 22:12.266 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:40%
to take that oil
to a recycling center

22:12.366 --> 22:14.500 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
because it was contaminated.

22:14.600 --> 22:17.000 align:start position:20% line:74% size:22.5%
(Marilyn)
Verona is where
the chemical plant was.

22:17.100 --> 22:19.766 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:42.5%
They manufactured
Agent Orange there,

22:19.866 --> 22:22.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:25%
and dioxin
is an unwanted byproduct

22:22.366 --> 22:24.633 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
in the manufacture
of Agent Orange.

22:24.733 --> 22:27.500 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:47.5%
It's the same thing
that the Vietnam veterans

22:27.600 --> 22:31.133 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5%
and the people in Vietnam
have been exposed to.

22:31.233 --> 22:34.000 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5%
On November the 11th, 1982,

22:34.100 --> 22:36.800 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
I got a call at work
from the city clerk,

22:36.900 --> 22:38.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
who reported to me
that a reporter

22:38.766 --> 22:41.233 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
from a local newspaper
had called city hall.

22:41.333 --> 22:43.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:60%
Told us that the streets
were sprayed with waste oil

22:44.000 --> 22:45.500 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
containing dioxin.

22:45.600 --> 22:47.166 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5%
I just couldn't believe it.

22:47.266 --> 22:49.233 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
(troubled music)

22:49.333 --> 22:53.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5%
In the early weeks,
when we were discussing dioxin,

22:53.466 --> 22:56.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
people were telling me,
as an elected official,

22:56.166 --> 22:58.066 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
about their health problems.

22:58.166 --> 23:01.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
And then, I got to thinking
about my family.

23:01.200 --> 23:05.300 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:40%
I had a daughter
that had a very rare disorder.

23:05.400 --> 23:06.400 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5%
She would swell up,

23:06.500 --> 23:07.933 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
she'd get hives
all over her body,

23:08.033 --> 23:10.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
her throat would swell,
her lips would swell,

23:10.833 --> 23:13.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
her nose would swell,
her eyes would swell shut.

23:13.700 --> 23:15.166 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
Her doctor told us

23:15.266 --> 23:19.066 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
that he thought that it was
something in the environment.

23:19.166 --> 23:22.466 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
We had meetings with the EPA,
who told us at the time

23:22.566 --> 23:25.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:40%
that it would be
nine months to a year

23:25.266 --> 23:27.233 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:42.5%
before they could
get in and test

23:27.333 --> 23:30.566 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:52.5%
to tell us if in fact
the dioxin was there.

23:30.666 --> 23:33.133 align:start position:15% line:10% size:37.5%
And, of course,
we were not happy with that,

23:33.233 --> 23:36.433 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
so we got busy and found a lab
that could do the testing.

23:36.533 --> 23:39.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:40%
In the meantime,
I'm coming home from work,

23:39.100 --> 23:40.600 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
and I'm hearing
the Corps of Engineers

23:40.700 --> 23:42.500 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50%
talk about flooding.

23:42.600 --> 23:43.633 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5%
They're predicting flooding

23:43.733 --> 23:45.800 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
along the low-lying
areas of the river,

23:45.900 --> 23:48.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:45%
and telling people
to move to higher ground.

23:49.033 --> 23:51.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
And, of course,
I was the eternal optimist

23:51.100 --> 23:52.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:27.5%
who thought
the dioxin's not there,

23:52.966 --> 23:54.633 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
and it's not gonna flood.

23:54.733 --> 23:59.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
But on December 5th of 1982,
the water was coming up.

23:59.366 --> 24:00.800 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5%
As the water was coming up,

24:00.900 --> 24:03.000 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45%
they were in there
taking the samples.

24:03.100 --> 24:04.366 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
The EPA had discovered

24:04.466 --> 24:07.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60%
that they could also use
the same lab that we used.

24:07.200 --> 24:09.333 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5%
On December the 23rd,

24:09.433 --> 24:12.133 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:47.5%
the government told
the residents of Times Beach

24:12.233 --> 24:15.900 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
that the levels exceeded
the one part per billion

24:16.000 --> 24:17.600 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5%
that was set as the safe level.

24:17.700 --> 24:20.500 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:40%
And they told us
if we were in town,

24:20.600 --> 24:23.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
to leave and not take
anything with us.

24:23.133 --> 24:25.700 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
If we were out of town,
not to come back.

24:25.800 --> 24:29.433 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
That was our Christmas message
on December 23rd.

24:29.533 --> 24:31.700 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75%
Once these insurance companies

24:31.800 --> 24:34.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
learned that we were exposed
to this chemical,

24:35.066 --> 24:36.966 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
they didn't wanna pay.

24:37.066 --> 24:40.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
I think that when I ran
for the office in 1981,

24:40.100 --> 24:41.633 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
if I would have known
I was going to end up

24:41.733 --> 24:43.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
in Washington D.C.,
I wouldn't have run.

24:43.966 --> 24:45.966 align:start position:25% line:10% size:47.5%
But I will say that

24:46.066 --> 24:50.000 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80%
the senators and the congressmen
were very sympathetic.

24:50.100 --> 24:51.866 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80%
They did ask a lot of questions.

24:51.966 --> 24:55.000 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:32.5%
John Ashcroft
appointed me trustee

24:55.100 --> 24:59.633 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
to do the buyout,
to take title to the property

24:59.733 --> 25:01.566 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
'till all the property
was acquired,

25:01.666 --> 25:04.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60%
and then to sign it over
to the state of Missouri.

25:04.233 --> 25:06.600 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
He said, "Marilyn,

25:06.700 --> 25:09.500 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
when you're given lemons,
you make lemonade."

25:09.600 --> 25:13.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
And so, there I was taking title
to all of this property

25:13.733 --> 25:15.766 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5%
that was contaminated

25:15.866 --> 25:21.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
with the most toxic chemical
known to man.

25:21.800 --> 25:23.166 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5%
In the early years,

25:23.266 --> 25:25.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
when a resident died
and they were cremated,

25:25.833 --> 25:27.666 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:25%
the family
would bring the ashes,

25:27.766 --> 25:29.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:52.5%
and they would go out
in the middle of the bridge,

25:29.433 --> 25:31.900 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
and they would throw the ashes
into the river,

25:32.000 --> 25:35.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
along with some flowers
to say goodbye.

25:35.200 --> 25:37.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:30%
We called it
our memorial service.

25:37.600 --> 25:39.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
You know what the one thing
about the bridge,

25:39.100 --> 25:41.600 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
and I want you to get
this message across,

25:41.700 --> 25:43.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:40%
people come here
from all over the world

25:43.666 --> 25:46.100 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65%
to see what the government
has done here.

25:46.200 --> 25:49.333 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5%
This is, like, the second
clean-up of this kind.

25:49.433 --> 25:53.666 align:start position:15% line:10% size:70%
And with them not being able
to cross that bridge,

25:53.766 --> 25:57.900 align:start position:10% line:10% size:55%
that bridge is a major
connection to the history here.

25:58.000 --> 26:03.566 align:start position:87.5% line:10% size:2.5%
♪

26:03.666 --> 26:07.466 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:25%
(narrator)
Route 66 has an overwhelmingly
positive connotation.

26:07.566 --> 26:10.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:47.5%
But as the American
highway system transformed,

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so too did
the Mother Road's reputation.

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Starting with
well-known criminals,

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like Bonnie and Clyde
in the 1930s,

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the road was used as a conduit

26:19.466 --> 26:21.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:27.5%
for several
vicious killing sprees

26:21.433 --> 26:26.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
that touched women's lives
and terrorized travelers.

26:26.433 --> 26:28.566 align:start position:20% line:10% size:20%
(Brenda)
So, this place has got
a lot of history, yeah.

26:28.666 --> 26:32.366 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
This cafe's been here since '28.

26:32.466 --> 26:33.500 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(Becky)
We would come through here

26:33.600 --> 26:35.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
on our way to the mountains from
Amarillo.

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We would always ask my dad

26:38.033 --> 26:42.500 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
if we could stop in Adrian
and eat pie.

26:42.600 --> 26:44.833 align:start position:10% line:10% size:20%
(Brenda)
A lot of people come in sayin',
"We want your ugly pie,"

26:44.933 --> 26:48.233 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5%
and it's not just our ugly pie,
it's our pies.

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It's the name
of all of our pies.

26:49.733 --> 26:52.566 align:start position:20% line:10% size:60%
And we've found out that
the first one comin' out

26:52.666 --> 26:54.033 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
sometimes is pretty ugly!

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(laughing)

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-That's just the way it is.
-It ends upside down.

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It could be a cobbler, even,
who knows!

27:00.866 --> 27:03.366 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:17.5%
(Becky)
So, it's beautiful
whenever we eat it

27:03.466 --> 27:04.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
-because it's so delicious.
-It is!

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It doesn't matter
how it comes out,

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it always tastes good, yeah!

27:07.233 --> 27:08.833 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25%
(laughing)

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(woman)
It says, "When you're here,
you're halfway there."

27:11.466 --> 27:14.200 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65%
Adrian, now, is very safe.

27:14.300 --> 27:18.200 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5%
We hardly have any action
of any kind.

27:18.300 --> 27:19.600 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
(easygoing music)

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Back in the '60s,

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cars were backed up
all the way down Route 66,

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both directions,
24 hours, even at night.

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And there were some things
that happened, locally,

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that kind of made it
have a dark connotation to it

27:37.733 --> 27:43.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
because of people being murdered
in businesses and whatnot.

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My parents owned
the State Line Bar,

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which was actually
a combination motel, bar,

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grocery store, cafe,
post office.

27:53.733 --> 27:54.933 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25%
(laughing)

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You name it.

27:56.866 --> 27:59.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
And then, they sold that
to my grandparents.

27:59.766 --> 28:02.200 align:start position:15% line:74% size:17.5%
(Becky)
Didn't some kind of a crime
happen here?

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-Yes, yes.
-The State Line Bar?

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(Roxann)
Yeah, a lady was murdered, yeah.

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-Stabbed. Uh-huh.
-In the bar?

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-She was a customer in the bar?
-No, she was workin' in there.

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(Becky)
Oh!

28:13.533 --> 28:16.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:20%
(Roxann)
The original Route 66,

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or the main street of Glenrio,
ran north and south,

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and that's where
most of the businesses were.

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Lumberyard, bank, hotels,

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railroad station,
yeah, all kinds of things.

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This may be the only
colored one of the station,

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how it used to look.

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And my dad.

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And my dad put in
a Texaco station and diner

28:38.566 --> 28:40.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:25%
right here
in front of the house

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the year I was born, 1950.

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The town back then
was very busy!

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He would send us kids out

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to wash the windshields
and check the oil.

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And then, now, you knew about
my husband, didn't you?

28:53.700 --> 28:57.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5%
(Becky)
Well, I thought maybe
I had read something about that,

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but I wasn't sure
of the details of it.

28:59.633 --> 29:04.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20%
(Roxann)
Yeah, that was in Adrian in '76,
March of '76.

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He was leasing a station
at the far end of Adrian.

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Now, they tore that place down
right after her was killed,

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the owner, he said nobody else
is gonna be in there.

29:16.700 --> 29:19.600 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5%
But, yeah, a man from Dallas,

29:19.700 --> 29:21.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:47.5%
he'd already killed
someone else that morning,

29:21.633 --> 29:23.466 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
stole their car,

29:23.566 --> 29:28.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60%
and then came along here
and robbed and shot my husband.

29:28.533 --> 29:32.900 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:65%
I remember he was planning
to come home early that night,

29:33.000 --> 29:35.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
and I guess he just didn't
get gone early enough.

29:35.700 --> 29:37.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:20%
In fact,
he may have been closing,

29:37.933 --> 29:40.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:47.5%
with the money out,
when this guy came along.

29:40.100 --> 29:41.733 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5%
I don't know.

29:41.833 --> 29:43.333 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
Another thing is
he had a rifle

29:43.433 --> 29:46.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
in the backseat of that Pontiac.

29:46.100 --> 29:49.500 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:37.5%
There's a story
on that Pontiac too.

29:49.600 --> 29:51.100 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
(sorrowful music)

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But it didn't do him any good
inside the station.

29:54.233 --> 29:56.433 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5%
And my son,

29:56.533 --> 29:58.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
he just lacked two days
being eight months old

29:58.533 --> 30:01.000 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5%
-at the time.
-Goodness.

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He was a jokester
and always pullin' tricks.

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(laughing)

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Always laughin', lot of fun.

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I made the shirt.

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Yeah, I used to make
all of his shirts.

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Sadly, this particular one

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is the one I chose
to bury him in, even.

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Yeah, he never saw this picture.

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(narrator)
As they interacted more
with the public

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through their businesses,

30:28.533 --> 30:30.066 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5%
women were increasingly aware

30:30.166 --> 30:32.466 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:37.5%
that they might
be targeted at work,

30:32.566 --> 30:34.933 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
and they took measures
to protect themselves.

30:35.033 --> 30:38.333 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:52.5%
The Coliseum Ballroom
was the kind of place

30:38.433 --> 30:41.766 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:75%
where every mother didn't want
her teenage daughter to go,

30:41.866 --> 30:44.000 align:start position:20% line:10% size:27.5%
and I speak
from experience on that

30:44.100 --> 30:46.366 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:42.5%
because I grew up
during that era...

30:46.466 --> 30:48.300 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35%
(lively music)

30:48.400 --> 30:51.933 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
...going sometimes on weekends
to see the big bands

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and the big artists
that were there.

30:54.066 --> 30:55.633 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
It was the exception
for a woman

30:55.733 --> 30:58.033 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
to operate a theatre
or a ballroom,

30:58.133 --> 31:00.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
particularly a ballroom
such as this,

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where there could be
a very rowdy crowd.

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♪

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Joyce Tarro was the owner
and operator

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of the Coliseum Ballroom
in Benld, Illinois.

31:11.600 --> 31:13.333 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
Joyce was a tough broad.

31:13.433 --> 31:17.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
She packed a pistol,
at least one at a time.

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She could actually
throw out troublemakers

31:20.966 --> 31:23.166 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
all by herself, she didn't
need to call a bouncer.

31:23.266 --> 31:25.266 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
So, she was a tough,
tough woman.

31:25.366 --> 31:26.766 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
Her father, Dominic Tarro,

31:26.866 --> 31:31.133 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:37.5%
had established
the Coliseum Ballroom in 1923,

31:31.233 --> 31:33.433 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:55%
actually the same year
that Joyce was born.

31:33.533 --> 31:35.500 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
(machine whirring)

31:35.600 --> 31:39.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
Benld was a town of mines,
and immigrants,

31:39.500 --> 31:42.200 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5%
and bootleg stills.

31:42.300 --> 31:44.700 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
The Coliseum Ballroom
became famous

31:44.800 --> 31:47.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
for all the big-name bands
that came there,

31:47.333 --> 31:50.033 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:32.5%
Tommy Dorsey,
and Count Basie,

31:50.133 --> 31:54.733 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:60%
and it attracted as many
as 2,000 people of an evening.

31:54.833 --> 31:57.200 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
They could accommodate
a big crowd in there.

31:57.300 --> 31:59.833 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
Joyce's father, Dominic,

31:59.933 --> 32:04.300 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
was indicted for bootlegging
in the 1920s,

32:04.400 --> 32:06.700 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5%
and after that, he disappeared.

32:06.800 --> 32:09.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
His body was found floating
in the Illinois River.

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After that, his wife, Marie,

32:12.000 --> 32:13.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
took over the operation
of the ballroom.

32:13.866 --> 32:16.766 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
But in 1955, she retired,

32:16.866 --> 32:21.133 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:72.5%
and Joyce became the operator
of the ballroom.

32:21.233 --> 32:26.266 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
So, she operated the ballroom
for over 20 years.

32:26.366 --> 32:27.900 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
(jazz music)

32:28.000 --> 32:29.066 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
She had this habit

32:29.166 --> 32:31.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
of bringing the night's receipts
home with her

32:31.800 --> 32:33.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
in the wee hours, of course,
in the morning,

32:33.533 --> 32:36.833 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:27.5%
2:00, 3:00,
after the ballroom had closed.

32:36.933 --> 32:39.766 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:45%
And on that night,
after the Valentine's dance,

32:39.866 --> 32:42.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
she got home with about
$3,000 worth of receipts

32:43.066 --> 32:45.166 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
and her pistol on her hip,

32:45.266 --> 32:47.366 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
and she heard a noise
inside her house.

32:47.466 --> 32:48.933 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
(shattering)

32:49.033 --> 32:51.433 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:32.5%
Intruders had
broken into her house

32:51.533 --> 32:55.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
and were waiting for her,
and a gun battle ensued.

32:55.733 --> 32:57.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
Joyce took about six
or seven bullets,

32:57.966 --> 33:01.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
and she was dead by the time
the authorities got there.

33:02.000 --> 33:05.100 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
But she's a legend
in the area.

33:05.200 --> 33:07.233 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:42.5%
(easygoing music)

33:07.333 --> 33:10.066 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:25%
(narrator)
The roadside architecture
of Route 66,

33:10.166 --> 33:12.433 align:start position:25% line:10% size:47.5%
from its buildings,
to its signage,

33:12.533 --> 33:15.133 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:72.5%
leave an indelible impression
on travelers,

33:15.233 --> 33:18.733 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:55%
and have been a source
for much creative inspiration.

33:18.833 --> 33:20.733 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:17.5%
In '98,
I was living in St. Louis,

33:20.833 --> 33:25.033 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80%
and there were several landmarks
along Watson Road,

33:25.133 --> 33:27.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:32.5%
Old Route 66,
that were being torn down,

33:28.066 --> 33:33.133 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
and I got really pissed off.

33:33.233 --> 33:38.400 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:50%
So, I'm calling this
Self Portrait Route 66 Lament.

33:38.500 --> 33:41.900 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
It's showing myself angry.

33:42.000 --> 33:45.133 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
My dog, Maxine, she's angry.

33:45.233 --> 33:46.800 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
Coral Court, gone.

33:46.900 --> 33:49.633 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5%
The 66 Park-In Theatre, gone.

33:49.733 --> 33:51.800 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50%
Crystal Motel, gone.

33:51.900 --> 33:53.666 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5%
Wayside Motel, still there,

33:53.766 --> 33:56.300 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75%
the sign, the neon sign, gone.

33:56.400 --> 33:58.266 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
I remember being there

33:58.366 --> 34:01.533 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:40%
when Coral Court
was just destroyed,

34:01.633 --> 34:04.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
and there was just bricks
all over the place.

34:04.533 --> 34:06.933 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5%
It was just so sad.

34:07.033 --> 34:11.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
The Coral Court Motel
was on Watson Road

34:11.133 --> 34:13.500 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:35%
in the village
of Marlborough, Missouri,

34:13.600 --> 34:17.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:35%
which is west,
southwest St. Louis County,

34:17.333 --> 34:19.600 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
and it's definitely on Route 66.

34:19.700 --> 34:23.900 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:47.5%
And the Coral Court
was a natural day's drive

34:24.000 --> 34:25.966 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
from Chicago to St. Louis,

34:26.066 --> 34:28.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
so it was the perfect place
for people to stop,

34:29.000 --> 34:32.533 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
for families to stop,
for salesmen to stop.

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Really, one of the first
photographs

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that I remember taking,
it was at night, thinking,

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"Well, I'll just
sneak out there."

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I'm like, "Maybe if I just
jump out of the car,

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and take a photo,
and leave,

34:44.566 --> 34:47.800 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
nobody will see me,
and grab my camera."

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I just had this fear

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that they were gonna
rip the film outta my camera.

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The owner of the Coral Court
Motel was John Carr,

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and he was married to Jessie,

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and they acquired the property
in 1940.

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They built the Coral Court

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with the great architect,
Adolph Struebig, in 1941,

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and the motel opened in 1942.

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People just loved that you could

35:16.200 --> 35:18.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:35%
drive your car
right into the garage,

35:18.100 --> 35:20.166 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:22.5%
close it,
and go right into the room.

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You could hide away
from your spouse,

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or the police,
or any number of things.

35:27.566 --> 35:30.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:42.5%
Carr, some people
thought he was generous,

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some people thought
he was terrific.

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And then, you find out that
he did time at Leavenworth,

35:37.666 --> 35:41.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
and he had a brothel
in the city before this,

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and rumor has it that Jessie
was his favorite prostitute.

35:47.100 --> 35:50.466 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
I mean, this is some
good times here.

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(nostalgic music)

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The rumors, like this photo
of how many people

35:57.000 --> 35:59.300 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:32.5%
will fit into
a Coral Court shower stall,

35:59.400 --> 36:01.833 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
people used to have parties
at Coral Court.

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They just had parties.

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I mean, like, society people
would just wanna go there

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because everybody knew
about Coral Court

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and the reputation it had.

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Yeah, being a mom,
it's always a struggle

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trying to do your creative work.

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My handsome son,
he got to ride along with me.

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Sometimes, I'd just
pick him up after school

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and just drive somewhere
to photograph a neon sign.

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(playful music)

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Any historic sign
really gives the neighborhood

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a sense of its history
and its place.

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And we're here
on Figueroa Street,

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North Figueroa Street
in Highland Park.

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It's a part of
Historic Route 66.

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And we're at my studio,

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which has on its roof
a statue called Chicken Boy,

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and he has become a landmark.

36:56.800 --> 37:01.800 align:start position:87.5% line:10% size:2.5%
♪

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Originally, the statue
was on top of a restaurant

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that was called Chicken Boy.

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It was on Broadway,
between 4th and 5th Streets.

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The terminus of Route 66
is 7th and Broadway,

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so he was really,
really close by.

37:18.000 --> 37:21.866 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
He became this kind of
marker in my life.

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So, I kept going back
to just wave at him.

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Most of these visitations
were late at night,

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sort of one the way home
from a night club,

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or dinner,
or something like that.

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One night, really late,
I'm driving by him,

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and the restaurant
was boarded up,

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and there was a for lease sign
on the boards.

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So I took down the number,
and I just started calling.

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I just wanted to make sure that

37:50.033 --> 37:51.300 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
they weren't gonna take him
off the building

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and take him to the desert
and shoot him up.

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I wanted people
to be able to see him

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because he was important to me.

37:58.366 --> 37:59.733 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5%
He was my friend.

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So, I was interested
in just making sure

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that he was gonna be okay.

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I had no intention
of actually acquiring him,

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and having this big adventure
spanning many decades,

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but that's how it happened.

38:13.433 --> 38:16.566 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
When I first got the statue,

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I had him in storage,
and I had to pay for storage.

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So, I created
a mail-order catalog,

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and I actually got a lot
of press from doing that.

38:25.366 --> 38:27.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:40%
And I would say,
"Oh, send me a dollar,

38:27.600 --> 38:29.000 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5%
and I'll send you a catalog."

38:29.100 --> 38:33.200 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:52.5%
So, I started getting
all kinds of amazing letters

38:33.300 --> 38:35.700 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35%
like this one.

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I have three or four binders
full of these letters,

38:40.233 --> 38:44.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5%
post cards,
just crazy comments from people.

38:44.133 --> 38:45.800 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
"I read about you
and Chicken Boy

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in the December 28th issue
of the Chicago Tribune.

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That's when I said,
'Yes, I need a catalog.'"

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When we first moved
to Highland Park,

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we knew that we were gonna try
and put Chicken Boy on our roof.

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It's been a challenge
from the get-go,

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having to deal with the city,

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getting permits,
getting structural engineering.

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This is a historic neighborhood,

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so I had to do presentations
to a lot of different groups

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who had to sign off
on this whole project.

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And when you're dealing with,
"Hey, I wanna put this statue

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of a man with a chicken's head
on my roof,"

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a lot of people,

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they don't hear
what you're saying.

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They don't get it,
including city planning.

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They were tough!

39:29.066 --> 39:32.900 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
Obviously, nobody wanted to be
the one who signed off on it,

39:33.000 --> 39:34.833 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5%
so I kept getting rejected.

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But, they never
made it official,

39:37.966 --> 39:39.266 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
so I just kept going back.

39:39.366 --> 39:42.400 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5%
When I first saw Chicken Boy,

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what I saw was somebody
who was kind of awkward,

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and self-conscious,

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and sort of
felt like an outsider,

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and all he really wanted to do

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was be accepted
for who he really is.

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And, okay,
so that's probably me.

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I was totally projecting that
at the time.

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But I have found that
a lot of other people

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really respond to him
in the same kind of manner.

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It might be subconscious,

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but I think the outsider
who just wants to fit in

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is kind of a universal thing.

40:19.200 --> 40:22.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:47.5%
I think that's what
a lot of people see in him.

40:22.800 --> 40:24.766 align:start position:25% line:52.67% size:25%
(narrator)
When Route 66
caught the attention

40:24.866 --> 40:26.366 align:start position:25% line:63.33% size:47.5%
of American cinema,

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it brought women's stories
to an international audience

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and captured their interest.

40:33.533 --> 40:36.300 align:start position:15% line:74% size:15%
(Dawn)
My grandmother's recipe,
it's got three ingredients,

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butter, flour, and sugar.

40:39.566 --> 40:40.866 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5%
-Hello, Dawn!
-Hi, Aleta!

40:40.966 --> 40:42.600 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
-Are you still working?
-I am,

40:42.700 --> 40:46.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
still makin' peach cobbler,
still at it!

40:46.433 --> 40:48.233 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
Yup, the gang's all here.

40:48.333 --> 40:50.233 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35%
(upbeat music)

40:50.333 --> 40:52.566 align:start position:87.5% line:10% size:2.5%
♪

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(Beverly)
For you, what was it like,

40:53.933 --> 40:55.900 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:15%
at 24,
getting off a cruise ship,

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and coming to Stroud,
and deciding to stick around?

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What was in your head
making you wanna do that?

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(Dawn)
Well, I wasn't gonna
ever do it, obviously,

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I was never gonna stay
in Stroud, Oklahoma.

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I was just passing through.

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Ed Smalley was the first person
that I met here.

41:11.133 --> 41:14.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
I was riding on my roller blades
down Main Street,

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and a truck pulls up next to me.

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So, he knew who I was
from my mom,

41:19.066 --> 41:20.233 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5%
who was bragging to everybody

41:20.333 --> 41:22.433 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
that her daughter
from the cruise ship was here.

41:22.533 --> 41:24.733 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
And so, he pulls up beside me,
and he said he'd heard

41:24.833 --> 41:26.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
that I was lookin' for
restaurant equipment,

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and he had a place

41:27.966 --> 41:30.033 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:47.5%
that he was sellin'
the restaurant equipment in,

41:30.133 --> 41:31.133 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
and to follow him.

41:31.233 --> 41:33.566 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
I can remember him saying,

41:33.666 --> 41:38.533 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
gently edging me into the idea
of renting the cafe.

41:38.633 --> 41:41.200 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
24 years old, and I said,

41:41.300 --> 41:44.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30%
"Okay, well,
how much would you rent it for?"

41:45.000 --> 41:48.066 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
-He said, "$200 a month."
-That's a bargain!

41:48.166 --> 41:50.400 align:start position:15% line:58% size:70%
-It was a bargain even then!
-It was a bargain,

41:50.500 --> 41:51.900 align:start position:22.5% line:63.33% size:55%
and I thought, "Sold!"

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And I drove to Oklahoma City,

41:54.000 --> 41:56.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30%
and I bought
a how to run a restaurant book.

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After I got the book,
I came back here,

41:58.000 --> 41:59.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:25%
and I went
to the Stroud Public Library

41:59.433 --> 42:01.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
'cause it said I needed
a business plan.

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So, I go to the library,

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and I figure out
how many people live in Stroud.

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There's 2,500 people,

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and with paying
$200 a month's rent,

42:08.566 --> 42:09.733 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
I figured I needed to sell

42:09.833 --> 42:12.766 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
ten hamburgers, fries,
and Cokes, per day.

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I came back to Ed,
and I said,

42:14.000 --> 42:14.966 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
"I think we can do it.

42:15.066 --> 42:17.066 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5%
I think I can get
ten people a day."

42:17.166 --> 42:19.033 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:17.5%
(Aleta)
24 years old?

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-That's amazing!
-Yeah.

42:20.700 --> 42:26.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
I had Alexis in November,
and I thought,

42:26.233 --> 42:30.633 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
again, now I'm 25, and poor,

42:30.733 --> 42:34.166 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:50%
and thinkin', "Well,
I can't afford childcare.

42:34.266 --> 42:35.766 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
I'll just put her up
at the Rock Cafe."

42:35.866 --> 42:38.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
So, I had a little
Noah's basket,

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and I put in there,

42:39.766 --> 42:41.000 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5%
and I would bring her to work
in that Noah's basket,

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and nothing ever
changed for her.

42:43.133 --> 42:44.400 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5%
So, I would bring it up here,

42:44.500 --> 42:46.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
and I'd set it in the middle
of one of the tables,

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and the customers
all took care of her,

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and gooed at her.

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And I made burgers,

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and we just carried on
like everything was normal.

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(Suzanne)
The first call
came to my office,

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I had a public relations agency.

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And the secretary came in
and said,

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"There's somebody on the phone
named John Lasseter,

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and he wants
to talk to Michael.

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I don't know who it is."

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And I said, "I think Michael
will take the call."

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(Dawn)
Up pulled three, big, long
Lincoln town cars

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and they were full of 14 people
from Pixar Animation Studios

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and Michael Wallis.

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And they parked their cars,

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and they immediately start
gettin' out all this equipment,

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and they start
setting it up everywhere.

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John Lasseter walks up to me,
and he says,

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"I want you to sit down
here at this table,

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and I wanna know
everything about you."

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So I just talked to him
for four hours straight.

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(Aleta)
Oh, my goodness! At 9:00?

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(Dawn)
Yeah, it was late.

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I think they left about
2:00 or 3:00 in the morning.

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My sign was broken,

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and they wanted a picture
of that neon sign.

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It would only flash on
for a second.

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So I told 'em to go
set their cameras up,

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and I would come in here,

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and I would turn that sign
off and on.

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I was so embarrassed.

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And I kept tellin' 'em,

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"We're gonna be
newly refurbished soon!

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We're gonna be
newly refurbished soon."

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I'm flippin' that light
off and on.

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And that's why the neon part
in the movie is in the movie.

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Sally is always talkin' about
being newly refurbished.

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Then, we went
to the movie premier.

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And from the time it started,
I just started crying

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because I knew it would be
for an eternity for my children,

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which is why I was
so open with 'em.

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But never in a million,
thousand years

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did I think they were gonna tell
my life story on a big screen.

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-Still get emotional!
-I do!

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(laidback music)

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♪

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(narrator)
Women entrepreneurs
have been at the forefront

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of creating business
opportunities

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in unexpected ways.

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♪

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(Melba)
This is the home
of the original inspiration

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for Tow Mater in the movie Cars,
and you're at Cars on the Route.

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A lot of people come

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just to find the cars
that are in the movie!

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I mean, I think that movie
helped Route 66 a lot!

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Tow Mater, this is actually
a 1951 International boom truck.

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One, two, three, four.

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See how they don't see ya,
and then, see,

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you wave at 'em,
and here they come.

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See, here they come.

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Hi, guys!

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-Where y'all from?
-Germany.

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(Melba)
Germany, oh,
I was stationed in Kitzingen.

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Now, we got hamburgers inside,
clean bathrooms, cold drinks.

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The most important thing, right?

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-Yeah!
-Yeah, yeah!

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(laughing)

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We need six hamburgers
for six Germans,

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and six cold Cokes.

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They wanna see the old
greasy hamburgers.

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They don't want the health food.

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They want nostalgia,
that's what they want.

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And they want friendly people,
and they want you

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to spend time with them
and talk to them.

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They just don't want you
to try to sell somethin' to 'em.

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We started this business,
and this town was like,

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"What are you guys doin'?

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This is crazy,
you're not gonna get no people."

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We get busses, we get bikes,

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we get families, we get RVs.

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And now, if you go up
to the city, Galena,

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and I say city
because we were one stoplight,

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and now we're two stoplights.

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That's a big thing
for a town like this.

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We get anywhere from 1,000
to 2,000 Americans through here

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in a six-month period.

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Anywhere from 3,000
to 5,000 Europeans.

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(Diana)
Along Route 66,
there are tons of communities

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that were once a part
of this active highway.

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And a lot of the things
that they've built

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represent American history.

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And the places that exist
in the world around us

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tell our story.

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♪

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The Threatt filling station

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is located three miles east
of the city of Luther, Oklahoma.

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And Luther is about 20 miles
outside of Oklahoma City.

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The Threatt filling station

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was the only African
American-owned filling station

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on Route 66 in the country.

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(Edward)
That's Mrs. Threatt,
that's her dad,

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that's her mom,
brothers, and sisters.

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-That's her grandmother, okay?
-Oh, really?

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-Yeah.
-That's history.

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(David)
It was located in-between
two sundown towns,

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which meant that people of color

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weren't safe or welcome
in those towns after dark.

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There were actual signs
that were up

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that these towns had placed
on the outskirts of their town

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saying that, basically it said

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Negroes and Mexicans
not welcome after sundown.

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Couldn't stay in a hotel at all
in any of those cities.

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So, fortunately,
this was a place

47:21.333 --> 47:23.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
where they could come
not only to get some food,

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get some gas,

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but they could pull around
behind the station, park there,

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yeah, they could park there,
spend the night,

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and be able
to get up the next day

47:33.533 --> 47:36.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:35%
and freshen up
and go about their way.

47:36.133 --> 47:39.500 align:start position:20% line:10% size:35%
Every weekend,
this place was booming.

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I mean, there were more people--

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And it didn't matter which race
or nationality you were.

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You were always welcome here.

47:48.900 --> 47:50.266 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5%
There was a ball field.

47:50.366 --> 47:52.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:42.5%
The Negro leagues
were able to stop there,

47:52.566 --> 47:54.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:25%
play ball,
and that was a big deal.

47:54.933 --> 47:56.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:17.5%
I mean,
people came from all around

47:57.000 --> 47:59.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
the surrounding communities
to watch the teams play.

48:00.133 --> 48:02.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5%
(man)
It was just a place where
people congregated to have fun,

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-have a good time...
-And be safe.

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-...and be safe, exactly.
-Yeah, yeah.

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(David)
Aunt Elizabeth
ran the filling station

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with my Uncle Ulysses,

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and they ran it together there
for 18 years.

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And she,
after my uncle passed away,

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she ran it for about
another 20 years.

48:19.300 --> 48:20.700 align:start position:15% line:10% size:20%
(Vivian)
She ran the filling station.

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She had other little snacks
and things

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around this counter right here.

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I can remember she had a big--

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it was a pop machine,
Coke machine, or something,

48:33.300 --> 48:35.333 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5%
that was behind that counter.

48:35.433 --> 48:37.866 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
And if you came in to buy a pop,

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she used to raise the top up
and get out,

48:39.866 --> 48:41.733 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50%
and it was cold pop!

48:41.833 --> 48:43.566 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
The Jim Crow era was very tough.

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And after the 1921
race massacre,

48:47.666 --> 48:49.833 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:65%
because they were aware of
the station and the homestead,

48:49.933 --> 48:53.766 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:50%
they came, were able
to stay on the grounds there

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for some period of time

48:54.966 --> 48:56.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5%
until they could get themselves
on their feet

48:56.266 --> 48:58.966 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:30%
and find out
where they could go.

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It was more than just
a filling station.

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It was actually a part
of the local community.

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Aunt Elizabeth had to be
a very strong woman.

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She was a local school teacher.

49:11.166 --> 49:15.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
She graduated from the local
HBCU there, Langston University,

49:15.933 --> 49:19.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5%
went on as one of the first
five African Americans

49:19.666 --> 49:24.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
to attend Central State College.

49:24.100 --> 49:26.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:20%
(Edward)
And this is the award.

49:26.433 --> 49:32.033 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:55%
There were five Blacks
that integrated UCO, yeah,

49:32.133 --> 49:35.466 align:start position:15% line:10% size:70%
and she was one of the five.

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Not all of them graduated,
though.

49:37.766 --> 49:41.400 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
They couldn't--
some of 'em just,

49:41.500 --> 49:44.066 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5%
it was just too much.

49:44.166 --> 49:48.266 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:55%
The bias that existed,
it was just too much for 'em.

49:48.366 --> 49:51.433 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:17.5%
(David)
When she went back to Luther,
she taught there.

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She was able to just
have a huge impact.

49:55.466 --> 49:56.733 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
Threatt families started

49:56.833 --> 49:59.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
a Threatt Filling Station
Foundation.

49:59.933 --> 50:01.833 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45%
We want to re-open
the filling station

50:01.933 --> 50:05.200 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65%
as an interpretive center,
a museum of sorts,

50:05.300 --> 50:07.500 align:start position:30% line:10% size:40%
that can explain
what it was like

50:07.600 --> 50:10.033 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5%
for people of color
traveling Route 66

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during the Jim Crow era.

50:11.566 --> 50:14.366 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5%
We've had a lot of support.

50:14.466 --> 50:17.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:50%
We got together with
a contractor who was local,

50:17.966 --> 50:23.166 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5%
a contractor who not only
knows about the building,

50:23.266 --> 50:27.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:52.5%
but also knew my aunt
who lived in the building,

50:27.700 --> 50:29.800 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5%
who was also his teacher.

50:29.900 --> 50:33.800 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:60%
And so, it just all came
together by the grace of God.

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(David)
And 2026 is
the Route 66 centennial.

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Our goal is to be open for that.

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(spirited music)

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(Barbara)
We are at the epicenter

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of where it all takes place.

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So, this is really
the convergence

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where the Santa Fe Trail,
the Camino Real,

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Route 66 National Trails,

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and they all really end
at La Fonda.

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(narrator)
Route 66 and the American West
have been marketed to tourists

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as a place
where adventure awaits.

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Now, institutions are looking
for a deeper understanding

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of the West's Indigenous
cultures and landscape,

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which are still vibrant today.

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(Jenny)
We have art in this hotel

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since the early '20s
up until today.

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And it's really interesting
to see how the art has changed,

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how the artists have changed.

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So this mural depicts
the Santa Fe Trail.

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It was done by a woman artist
in the '20s, Dorothy Stauffer,

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and it shows the West,
the cactus,

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the covered wagons,

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the Spanish,
the Catholic priests,

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vaqueros, cowboys,

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the Santa Fe hills
in the background.

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And it's a beautiful depiction

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that is at the entrance
to the hotel

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that's painted in the '20s.

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You know, at that point,

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some of the entities that could
afford artists were hotels.

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The hotels could afford
to pay the artists to paint.

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Any of those women artists
that were out here

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were contrarian.

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They were independent.

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I mean, you wouldn't
get on a train

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and move to the Southwest
unless you had that streak,

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that creative,
independent streak.

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And I think this area
has really benefited

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and thrived because of that.

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La Fonda is at the steps

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of the Native American
Indian Market

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that occurs every year
in August.

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It's the largest Native American
art market in the world.

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And so, many of the award-
winning artists stay with us.

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(peaceful music)

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Marla Allison painted
the fireplace behind us,

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who is an award-winning

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Native American artist
from Laguna.

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And this fireplace depicts

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the embers of the fire
going up the chimney,

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which is why she has
the panels going up.

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It's been really incredible

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to have a piece like
Marla Allison's behind us

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because it's not
our interpretation

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of what we thought
a Pueblo woman

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would do around a fireplace.

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It's Marla's interpretation,

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and her sharing
what happens at her own home.

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That's a very different voice.

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(Jenny)
This is another Marla Allison,

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and she won the ribbon
at the Heard Museum.

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(Marla)
The influence of being able
to be an artist

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from this little place
has been quite incredible.

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There are beautiful
red cliffs of Laguna,

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which is around the village
of Mesita, where I was raised,

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that are really showing up
in all my paintings constantly.

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What inspires me
from my childhood mostly

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are the vessels
that are pottery.

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They're the ceramic art

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that's from the elder women
of my tribe,

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and from all tribes
along the Southwest.

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The design work that goes
on the outside of these vessels

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are all very geometric shaped.

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I like doing fractal pieces,
where they're brushstrokes,

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but they're very separate
planes of color

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that eventually make up
a full spectrum of a subject.

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So, I break up the light,
in a way.

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Laguna Pueblo
runs right along Route 66.

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There are six villages

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that are all on either side
of the highway.

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And now,
moving here to California,

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being here in Santa Monica,

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it's just amazing to think that

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this road has been a life path
for myself, and for my career,

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and for many life experiences.

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I would always ride my old '75
Ford pickup truck on that road.

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And, raised on
the Route 66 path,

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neon signs, classic cars

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have always been
a part of daily life.

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In 2016, I was sent an email

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from a place called
the Abu Dhabi Art Hub,

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which is in Abu Dhabi
in the UAE in the Middle East.

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I was sent an email saying,
"Hey, we're doing our first

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international
Native American artist month,"

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and I thought,
"Wow, they want me to apply,"

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so I did, and I got in!

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I felt very lucky.

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In-between Abu Dhabi and Dubai,

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there's this one place
called Last Exit

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in the middle of nowhere,
desert, just flat desert,

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and camels, and one highway.

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It's a rarity for them,
but for me, I thought,

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"Wow, how beautiful is this?

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I get to see my culture
in their land

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of how exotic it can be."

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I mean, there were cars,
there were food trucks

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in this place of nowhere's land.

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I had no idea it would be there.

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It was pretty amazing
to see that

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on the other side of the world.

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Route 66 has been
a constant tether

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from home to somewhere else,

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the main vein that breathes,
and shares,

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and has the blood of so many
people and life experiences,

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and a great history
all throughout.

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♪

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(narrator)
Almost 100 years
after her birth in 1926,

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Route 66 is truly
a living history classroom

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that not only reveals
where we have been,

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but where we can go.

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(bright music)

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♪

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(upbeat piano music)

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♪

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(energetic music)