Inspired by John L. Stephen’s book, Incidents of Travel in Central America: Chiapas and Yucatan, architect Robert B. Stacy-Judd designed the building, which he named the ‘Aztec’ because he believed that the general public was better acquainted with that tribe than with the Maya. Mr. Stacy-Judd constructed the building on a modest budget concentrating most […]
About the Garden Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden is a private, nonprofit research and education institution devoted to California flora. It was established in 1927 by Susanna Bixby Bryant in Orange County and was moved to Claremont in 1951. The plants on display are native species or cultivated forms that were developed from them. A
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Already iconic before Disney’s Pixar movies released Cars in 2006, the Wigwam Motel follows a style that was duplicated at other motel sites along Route 66. The original concept was born in 1933 by Frank Redford. He built his first motel in Horse City, Kentucky and named it Wigwam Village. Several more Wigwam motels would be
Not actually part of Route 66 history, this is the site of the first McDonald’s. Opened in 1948 by brothers Richard (Dick) and Maurice (Mac) McDonald, this site shares similar history to Route 66 as they were both growing during the same period of time. The McDonald brothers began franchising their fast-food system beginning in
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The museum is located across the street from the Victorville transit center, which used to be the old railroad depot. It is here where the center of town began. The old depot burned down in 1983. The museum was founded by Old Town Victorville Heritage Preservation, Inc. It opened its doors on November 11, 1995.
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Harvey Houses were built out of the necessity to feed railroad passengers on their long journeys across the USA. In the late 1800’s, trains didn’t have the ability to cook meals on board so the railroads built restaurants roughly 100 miles apart where passengers would disembark the trains to be fed and then continued their
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