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Arizona Podcast shares the adventures of Chris and Mary who journey the highways and backroads of the Grand Canyon state. Their focus on the Mother Road, Route 66, leads them to popular tourist locations as well as many hidden gems across State 48. They hope their podcasts help others in discovering what Arizona has to offer. The events, people, places, food and music are endless. Special features include The Mother Road Minute and Live From The Main Street Of America. Language: en Genres: Places & Travel, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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The Towns That Refused to Die | Arizona Route 66: The Podcast | Season 4 Episode 4
Episode 4
Tuesday, 14 July, 2026
When the interstate came it didn't just move the traffic. It made a decision about which towns mattered and which ones didn't. Most of the towns that got bypassed didn't make it. The diners closed. The motor courts went dark. The desert moved in and started taking things back one wall at a time.But not all of them went quietly.This episode tells the story of four towns on the Route 66 corridor that by every reasonable measure should have folded when the interstate came. Seligman, where a barber named Angel Delgadillo refused to let the road die and started a preservation movement that changed Route 66 forever. Hackberry, where an artist found a forgotten general store and something worth saving showed up right behind him. Amboy, California, the ghost town that ain't dead yet, where a father bought an entire town because he believed it was worth saving and a son kept the lights on after him. And Two Guns, the town that didn't survive but left a story too strange and too human to forget.Four towns. Four different outcomes. And one thread running through all of them. In every case what made the difference wasn't a government program or a corporate investment. It was a person who decided a place still mattered when everything else said it didn't.In 2026 Route 66 turns one hundred years old. The towns that held on are the reason there's something worth celebrating. This is their story.New episodes of Arizona Route 66: The Podcast release regularly at arizonapodcast.com.🎙️ Arizona Route 66: The Podcast is produced by Table 66 Productions and hosted by Chris and Mary Tuttle, semi-retired Chaplains traveling the Main Street of America.#route66 #arizonapodcast #motherroad #route66centennial
