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NM Route 66 Speaker Series - Central & Unser Library


A lot happened on the Mother Road before, during and after the life of Route 66. Come hear a different speaker each month, telling of life along our nation’s most fascinating highway. February 28, Roger Zimmerman, Rerouting Route 66 through New Mexico. March 28, Joseph Sabatini, North Fourth Street – Albuquerque's Original Route 66. April 25, Abraham Santillanes, Why Turn Left at Albuquerque? Albuquerque, Route 66 and the many roads that came before. May 23, Aimee Tang, Chinese Merchants of Albuquerque’s Route 66. June 27, David Montoya, Land and Acequias Along Los Ranchos' Route 66. July 25, Donatella Davanzo, Route 66 Connected: Our Contemporary Heritage. August 22, Lynne Franchini Peckinpaugh, The Italian's Pathway to Prosperity on Albuquerque's Route 66. September 26, Sondra Diepen, Route 66 New Mexico in Pictures. October 24, Gary Herron, Motels on Route 66/Central Avenue in Albuquerque. November 28, Hazel Lathrop, Tijeras Canyon - Five Miles of Road and Hundreds of Stories. Presented by the Albuquerque Historical Society, East Mountain Historical Society, Historic Albuquerque, Inc., and Los Ranchos Historical Society.

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