NM Route 66 Speaker Series

About this event

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, Jacqueline Murray Loring, The KiMo Theatre: Fact and Folklore. March 28, Abraham Santillanes, Why turn left at Albuquerque? Albuquerque, Route 66 and the many roads that came before. April 25, Joseph Sabatini, North Fourth Street – Albuquerque's Original Route 66. May 23, Richard Ruddy, An Iconic View: Route 66 in Downtown Albuquerque. June 27, Aimee Tang, Chinese Merchants of Albuquerque’s Route 66. July 25, Gordene MacKenzie, Agriculture, Architecture, Artists, Bootleggers, and Businesses Along the Mother Road in Los Ranchos. August 22, Roger Zimmerman, Rerouting Route 66 through New Mexico. September 26, Lynne Franchini Peckinpaugh, The Italian's Pathway to Prosperity on Albuquerque's Route 66. October 24, Jennifer Bohnhoff, The Civil War on Route 66. November 28, Gary Herron, Motels on Route 66/Central Avenue in Albuquerque.

Presented by the Albuquerque Historical Society, East Mountain Historical Society, Historic Albuquerque, Inc., and Los Ranchos Historical Society.

From East Mountain Historical Society