This Discover our Shared Heritage Route 66 website is produced by the National Park Service’s Cultural Resources Office of Interpretation and Education and the National Park Service Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program.
The website was designed in 2020 by Katherine Crawford-Lackey. Descriptions of historic places featured in this website are based on information in the files of the National Register of Historic Places and the National Historic Landmarks Program. When necessary, image permissions are noted in the captions. Banner photo taken by Carol Highsmith (courtesy of Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010630058/).
This site replaces the 2009 version of the travel itinerary. The original credits are as follows:
The first version of the Route 66 Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary was produced in 2009 by the National Park Service's Heritage Education Services and the National Park Service Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, in partnership with the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers. The original itinerary was funded in part through a generous contribution from the American Express and World Monuments Fund Sustainable Tourism Initiative. This initiative rewards and encourages the responsible stewardship of historic sites by supporting projects that address the issue of sustainable tourism.
The Route 66 travel itinerary is based primarily on registration information on historic places in the National Park's Service National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks collections. The essays are repackaged and edited excerpts from the Route 66 Special Resource Study and the Route 66 Corridor National Historic Context Study.
The itinerary was conceptualized by Kaisa Barthuli, Program Manager, National Park Service Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, who oversaw the development of most of the content. Thanks are due to the following for their work on the original itinerary. Melissa Allen, Larry Flockerzie, Meghan Bayer, Doug Duncan, Jason Stuart, Amy Lynch and Kristen Luetkemeier of Thomason and Associates made invaluable contributions by authoring individual narratives for the itinerary. John Murphey, Cultural Resource Specialist, Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, Kristen Luetkemeier of Thomason and Associates, and Jason Stuart and Nicole Possert, provided editing assistance and help with obtaining photographs for the original version.
Last updated: May 4, 2020