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Amboy and the Mother Road
1926
San Bernardino County, California
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Route 66 ran 2,448 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica and was the road the Dust Bowl migrants took west, Steinbeck called it the mother road. Interstate 40 bypassed Amboy in 1973 and the town emptied. A man bought the whole place in 2005 to keep the neon sign lit.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: documented spot
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