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63: Jim Ross & Shellee Graham: Route 66 The first 100 Years

63: Jim Ross & Shellee Graham: Route 66 The first 100 Years

Update: 2025-11-14
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Join Route 66 Podcast host Anthony Arno, as he talks with probably two of the most popular authors of Route 66:  Jim Ross and Shellee Graham.  Together, Ross and Graham have written over ten different books featuring The Mother Road.  Their latest book, Route 66:The first 100 Years, covers the complete history of the road- before, during, and after the popularity of America's Main Street.

Highlights from the show include:

  • How did two Route 66 advocates ever meet and eventually become a married couple?
  • Earliest memories of Route 66
  • Living in one of the most remarkable homes on Route 66
  • What makes, Route 66 The first 100 Years,  different from every other Route 66 book?
  • Publishing a Route 66 book with complete artistic control
  • What came first: The words or pictures?
  • Sifting through hundreds of vintage Route 66 images to include in the book
  • The Legend of Route 66 
  • Route 66 Native American influence 
  • Trading Post or Tourist Trap?

  • Two Guns 
  • The story of The Apache Death Cave 
  • Route 66 Renaissance 
  • Painted Desert Trading Post
  • Naysayers of Route 66
  • Route 66 Fact or Fiction?
  • Route 66 Crossings (Route 66 bridges)
  • Deep Tracks Project (Mapping hundreds of Route 66 alignments)
  • Traits of a Route 66 traveler

Website: Jim Ross

Website: Shellee Graham

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63: Jim Ross & Shellee Graham: Route 66 The first 100 Years

63: Jim Ross & Shellee Graham: Route 66 The first 100 Years

Anthony Arno, Jim Ross, Shellee Graham