Back in 1984, the final stretch of U.S. Route 66 in Arizona was bypassed by an interstate. The Mother Road officially became a ghost road the following year.
As Route 66 was in its final days, the Kitchen Sisters traveled the historic highway and produced a documentary. As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Route 66, we listen back.
Also:
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* Rich Egger takes us to Spunky Bottoms in Brown County, a former wetland now being restored.
* As part of our Illinois 250 series, we talk about labor, free speech and voting rights.
* A federal lawsuit challenges a whites-only development being constructed in Arkansas.
