Red's new location: (Satellite)
Rockwood Motor Court: (Satellite)
Rock Fountain Court Motel: (Satellite)
Car Museum: (Satellite)
Crescent Feed: (Satellite)
Hubcap Sculpture: (Satellite)
US-66 Overview
According to the video below, the font was bigger than he expected, so Red cut the "ER" off the bottom to fit under the power lines.
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| Route 66 Postcards posted Route 66’s traffic volume encouraged early drive-through restaurants, including Red’s Giant Hamburg, often cited as the first drive-through in the world. Kevin Moody: Red’s had a promising reboot; unfortunately, it opened the summer before “The toilet paper famine” and the “Summer of Love” in 2020. I think if its opening were not so close to those events, it would have had a fighting chance. Unfortunately, with an inability to maintain staff and maintain the building (due to a lack of staff), it slowly dwindled and, unfortunately, gained a negative reputation. It was our favorite go-to place whenever we were visiting Springfield for doctor and Hospital visits, right up to about 6 months before it closed. Here is a link to a video of our first impression of Red’s and a little Fast Food History. |
This is the video referenced above. I skipped the foodie part. The history starts at 10:31.
Red started by purchasing this gas station and some motor court cabins. It looks like the price of gas is 18 cents. Note that this photo is old enough that they don't tack on the 0.9 cents.
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| 14:40 video @ 14:40 Revealing the forgotten origin of the drive-through. Lost Route 66 Diner reborn. |
Note the price for a room for a night. But at 11:02 is a photo with a $2.00 price.
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| @ 10:53 |
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| Eriene Estlund, Aug 2025 |
The above plaque stands next to this stand in the "Birthplace of Route 66 Roadside Park."
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| Terry May, Aug 2025 |
This is the modern version of Red's.
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| Street View, Aug 2023 |
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| Dustin Hatcher, Apr 2025 |
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| Kayla Thonesen, Nov 2024 |
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| Dustin Hatcher, Apr 2025 |
Motor Courts
These motor courts were the original style along national highways. I found some old motels in Grants, NM. But these two motor courts are a generation older.
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| Street View, Jun 2023 |
This sign is old enough that TV and air conditioning were recently developed. And Color TV is a long way off.
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| Photo, Apr 2024 |
Rock Fountain Court Motel
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| Street View, Jun 2023 |
Car Museum
While looking on a satellite map for Route 66 stuff along College Street, I noticed this feed mill.
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| Street View, Jun 2022 |
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| Donna Wilson, Oct 2021 |
It looks like the grain elevator in the left background of the above view was a flour mill, and it is now a haunted house (Hotel of Terror). I included the feed mill in the left background of this view.
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| Street View, Jun 2022 |
What Google Maps labels as U.S. Bicycle Rte 66 is College Street. Red's was at "the intersection of College Street and West Chestnut Expy." That intersection has changed dramatically since 1959.
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| Mar 22, 1959 @ 18,000; AR1VXA000010013 |
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