Read Ghost Towns of Route 66 Online
Authors: Jim Hinckley
Text by Jim Hinckley
Photography by Kerrick James
Sun lights the front of a stone building in Afton, Oklahoma.
Page 1: Route 66 in Ludlow, California.
Page 2: Ruins in Jericho, Texas.
Page 3: Windswept clouds over a vintage Packard in Endee, New Mexico.
Page 4: A gas pump in Funks Grove, Illinois.
Opposite: A vintage car parked at Hackberry General Store in Arizona.
Page 11: Faded memories and faded signs are the silent monuments in Newkirk, New Mexico.
To the one who has been my source of encouragement and inspiration for more than two decades, my dearest friend, my wife.
âJ. H.
To Julie Ann Quarry, who made the miles less lonely and the route traveled never far from her heart and smile.
âK. J.
CONTENTS
Ghost of the Modern Era: Times Beach
The Ghost Town Trail of Missouri
Introduction to the Land of Enchantment
In the Footsteps of the Camel Corps
Route 66, the Forgotten Chapter
ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER
A roadside ghost in Plano, Missouri.