STILLWATER OKLAHOMA MAGAZINE / 19
Milestone by J. E. McReynolds
Mother Road with tons of bricks | Genesis of Sixty Six. Westward ho, seductive drive | Wanderlust that came alive! Pavement that no storm could nix | All begun in Twenty-Six. Midwest link to seaside clime | Span eight states, three zones of time. Wigwam Lodge and Blue-fin Whale | Okies fleeing Dust Bowl Hell. Round red barn in ole Arcady | Guide us home, O Lord we pray Thee!
Scenic Turnout Memory Lane: Next five rights | Countless stars in desert nights Road for Joad and Woody’ s way | Fuel the truck and pause for play Mesa, mountain, red-bed plain | Natives drum with dance for rain Center lines? They hypnotize! | Better stop and rest your eyes! Waving wheat and braided streams | Technicolor highway dreams‘ Kicks’ in lyrics, TV show | Light the candles: One O O!
Staked in misty days of yore | Icon signs the stuff of lore. Progress came and said, No more! | Overlay with Eye Four-Four! Hide the route in yon Mizzou | Western Oklahoma too. Pull up bricks and straighten curves | Must not feel those sexy swerves! Stomp two boots in Amarill! | Speed on to Hollywood Hill! Crawl no more thru Californy | God-blest Mother, faded glory.
J. E. McReynolds, Professional Journalist( Retired) 1975 OSU Graduate- BS in Journalism 1976-77 The Daily Ardmoreite( Reporter) 1979-85 The Journal Record( Special Sections Editor / Managing Editor) 1985-2015 The Oklahoman( Business Editor / Reporter / Editorial Writer / Opinion Editor)
STILLWATER OKLAHOMA MAGAZINE / 19