A new highway nearly killed his town. This 98-year-old ‘Angel of Route 66’ helped bring America’s most famous highway back to life | World News
Long before Route 66 became a nostalgic symbol of American road trips, it was a vital highway connecting small towns across the United States. But when Interstate 40 bypassed many of these communities in the 1980s, businesses closed, tourists disappeared and towns like Seligman, Arizona, faced an uncertain future. One local barber, however, refused to…