The Route 66 Interpretive Center and Gift Shop
is now open to visitors!
Coming Soon
A Film About Route 66 By H. Bruce Dickman
Between January-September 2010, 543 people from around the world visited the Historic Chandler Armory, conveniently located halfway between Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
The Interpretive Center is situated in the native sandstone block, 1930’s-era Armory Building on the prominent crossroads of Route 66 and Mickey Clarkson Avenue in Chandler.
After more than a decade of fundraising and hard work by dedicated community volunteers, the grand opening of the Interpretive Center and Gift Shop represents the completion of the first of three planned phases of renovation of this historic building.
This project is made possibe in part through the generous support of the City of Chandler and its citizens.
In 1959 Dick Besser wanted an education in a state different than his hometown state of New York. He and a buddy drove to the University of Arizona and just happened to drive on U.S. Route 66. It was such a memorable trip that in the year 2000 he retraced his adventure by driving Route 66 once again, this time in a brand new 2000 torch-red Chevy Corvette.
This movie documents life of the 50’s with pictures, post cards, letters and stories from that first trip. The film then documents how life had changed along Route 66 41 years later. With the use of over 100 pictures, narrated by the producer’s wife, Victoria Dickman, and interspersed with Dick’s stories, this film paints a personal experience with the most famous highway in America, U.S. Route 66.
During the development of the film, sneak previews have shown that this film is engrossing, educational, historical as well as humorous. This 21-minute film preserves for future generations, one person’s adventure on the “Mother Road.”
This film will be shown exclusively at the Chandler Route 66 Interpretive Center.
