Posted on August 21st, 2011 in Photos
“On summer afternoons, below the well-used Route 66 crossing [the Chain of Rocks Bridge], shrill whistles from the calliope of the S.S. Admiral could be heard up and down the river.
Posted on August 14th, 2011 in Photos
Michael and Suzanne Wallis at Ollie’s Station, Red Fork, Oklahoma, 2002.
Posted on August 7th, 2011 in Photos
We came from all points and converged in “The Big Easy.” It was the spring of 1968 and some time in New Orleans seemed like a sweet tonic for all of us.
Posted on July 31st, 2011 in Photos
In January 1926 — about three months after oil tycoon Frank Phillips officially unveiled his new Woolaroc lodge at his ranch in Oklahoma — his first major shipment of animals — a herd of buffalo — arrived at the ranch. Phillips already had cattle grazing in the pastures, and a dozen buffalo were growing fat in a meadow, but he wanted more.
Posted on July 24th, 2011 in Photos
When you’re here, you’re halfway there! Route 66 travelers should keep in mind that a worthwhile stop awaits them at Adrian — a highway on the western end of the Texas Panhandle. There life continues for a handful of highway businesses including the Mid-Point Cafe & Gift Shop, one of the oldest eateries on the Mother Road.
Posted on July 17th, 2011 in Photos
All of my many journeys down the linear village of Route 66 take me through a diversity of places ranging from big cities to small farm and ranch towns and, of course, the wide open spaces. Since I was a teenager one of my favorite stopping points along the way is the Big Texan Steak Ranch nestled deep in the heart of the Texas Panhandle on the eastern edge of the high plains city of Amarillo.
Posted on July 10th, 2011 in Photos
Michael and Suzanne at Last Stand Hill in Wyoming. They are looking southwest. The markers indicate where Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and 41 members of his regiment were killed by victorious Sioux and Cheyenne warriors on June 25, 1876.
Posted on July 3rd, 2011 in Photos
The first time I ever saw Suzanne was when I walked into that classroom at the University of Missouri — a raw and ready guy straight out of the Marines. I was struck by those Irish-Danish looks. Her smile and hair and eyes knocked my socks off.
Posted on June 26th, 2011 in Photos
Michael Wallis digs a new fort with pals Johnnie Hofer, standing with shovel, and the Spinks brothers, 1955.
Posted on June 19th, 2011 in Photos
Michael Wallis and fellow author Marian Clark at the Corner Cafe, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Posted on June 12th, 2011 in Photos
“The Spinners,” Santa Fe, New Mexico, Jan. 1, 1970.
Posted on June 5th, 2011 in Photos
Michael Wallis interviews Andy Warhol, Miami Beach, Florida, 1980.