Route 66 Adventure - The Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza in Tulsa, Oklahoma

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Today, we want to share our trip to The Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This is the location where Cyrus Avery and his family had a surprise waiting for them on the Mother Road. Scott and I explore the area to see what's in store.

The Mother Road, or Route 66, is an interstate that starts out in Chicago, Illinois, and ends up right up next to the Santa Monica Pier. In 1926, Cyrus Avery of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and John Woodruff of Springfield, Missouri, came up with the concept of a national program of highway and road development enabling the system we know so well today. They encouraged businesses to create dining, lodging, and tours attractions along the Route 66 highway. If you would like more information about the history of Route 66 you can read it HERE.

The plaza is part of the Route 66 - Vision 2025 program for the Tulsa part of the historic road. It is meant to "enhance economic development, strengthen adjacent neighborhoods and promote tourism" in Tulsa. One of the other locations created for the program is the Route 66 Historical Village in West Tulsa. We featured this location in a previous post Get Your Kicks On Route 66.

Recently Tulsa was named Capitol of Route 66 in a poll naming eight other cities. You can read the poll information HERE. John Kline, a Tulsa World Journalist writes in the Tulsa World, August 4, 2018:

But I digress. We decided to visit the plaza and enjoy the artwork. The statues were literally larger than life at 135% in scale but extremely lifelike. The artist Robert Summers took great care to put in many little whimsical details such as the grasshopper and Ford logo giving this a more realistic life. We were able to play around, being silly, but able to appreciate the historical impact of this location.

When we left Tulsa in 2004, we knew about Route 66, but we never really appreciated what it was. However, since we came home, we have found a new appreciation for the city and its history. Have you ever found yourself in that situation? Have you ever left a place because you felt there was nothing there for you only to come back to find something surprising?

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