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EPISODE · Jun 16, 2026 · 1H 18M

Historic Restaurants on Route 66

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As traffic increased on the Mother Road, restaurants were opened to give people the sustenance they needed to get to their destinations. In this episode, Trait Thompson and Dr. Bob Blackburn discuss a few of the historic restaurants, both closed and still-thriving, located on Route 66 in Oklahoma. Their guest is Kathy Anderson, president of the Billboard Museum Association. She talks about her article in The Chronicles of Oklahoma about the famous Chicken in the Rough meal that was invented by Beverly and Rubye Osborne in the 1930s.

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