
AmericaJR’s Jason Rzucidlo recently went for a road trip along historic Route 66 in Arizona. In this gallery, you’ll see photos from Kingman, Arizona. The historic road’s role in American history is celebrated at the Route 66 Museum, set inside the Powerhouse Visitors Center. Murals, dioramas and a library at the Mohave Museum of History and Arts trace local history. Locomotive Park, featuring a 1928 steam engine, and the Kingman Railroad Museum document the city’s past as a 20th-century railway hub. Actors Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were married at the rectory of Saint John’s Methodist Episcopal Church, during a break in the shooting of Gone with the Wind.
The Amtrak “Southwest Chief” train stops in Kingman on the way to Los Angeles and back to Chicago. Westbound trains arrive at 11:28 pm and Eastbound trains arrive at 1:30 a.m. Miner’s Mineral Monument dedicated on Sept. 23, 2017 Successful for decades, the historic Hotel Beale now sits lonely and abandoned, having fallen on hard times. It is near the old Santa Fe Depot. AmericaJR’s Jason Rzucidlo poses for a photo with a Route 66 mural The historic El Trovatore Motel on Route 66 It features the World’s Longest Route 66 Map Antique car parked in front Visit the El Trovatore Motel at 1440 E. Andy Devine Ave. Kingman, AZ Rutherford’s 66 Family Diner at 2011 E. Andy Devine Ave. in Kingman, AZ View of Kingman, AZ with Amtrak rail in foreground A “Welcome to Kingman” sign on a water tower, marking its connection with Route 66 Chuckwalla Lizard in Kingman, AZ Chuckwalla Lizard in Kingman, AZ Post Office in Kingman, AZ Trinity Episcopal Church in Kingman, AZ Actors Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were married here on March 29, 1939 The building was formerly known as St. John’s United Methodist Church Currently, it serves as a Mohave County office building Route 66 in Kingman, AZ Bangkok Thai Cuisine Antique gas station is now a souvenir shop AmericaJR’s Jason Rzucidlo poses for a photo with Route 66 shield Route 66 in Kingman, AZ AmericaJR’s Jason Rzucidlo poses for a photo with a Santa Fe caboose
Kingman, Arizona is located approximately 105 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada and about 165 miles northwest of the state capital, Phoenix. For more info, go to https://www.gokingman.com/