On National Trails Highway (Route 66) near Amboy Road, on the right when traveling east.
Albert Okura, a third-generation Japanese-American, was born and raised in Southern California during the
Baby Boom era. Growing up during the economic boom in the United States after World War II, he
considered himself a proud American who . . . — — Map (db m263606) HM
On National Trails Highway - Historic Route 66 near Old Amboy Road, on the right when traveling west.
Amboy, settled as early as 1858, became a water stop when the Southern Pacific Railroad laid its tracks through the Cadiz Valley in 1883-84. Following the course of the railroad and the National Old Trails Highway, Route 66 was opened in 1926. Amboy . . . — — Map (db m78532) HM
On Crater Road 0.5 miles west of National Trails Highway, on the right when traveling west.
Amboy Crater, formed of ash and cinders, is 250 feet high and 1500 feet in diameter. The crater is in one of the youngest volcanic fields in the United States. Six distinct periods of eruptions created the resulting nested group of volcanic cinder . . . — — Map (db m78561) HM
Amboy Crater, formed of ash and cinders, is 250 feet high and 15,000 feet in diameter. It is situated in one of the youngest volcanic fields in the United States. It is located in the Barstow-Bristol trough, a conspicuous west-northwest trending . . . — — Map (db m249852) HM
On National Trails Highway at Cadiz Road, on the right when traveling west on National Trails Highway.
Perhaps no other highway in the U.S. is as fabled as old Route 66. It has been immortalized in song, literature, and even a T.V. series as the main street of America. Automobiles came early to the desert, following the railroad with its reliable . . . — — Map (db m78574) HM
On National Trails Highway east of Old Amboy Road, on the right when traveling west.
Founded in 1858, Amboy provided a vital rest stop for weary sun drenched travelers seeking a better life in California.
Amboy owned and operated by Juan Pollo restaurants. — — Map (db m193157) HM
On Old Amboy Road south of National Trails Highway (County Route 66), on the left when traveling south.
First named for Saint Bridget when it was founded in 1950 by the Diocese of San Diego, the parish at Amboy was renamed Saint Raymond's a year later. Founding pastor Father Patrick Malone leased a house here in Amboy for use as a rectory and . . . — — Map (db m288502) HM
On National Trails Highway (Old Route 66) 16.5 miles east of Amboy, CA., on the right when traveling east.
Panel 1:
The Story of Route 66
Commissioned in 1926 and soon dubbed "The Mother Road," Route 66 was a great asphalt river linking Chicago and Los Angeles – a highway of hope that led thousands of people to a new life. . . . — — Map (db m33446) HM
On National Trails Highway, on the right when traveling west.
America has always been a nation in motion: west to the Mississippi after the Revolution, west to the Continental Divide Following the Louisiana Purchase, West again to the Pacific Coast after the War with Mexico. Like many of today's railroads, . . . — — Map (db m310173) HM
