Oklahoma's Route 66 Spur (1926-1930) ||| US 266 ||| US 62

[@janfeuerborn2707]

Loved the drive through Choctaw- my son was a football coach there a few years ago!

[@vickiwood9192]

I remember watching the old Route 66 television series. I enjoyed the program. I also enjoyed this video. Thank you!

[@SidetrackAdventures]

It was really cool to see you traveling through Paden. That's the town my grandfather was born and raised, and I only visited once as a kid, so it was great to see it. Had no idea about Boley. Very interesting stuff.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

That is really interesting! I wonder how much different the town was back in the day. It’s remarkable the population is almost identical from 100 years ago in Paden. Boley is the tip of the iceberg with the historical black towns in Oklahoma - would be a fun series to find them all!

[@roberteshaw9520]

Hey Coach. Road videos are cool. I played the blues song "Route 66" many times as a jazz bassist on the job,that road is one of the coolest aspects pf Americana there is.I don't quite get that articulated water tower at time stamp 1804, but it sure looks very cool. A great blues rock vocalist summed it up years ago ' I don't know what it is I like about it, but I like it a lot. Happy Motoring.

[@gazooberful]

i thought it was interesting that paden's pop. was 419 in 1910 and 419 in 2020

[@janfeuerborn2707]

Another comment!😂 Familiar drive- loved Boley, I have some of the same photos, fascinating town! And now you’re in Okemah!!!!😍😍😍 We go to the Woody Guthrie Festival every year, love that little town!!

[@catherinenegus9094]

I get to go for a Sunday drive every week. Thank you for doing this.

[@ronfullerton3162]

It sure is a good thing you were driving, and not myself. I never would of covered the required miles in the time allowed. I get to wandering around and gucking too much! I fond discovering new areas as way too much cun. Thanks for another great trip! Doggone it, these shortning late fall days just have way to little sun time!

[@johnsexton7621]

Oklahoma City is one of the largest land masses in the US, with the land mass encompassing 600+ miles

[@carylgibbs6094]

My neck of the woods!!! Love it! ❤❤❤

[@DuaneHelms]

There's one highway that's even smaller than 266, 166 just north of Sapulpa starts hwy 97 and ends at old hwy 66 as known as Frankhoma Rd.

[@deborahross9974]

Gee golly, John this was a good trip. I didn't know there were so many spurs of Rt 66. I just knew that it is, out of use, now with only snippets of it here and there. Too bad because I bet it was a fun trip back in the day when Rt 66 was a way to get to California with lovely towns and scenery. And they call I-44 progress? Nope. Rt 66 to me is the best. Thank you for the trip. Happy trails to you and God bless.

[@lostribe5130]

I grew up in southeast Oklahoma City just buy the southern border of Tinker AFB, school in Del City, workef on Northeast 23rd at the restaurant nearest the capitol, and lived in Spencer before moving to Dallas.

[@kathyscoppettuolo4203]

12:37 the For Sale sign printed on the building has a phone number with a 702 area code. That's Las Vegas. Interesting Investment property, or the owner went wild and moved there 😄

[@rossbryan6102]

ON MY TRUCK DELIVERY TRIPS , MANY TO , OR FROM , OKLAHOMA CITY AND TULSA, I RAN MANY OF THESE ALTERNATE ROUTES, AND OFTEN RAN NORTH AND SOUTH ON 99 HIGHWAY, RATHER THAN I-35!!

[@aliceevans3377]

There's some cool little towns along that route. I can see how sunset caught you before you were done,--- not enough hours in a day sometimes. I hate to say but I was disappointed that Boley's cemetery was so very unkempt. Such rich history should be honored better. Enjoyed the trip, safe travels and GOD bless

[@onrycodger]

Heidi Ho neighbor,...heidi ho! Shout out for Route 66 annnd 67.😆👍

[@justnerdystuff]

Totally off the subject - I just found out by accident that if you press the space bar it speeds up the video. I found this out quite by accident. My plate landed on the space bar and the video sped up. I took it off the space bar and it went back to normal speed. The more you know 🌠

[@U.S.Male1]

Hey Wiseguy, I'd love to see you do some traveling and historical reviews of Creek, Osage, and Pawnee counties in OK.

[@SusanHL]

Good to see the population of Boley has gone back up; I thought the contrast between the two graveyards was interesting. Okemah looks nice - I was familiar with Woody Guthrie in terms of his influence on Bob Dylan, but didn't realize he was from OK! The buildings alone in Okemah look like they'd be worth the drive. 😊

[@francisbarlow9904]

I wonder if this is the same Choctaw that Bobbie Gentry sings about in "Ode to Billie Joe", there she sings about Choctaw ridge and also the Tallahatchie bridge. This was a hit in the UK in 1967. I see there is a nation of indigenous Americans called Choctaw

[@alanm2842]

that song was about somewhere down south like Mississippi.

[@francisbarlow9904]

@@alanm2842 I believe it was but what is the Choctaw connection?

[@mlwtennessee322]

@@francisbarlow9904 Mississippi is where the Choctaws originated. Google Trail of Tears....a part of history that everyone should know.

[@justnerdystuff]

Nope, Highway 512 in Puyallup, Wa is 12.06 miles.

[@justnerdystuff]

Did you win anything at Kickapoo Casino?

[@trinity7776]

Hmmm..no Paypal, Venmo or Cashapp donation link?

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

There’s a “thanks” button under the video if you’d like to donate 😊

[@trinity7776]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy They want my credit card info. Who are they?? I am already set up with the online payment methods I listed which I have trusted for years.

[@sandiewilliams238]

You were wise not to enter the restricted area of the tribe. Tribal law enforcement would have ran you off in a rather hasty manner. I'm going to encourage our tribe to use a similar sign. Here is a sample of what you might see: No wiseguys allowed beyond this point, especially that KZbin guy! Jus playin! 😉

[@justnerdystuff]

@17:18 Did you film this on Halloween? Or do creepy looking black and white polka dotted clowns just normally walk the streets? OK, nm, I did see some dinosaurs on the next street up.