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Folk art environment includes the World's Largest Totem Pole, sculpted out of concrete. Not technically on Route 66, but Mother Road fans have embraced it anyway.
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- Address:
- 21300 OK-28A, Foyil, OK
- Directions:
- From Route 66 in Foyil turn east (no stoplight) onto OK-28A (look for the small Totem Pole Park sign). Drive about four miles. When you see the large totem pole on the right above the treetops, turn right onto S. 4243 Rd. You'll quickly come to a gravel parking lot on the left.
- Hours:
- Dawn-dusk unless the weather's bad. Gift shop daily 10-4; closed Jan-Feb. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 918-283-8035
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
- Glendora, California - Moreton Bay Fig Tree
There is a Moreton Bay Fig Tree which is over 140 years old on Santa Fe Avenue in Glendora. It was planted in the late 1880s by Mr. Edgar J. Owens, one of Glendora's early residents.
[Ruth E. Jones, 04/27/2021]Big Moreton Bay Fig Tree:- Address:
- 665 South Santa Fe Ave., Glendora, CA
- Directions:
- Big Tree Park. On the northeast corner of W. Colorado Ave. and S. Santa Fe Ave.
- St. Augustine, Florida - Pointing Ponce de Leon
Dressed like a foppish Conquistador, bronze de Leon points north toward a flagpole. The oldest of Florida's several de Leon statues, unveiled in 1923.
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- Address:
- Ponce de Leon Circle, St. Augustine, FL
- Directions:
- Downtown, just west of FL-A1A, at the west end of the Bridge of Lions across the Matanzas River.
California Historical Landmark #245: "Mussel Slough Tragedy - Here on May 11, 1880, during a dispute over land titles between settlers and railroad, a fight broke out in which seven men-two deputy U.S. marshals and five ranchers lost their lives. The legal struggle over titles was finally settled by a compromise."
[Pamela L, 08/11/2020]1880 Mussel Slough Tragedy:- Address:
- 5827 14th Ave., Hanford, CA
- Directions:
- Historical marker NW of town, north of Flint Ave. on 14th Ave.
- Orlando, Florida - Alligator Wrestler Statue
Life-size bronze sculpture reproduces an 1884 photo of meat market manager Bunk Baxter wrestling an alligator on nearby Orange Ave.
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- Address:
- 65 E. Central Blvd, Orlando, FL
- Directions:
- In Heritage Square, directly in front of the Orange County Regional History Center, and just west of the intersection of Wall St. and N. Magnolia Ave. Low to the ground, so you have to look for it.
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99 feet tall, 47 feet wide, so big that the park around it has had to be expanded twice. Known locally as "Big Tree."