Wake Up With Jim

Their home in Kingman, Arizona seems suspended in time. By all appearances it is 1925 and the family will soon be returning from the store, from church or from the ranch. 

The Bonelli House is an engineering marvel. It is also a time capsule that transports the visitor back to the closing years of the Arizona territory, the dawning of statehood, and the formative years of Route 66. 

The Bonelli family story is a tale of immigration, of ranching, of overcoming adversity and of building an empire on the western frontier. 

Our program of February 2, 2022, is sponsored in part by the iconic Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri. At this Route treasure the past and present blend seamlessly.