Coffee With Jim

Coffee With Jim, September 4

When it comes to Arizona history, these two towns are bookends. Chloride, dating to the 1860s, is a link to the dawn of mining boom towns in the territory of Arizona. Oatman, also a territorial town, dates to the first years of the 20th century. It was born of the last major gold rush in Arizona. 
Neither one is technically a ghost town. But they are mere shadows of what they once were. One has survived and thrived by creating a romanticized image of the western frontier and capitalizing on its association with Route 66. The other is more retirement community than tourism Mecca. 
Join America's storyteller for another road trip inspiring adventure through time. 
Today's program is sponsored in part by the living time capsules that are the Roadrunner Lodge and Wagon Wheel Motel. It is also sponsored by the City of Tucumcari, Uranus Fudge factory & General Store, RouteTrip USA and Kingman Route 66 Fest scheduled for October 14-15. 

Coffee With Jim, August 28

Is there really a cemetery under the high school? Did you know that one of the most famous diners on Route 66 has a Harvey House connection? Do you know the story of the Travel Lodge motel chain? Did you know that there is an ultra rare pre war auto court that was listed in the Negro Motorist Green Book in Kingman, Arizona? 
On this fun filled, fast paced episode of Coffee With Jim, America's storyteller shares a few of the discoveries made during development of the innovative narrated, self guided historic district walking tour in Kingman. Spearheaded by Kingman Main Street, this project has shed light on urban legend, uncovered historic treasures and brought history to life. 
This program is sponsored in part by the City of Tucumcari, the living time capsule that is the Roadrunner Lodge, the one and only Uranus Fudge factory & General Store, RouteTrip USA and Kingman Route 66 Fest scheduled for October 14-15. 

Coffee With Jim, August 21

What do you call a road trip adventure that includes cliff dwellings, the Painted Desert, real ghost towns that have links to Billy the Kid and Butch Cassidy, time capsule towns with log cabin general stores, miles of scenic wilderness laced with hiking trails, historic saloons and hotels, microbreweries and a thriving arts community? Epic!
Join America's storyteller author Jim Hinckley for a road trip inspiring odyssey to Silver City, New Mexico. It's another shared adventure from Jim Hinckley's America. 
Today's program is sponsored in part by the City of Tucumcari and Kingman Route 66 Fest.
 

Coffee With Jim, August 14

Whimsy made manifest in mimetic roadside architecture. Quirky road side attractions. Politically incorrect and even offensive roadside attractions. This and more is the topic of this mornings road trip inspiring episode of Coffee With Jim. 
More than seventy years ago along the highway south of Natchez, Mississippi stood a towering stereotypical "black mammy" like portrayed in Gone With The Wind. Mammy's Cupboard, a red brick edifice towering thirty feet high, was a restaurant and gas station. 
The Thing in southern Arizona has profited mightly from people's curiosity. In 1950, Alan Shaeffer began expanding his roadside beer and bait stand just south of the North Carolina border. Materials were shipped to Shaeffer Project: South of the Border. And that sparked an idea that morphed into a full blown resort complete with a 97-foot "Pedro", Sombrero Room Restaurant, and 200 foot high tower where visitors can walk the rim of a sombrero shaped observation deck. 
As the theme song says, come along the ride. It's another Jim Hinckley's America journey through time, and along the back roads .
Today's program is sponsored in part by the iconic Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri. This living time capsule blurs the line between past and present, and provides the traveler with an opportunity to experience the very best of the Route 66 experience.