Route 66 - Though the Cajon Pass

[Wrightwood]

These well done YouTube videos include some great historical details about Route 66 and the Cajon Pass.

Alternate Route 66 From 1914 in the Cajon Pass

This virtual tour will help you find a once-used shortcut for Route 66 travelers through the Cajon Pass before Route 66 was commissioned in 1926.

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Route 66 - Though the Cajon Pass

This virtual video tour uses old and modern pictures of the various alignments that Route 66 took through the Cajon Pass. Maps and aerial photos will show where you can visit and experience these sites on your own inside this mountain pass full of transportation history.

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COMMENTS:
Route 66 never followed your supposed 1914-1930 route (as shown on your map at 1:28). That early road was bypassed by a new road built in 1915. This new road became Route 66 in 1926. Remnants of this 1915 road are found between the westbound and eastbound lanes of I-15. In 1930, a new alignment of Route 66 was built where the current westbound lanes of I-15 run in the upper part of the pass. This information is well know among Route 66 authorities and has been well documented.

Thanks Jerry & Rich for pointing that out.  The blog article to this tour actually points that out.  Here with High Desert historians, their belief in history is a little different, but Route 66 aficionados have all pointed out the correct route and time frame so I will be making a change to that route in the video in the near future. Apparently, the route outlined in my video was a very popular shortcut and many "old people" here thought that was Route 66.  But old maps prove differently.

A big thank you to Patrick Martin for passing this along

[Nolena]

Very cool!!! I took the tour, and it was awesome!!! 

[Wrightwood]

There's so much history that involves the Cajon Pass

[Joe Schmoe]

Excellent videos!  They do a great job labeling sites in the video in a way that aligns what you see when you are there.  For what it's worth I do have a picture of the old buildings near the McDonalds at the 138 is one I took during the evening of the Blue Cut Fire in 2002.  What a day that was.  It was taken with an ancient digital camera looking down from the 138 just north of the 15 on/offramp where I was turned around by CHP and sent back to Hesperia.  You can barely see them in the lower left-hand corner.

[MTHIGHLVR]

Ah yes Tiffany`s, I ate there many, many times in the late 60s and early 70s. They had the best biscuits and gravy and French dips. 

[GRAHAM_RANCH]

They sure did....that was my family eat-out place in the late 60s