• Hackberry General Store - Hackberry, Arizona

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      Photo by Peter Thody
      Anywhere else, this collection of gas pumps, rusting trucks, vintage signs and rickety buildings might be seen as an eyesore, but this dusty old store and gas station - first opened in 1934 - is shrine to all things Route 66. The building laid empty from 1978 until 1992 when it was re-opened and reinvigorated by Bob Waldmire, famed for his hand-drawn maps of Route 66 (and whose VW camper provided the inspiration for Cars character Fillmore), and has become a must-stop destination along this part of the highway

      If you go:
      It no longer sells gas - or even the general goods it once provided - but now serves as a museum, tourist information centre and souvenir store. Waldmire sold the business to John and Kerry Pritchard in 1998, and they are still there today.

      Links:




      11255 E Hwy 66
      Hackberry, Arizona 86411 USA
      RT66SW@gmail.com


      Phone Numbers:

      +1 (928) 769-2605