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Unlike Tim White and Walt Wilson, who had marketed the town as a ghost-town location for film and television productions, Okura planned on restoring the town for Route 66 tourists and sees the purchase of the town as part of his "destiny". [5] [9] On April 28, 2008, Roy's reopened. The renovations and repairs cost $100,000.
The town was sold to Southern California preservation patron Albert Okura, [5] after he made a pledge to Bessie Burris to restore Roy's, keep its original Route 66 aesthetic, reopen it, and to open a new museum showcasing Amboy's history. Okura acquired approximately 950 acres, which contained the town and Roy's Motel and Café, for $425,000 on ...
Amboy has been beset by a series of crises that stretch back more than half a century. But owner Kyle Okura hopes to turn it around. No less than his father's legacy is at stake.
Bagdad is located along the historic U.S. Route 66, east of Barstow and Ludlow, and west of Amboy and Needles. [2] The town was founded in 1883 when the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway line between Barstow and Needles was built. At this time, Bagdad provided services to the Orange Blossom Mine several miles to the north, and to the War ...
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Rice, formerly named Blythe Junction, is a former town in the Rice Valley and the southern tip of the Mojave Desert, and within unincorporated San Bernardino County, southern California. Although it is still on many maps, the only things remaining there are the Rice Shoe Tree and an unmanned railroad siding.
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