Route 66 Centennial Speaker Series

The NM Route 66 Centennial Speaker Series is presented on the 4th Saturday of the month at 11:00am at the Gutierrez-Hubbell House, 6029 Isleta Blvd SW, Albuquerque, NM 87105. This historic location is along the original 1926 path of Route 66.  Presented by the Albuquerque Historical Society, East Mountain Historical Society, Historic Albuquerque, Inc., and Los Ranchos Historical Society.

January 24, Richard Ruddy, An Iconic View: Route 66 in Downtown Albuquerque.

February 28, Roland Penttila, Little Beaver Town.

March 28, Jennifer Bohnhoff, The Civil War on Route 66.

April 25, Gary Herron, Motels on Route 66/Central Avenue in Albuquerque.

May 23, Abraham Santillanes, Why turn left at Albuquerque? Albuquerque, Route 66 and the many roads that came before.

June 27, Jacqueline Murray Loring, The KiMo Theatre: Fact and Folklore

July 25, Roger Zimmerman, Rerouting Route 66 through New Mexico.  

August 22, Joseph Sabatini, North Fourth Street – Albuquerque's Original Route 66.

September 26, Prickly Pear Festival Weekend.

October 24, Open Space Fall Farm Festival Weekend.

November 28, Lynne Franchini Peckinpaugh, The Italian's Pathway to Prosperity on Albuquerque's Route 66.