Next city heading west on 66 is Elk City, OK. The Casa Grande Hotel, built in 1928 by the Oklahoma City firm of Hawk & Parr, was the largest hotel on Route 66 between Oklahoma City and Amarillo. According to Blog Oklahoma, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
Next city heading west on 66 is Elk City, OK. Motorists along Route 66 expect to see many things—classic diners, period motels, and no shortage of tourist traps. But what such a traveler probably wasn’t expecting but certainly cannot miss, is the massive Parker Drilling Co. Rig 114, parked right along America’s Main Street. This 181 foot tall rig is one of the tallest rigs as well as the deepest drilling and stands as testament to the rich drilling history in Elk City, OK, the “Natural Gas Capital of the World"
