Heading east on the more modern Route 66 thru Albuquerque, NM...The Madonna of the Trail monument was first placed in Albuquerque in 1928 by The National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution to honor the strength and spirit of the pioneer women who traveled the National Old Trails Road (sections of which became Route 66). The statue shows a stern-faced pioneer woman holding a baby in one arm and a rifle in the other. A young boy clings to her skirt.
Heading east on the more modern Route 66 thru Albuquerque, NM...The KiMo Theater was built in 1927 in the Art Deco Pueblo Revival style of architecture, which is a blend of adobe building styles, decorative motifs from indigenous cultures, and the use of soaring lines and linear repetition. It is named for the Tewa word that means “mountain lion” and was designed by the Boller Brothers who designed about 100 Route 66 era theaters in the Midwest and West.
Heading east on the more modern Route 66 thru Albuquerque, NM...