Route 66 Museum is local treasure

CLINTON DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL

There’s a jewel in Clinton’s back yard and it’s the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum. Thousands of travelers pass through its doors every year and there are many reasons why they do so.

One is the fascination with the “Mother Road” itself. It’s part of Americana. Retracing the path of Route 66 gives modern travelers a sense of shared adventure with those pioneers who struck out to forge a new life and seiz…