Seligman (Arizona)
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.jpg) Welcome sign at the entrance to Seligman |
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| Location in Arizona | |||
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| Foundation : | 1889-1891 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Arizona | ||
| County : | Yavapai County | ||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 20 ′ N , 112 ° 53 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 456 (Stand:) | ||
| Height : | 1598 m | ||
| Postal code : | 86337 | ||
| Area code : | +1 928 | ||
| FIPS : | 04-65420 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0011070 | ||
 Delgadillos Snow Cap |
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Seligman is a small town in the US state of Arizona . Its location on the former Route 66 made it a tourist attraction after reconsidering the importance of this old east-west connection. The place calls itself the "birthplace of historic Route 66".
history
Between 1889 and 1891, Seligman was founded by two families from the southern states who lost their property after the American Civil War and then moved west. They found a new home in the largely uninhabited area south of the Grand Canyon in present-day Arizona . They took over the area of today's Seligman from the Cherokee Indians .
After Interstate Highway 40 was completed, Seligman, like many other locations on Route 66, was cut off overnight from through traffic on this important east-west link. For most of the towns along Route 66 with their motels, restaurants, and gas stations, however, people passing through were the main economic factor. Many places fell into disrepair.
Route 66 nostalgia
With the wave of nostalgia for the old Route 66 as America's “mother road” at the end of the 1980s, the small town of Seligman became the focus of worldwide interest. One of the best-preserved and particularly picturesque sections of the old road, coming from the east, begins in Seligman and leads to Kingman , over the winding Sitgreaves Pass to Oatman and the Colorado bank at Topock.
In Seligman is the original fast-food restaurant Delgadillo's Snow Cap Drive-In , which was opened by Juan Delgadillo in 1953 and has since achieved cult status. Until his death on June 2, 2004, he entertained his guests with original sayings and funny jokes. His brother Angel Delgadillo , one of the initiators and co-founders of the Route 66 Association, ran the local hair salon next door for decades, which has become a meeting place for Route 66 enthusiasts from all over the world and now mainly serves as a souvenir shop.
In interviews, filmmaker John Lasseter revealed that the fictional location Radiator Springs in his Oscar-nominated Pixar animated film Cars is primarily based on Seligman. While researching Route 66, he met old barber Angel Delgadillo, who told him about what it was like when Seligman was cut off from traffic overnight and the town's revenue stopped.
General store
Route 66 sign in Arizona
literature
- Michael Wallis: Route 66: The Mother Road, Griffin (2008) ISBN 0-312-28161-7 .
- Holger Hoetzel: Route 66: Straße der Sehnsucht , Ullstein; (1992) ISBN 3-550-06558-2 .
- Tom Snyder: Route 66: Traveler's Guide and Roadside Companion Griffin (2000) ISBN 0-312-25417-2 .
- Armin E. Möller: A small village trumps - USA. A hairdresser saved Seligman from the past on the legendary Route 66 in Arizona - a woman from Wiesbaden bakes German cakes there, a man from Mainz runs a lodge in: ReiseJournal. The travel magazine of the Rhein Main Presse from March 21, 2015
