Route 66

Tijeras Canyon, near Albuquerque
Courtesy of Tom Herrera

Route 66, Tijeras Canyon
Courtesy of Tom Herrera and Rick Holben

Oasis Gas Station and Route 66, Carnuel
Postcard
Courtesy of Anthony Griego

Route 66, through Tijeras Canyon
In the 1950s the highway through Tijeras Canyon was realigned and widened to four lanes.
Courtesy of Tom Herrera and Rick Holben

Route 66, Tijeras Canyon
Courtesy of Tom Herrera and Rick Holben

Herrera Store and Office, Carnuel, early 1960s
Rosalia Griego Herrera and her husband Alejandro Herrera in front of their store and the office they rented out to an insurance agent. Herrera built the structure in 1951, after he could no longer farm and the busy highway made hauling wood to Albuquerque by wagon too dangerous. He ran it until about 1961. The building still stands at the east end of Carnuel, on the north side of Old 66.
Courtesy of Maria Herrera Dresser