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ANADARKO BASIN MUSEUM
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Route 66 World News is located in the old Casa Grande Hotel, host to the 1931 National Route 66 Convention. It was built in the late 1920's and promoted as the only fireproof hotel between Oklahoma City and Amarillo. The Casa Grande Hotel is also home of the Anadarko Basin Museum of Natural History. |
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The Anadarko Basin Museum of Natural History is located on Route 66 in Elk City, Oklahoma. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is also site of one of the world's largest drilling rigs, 181 feet tall, and visible from Interstate 40. The museum is a non-profit organization and accepts donations. If you might be interested in donating, please contact John West at 204 N. Main, Elk City, Ok, 73644 or call us at 580-243-0437.
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The ABMNH has an outstanding collection of minerals, fossils, rocks, Native American artifacts, oil & gas memorabilia, art & photographs, oil & gas exploration and production equipment. Our goal is to portray a relationship to Route 66, oil & gas, & to provide an extensive tourist information center. |
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The regional nature of the museum encompasses a large, natural geologic wonder known as the Anadarko Basin. This basin covers most of the area roughly bounded by Oklahoma City, Anadarko, Amarillo, Guymon, Dodge City, and Blackwell. Some of the deepest natural-gas wells on Earth have been in the Anadarko Basin. |
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