History of Kingman as per the Route 66 Museum

The Kingman area was part of a series of Native American Trails which facilitated travel and trade.  

The Beale Trail ran through the Kingman area as a route traveling east to west to California.  The city of Kingman came into existence after Lewis Kingman, working for the railroad, established a station in Kingman.  

With the coming of the railroad came a train station and a Harvey Restaurant with Harvey Girls.

Route 66 was established in 1926.  The route extended from Chicago to Los Angeles.  It was important in the transoort of thousands during the depression who fled land devastated by dust storms.  

 Charles Lindbergh about this time came to Kingman, establishing a string of airports across the United States.  This was part of Trans World Airlines as well as setting up mail service.  

How Kingman may have looked at this time.

During WWII Kingman and the Army Air Field were central to the war effort.

A tragic even in the 1970s was a fire in Kingman which killed twelve people.

More recently another fire took lives in Arizona.