Kingman Andy Devine/ Route 66 downtown from Fourth to Third

 On the north side of Andy Devine is a lot of history and art.  This includes a parking lot where the Harvey restaurant was located, Hotel Beale, Hotel Brunswick, Garibaldi's restaurant, Old Trails Garage and on the corner is the running hare and an informational kiosk that talks about the history of theater in the Kingman area.  Hotel Brunswick now houses an art gallery but only available by appointment.  

Two murals on the side of Hotel Beale

Native American Pictures and Artifacts: Mohave Museum of History and Art

 Items form the Mohave Museum of History and Art include many pots and baskets, dolls and photographs, mortars and pestles.  Some of the items are actually in the library.

Andy Devine at Kingman History Museum, Visitors Center

 At the Kingman History Museum the display for Andy Devine has been moved.  There is no longer an Andy Devine theater and the items are pushed to the front of the museum instead of in the back by the theater.  Even so there is a representation of several Andy Devine movies and t.v. shows.  

As Jingles

His saddle is large and elaborate

With his boys

from Flipper

Visitors Center picture of Andy Devine

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.