Inside a Vintage Route 66 Gas Station

In this video I will show you what is like to live on ROUTE 66 and give you a tour of my home a Historic route 66 GAS STATION called Valentine Station.

Here we will visit some GHOSTS OF ROUTE 66 PAST that surround Valentine Station, on the West Side of Valentine Arizona 86437.

AZ Fun Run video with RVerTV at Valentine Station

Peter Fonda’s Quarter??
MA’S PLACE Route 66 Restaurant
Fountain Lodge Hotel
Chief’s Hotel
Bert’s Country Dancing
Watch this video to see Bert's in 1989
Union 76 gas station & Valentine Post Office.

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[SonnyPruitt-qs]

Im 67 years old and I miss the old days when the world was simple and slower..great video.

[DennisVanScoy]

My parents used 66 a lot to go from Missouri to Calif so I feel like I grew up on it. This was the 60s when a lot of businesses were still open. A special place to many of us.

[TheGramophoneGirl]

Every once in a while Youtube comes up with a gem of a video like this. Really enjoyed it. Thank you from the UK

[rss]

Waiting for the inside tour!!! thanks for taking the time to make this.. enjoyed it. drove through V a couple weeks ago.

[BulletproofPastor]

I remember walking home with an empty gas can because there was NO WAY I was going to pay 27 cents for a gallon of gas! That was about 1965. In 1974 I regularly drove between Biloxi MS and Ft. Walton Beach FL. I filled my tank for 25 cents/gallon regularly. That's a pretty stable economy for NINE YEARS. Look what's happened to the dollar since then.

[pudintain]

When I was a kid my parents made me ride in the back of a station wagon from MO to CA, all on route 66. I didn't appreciate it back then, but I'd love to do it all over again.

Thanks for the tour.

[epice]

You should fix up that 57 Ford it looks beautiful, I’m only in high school but I’m restoring a 1948 Buick Roadmaster. My friends and I are planning on taking it on a Route 66 trip when we graduate. We’ll have to stop by.

[kingforaday]

WOW!!! Nice!!! Brings back a flood of memories traveling along these hot, dusty, lonely, roads in the late 50's to late 60's on our way to/from a vacation spot. Mom, dad, and three kids travelling in a pickup camper or a station wagon/Shasta trailer, none with an air conditioner of course. We would pull into one of these little towns having a string of buildings on both sides of the road. Couple of gas stations, several motels, 3-4 bars, and a mom-n-pop convivence store. Days liked to stop somewhere by about 7:00 PM as he didnt like being on the road after dark. Seems there was always a spot available to park an RV with water and electricity. Dad would check the vehicles, mom would start dinner, us kids would run around jumping over fences and walls oblivious to faded, rusty, bullet ridden keep out and no trespassing signs.
Hot???? Absolutely! Sometimes we sought temporary refuge in the convivence store taking our time buying something. When the sun started going down dad would break out the lawn chairs and we'd chat about our next leg of our journey or with another RV traveler next door. Night time was a huge relief from the heat. Often times by morning we would need a blanket or jacket as the desert could get very cold at night. I would absolutely love to relive those days.

[koz]

I grew up at a gas station. The office was in the front of the house, connected but only accessible from in the driveway by the pumps. The service station was right next to the house. I had to pump gas every time the buzzer went off while I was doing homework. I've always had an affinity to gas stations, especially the old ones and have always wanted to live in one or have a house built to look like one. This place is very cool, and on route 66 to boot. Awesome

[Wrongway-vblj]

I always dreamed of living in a gas station. Now I am older and settled in. Buddy ya sure got me thinking. Thankyou!

[seanmcarthur]

That’s really cool to live right on Route 66 awesome

[jonathanfreedomst]

Asba 43 year old soul, my heart is there even tho I've never been... cheers From Toledo Ohio 🇺🇲🙏🏼

[ArkansasOff-Grid]

Very kewl man, Really a shame what the interstate did to all the old places along 66, Thx for trying to Keep history alive.

[timothybrunelle]

Im 72 and my dad owned a Citgo station in South Burlington, Vermont. Me and my 2 brothers worked for him. He got it in 1968. love your channel.

[KennethByers-wj]

I lived in the place you call the the Valintine Station from about 1964 until 1970. The station was called the Great Western. The wide place in the road was named Annadale. The fruit juice place was a lemonade and orangeade stand. The so called Chief’s motel was the Griggs hotel. There was a small gas station and hamburger joint next door. That was Chiefs place. He was the owner of the Great Western in the 50ties. My uncle bought it from him and he move down the street and leased the station and store. Valentine is the Indian reservation town 3 miles east. It was the BIA headquarters. The post office was at that zoo east of Valentine.

[williamsedlock]

I purchased a 1966 Cadillac years ago and it had a bumper sticker on the back of it from that country dancing club bar? I'll never forget it

[Bo-hbeo]

This is pretty cool. I prefer Jackson Browne’s version of take it easy. But I have been standing on that corner in Winslow Arizona, that was awesome! Shout out to the guy who may have saved my life that night. I had picked up hitchhikers that would not get out of my car. He told me to wait till he got off work and he would get rid of them. Let’s just say… He did. I spent the night at his house with his wife and five children, they fed me pizza, I slept on the couch and locked the door in the morning when I left. Thank you so much sir. I really do believe you saved my life! If I ever get that way again I’ll make sure to say hi.

[jiltedamerica]

We sure enjoyed our trip on 66 in our '77 Ramcharger. We made it as far as Williams, Az and the Grand Canyon. You have a beautiful place!

[robmullin]

Awesome! This was 🔥 thanks for sharing! I enjoy learning about the history of Route 66.

[sharonm.t.]

I'll have to rewatch Easy Rider to check out that scene 🙌