Running Paint Horses Mural, Tucumcari, New Mexico Poster

"Running Paint Horses Mural, Tucumcari, New Mexico" by Catherine Sherman This mural on the side of a restaurant in Tucumcari, New Mexico, is said to be of a painting of an old photograph of running paint horses, taken on Route 66 in 1959. Running paint is the backdrop. Unfortunately, the restaurant building was removed some time after I took the photograph of the mural in April 2014. The restaurant was the Rockin' Ys' Roadhouse on Route 66. I don't know whether the mural was saved. U.S. Route 66 (US 66 or Route 66), also known as the Will Rogers Highway and as the Main Street of America or the Mother Road, was one of the original highways within the U.S. Highway System. Route 66 was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year. The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in America, originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before ending at Santa Monica, California, covering a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km). It was recognized in popular culture by both the hit song "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" and the Route 66 television show in the 1960s.