Get your kicks at Fort Courage
The Fort Courage Tradinng Post in Houck is a landmark Route 66 tourist attraction. © 2011 Gallup Independent / Cable Hoover

By Dalina Castellanos
Diné Bureau

HOUCK — Route 66 was a happening place in the 1950s.
People from Illinois to California drove along the highway to “get their kicks” and to get to their favorite vacation spot.

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