Damn great burrito!
I took this pic back in 2019. This gas station, located near Hydro Oklahoma, comes with a story. This is Lucille’s, one of the best known stops on Route 66. It was owned by a lady named Lucille Hamons, who ran it for 59 years.
Lucille is well known to Route 66 travelers. She and her husband raised 3 children in the small apartment above the station. She continued running the station on her own after her children grew up and her husband passed away. She was known for her love of swapping stories with the travelers who stopped there. She was also known for her willingness to help those who needed assistance. She often would often buy broken down cars from travelers whose car had died along the route. She would then repair those cars and sell them cheap to other travelers whose cars had died. Her willingness to help those in need who stopped at her station earned her the title of Mother of the Mother Road.
Lucille passed in 2000. It’s closed now, but still being maintained. Lucille‘s grave lies in a cemetery not too far from her service station. Her tombstone bears the words “”Lucille Hamons, The Mother of the Mother Road” beneath a Route 66 shield.
There is a new restaurant on Rt66, just down the road a few miles in Weatherford, OK called Lucille’s that is a tribute to her old place and they have great hamburgers.