SEABA STATION MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM

CHANDLER, OK

Route 66 Bowl - Chandler, OK This bowling establishment is located along Route 66. They have a nice sign and if you stop and drive through the parking lot, they have many gas station signs like the Texaco in the background. On the inside, there is more Route 66 and vintage sign theming.
Route 66 Bowl - Chandler, OK Credit: SeeMidTN.com (aka Brent)

SEABA Station Motorcycle Museum is located in Chandler, Oklahoma, and it is a unique museum that showcases the history of motorcycles in the United States. The museum is housed in a historic gas station that dates back to the 1920s, and it has been carefully restored to its original condition. The museum features a collection of vintage motorcycles, including Harley-Davidson, Indian, and Triumph models, as well as other rare and unique brands.

The museum's collection includes motorcycles from the early 1900s through the 1980s, and it showcases the evolution of motorcycle design and technology over time. Visitors can see classic motorcycles like the 1913 Indian Board Track Racer, the 1948 Harley-Davidson Panhead, and the 1969 Triumph Bonneville.

In addition to the motorcycles on display, the museum also features a variety of vintage motorcycle memorabilia, including posters, helmets, and other accessories. There are also interactive exhibits that allow visitors to learn more about the history of motorcycles and the people who rode them.

Overall, SEABA Station Motorcycle Museum is a must-visit destination for anyone who loves motorcycles and wants to learn more about their history in the United States. The museum is open to the public and offers a unique and engaging experience for visitors of all ages.

SEABA STATION MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM is a Uncategorized or General Museum in CHANDLER OK. US MID #8404000008

The museum is classed as GMU (Uncategorized or General Museums). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Mount Plains (Colorado, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming).

Route 66 Bowl - Chandler, OK This bowling establishment is located along Route 66. They have a nice sign and if you stop and drive through the parking lot, they have many gas station signs like the Texaco in the background. On the inside, there is more Route 66 and vintage sign theming.
Abandoned 100 year old Route 66 gas station with Counterfeiting operation This spot is about 3 miles east of Arcadia along Route 66. Here is the text of the site's description in the little white box in the middle. Historic Route 66 Site This is one of the last old gasoline stations still standing in this part of the country. No one knows for sure, but it is thought to have been built in the late teens or early twenties. It had two pumps, one for regular gas and one for ethyl, which was a little higher octane. Oil was dispensed from a 50-gallon drum, which was laid down on its side on a wooden frame. A spigot was put in the end of the drum, under which you would put a quart can, then taken to your car and put in the motor. Seeing there was no electricity out here at the time, most homes and buildings were lighted by kerosene lamps or lanterns. Kerosene was dispensed the same way oil was, from a metal drum, put in your container and take home. Cold soda pop was sold only on days when the ice man made it by. The pop was put in a large metal box with chipped ice over it. Hard candy was sold most of the time; chocolate was sold only in the winter, because in the summer it would melt - since there were no refrigerators. Back then, times were hard and it was difficult to make a living. One day, about the time Al Capone was terrorizing the City of Chicago, a so-called salesman came by the station, offering to sell the owners a way to make a lot of money, literally, for he had a set of plates for a counterfeit ten dollar bill. The story goes that the people yielded to temptation, with the thought of being able to get rich quick. A small room was constructed in the back of the old station for the purpose of hiding the printing materials and a place to work. The only entrance was through the window you see on the back wall of the station. The window had a solid wooden door, which was kept closed most of the time. People didn't even know there was a room back there. The way the counterfeiting was done was that they would press one of the plates on a piece of paper with green ink on it, then let that side dry for 24 hours, and print the back side of the bill the next day. Things went along just fine for a time, but while passing one of the fake ten dollar bills, one of the persons was arrested, and with the identification on him where he lived, he was traced to the old station. While searching the building, the counterfeit plates were found. So ended this crime spree, like so many others. The person being taken to jail was overheard to say, "it wasn't worth it!" The old station was closed, never to open again. Many years later, which had nothing to do with the counterfeiting, a murder victim was found in the old abandoned building. Police were unable to determine whether he was killed here or the body just dumped. The victim was never identified, for he had no identification on him and no one seemed to know him. Please be careful entering this fragile old building. The Owners Rock of Ages Farm
Abandoned 100 year old Route 66 gas station with Counterfeiting operation This spot is about 3 miles east of Arcadia along Route 66. Here is the text of the site's description in the little white box in the middle. Historic Route 66 Site This is one of the last old gasoline stations still standing in this part of the country. No one knows for sure, but it is thought to have been built in the late teens or early twenties. It had two pumps, one for regular gas and one for ethyl, which was a little higher octane. Oil was dispensed from a 50-gallon drum, which was laid down on its side on a wooden frame. A spigot was put in the end of the drum, under which you would put a quart can, then taken to your car and put in the motor. Seeing there was no electricity out here at the time, most homes and buildings were lighted by kerosene lamps or lanterns. Kerosene was dispensed the same way oil was, from a metal drum, put in your container and take home. Cold soda pop was sold only on days when the ice man made it by. The pop was put in a large metal box with chipped ice over it. Hard candy was sold most of the time; chocolate was sold only in the winter, because in the summer it would melt - since there were no refrigerators. Back then, times were hard and it was difficult to make a living. One day, about the time Al Capone was terrorizing the City of Chicago, a so-called salesman came by the station, offering to sell the owners a way to make a lot of money, literally, for he had a set of plates for a counterfeit ten dollar bill. The story goes that the people yielded to temptation, with the thought of being able to get rich quick. A small room was constructed in the back of the old station for the purpose of hiding the printing materials and a place to work. The only entrance was through the window you see on the back wall of the station. The window had a solid wooden door, which was kept closed most of the time. People didn't even know there was a room back there. The way the counterfeiting was done was that they would press one of the plates on a piece of paper with green ink on it, then let that side dry for 24 hours, and print the back side of the bill the next day. Things went along just fine for a time, but while passing one of the fake ten dollar bills, one of the persons was arrested, and with the identification on him where he lived, he was traced to the old station. While searching the building, the counterfeit plates were found. So ended this crime spree, like so many others. The person being taken to jail was overheard to say, "it wasn't worth it!" The old station was closed, never to open again. Many years later, which had nothing to do with the counterfeiting, a murder victim was found in the old abandoned building. Police were unable to determine whether he was killed here or the body just dumped. The victim was never identified, for he had no identification on him and no one seemed to know him. Please be careful entering this fragile old building. The Owners Rock of Ages Farm
Rock Cafe Sign - Stroud, OK Rock Cafe is an Iconic Route 66 restaurant in Stroud, OK. The Rock used to build it came from the construction of Route 66 and the owner was the inspiration of a Pixar Cars character. Here is its wikipedia article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Caf%C3%A9" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Caf%C3%A9</a> The Rock Café in Stroud, Oklahoma, a historic restaurant on U.S. Route 66, takes its name from the local sandstone used in its construction. Originally built in 1936 and opened in 1939, the Rock Café reopened on May 29, 2009 after extensive repairs by historic preservationist David Burke due to damage from a 2008 fire. The restaurant's cookbook, written during the rebuilding effort, was published in November 2009. Rock Café proprietor Dawn Welch, a long-time promoter of U.S. Route 66 in Oklahoma selected by The Oklahoman as Oklahoma's 2009 Woman of the Year, is the basis for animated character Sally Carrera in the Pixar film Cars. History Roy Rieves started building the Rock Café in 1936 during the Dust Bowl era of the Great Depression and relied on local materials to build the café's distinctive stone exterior, doing much of the construction work himself or hiring students. The original costs included $100 for the land and $5 for local Kellyville sandstone left over from construction on the U.S. Route 66 roadway which had come to Stroud, Oklahoma in 1926. The café opened in August 1939, initially operating under manager Miss Thelma Holloway, and was a busy local Greyhound bus stop during World War II. Its neon signage was installed in the late 1940s. Mamie Mayfield operated the Rock Café twenty-four hours a day in 1959 and retired at age 70 on July 14, 1983. Business from cross-country truckers declined with the construction of Interstate 44 in Oklahoma, a toll road, although Highway 66 remains as a free alternative to the Turner Turnpike. After U.S. Route 66 was decommissioned in 1985, highway 66 became Oklahoma State Highway 66. Dawn Welch, the current proprietor, acquired the café from Ed Smalley in 1993. Mamie J. Mayfield's (December 22, 1912 - September 25, 1994) name was kept alive in the form of a souvenir shop, Mamie's General Store. In 1999, an F3 tornado heavily damaged Stroud, destroying the town's 53-store Tanger Outlet mall and wiping out a handful of key local employers including a Sygma food service distribution facility. The Rock Café survived, though its neon sign was damaged, but business was down by half due to the state of the fragile local economy. In 2001, the Rock Café was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying it for matching grants and loans to finance its historic restoration. When the first Pixar crews researching Route 66 stopped at the Rock Café in 2001, restoration and repair of the 1999 tornado damage was not yet complete; the neon flickered briefly but failed to come to life. With a federal grant and a loan of $30,000 in matching funds, the Rock Café was restored with new heating and air conditioning systems, replacement of the original wiring, restoration of neon signage and a return of the building to its original layout. In 2007, travelling artist Bob Waldmire depicted the café in one of his works; Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives also devoted part of an episode to the Rock. On January 21, 2010, Dawn Welch appeared on NBC-TV´s Today show, cooking and promoting her book. The January 2010 edition of "Oklahoma Living" magazine named the Rock Café "Best Oklahoma Diner", featuring its proprietor in a cover photo. Stroud, Oklahoma also slowly began to recover economically through increased activity in the oil and gas sectors and in tourism. While the destroyed outlet shopping mall was not rebuilt, the community successfully marketed its industrial park, and is now a leading small city in oilfield manufacturing and transportation, particularly in the rail and pipeline sectors.
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Vintage Phillips 66 on Route 66 - Chandler, OK At the link below, there is a story about new owners who last year bought this vintage cottage-style gas station and have begun preservation efforts. They also have a facebook page as "Westfall Station" <a href="https://www.route66news.com/2021/10/08/new-owners-get-busy-restoring-landmark-phillips-66-cottage-style-station-in-chandler/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.route66news.com/2021/10/08/new-owners-get-busy-restor...</a> The station originally opened in 1930 as Phillips 66 station No. 1423 and operated for about 60 years. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
Stroud Area Veterans Monument This small park is located along Route 66 in Stroud, OK next door to the iconic Rock Cafe. Uploaded in honor of Veterans Day 2022.
Lincoln Motel neon sign - Chandler, OK Lincoln Motel is a vintage motel along Route 66 in Chandler. This is also in Lincoln County, named for President Lincoln.
Lincoln Motel - Chandler, OK Lincoln Motel is a vintage motel along Route 66 in Chandler. This is also in Lincoln County, named for President Lincoln. Standalone rooms aren't really seen any more, although these are each dual units which would make them small by today's standards.
Drink Coca-Cola mural - Stroud, OK The restored Drink Coca-Cola mural is located along Route 66 in downtown Stroud, OK. According to the white box on the left, this was restored by Palmer Ackerman in April 2020. In the box above it, it once was previously restored by the Stroud Library Society, but a while ago where the date isn't visible.
Skyliner Motel - Route 66 - Stroud, OK No Vacancy

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SEABA STATION MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM
336992 E HIGHWAY 66
CHANDLER
OK
74834

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MID # 8404000008
Name SEABA STATION MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM
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Classification Uncategorized or General Museums, , Mount Plains
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)
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LAT/LONG 35.692202, -96.928703
CODES FIPS State Code: 40
FIPS County Code: 081
US Census Tract: 961700
US Census Block: 2041