The Texas Bucket List - Tower Station and U-Drop Inn in Shamrock
Off of old Route 66, we visit a gas station and cafe that has an incredible history.
U Drop Inn on Historic U.S. Route 66 in Shamrock, Texas
U Drop Inn on Historic U.S. Route 66 in Shamrock, Texas
Our Town Shamrock: The U-Drop Inn
Take a ride down historic Route 66 and there's a place in the town of Shamrock you just can't miss.
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A drive through Shamrock, TX on Rt. 66, June 1994
Video recorded from my 1988 Mercury Cougar as I drove east bound on Texas US 66 into and through most of Shamrock, Texas back on June 14, 1994. This is when the iconic Art Deco style U-Drop Inn (service station on left when stopping at light in town) which was built in 1936 was still pretty much just a FINA gas station and café. Hey, note the old overhead Whiting Bros. service station sign on the right towards the end of the video. Whiting Brothers was an independent company chain of gas stations that were located from California to Oklahoma. Many of them were built along Route 66, some with motels. Nearly all disappeared by the late 1980's, early 1990's. Today, one operating Whiting Brothers gas station hangs on, sort of, at Moriarty, New Mexico. Thanks for viewing and Happy Motoring!
U-Drop-Inn Cafe - Cities Skylines: Berrysville - 07
Berrysville is a small American town that's inspired by places along route 66 in Texas. The main focus is to capture the feeling of a present town that was bustling in the 30s, 40s and 50s when the route 66 was used, but now is suffering from the lack of traffic going through the town. The absence of traffic on the route made some of the motels, gas stations and stores go out of business. Now the town has a lot of old abandoned motels, gas stations and stores and the town is barely staying alive.
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Update…from the Tower Conoco in Shamrock, Texas…a Route 66 Icon!
Update…from the Tower Conoco in Shamrock, Texas…a Route 66 Icon!
RoadHacker: Shamrock, Texas
The tallest water tower in Texas is found in Shamrock. It is also the home of the U-Drop Inn.
Historic Route 66 - Shamrock - Texas | Drive America's Highways ????
Drive America's Highways where The historic Mother Road meets the Texas Panhandle in Shamrock Texas. Join us as we drive 3 miles through historic Shamrock and pass by the old U-DROP-INN Cafe on the old Route 66.
If you are driving the historic route, this is the first time Rt 66 branches off of Interstate 40 in Texas. Unfortunately, the route is only the 3 miles in Shamrock and then I-40 takes over again.
The reason for this is economics. If you look at the map at the beginning of the video (or Google Maps), you will see I-40 bend around Shamrock (and every other small town in Texas) while the historic Route 66 continues into the town as I-40 Business Loop -- obviously saving the state money in building new highways when they can simply upgrade existing ones -- in this case, Rt 66.
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Route 66 stop Shamrock TX
Shamrock TX Do Drop Inn - Route 66 Cars the movie
Route 66 - Shamrock, Texas
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Shamrock, Texas - Sex, Drugs & Porn Lead To Burglary of Shamrock Texas Radio Station (Again).
How crooked is Texas law??
This video demonstrates the level to which local town and county government has stooped in order to force a local radio station out of business. This is (I believe) the sixth or even the seventh time people have been caught entering the property unlawfully at this location.
Local prosecutors are always unwilling to investigate as to do so would reveal their involvement in the criminal activities which includes a broad-daylight armed robbery that was carried out by THREE CITY OFFICIALS on July 29th of 2002. (That video should be made available for display very soon by our attorneys. The audio is already available at in mp3 format long with much additional court certified evidence of these crimes.)
Three weeks prior to the recording of this video, we had found the locks cut from the door of our transmitter building. (This is probably what gives rise to the guy's constant repeating of It's supposed to have been unlocked.)
In the opening scene - taken while looking out of a window - note that one of the would-be thieves looks toward the window to be sure the coast is clear and then immediately turns to help the other would-be thief in snatching an air conditioning unit from it's mount so they could crawl through the resulting hole in the (steel) wall.
Of course Rick Walden, the local chief deputy, (as always) falls back to the claim that We ain't investigatin' no break-ins at that radio station 'cause there ain't no evidence that none has ever happened there. (He likes to call this lack of desire to investigate criminal activity a lack of sufficient evidence. But, if anyone with an ounce of a brain couldn't identify the would-be thieves by the videotape evidence and the multiple closeups of the vehicle and it's license plates, I'd call that a P-Poor Investigator...)
On the other hand, as Rick Walden has already confessed (the DA is too criminally inclined and inept to want to see this) to the THEFT of checks from the radio station - that he personally handed over to David Rushing, the primary crime figure involved in this fiasco. So, I can see why he would also not wish to implicate himself further.
Form your own opinion but, these guys really do admit to having been sent to pick up that equipment while also admitting that we really don't know what's going on.
Translation: Our crime boss (in another state) was authorized by a local crime boss to have us steal YOUR equipment.
This makes the subject of this video something that is called attempted felony interstate theft of property. This makes these guys VERY guilty of exactly that. Their admission to having been sent by an employer implicates the employer n a crime that is known as conspiracy to commit felony interstate theft of property. This also implicates the local crime bosses (and the chief deputy) as co-conspirators and accomplices.
Will they be prosecuted? NOPE! The local district attorney (Lynn Switzer) is also a co-conspirator and REFUSES to allow the prosecution of any of her crime buddies as this would subject her office to scrutiny that would reveal her active part in the criminal conspiracy!
No one from higher-up will investigate for fear of stepping on the toes of the local DA, one of which is already serving federal and state prison time for dealing in crystal meth and various other drugs OUT OF HIS COURTHOUSE OFFICES!!!
What better place to buy your dope than the very office that is supposed to prosecute drug users? They'll sell them to you, confiscate them again (steal them back) and then sell them again to someone else!
Only in TEXAS...
Full details (documented court evidence) is available to view at
Mercedes E Class Conoco Shamrock Tx 11 7 14
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Shamrock Texas Trip 3-17-12
Our trip to Shamrock to attend the St. Patrick's Day Event.
LUCILLE HAMONS - Hydro, OK - Route 66 - August 15, 1995
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Traveling Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac several times in the 1990's, my traveling companions and I knew even back then, how fortunate we were to have met visited with a handful of interesting personalities who had lived and worked on the old highway back in its heyday. One of those individuals was LUCILLE HAMONS who operated a filling station near Hydro, Oklahoma from 1941 until her death in 2000.
This video footage documents my third and final visit with her back in August 1995.
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John & M'Lisa's Honeymoon 3
We stopped in Shamrock Texas at the U-Drop-Inn.
Tyler getting into race car in Texas near U-Drop Inn Ramone's on US Route 66
Tyler enjoying getting into a race car near Ramone's Cars movie influence near U-Drop Inn store. Loved it off U.S. Route 66. #USRoute66
Drive Time - This is Route 66 in Shamrock - Texas - Cross Country Road Trip
This is Route 66 off I-40 in Shamrock, Texas and, as you can see, it is frozen and forgotten in time, which is exactly what makes it a worthwhile experience. Enjoy.
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ROUTE 66 and the Real Life Ramones
Visiting the Route 66 town of Shamrock TX. Home to the Conoco U drop Inn the real life inspiration for Ramones in Radiator Springs. Also checked out the Blarney Stone
A drive down Main Street Shamrock Texas
Just a drive Down Main Street in Shamrock Texas Home of Bill Mack...
USA on a Bicycle - Day 35 - Shamrock, TX