Purchased in 2005 by Albert Okura, Amboy now honors the Japanese American man who spent his life preserving symbols of Americana<\/p>\n
This small town, like so many along Route 66, should be dead. Doomed by the rise of modern highways and the harsh Mojave Desert environment, Amboy should look like its abandoned neighboring towns. Yet, on a crisp November day, Amboy thrummed with friends and travelers swapping stories about the area\u2019s history, the family that saved it, and the road that led them there.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the mother road,\u201d said Digger Simpson, 61, gesturing towards the legendary Route 66 that once was the nation\u2019s main artery for travel from Chicago to Santa Monica, California. \u201cIt\u2019s Americana \u2013 it\u2019s mom-and-pop restaurants and gas stations,\u201d he added, reflecting on the nostalgia that drew him from Twentynine Palms to Amboy to celebrate Albert Okura, the man credited with injecting life back into the town.<\/p>\n
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