1966 CONOCO Gas Station Road Map NEW MEXICO Route 66 Albuquerque Santa Fe Taos

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1966 CONOCO Gas Station Road Map NEW MEXICO Route 66 Albuquerque Santa Fe Taos
Handsome fold-out Conoco road map of New Mexico, printed more than 48 years ago.
This map opens to 27" x 18" and has great detail on old highway alignments, including U.S. Route 66, with cartography by H.M. Gousha. There are inset plans of Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
Among the other named places are Roswell, Las Vegas, Carlsbad, Taos, Tusas, Park View, Silver City, and Truth or Consequences. The map also labels U.S. Route 666, nicknamed the "Devil's Highway" because of the reference in the Bible (Revelation 13:18):
Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.
Although the road's designation was simply the result of its being the sixth branch of U.S. 66, it generated sufficient controversy that a few years ago the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials gave it a new number: U.S. 491. Consequently, U.S. 666 no longer appears on today's maps.
The map was distributed by the Continental Oil Company in 1966 and is dated in the legend. The code number in the lower margin is 6-NN. Tiny triangles locate Conoco gas stations along highways in the state, and there's a Conoco logo and the slogan "Hottest Brand Going!" on the back cover:
Condition:
This map is in very good condition, bright and clean, with
no
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