Education
Students carry Ute culture forward at Ute Mountain Ute school
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe has more than 2,000 enrolled members but fewer than 100 fluent Ute speakers remain, highlighting the importance of these classes.
Route 66
WILD TRAVELS goes off the beaten track to celebrate America's unusual festivals, little-known museums, outsider artists and unconventional characters. The Emmy® award-winning series is smart, funny, unexpected and a bit irreverent, spotlighting our country's most colorful, offbeat and quirky destinations.
Route 66
Wild Travels Episode 2 | 26m 33s | CC
Host Will Clinger drives the Illinois leg of historic ROUTE 66 to find: the birthplace of the COZY DOG in Springfield; a city hall with a phone booth on its roof in LINCOLN; the land-yacht of itinerant Route 66 artist Bob Waldmire in PONTIAC; a roadside attraction called HENRY’S RABBIT RANCH; and then rides along at the annual bike race/eating contest known as the TOUR DE DONUT in Staunton.
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