Front Page Hillbilly and Race in the Queen City 21 Sep 202318 Jun 2026 The next city Highway 50 meets heading westward is Cincinnati, Ohio, coined "the queen city" for its sublime features since at least 1819. Highway 50's course through Cincinnati mostly clings…
Front Page Cisco Clifton’s Fillin Station and Utah’s Uranium Boom 5 Jul 202518 Jun 2026 Widespread enthusiasm for America's “Central Pleasure Route” did not endure, as controversy over Highway 50's potential place in the 1956 Interstate Highway System, which offered some communities a Faustian pact…
Front Page “One Must Imagine Sisyphus High on Benzedrine…” 30 Jan 202618 Jun 2026 ** Movie spoilers ahead ** 1971’s Vanishing Point, starring Barry Newman and filmed mostly on or near Highway 50, is a nearly-forgotten masterpiece critiquing the counterculture values of the late-hippy…