Foyil Oklahoma Route 66 Photography
Alfred Foyil a Confederate soldier and courier during the American Civil War, was the first to settle the area, and became the first postmaster 1890 and the town was named for him. Route 66 come through in 1926 and brought prosperity to the town until the great depression.
Andrew Hartley Payne a resident of Foyil won the 1928 Great Transconitnetal Footrace, began in Los Angeles 3-4-28, ended 3,422.3 miles later in New York City 5-26-28.
Foyil is home to the world’s Largest Concrete Totem Pole, the park features a 90 foot totem pole that towers over the park in a vivid array of folk art colors. Ed Galloway built the totem pole over an 11 year period from 1937 to 1948, utilizing some 28 tons of cement, six tons of steel, and 100 tons of sand and rock. His tribute to the American Indian features 200 carved pictures, with four nine-foot Indians near the top each representing a different tribe.
Foyil Oklahoma Route 66 Photo Gallery
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Oklahoma Route 66 Photo Galleries
My name is Greg Disch and I am a freelance photographer with a passion for taking photos of Route 66. I have been photographing Route 66 for the past several years and have accumulated one of the largest collections of contemporary Route 66 photography. My images are all available online for immediate sale and download or may be ordered as photographic prints. If you need photos from Route 66, or just want to take a virtual tour of the “Mother Road” you can travel from town to town using the interactive map or search by subject.
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Use the map + – controls to zoom in and out, use the Map drop-down to change to “Map”, “Satellite”, “Hybrid”, or “Terrain” views. Drag the little man icon from the upper left corner to a map location for street level view. Click on a pushpin for more information about the Photographic Destination, then click on the title to go to the location page.
