Comments on: Parks Arizona – Route 66

By: Jerry Pevehouse

Jerry Pevehouse — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:36:05 +0000

Hi April! I married a friend of yours, Lissa. We purchased the old store in December and she is running it full speed by herself (for now). I appreciate the article on the store so much, I had to comment on it. We have been trying to accurately date the store. I've spent hours at the Courthouse to find anything of importance, without much merit. Guess old records are hard to find. Most say the store was built at least in 1921, but some say it was built in 1906, and moved in 1921. Who knows? Thanks for the writeup, and come by to visit the new changes to the store! Jerry

By: April Quesinberry

April Quesinberry — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:12:50 +0000

Hi. I just wanted to comment on the great pics. My Dad used to own and run the old Parks Store for about 10 years. I lived in Parks for a few years while in Jr. High and a little into High School so my little p/t job was errands for the old store. Stocking, sweeping, playing Mr. Post office Queen! I haven't been back since 1983 and have been told it has changed a lot ( like everything.) It used to have the old cooler for storing that had the big old iron door. The post office was a classic vintage from the 1800's and the post man would bring our mail in via Potato Sacks. Dad always kept it as close to original as possible and the only source of heat was a old wood burning stove. Let me tell you that cutting 25 cords of wood every summer is no picnic! All the locals would come in, sit down at an old rickety table and chairs and drink their coffee and talk about nothing and everything.It's as if time never touches that place. It always warms my heart to think about Parks. Again, thanks for the photos.

By: Arizona Route 66 in 1991 « Mrzip66

Arizona Route 66 in 1991 « Mrzip66 — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:58:05 +0000

[...] there, we drove up to Parks to drive yet again another old alignment of the mother road. Parks Arizona to this day is still one of my favorite Sections of Route [...]