A Mother Road landmark that was lighter than air

PART 5
THE AMARILLO HELIUM PLANT, operated by the United States Bureau of Mines, was the first to produce helium from the extensive helium resources in the Texas Panhandle. From 1929 until 1943, it furnished almost all of the world's supply of helium. | TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
THE AMARILLO HELIUM PLANT, operated by the United States Bureau of Mines, was the first to produce helium from the extensive helium resources in the Texas Panhandle. From 1929 until 1943, it furnished almost all of the world's supply of helium. | TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION

Along the Mother Road’s 2,448 (give or take) miles are hundreds—maybe thousands—of pull-overworthy sites and sights.

Think how many you’ve seen in posts if not in person: the world’s second largest rocking chair, in Fanning, Illinois; the Blue Whale in Catoosa, Oklahoma; Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch in Oro Grande, California, to name a few.

The vast majority that spring to mind were born as promotional…