River to River: Iowa's Forgotten Highway 6

River to River: Iowa's Forgotten Highway 6

 

What do Bonnie & Clyde, Jesse James, Nancy Drew, John Wayne, Jack Kerouac, Gary Cooper, a meteorite strike, and the inventor of barbed wire have in common?  U.S. Route 6 in Iowa takes two-lane motorists from Davenport on the Mississippi to Council Bluffs on the Missouri.  Built in one day by 10,000 farmers and businesses across the state, Iowa’s Route 6 is part of the second longest transcontinental highway in America.  "River to River: Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6" guides viewers on a nostalgic classic car journey through yesterday’s soda shops, filling stations, general stores, drive-ins, and roadside attractions.  Experience the sights and sounds, the people and the places that the four-lanes have forgotten...before they are gone forever.

From award-winning filmmakers Kelly & Tammy Rundle and inspired by
the Highway 6 research and photography of David W. Darby.

Scroll down for updates and more information on this exciting new film project!

Humanities Iowa Awards Grant to “River to River: Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6” Documentary Project

Filming at the Amanas off of Highway 6.

Emmy®-nominated filmmakers Tammy and Kelly Rundle of Fourth Wall Films have received a major grant from Humanities Iowa to partially fund production on their new documentary River to River: Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6.  The Iowa U.S. Route 6 Tourist Association is the fiscal sponsor for the film project.

“With Interstate 80’s near universal use by travelers, Route 6 and the memories that define it have faded from the public’s consciousness,” said producer Kelly Rundle.  “We are very grateful for this key grant from Humanities Iowa that helps us preserve and tell another unique and important Iowa story.”

Filming at the Sugar Grove Vineyards and Gathering Place in Newton, Iowa.

River to River: Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6  guides viewers on a nostalgic classic car journey through yesterday’s soda shops, filling stations, general stores, drive-ins, and roadside attractions, and encourages them to experience the stories, sights and sounds, the people and the places that line Iowa’s Route 6.

“Most travelers are unaware of the many colorful stories from the past around every turn in the road,” said producer Tammy Rundle.  “Iowa’s portion of America's longest highway has a past that includes Bonnie and Clyde, Jesse James, Nancy Drew, Jack Kerouac, just to name a few.”

Highway 6 runs right through Nancy Drew author Mildren Wirt Benson's hometown of Ladora, Iowa.

Production continues this summer during the 2013 River to River Classic Car Cruise which takes place August 23-25 starting in Davenport, Iowa and ending in Council Bluffs, with stops at sites, eateries and celebrations in towns along the way.  The Cruise is sponsored by the Iowa Route 6 Tourist Association and Dahl Ford.  Proceeds benefit The Children’s Therapy Center of the Quad Cities.  More information about the Cruise can be found at www.route6tour.com/Route6iowa.htm. 

2012 River to River Car Cruise stop in Durant at Hill of Beans Bistro.

River to River: Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6 is funded in part by grants from Humanities Iowa, Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.  The film will be released in 2014. 

The Rundles own Fourth Wall Films, an independent film and video production company, and have produced the regional Emmy® nominated documentary Country School: One Room – One Nation; the award-winning film series Lost Nation: The Ioway 1, 2&3, and the critically-acclaimed documentary Villisca: Living with a Mystery.  For more information, visit www.FourthWallFilms.com.  Visit the Highway 6 Movie Fan Page on Facebook and click LIKE!

'River to River Classic Car Cruise' Set for August 23-25, 2013

The wheels are turning and  Dave Darby, the Director of the Iowa US Route 6 Association, is busy making arrangements and preparations for the 3rd Annual River to River Classic Car Cruise which promises to be bigger and better this year!  

Emmy nominated filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle will be gathering final footage for their new documentary River to River: Iowa's Highway 6 during the tour, scheduled for August 23-25, 2013.  The cruise begins in Davenport, Iowa and ends in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

"This year's classic car cruise across Iowa will be the biggest one we've ever put on. Excitement is building!" said Dave Darby.  "We are extremely pleased to announce that we are partnering with the Children's Therapy Center of the Quad Cities on our Classic Car Cruise."

Get off of I-80 and see the Midwest at its best!  Mark your calendars and register/RSVP at usroute6iowa@gmail.com.  

For more information about this fabulous road trip, special lodging rates and the cruise itinerary and special stops and events along the way, visit:  http://www.route6tour.com/Route6iowa.htm or https://www.facebook.com/usroute6iowa?fref=ts.

"Highway 6" Filmmakers Premiere New Documentaries on Ioway Indians in Iowa City Feb. 23

Delegations from the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma and the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska will return to their ancestral homeland of Iowa to attend the world premiere of Lost Nation: The Ioway 2 & 3 at the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History, 17 N. Clinton St., Macbride Hall Auditorium in Iowa City on Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 6:30 p.m.  Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films, producers of the Emmy® nominated documentary Country School: One Room-One Nation and the award-winning Lost Nation: The Ioway 1will join the Ioway and other film participants for Q&A following the screenings.

When the Ioway were forcibly removed from their ancestral homeland of Iowa in 1837 to a reservation on the border of Nebraska and Northeast Kansas, Ioway leader White Cloud (The Younger) believed his people must relocate to survive. But intermarriage, broken treaties and the end of communal living led to a split in 1878 and the establishment of a second Ioway tribe in Oklahoma. Both tribes endured hardship and challenges to their traditions and culture to achieve successful land claims and self-determination in the 1970s. Lost Nation: The Ioway 2 & 3 brings the dramatic Ioway story full circle.

“I believe all the tribes had their trail of tears, said Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma Tribal Elder Joyce Big Soldier-Miller. “They all suffered--all those Indians who made those treks away from their former homelands.”

“It’s always good to look at the past and remember that it does affect the future,” said Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska tribal member Reuben Ironhorse-Kent. “The ancestors did the best they could with what they had.”

Ioway Elders and tribal members join other Native scholars, historians, archaeologists and anthropologists to tell the dramatic and true story of the small tribe that once claimed the territory between the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers from Pipestone, Minnesota to St. Louis. The state of Iowa takes its name from the Ioway Tribe.

In addition to the premiere, the public is welcome to visit the new Ioway exhibit at the Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Center in Toddville, Iowa (40 minutes north of Iowa City), a special Ioway display and premiere reception in the Iowa Hall at the Museum of Natural History from 5:30pm until 6:30pm.

The world premiere of Lost Nation: The Ioway 2&3 is hosted by the Museum of Natural History, University of Iowa, 17 N. Clinton, Macbride Hall Auditorium, Iowa City, Iowa and will take place on Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free. The films contain mature themes and historical images that may be disturbing to young children.  A premiere reception will take place from 5:30pm-6:30pm in the Museum's Iowa Hall.

The documentaries will continue screening throughout the U.S. and will be released on a single full-featured DVD in April 2013. An alternative soundtrack in the nearly extinct Ioway language will be offered on the DVD. Broadcasts on Midwestern PBS stations are slated for 2013.

Lost Nation: The Ioway 2&3 was partially funded by grants from Humanities Iowa and Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area, as well as humanities councils in Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and South Dakota, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Rundles are currently in production on the documentary River to River: Iowa's Highway 6 which will be released in 2014.

First Phase of Production Completed on "Highway 6" Documentary

A gem of a place off of Iowa's Highway 6! The Museum of Natural History in Iowa City--a SSNHA partner site.

The first phase of production on the new documentary River to River: Iowa's Forgotten Highway 6 by Emmy-nominated filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films has been completed.  The Rundles spent much of August and September filming after receiving a grant award from Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) through their fiscal sponsor KPTS-PBS in June.

"The grant allowed us to shoot footage along the eastern section of Route 6 between Davenport and Des Moines," said producer Tammy Rundle.

"A number of SSNHA partner sites are located along the historic highway and will be of interest to motorists and tourists who have chosen the two-lane scenic route over the busy I-80 Freeway," said director Kelly Rundle.

Not directly on Route 6, but worth the short hop, skip and jump is the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch.

The SSNHA Iowa Highway 6 journey included the Family Museum in Bettendorf; the Putnam Museum of History and Natural Science in Davenport; the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch; the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History, and the Plum Grove Historic Home in Iowa City.

A lovely place to stretch your legs in Coralville, Iowa is the Iowa River Gazebo and Pedestrian Bridge.

Just off of Route 6 in Coralville, footage was gathered at the Iowa River Gazebo and Pedestrian Bridge, and the 1876 Coralville School House. 

F.W. Kent Park near Oxford, IA is a must stop for a scenic picnic off of Historic Route 6. 

Late summer footage of scenic prairies, wildflowers and wetlands was gathered at F.W. Kent Park directly off of Highway 6 near Oxford, Iowa.  A remnant of Old Highway 6 can be found near the entrance of the park. 

The Amana Colonies off of Route 6.

Highway 6’s scenic drive to the Amana Colonies produced beautiful images of numerous historic structures built by the Germans who settled there in the mid-1800s.

Sugar Grove Vineyard and Gathering Place in Newton, Iowa.

An Historic Highway 6 Classic Car Cruise, organized by Dave Darby of the Iowa Route 6 Tourist Association, provided energetic and colorful images of motorists enjoying the historic route in restored vintage automobiles.  The cruise began in Davenport and ended in Council Bluffs.  

Classic cars gathered at the Valle Drive-In in Newton, Iowa after a Historic Route 6 road tour.

A highlight in Newton, Iowa was a gathering of the classic cars at the Valle Drive-In at dusk.  Also in Newton, the Jasper County Historical Museum and Sugar Grove Gathering Place were filmed.

Kelly Rundle and State Historical Society Curator Jack Lufkin pose in front of a rare Mason automobile.

Footage was gathered at a number of sites in Des Moines, including Living History Farms, and the State Historical Society.  A rare Mason automobile designed by the Duesenberg brothers and manufactured by the Maytag-Mason Motor Company in Des Moines in 1910 was filmed during the visit.

Final production on the documentary will take place in the spring of 2013.  River to River: Iowa's Forgotten Highway 6 is slated for release in late fall of 2013.

Dave Darby, Executive Director of the Iowa Route 6 Tourist Association.

Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area, a non-profit organization, is one of 49 federally designated heritage areas in the nation and is an Affiliated Area of the National Park Service.  Through the development of a network of sites, programs and events, SSNHA's mission is to interpret farm life, agribuisiness and rural communities--past and present.

 

2nd "River to River" Iowa-U.S. Route 6 Classic Car Cruise September 7-9

Iowa-U.S. Route 6 Classic Car Cruise rolls a second time from Davenport to Council Bluffs, Iowa the
weekend of Sept. 7-9, 2012. (Photo 2011 Cruise. Copyright Fourth Wall Films.)

The Iowa division of the US Route 6 Tourist Association will sponsor a classic car cruise across Iowa on old Route 6 the weekend of September 7-9, 2012. 

Portions of the cruise will be included in the new documentary River to River: Iowa's Forgotten Highway 6 by Emmy-nominated filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films (Country School: One Room - One Nation, Lost Nation: The Ioway, Villisca: Living with a Mystery).  The film will feature scenic and historic towns and attractions along the historic highway.

“We want to encourage people to leave the interstate and head out on the old two lane highway, to leave the rat race of today’s world and to stop and smell the roses,” says Iowa Route 6 Tourist Association Executive Director David Darby. “Not only is it more enjoyable, but it benefits the local economy.”

The ride begins in Davenport, Iowa with drivers meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, September 7th at the corner of 2nd and Iowa streets.

Drivers are invited to join for all or part of the cruise as they travel west on Route 6, stopping at various locations on the way to Council Bluffs, Iowa--the final destination of the tour.  Lodging with special Route 6 tour rates to be announced.

Those wishing to join for the western half of the cruise can either meet in Newton, Iowa on Friday night at the Valle Drive-In or Saturday, September 8th for breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the Mid Town (Old Maytag) Cafe.  Cars will depart from the square at 9:30 a.m. for the next leg of the tour.

Some of the best food in the state will be sampled at several eateries during the tour.  A firm believer in buying local, Darby said, “When you go to a chain restaurant, the experience is soon forgotten. But when you go to a 'mom and pop' establishment, you can make friends, capture some history, and take with you memories that last a lifetime while the money stays within the community.”

An itinerary will be distributed to drivers during the cruise.  Stops along the Route 6 tour include:

Friday, September 7, 2012:

Choice of The Wilton Candy Kitchen, world's oldest ice cream soda fountain - Wilton, IA; or, Brunch at the delicious Hill of Beans Bistro in Durant, IA.

Happy Hour at the Ladora Bank Bistro - Ladora, IA.

Dinner at the Carnforth Inn – Victor, IA.

Valle Drive-In (Iowa's oldest drive-in movie theater) - Newton, IA. (Drivers from the western half are welcome to join us for the movie as well.)
 
Saturday, September 8, 2012:

Breakfast at the Mid Town Café – Newton, IA.

Tony's Classic Cars, T-Bird restoration HQ – Des Moines, IA.

Bonnie & Clyde historical site, and Drew's Chocolates - Dexter, IA.

Bonnie & Clyde bank robbery site - Stuart, IA.

Lunch at the Menlo Café – Menlo, IA.

Jesse James Train robbery site – Adair, IA.

Dinner at the Wiota Steakhouse – Wiota, IA.
 
Sunday, September 9, 2012:

Breakfast at the Weather Vane Café - Anita, IA.

Lunch at George’s Chili King - Des Moines, IA.

The documentary is the first step in reaching a wider audience.  Once the film is complete, Darby plans on publishing a book he’s authored entitled “From River to River: Your Guide to the Original Highway 6” to further encourage drivers to use Route 6 over the interstate for their travels.

“In such an impersonal world, it is a joy to take off on an adventure along the heartland of America, and breathe in exactly what America was built on,” Darby says. “Instead of a flat, straight pair of lanes interrupted by only green signs and overpasses, the rolling fields and curving roads undulate under your wheels in between the small towns that are filled with friendly people.”

River to River: Iowa's Forgotten Highway 6 is slated for release late in 2013.  The documentary project recently received a grant from Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area.

Dave Darby, is the Executive Director of the Iowa Route 6 Tourist Association.  The non-profit organization works to encourage state and local government to place historical signage designating Route 6 roads; preserve historical buildings, bridges, and alignments along Route 6; and to encourage co-operation of communities along the highway to hold festivals, concerts, car shows and more, to boost tourism and traffic to local businesses.

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David W. Darby,
Executive Director
Iowa Route 6 Tourist Association
dwdarby@aol.com

"Highway 6" Filmmakers' Emmy-nominated Documentary on IPTV August 24

Two-room schoolhouse located in Coralville, Iowa along Highway 6.

Iowa Public Television (IPTV-PBS) will broadcast the award-winning documentary Country School: One Room - One Nation by Tammy and Kelly Rundle (Villisca: Living with a Mystery, Lost Nation: The Ioway, Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg) on Friday, August 24, 2012 at 9:00 p.m.  The film recently received a regional Emmy-nomination in the Historical Documentary category and has won numerous film festival awards and recognition.

Country schools took rough-hewn pioneers and multilingual immigrants and transformed them into a literate and patriotic new nation.  Whether personally, or through a parent or grandparent, the country school as an American architectural icon, is as imprinted on our perception of the nation’s early history as the log cabin and the general store.  Stories told by former teachers and students are often nostalgic, but they are also dramatic, humorous, and heart-wrenching.

In addition to Country School, the Rundles produced the award-winning documentaries Villisca: Living with a Mystery, about the 1912 unsolved Villisca, Iowa axe murders of 8, and Lost Nation: The Ioway, a film about the Ioway Indians.  Currently they are in production on the documentary River to River: Iowa's Forgotten Highway 6, and a docudrama entitled Sons & Daughters of Thunder, based on the play by Earlene Hawley and Curtis Heeter.  They are in post-production on Lost Nation: The Ioway 2&3, to be released in November; and Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg, a co-production with Emmy-nominated filmmaker Garry McGee, slated for release in May/June 2013.

Country School was shot in Iowa, Kansas, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Missouri and Illinois and received grant awards from Humanities Iowa, Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area, the Kansas Humanities and the Wisconsin Humanities.

"Highway 6" Filmmakers Receive Regional Emmy® Nomination for "Country School" Documentary

River to River: Iowa's Forgotten Highway 6 filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films have received a Regional (Mid-America) Emmy® nomination in the Historical Documentary category for their award-winning documentary film Country School: One Room – One Nation.  This is the first time the Rundles have entered a film in the Emmy® competition following a March 2012 qualifying broadcast on WQPT-PBS.

“We are deeply honored by this nomination,” said Tammy. “And, we gratefully share this wonderful distinction with everyone who helped us make the film,” added Kelly.

Country schools took rough-hewn pioneers and multilingual immigrants and transformed them into a literate and patriotic new nation. Country School: One Room - One Nation provides a never-before-seen perspective on one-room schools in the Upper Midwest. From the first schools in new states to the demise of their widespread use in the 1950s and 1960s, the visually stunning film takes viewers "back to school" for a dramatic new look at the lasting impact of America's one-room schools.

Country School premiered in 2010 at the State Historical Building in Des Moines and has since screened more than 60 times in cities throughout the United States. The critically-acclaimed film was released nationally on DVD in 2011. Iowa Public Television (IPTV) will feature broadcasts in late August and September, and broadcasts on other PBS stations will continue through the balance of 2012.  The film was partially funded by grants from Humanities Iowa, Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area, the Wisconsin Humanities Council, and the Kansas Humanities Council.

The 2012 Mid-America Emmy® Awards will be held Saturday, September 22, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. at the historic Midland Theatre in Kansas City.

The Rundles are currently in production on a new documentary about Iowa's part of the transcontinental Highway 6.  Inspired by the research and photography of Dave Darby, Executive Director of the Iowa-U.S. Route 6 Tourist Association, River to River will guide viewers on a nostalgic classic car journey through the history and charming towns along the 2-lane highway.  The documentary is expected to be finished in the fall of 2013.

Fourth Wall Films is a film and video production and distribution company formerly based in Los Angeles, California and now located in Moline, Illinois. In addition to Country School, they have produced the award-winning films Villisca: Living with a Mystery and Lost Nation: The Ioway.

They are currently in post-production on Lost Nation: The Ioway 2&3 slated for release in November 2012. Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg, produced with Emmy-nominated filmmaker Garry McGee, will be released in May of 2013.  Visit www.FourthWallFilms.com for more information.

The Mid-America chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) includes television markets primarily in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Arkansas, Illinois and surrounding DMAs.

NATAS is dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry. It recognizes excellence in television with the coveted Emmy® Award. For more information visit www.emmymid-america.org.

Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area Awards Grant to New Documentary on Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6

Dahl Ford of Davenport took part in the Highway 6 Classic Car Cruise during
preliminary production in 2011. The Rundles are grateful for the support of
SSNHA and Dahl Ford on the Highway 6 documentary project.

 

Award-winning Quad City filmmakers Tammy and Kelly Rundle of Fourth Wall Films have received a grant from Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) to partially fund production for their new documentary River to River: Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6.  KPTS-PBS is the fiscal sponsor for the film project.

“We are very grateful to SSNHA for its support of this exciting project,”
said producer Tammy Rundle.  “The grant will help us gather footage along the
eastern section of Highway 6 between Davenport and Des Moines.”

 

The Highway 6 documentary will feature several SSNHA partner sites.

Inspired by the research and photography of Dave Darby, President of the Iowa U.S. Route 6 Tourist Association, River to River: Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6 will guide two-lane motorists from Davenport on the Mississippi to Council Bluffs on the Missouri on a nostalgic classic car journey through yesterday’s soda shops, filling stations, general stores, drive-ins, and roadside attractions that line Iowa’s part of the second longest transcontinental highway in the U.S.A.

"To really see America and get the stories, and meet new friends along the way, you have to get off the interstate and take the road less traveled." Darby said. "Highway 6 invites you to slow down, take in the scenery, and rekindle your love of driving."

Preliminary production on the documentary began in the spring of 2011 in Wilton, Iowa at the Wilton Candy Kitchen, where 92 year-old George Nopoulos and wife Thelma continue the Kitchen’s 150 year tradition of making homemade ice cream and confectionaries.

“It’s Iowa’s version of Route 66.  This is our romantic little highway,” said Dimitri Makedonsky during an interview for the film.  Makedonsky and fiancée Colleen Klainert are the proprietors of the Ladora Bank Bistro, a popular wine bar housed in a restored 90-year-old bank in the village of Ladora, Iowa right on Highway 6.

A 290-mile Highway 6 Classic Car Cruise organized by Dave Darby was shot during the summer of 2011.  Davenport’s Dahl Ford took part in the tour and is a supporter of the documentary project.
River to River: Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6 is slated for release later in 2013.

The Rundles are the owners of Fourth Wall Films, an award-winning independent film and video production company (Country School: One Room – One Nation, Lost Nation: The Ioway, Villisca: Living with a Mystery) formerly located in Los Angeles, and now based in Moline, Illinois.

Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area, a non-profit organization, is one of 49 federally designated heritage areas in the nation and is an Affiliated Area of the National Park Service. Through the development of a network of sites, programs and events, SSNHA's mission is to interpret farm life, agribusiness and rural communities-past and present.

Durant, Wilton and Walcott Put Highway 6 Back on the Map

Dave Darby, Executive Director of the Iowa U.S. Route 6 Tourist Association.

Wilton, Iowa's Community Center will be the place to be on Thursday, June 14, 2012 when representatives from the towns of Durant, Wilton and Walcott are presented with their new Historic Iowa U.S. Route 6 signs by Dave Darby, Executive Director of the Iowa U.S. Route 6 Tourist Association.

The dedication and presentation begins at 6:00 p.m. and is open to the public.  Attendees include Quad City Times columnist Bill Wundram, representatives of the Iowa Department of Transportation, and River to River: Iowa's Forgotten Highway 6 documentary filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films.

The Wilton Candy Kitchen, on Highway 6 in Wilton, Iowa.

The Rundles visited the town of Wilton with Darby in April 2011 and shot preliminary footage at the Wilton Candy Kitchen for their new documentary.

The Wilton Community Center is located at 1215 Cypress Street in Wilton, Iowa.

Quad City Times Columnist Bill Wundram Shines a Light on Iowa's Highway 6

Courtesy Fourth Wall Films. Copyright 2011.

Iowa's U.S. Route 6 got some attention today when Quad City Times columnist Bill Wundram focused his pen on the forgotten highway and new efforts underway to post signs along the long stretch of road.

“These signs will make motorists realize that the Route 6 they remember is alive and well,” says Dave Darby, executive director of Iowa U.S. Route 6 Tourist Association.

Wundram wrote: 

"THIS WEEK, I cruised Old 6. No trucks, no signs, just fields of fingerling corn and green blankets of beans. It wasn’t until I was past Wilton and had made a couple of gooseneck turns peppered with confusing highway signs that the name U.S. 6 reappeared.

It never made sense to slice Old 6 off the map.

Those who love the country and peace should be happy that the new signs may help guide humanity back to rural sanity."

Read the full article at "Old 6 Gets Its Proper Name Back" and thank you, Mr. Wundram, for shining a light on Iowa U.S. Route 6 Tourist Association Executive Director Dave Darby's tireless work to get Iowa's Highway 6 recognized.

For more information about U.S. Route 6 and Iowa's Route 6 visit www.route6tour.com

Production on our documentary River to River: Iowa's Forgotten Highway 6 continues.  We will join Dave Darby in Wilton at the Community Center on Thursday, June 14th, 6pm to talk about the film project.

We are enjoying the ride!