Route 66 - Midway Trading Post - Edgewood, NM
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
Title
Route 66 - Midway Trading Post - Edgewood, NM
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The abandoned Midway Trading Post on Route 66 in Edgewood, New Mexico.
The Standard sign lays across where the pump island between the building and the road would be located.
Midway Trading Post was built around 1945. Until it closed in 1972, it had served many different capacities within the community. It was a café, gas station, curio shop, post office, community gathering place, and even a municipal court at one time. When I-40 came through, making Route 66 obsolete. There wasn't a nearby interstate ramp for travelers to easily access the Trading Post, it closed at that time.
It wasn't much more than a canvas for graffiti until 2013 when 60 volunteers spent the weekend giving it a facelift making it look more like it did in its 1950s heyday.
Copyright 2022 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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March 6th, 2022
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