The Unique Wigwam Motel along Route 66 in San Bernardino, California
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Jeff & Sarah drop by the Wigwam Motel, now on the National Register of Historic Places, in San Bernardino as they recall a different period in American history. The motel manager gave them a key to check out the interior of teepee #10.
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I once walked a terribly long stretch of Route 66 during the 70s after I got home from the war. During a random rainstorm, a tall, thin man picked me up and drove me the last leg to Seligman, Arizona. That man was Patrick Duffy himself.
How cool!
Hmmmm, why do I suspect I am being set up for another “Jeff looks like Patrick Duffy” joke. Lol. (Jeff)
Thank you for your service, Sir.
That's awesome
@@thankourvets3882 you’re welcome. Mr Duffy saved my life that day.
My parents were married in an evening ceremony in Los Angeles in Dec. 1950. Their honeymoon was a trip to Las Vegas, but they didn't want to drive all the way there, through the desert. at night, so they stopped over at the Wigwam Motel for their first night together as man and wife. Incidentally, once at the Flamingo Hotel in Vegas, a car drove through the front of their room with them inside. In 1966, my parents, sister and I [plus our dog on only her second vacation in her life] spent one night at the motel on the way to Lake Arrowhead. This motel played a central role in some of my important family memories.
I love this episode! My aunt was the manager of the wigwam motel in the 70s.
The place is looking good. Someone has shown it lots of love. Thanks for sharing!
We've stayed there at least a half dozen times. And at least once in room 10! Always had a blast there. Used to hang out with a group of other road trip lovers there and we'd all sit around chatting and drinking. Good times.
As a Kentuckian it’s super cool to see the various fellow Kentuckians who found themselves in CA way ahead of me 💕
Brilliant video, always wondered what it was like inside these tepee hotels and now I know.Thank you Jeff and Sarah
That was so cool, thanks Jeff. Actually, the inside was a bit larger than I expected. 🤠👏
I remember stopping at this Wigwam motel as a child . They have this motel fixed up nicely. I just love the route 66 adventures. This was a fun video 😊😊
I was born and raised in S.B. in the 50's through the 70's. My aunt and uncle lived in Rialto so we passed that motel a zillion times during our visits. I always wanted to stay there, but dad always said no. It's good to see it's been well maintained.
Good video I live by Rte 66 in St Louis. We took Rte 66 in 1967 to Downey Calif. My uncle and aunt lived in Downey then. We took my grandma to see them and took rte 66 to California then went to Downey.
I never knew about this motel. It's interesting. Thanks for show it to us.
There is another wigwam motel in Arizona that I stayed at when I traveled Route 66 almost 12 years ago. It’s such a unique design! I loved that trip
My family stayed there in 1968 on our way to Texas, so glad to here it's still there. I just lived it as a kid
Holbrook, AZ I stayed at the hotel next to it.. Been by the one in Kentucky too. Those are the three that are left.
Here in the UK, I can well remember the exciting weekly adventures of "Route 66" on the old black and white tele' set. With Messrs, Martin Milner and George Maharis.
Ahhh, those were the "good ol' days!"
Awesome video of some ways to get your kicks along Route 66! Wigwam looks like a neat place to visit. One day my wife and I would love to travel the ole Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica. Thanks for showing that old tractor too. I am a vintage tractor fan! Hope you and Sarah have a wonderful week ahead! 🇺🇸🚜👍
thank you guys,,alawys enjoy your work,another great video ,,Randy from Oakhurst ca
This is so cool. I have to stay there.
I have always wanted to stay there !! Now I feel like I have ! Thank you Jeff and Sarah ! Happy Sunday and a great week ahead to you both.
Thanks for making this video. It was really enjoyable.
That was cool. When I was a kid my family traveled on a portion of Route 66 to get to an uncle's home in Southern CA. Thank you.☮️💖🎶
Me too, lol. Exact same experience 😂
Oh man, that was so COOL! I remember traveling the southern route along 66 when I was a kid. Mom and Dad would get a trip book from AAA to navigate from Modesto to Indiana where my mom grew up. I- 40 was still under construction, and I remember going through Bagdad and Amboy. Dad gave me the map to "help" navigate. Thinking back, it was just to keep me busy LOL. But, all that map reading paid off later in my flying career. Makes me wonder if you have more stops covered along route 66? Any hints?? We will be watching!
I have stayed in the Wigwam Motel in Holbrook Arizona, and it is much more original than the unit that you were allowed to view here. In fact all of the furniture was identical to photos from the 1940s and 50s taken inside the units at that time. The one modern change was a window unit air conditioner, and even that was done very tastefully and did not detract from the experience at all. My stay was the fulfillment of a long time desire to stay there and I was not disappointed in any way. Very comfortable accommodations, spotlessly clean and super nostalgic. I would love to go back some time. Highly recommend it to anyway who has a love for yesteryear.
Hello Jeff & Sarah, Happy Sunday🌞 thanks for sharing this great video and sharing this story on Route 66 have a wonderful day!!!
When I was younger (a few decades ago) we had a Teepee Motel in my home town in Nebraska on Highway 6 but it's gone now. I was always fascinated by it.
Grew up on 66 in Flagstaff in the 50’s and 60’s. Aware of the wigwam motel in Holbrook! Great nostalgia trip for me. Thanks 😊
One of my family lines came during the Dust Bowl from Texas to California and settled into agriculture in Winters, CA and other areas such as San Bernardino.
Awesome to see this pop up in my suggested, considering I just stayed there myself, in room... errrr tepee #12, last week from May 9th thru May 11th. I enjoyed my stay very much and was very impressed with the overall condition of the property. The rooms are clean, the beds and pillows very comfortable and the grounds secure. It's very nice to be able to park immediately outside your room which makes carrying any luggage, or small children, to your room, much easier. The refrigerator inside the room was large, clean, already cold and worked extremely well. The shower was a personal favorite as it had a seat, a high swan neck shower head, which delivered lots of high pressured hot water. My only gripe is there is no closet or any place to hang clothes etc. The property has nice landscaping and is well maintained. The Wigwam is a rare jewel on what is, for the time being, an unattractive stretch of Route 66. I look forward to staying there again if brought back to the area. Thank you for your take on this piece of Americas Mother Road, Route 66 history!
I lived I San Bernardino in the late 60s and remember going by the motel several times.
I only remember Bobby Troup from Emergency, a TV show that I loved as a child. I had no idea that he was a singer/songwriter. Thanks for taking us here. I think it's a really cool retro place. Hope ya'll have a great week! God bless!
I never knew his real wide was Nurse McCall
@@speedspeed121 Yep, Julie London had a great, smoky voice & recorded many albums. Growing up, I used to wish I had her figure!
Yes, I was thinking the same thing. Dr Joe Early at Rampart hospital!
He had a ground-breaking role in the movie "M*A*S*H" in 1970.
@@alanatolstad4824 I'd be happy to have her figure, her face, her hair, her voice, any of it! She was great.
SO COOL. THANKS
That would be a neat place to stay! Love stuff like this. Glad the owners have taken good care of it and preserved it for future generations to see.😊
My wife and I drove a motorhome all along route 66 back in the late 80's and even though we had a motorhome, we stayed 1 night at that exact same place.; It was a little different, older should I say. We did for nostalgia. Brings back memories, thanks for the memory.
It's good that the motel "never got with the times" as that woman mentioned. The whole point is that it still has a nostalgic feel to it.
I just can’t get enough of these type of videos. Throw one of my favorite musicians in the mix and I am over the moon🌺❤️
When I was 4 I drove on the original RT66 w/my parents from KS to CA. A long drive, but, have vivid memories! Very exciting looking out the windows and seeing all the sign and roadside attractions. I remember seeing Wigwams as a current theme. I didn't realize how famous it would become. My dad taught in KS, and we spent the summer in CA. The next yr. had a job in CO, but moved to CA after that, and, then we took the northern route. We lived for 2 yrs. in Tehachapi, my dad taught at the prison there, so we were not really far from the low desert, we lived in the high desert. I like it.
Same here from Kansas to Cali in a 69' Road Runner. Loved every single minute of it. I'm pretty sure endorphins just cut lose thinking about it.
It was nice to see someone had taken an interest in this place. When my mom lived in Rialto off Tippecanoe I would see them and they were looking pretty sad condition. I think how back in the day what it was like to stay in one.
Glad they cleaned them up. A bit of history that has been saved. Thanks for the tour.
By the way my father in law and his siblings were saved in Seligman Arizona by a man from a ranch there. I think it was Kings ranch. Coming from Scipio, Ok. Dust bowl survivor and lived at the weedpatch camp.
Thank you for your nice comment. I hope to actually do a video on Weedpatch when time permits.
🐞I passed this many times as a child. Going back and forth from my home in Glendora to my Aunt’s house in Beaumont. Then the 10 was finished and now I only see it on programs like yours. Thanks. 🐞
I've never been here but I think it was a great idea! This is what was all over the country before Europeans came. I have an old photo of a huge village of these teepees from the 1860's. Thanks for showing us the inside!
We stayed there in 2017. Room was clean and it was really fun. The shower was classic 1950’s. Loved it!
We traveled the entire length of Route 66 in 1964. We went past this place and others along the way. Interesting place for sure. Thanks for taking us along...
I really enjoyed this video. I grew up in Rialto from 1980 to 1997. I always wondered what the story of the tee pees was and what they looked like inside. I can remember riding in the car with my mom and seeing the hotel and always wondering why and that it was old and cool looking. You guys do a great job and this video really hit home for me. Thank you.
Thanks for leaving us your great comment. So happy that you enjoyed it!
Sunday Already? Alright! A new History Hunters! A bright spot before we remember we have to start the work week tomorrow. Thanks!
Wow as many times as I went to Colton Ca for my previous employer... I never knew this was probably a stones throw away!! Thanks Sarah and Jeff for sharing! Route 66 is on my bucket list and we will definitely make a stop in there!! 👍👍
How did you miss it, James? Lol
@@jbenziggy I don’t know! Lol Came in on the 10 and Took South Riverside exit went South about a mile or so and that is where I would swap out or they would take me to the Ontario Airport and fly back to Sacramento never got much time to site see
Thanks
Jeff & Sarah.
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I’ve heard of this place and always wanted to go there. Thank Jeff and Sarah! What fun!
I love nostalgia. When I was a child in the 60's, I would go to Cherokee, NC with them and we would stay in a tee pee motel up there. The entire rooms were not fully covered by the tee pee, just a front facade to walk through. But to us kids it was cool. You don't find great old nostalgic stuff these days. Or at least it's harder to find them. Great video as always.
Jeff& Sara, Thank you always for the great videos and fantastic narration. Your videos give me a bright spot as my wife deals with her ALS. THANK YOU so very much, you brighten our days. God Bless and safe travels
We had friends stay here for their honeymoon back in the 50's. Thanks 4 sharing this story.
Once again I totally enjoyed this visit and it gives me a place to go to when and if I'm nearby. Thanks again
There's one in Holbrook, AZ too. Love thus stuff!
Sarah- I vote with you. I didn't expect the inside to look like that.
Great video!
Great video, I forgot the name TeePee and always called them Wigwam. Thanks for History Lesson Jeff & Sarah.
Having grown up in Pomona California in the 50s we pass that place many times on our way to Coachella before there was the interstate 10, never did stop there but I always thought it was very unusual. Thanks for the tour you guys always appreciate your videos.
Remember staying there with my dad circa 1956 Across the road is another oldie called the Magic Lamp Resturant A classic dinner house. Check it out.
Cozy Cone
..so glad you mentioned that reference
More than one “Wig Wam motel on US 66 ? I learned something new today, thank you Jeff & Sarah ❤️👍
Hey Jeff & Sarah, I had forgotten that I had driven US 66 through Williams Az back in 81 before finishing up I 40. I think that was the last stretch of I-40 to be completed. E.to W. Not counting I 40 to the Atlantic in NC
Great Video Jeff and Sarah! I have driven Route 66 through Kansas and partially through Oklahoma. Also, I have driven the older Route 66 to Coffeyville, Kansas. When it was rerouted, they changed the numbering to Route 166.
Another awesome video Jeff I have a book from 1954 that is full of stories and post cards I have a postcard from there in 1950 and one from 1955 Its one of the places on Janice and I bucket list I love all the route 66 stuff Thank you guys for all ya do! I cant wait to take our trip down 66
This takes be back to my childhood and our yearly family vacations. I was born in the late 50's. Thank you so much.
I'm too young to fully understand the fascination with everything 1950s, but as far as Route 66 I definitely get it. Just yesterday I was in Amboy CA, the sun had just set, and the neon signs were lit. I really understood the romance of a two lane road to adventure crossing the USA, with stops of every variety spaced a mile or so apart. Modern interstates are efficient mechanisms of travel, but there is little about them that is particularly interesting.
If anyone doesn't get it, check out Amboy at sunset sometime. You will understand.
This place is so awesome worth every penny, great owners !!
What a Quirky place. I would love to stay here.
I grew up learning about Route 66, and was always fascinated about what it was.
when I learned it was just a road through your great nation, I didn't really get it..
But now I'm older and wiser , and watched lots of documentaries about it, it an amazing thing, especially with all these amazing nuggets along the way.
It was great to see Sarah . Hope you're both well/
Yes you are correct, Jon, this is a quirky place. I hope to have the time one day to actually drive the entire route and document what I see along the way.
The tile in the bathroom is exactly like the tile work in the bathrooms at Golden Gate Hotel (built in 1906) Fremont St Vegas. Very old style.
Same as my pre WWII kitchen in Westwood CA also! Sarah's reaction to this hotel is pretty hilarious. It's a very different world now.
A very interesting episode! Thanks Jeff and Sarah!! Keep up the great work!!
Sarah and Jeff you two make a fantastic team. Thank you for another Sunday history lesson.
Loved it! Thank you so much for taking us to the motel today. I give you a 👍🏻 before I even watch your videos. Would love to see more places of interest like this. Thanks again and God bless…..🌝
What a historic place!! Can't go wrong on Route 66 history
Stayed there in 1980's for a few days. Glad to see it is still there.
12:09 - Love that “Malted Milk” sign. That would sure make you stop! 😀
Thanks Jeff & Sarah - looking forward to the next video 🙂
The teepee motel was a landmark on our way somewhere in my childhood. I was thinking maybe on the way up to our cabin in Big Bear, but I don’t think that makes sense geographically. Ah well. Very pleased to see it again.
I totally had any idea that Bobby Troop saying the historic Route 66 song thank you for your hard work another great job Jeff and Sarah
Great video. Love seeing the old Route 66 stuff. I’m glad it’s still there. I would definitely stay there.
Thank you, Melissa. Perhaps someday you will be able to go through that area and stay there!
That is a large one. They have those kinda places all over Arizona
But smaller
I really enjoyed this vlog
Thank you
Smaller. . . Oh boy this one was pretty small.
@@HistoryHunterSarah in Arizona they have smaller ones but they all over
Great job! I have driven by many times, nice to finally hear the history.
Jeff & Sarah, this video is AWESOME ! The # 1 thing on my bucket list is to do the entire ROUTE 66 from Chicago to California .. I'll keep on trying to get it done ( better hurry ) the voice over was pretty cool. You. & Sarah should do more of that.. THANK YOU FRANK FROM MONTANA....PS... Can't wait till next Sunday...............
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Thanks for sharing this Jeff and Sarah. It’s on my bucket list to spend a night here 👍🏻
Lived in Barstow in late 50's. Remember traveling on the Mother road. One such trip was on a bus with my father to Santa Monica when he picked up his new Renault 4cv. Trips to San Berdoo were common. Very nostalgic Jeff.
In 1961,my family drove route 66 from Ohio to California. I remember we took a break to look at that Wigwam hotel.For 3 kids it was a great adventure.
My dad always said. "Go in and get your wig warm". Good (bad) old dad jokes!
Good morning y'all.....from Route 66 in Joplin Missouri. Seeing you folks on the Mother Road makes me wonder if y'all are about to do a Road trip History Hunters Special in the near future!! 🤔😎
Just love Route 66,thanks for the tour!
👋 Hi Jeff, Hi Sarah.
I can't think how many times we drove by the Wigwams. We were always en route somewhere.
Now in retirement, every place that looks interesting, we stop.
Great job here. Love the inserts of people in the day.
Well done. 👏
I stay there from time to time and I've always had great accomodations. The staff is friendly and you get to enjoy the night sky and be assured of privacy at the same time . Definitely a thumbs up!!!
Sounds like you’ve had some great memories there. Thank you so much for watching her video!
Uniquely American. I recall driving parts of it & you can't help but feel the history riding along, beneath the tires.
Thanks, Jeff & Sarah.
I have always wanted to stay in one of those!! But maybe sometime!! I am older now an suddenly I want to see and stay at all these places!!! Good one as always!!!👍😊
Hi guys, I'm enjoying my breakfast watching your interesting video. Love the telephone booth, interesting history. Safe travels 👍💕
Look like a cool place to visit. 😀
Good stuff! Road trips back in the 50s must've been quite different than today. Slower, fewer miles each day, less comfortable.
Hey we've been there! Made a quick stop there on our road trip from Vegas to LA! Cool place....great job as always...nice of them to let you in a room!
You guys have been knocking it out of the park with your videos lately and this was amazing! I love the way you show and honor the history all around us that most of us miss in our day to day lives.
Good Sunday Morning you 2... What a beautiful day we have to enjoy your Wigwam/Teepee vlog. I too am a sucker for nostalgia and the good old days. I enjoyed this video very much Jeff & Sarah, thank you both for sharing your trip with us again.
what a kool motel! so happy it's still up and in business...love the tepees shapes..
Pure unadulterated US Americana! Thanks Jeff and Sarah! Awesome video!
I didn't know it was still around, that's great. One of my earliest memories as a little kid in the late 1950s was a road trip east our parents took us on, and we passed this unusual hotel. It was fascinating to see, and I've always wondered how the rooms were laid out.
Never been to the San Bernardino location, but my family stayed at the Wigwam Motel in Holbrook AZ when I was a kid. I thought it was the coolest thing ever!
I played the video game "Cars" and am now glad to see real motel. Thanks.
Another well-done video. Excellent side note of info during that early era. Especially liked the picture of the drive through Donut Hole.
Neat video. Thank you. That 2 color tile motif was all the rage for kitchens and bathrooms at least as far back as 1924. All the tile in my 98 year old house is like that, one color for the large surface and a border made with another color of tile, usually darker than the surface area tile.
Cool motel id definitely stay there old old nostalgic places like this have disappeared from America's land scapes great video Jeff thumbs up my friend