Handsome large-format fold-out 1971 official road map of Arizona, printed more than 53 years ago.

• This map opens to 24" x 36" and has great detail on old hgihway alignments, route numbers, and road surfaces.



• Among the details are cities, towns, Indian reservations, parks, and natural features, as well as state and federal highways, including U.S. Route 66, which was still signed west of Williams, through Peach Valley and Hackberry.



• The map also labels U.S. Route 666, nicknamed the "Devil's Highway" because of the reference in the Bible (Revelation 13:18):

Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.



• Although the road's designation was simply the result of its being the sixth branch of U.S. 66, it generated sufficient controversy that a few years ago the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials gave it a new number: U.S. 491. Consequently, U.S. 666 no longer appears on today's maps.



• A drawing by Walt Ditzen show a cartoon figure named Arizona Will and the slogan "Stamp Out LItterbugs." Ditzen drew the nationally syndicated Fan Fare cartoon strip, later renamed Fun Fare," and he helped and advised Charles Schulz on the early samples of Charlie Brown, the principal character of the comic strip Peanuts.



• There are inset plans of Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff, Yuma, Prescott, Kingman, Wendover, and northwestern Mexico.



• The map was issued by the Arizona Highway Department in 1971 and is dated on the cover.



• Condition:  It is in very good, lightly used with a faint crease, a few tiny spots, and no rips, tears, or writing. Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.



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