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History in Old Town / Route 66
3 places we’ve verified in Old Town / Route 66, filed under history.
It reads as working boulevard, not museum: taquerias and pupuserías share blocks with historic markers, Klatch pours championship espresso on the old winery grounds, and the Route 66 dives still pour cold ones. The 2026 centennial puts this corridor at the center of the city's year — do the drive at golden hour and the old alignment makes sense of the whole town.
All 3 history in Old Town / Route 66
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Chinatown House
A 1919 building you can't enter — one of the last physical traces of the Chinese workers who built this valley.
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Cucamonga Service Station & Route 66 Museum
A 1915 filling station, restored — the only one of its kind left on Route 66 in California.
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Thomas Winery Plaza
Not a winery anymore — a retail plaza on the site of California's first commercial winery, planted in 1839.