99 Alert – Mountain Gate – UPDATED

UPDATE: Shasta County will be replacing the sign. Some good news at least. Still no word as to who took it or where it is now. Sometime in the last week, one of the Historic Route 99 signs was stolen from the Mountain Gate area near Redding, CA in Shasta County (Region 1). The sign … Read more

Highway 99 Q&A

I will be hosting an online meeting next month to discuss Highway 99 in Southern California. It will be open to questions about the highway, its history, the Ridge Route, and depending on time – connecting highways like US 6. If you’d like to submit a question, use our contact form, specify it is for … Read more

Photo Request

We are seeking photos for all 22 counties that former US 99 traversed in California. We’d like to have at least one from each county that shows a representative section of the highway or one of the highlights. We are working on a new section for our website and need some help with photos. Some … Read more

January-February 2021 Newsletter

Welcome to the newHistoric 99 Association of California Newsletter! Each month, we will give an update on the progress of our various projects and outreach programs. These updates will usually be published toward the first week of each month, this one being a little early. In time, we’d like to have a Featured 99 Business … Read more

Fundraiser – Signs

Our first big fundraiser is for a batch of signs for our sign projects in the Imperial Valley covering El Centro, Imperial, Brawley, and Westmoreland. This project will work to get these signs posted through those towns and we will need your help. After reviewing cost estimates from various companies, we will be ordering 10 … Read more