Victorville, which follows the almost exact routing of the 1925 realignment of the road). The last alignment of National Old Trails Road in California (and the first alignment of U.S. Route 66) followed a distinct course from the modern-day route between Daggett and Essex, California, and now survives only as a series of now-disconnected jeep trails and abandoned tracks in various stages of decay. The modern-day Route 66 in California is a result of a series of realignments that were undertaken in the early 1930s. Route Cities along route (east to west): Baltimore, Maryland Washington, D.C. Frederick, Maryland Hagerstown, Maryland Cumberland, Maryland Uniontown, Pennsylvania Washington, Pennsylvania Wheeling, West Virginia Zanesville, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Springfield, Ohio Dayton, Ohio Eaton, Ohio Richmond, Indiana Indianapolis, Indiana Terre Haute, Indiana Marshall, Illinois Effingham, Illinois Vandalia, Illinois St. Louis, Missouri St. Charles, Missouri Columbia, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri Olathe, Kansas Osage City, Kansas Council Grove, Kansas Marion, Kansas McPherson, Kansas Great Bend, Kansas Dodge City, Kansas Garden City, Kansas Trinidad, Colorado Raton, New Mexico Santa Fe, New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Los Lunas, New Mexico Gallup, New Mexico Flagstaff, Arizona Needles, California Barstow, California San Bernardino, California Los Angeles, California See also Lincoln Highway, a more northerly coast-to-coast route, established one year (1913) after the National Old Trails Road References External links From Names to Numbers - The Origins of the U.S. Numbered Highway System and The National Old Trails Road (predecessor to Route 66) (Part 1 and Part 2), by Richard F. Weingroff, Federal Highway Administration historian National Old Trails Road photo gallery, at Federal Highway Administration Sagebrush Annie and the Sagebrush Route — roadside history of the section of the National Old Trails Highway in southern California Madonna of the Trail — August Leimbach U.S. Route 66 Auto trails in the United States Historic trails and roads in California History of the Mojave Desert region Historic trails and roads in New Mexico Historic trails and roads in Arizona