Full steam ahead: Grand Canyon Railway celebrates 30 years

By Wendy Howell, Williams News; October 1, 2019

In 1984, the city of Williams went down in history as the last Route 66 town to be bypassed by Interstate-40. As predicted, many Williams businesses struggled as traffic circumvented the town on the newly constructed interstate, and the streets of Williams became quiet.

But this wasn’t the first time the town had seen significant change. Long-time residents witnessed the rise and fall of the logging industry and experienced the fallout of the railroad bypass in the 1960s.

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