Abandoned Places – California Route 66 Wander (Part 2)

(Cross-posted to: abandonedplaces, desert_vision, & socal_abandoned)

Bill Potapov’s Service Station and Motor Court Oro Grande area

We continued northeast on National Trails Highway till we reached this amazing old gas station. References have been found to this place as Popotov’s, Potopov’s, and Potapov’s. According to old timers in the area, it was Bill’s place. AS mentioned before, Bill P was known for a soft heart. In the era before ATM’s, checks and wire transfers weren’t always available or readily accepted from business to business. Bill was well known for fixing traveler’s vehicles even they couldn’t pay. In cases like these, Popotov would merely ask for a ‘security deposit’ in the form of a non-critical part of the vehicle, which he’d hold onto until the owner would come back and pay him the difference for the repairs. Call it a vehicular pawn shop.



( Down memory lane..[+19] )

YEA!! Another Photo Published

Back in March, a reporter from the On-Line Magazine “Blue Railroad.com” approached me to use a photo from Fright Night LA in one of her articles. After some credit and formatting discussions, we came to agreement and provided her a photo taken during the Cabinet of Curiosities performance that night.

The article is in the middle of her page for May
http://bluerailroad.com/columns/veronique_0507_01.html