#19: The Blue Whale of Catoosa in Oklahoma: A Gift That Became a Destination
Hugh Davis did not set out to create one of Route 66’s best-known roadside stops. He wanted to make something for his wife, Zelta, who collected whale figurines. During the early 1970s, he built a huge smiling blue whale beside the family’s pond near Catoosa, Oklahoma, giving her a gift considerably harder to place on a shelf than the rest of the collection.
