John's blog

This section contains writings, photos, stories, and historical insights by John Hockaday.   Occasionally, newspaper articles pertaining to John and/or Cajon Pass and Route 66 are included.

Way back when how far I don’t know
The San Andreas Fault put on quite a show
Then it did it again and with a terrible blast
Ripped out the place we call Cajon Pass

Here's a poem I wrote about retirement and I blamed it on a guy named “Slim”.

Dad and his family came to Guthrie in a covered wagon from Saint Jo, Missouri in 1898 when he was 5 years old, 9 years after the famous land rush. Everything the family owned was on that wagon even Dad's pet rabbit. 

Written by Mark Muckenfuss, for Route 66 In the News, Press-Enterprise in summer of 2007

The following was written by Nita Hltner for the Press-Enterprise in the summer of 2011

A look back: Man unearths history of thoroughfare