Roy's Motel: Amboy, California

Buster Burris, a Texas boy, settled in Amboy in the 1930s, went to work for Roy Crowe's garage and gas station, married Roy's daughter, and drove Roy's tow truck, picking up wrecks and vapor-locked cars along Route 66 in the Mojave Desert. When he tired of seeing Roy's customers sleep in their cars while they waited for Roy to repair them, he built the motel. His occupancy was 100% day and night.

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