Slug Bug Ranch on Route 66

Carol M. Highsmith2025-03

National Trust for Historic Preservation
Washington, DC, United States

Originally located in Conway, Texas (in the 1990s) as a way to attract attention to the Crutchfield Family's Longhorn Trading Post and Rattlesnake Ranch. In 2024 it was relocated to Amarillo, Texas. The sculpture is of a series of half buried VW Bugs painted over with different forms of grafitti.

Learn more about the Slug Bug Ranch: https://www.bugranch66.com/

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Title: Slug Bug Ranch on Route 66
Creator: Carol Highsmith
Date Created: 2025-03
Location: Amarillo, Texas

National Trust for Historic Preservation

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