Which hotel group which opened its first hotel - a 60 room facility on US Route 66 at Flagstaff, Arizona in 1954 - takes its name from the Spanish term meaning 'branch'?
Ramada Sherman of Chicago, a produce operator dubbed "The Tomato King"; Chicago attorneys Ezra Ressman and Mort Levin; and Frank Lichtenstein and Robert Rosow of San Antonio, Texas. Early in 1952, Marion W. Isbell received a phone call from his brother-in-law, Bill Helsing. Bill informed him of a hotel deal in Flagstaff, AZ that he was going to invest in and wanted to know if Marion would be interested in joining him. This first investment resulted in a rapid return of capital. Ramada opened its first hotel,a 60-room facility, on U.S. Route 66 at Flagstaff, Arizona in 1954 and set up
U.S. Route 66 in Arizona Caverns, just east of Peach Springs, are among the largest of dry caverns in the United States. Seligman is the birthplace of the first route 66 association, established by local barber Angel Delgadillo in 1987. This group obtained the first "Historic Route 66" designation, which the state initially placed on the segment of US 66 between Kingman and Seligman. From Seligman to east of Flagstaff, the area is mountainous (not desert) and covered with pine forests. The old section through Flagstaff itself is officially named "Route 66". Shortly before joining I-40 east of Flagstaff, US 66 passes through Winona, a