Winslow, Arizona
U.S. Geological Survey topographic map, 1986
Ball State University GIS Research and Map Collection
Places
in the News: Winslow, Arizona
Glenn
Frey of the rock group the Eagles passed away on Monday. One of the group’s most popular songs, “Take
It Easy,” has an opening line that was originally written by Jackson
Browne. Browne wrote the lyrics, “…standing
on a corner in Winslow, Arizona,” but was stuck with those words. So according to the Showtime History of the Eagles documentary, Glenn
Frey finished the line “…such a fine sight to see—a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed
Ford…”
The
song made Winslow, Arizona (east of Flagstaff) in Navajo County famous. Today visitors can actually stand on a corner
that commemorates the song with a statue of a guitarist and a red flatbed Ford
truck. The corner is now a popular
tourist destination on the famous Route 66 highway.
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