One of the most famous and unforgiving stretches of road in the Western United States is the Sidewinder on Historic Route 66.
Beginning at the historic Cool Springs, Arizona, it snakes through the Black Mountains with 191 bone-rattling curves. Eight grueling miles later, it finally drops you into the wild streets of Oatman.
During the Great Depression, this wasn't just a scenic drive; it was a white-knuckle test of survival for families heading west in overloaded Model As and Model Ts, praying their brakes wouldn't fail on the desert's most dangerous grade.
This was part of the route people leavign the Dust Bowl, used to get to the promised land fo Las Vegas, where the employment office was for that mega project know as Hoover Dam/Boulder Dam
