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In the middle section of the legendary Route 66, in Oklahoma and Texas, the remains of the old highway run through small, prosperous towns. Here, America appears the way it prefers to see itself. The fear of God is part of everyday culture in the "Bible Belt". Even petrol stations serve the mission. Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the largest charismatic Christian university in the world. The more than 3,000 students are forbidden to have sex before marriage and homosexuality and consider Darwin's theory of evolution to be the devil's work. But Route 66 also leads through the land of cowboys. Oklahoma City and Amarillo are home to two of the largest cattle markets in the USA. Saloon style steakhouses are the attraction of the area. They offer a special test of courage, the consumption of a two-kilo steak. If you manage it within an hour, you are a guest of the house.
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The western section of Route 66 runs through the US states of New Mexico, Arizona and California. It crosses barren landscapes, deserts and Indian reservations. And only at the end of America's "Mother Road" does the sunny state of California beckon with the promise of the American Dream. Many of the natural wonders on the edge of Route 66 are located on Native American reservations. The Laguna tribe also owns the Route 66 casino. A legal privilege that allowed Native Americans to operate casinos created a kind of prosperity for them for the first time. The gamblers' money creates jobs, schools and hospitals. The Hualapai Indians also benefit from the rediscovery of Route 66, as it passes through the fascinating Grand Canyon. Indian guides now offer rafting tours on the white water of the Colorado River, which forces its way through the rock faces in gorges over 1,000 meters deep.
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