Rancho Cucamonga highlight
Historic Route 66 presence
The iconic Mother Road passes through Rancho Cucamonga, where the restored 1915 Cucamonga Service Station now houses a Route 66 Museum.
Route 66 runs through the heart of Rancho Cucamonga along Foothill Boulevard, connecting travelers heading east and west across the country. The Cucamonga Service Station at 9670 Foothill Boulevard, built in 1915, is one of the few surviving structures from the highway's early era. In 2009 the Rancho Cucamonga city council designated it as a local historical landmark, and in 2018 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The station was restored to its 1930s appearance and reopened as a museum dedicated to Route 66 history and the region's automotive past. Visitors come to see the hand-operated Bowser pumps, the period signage and the stories of families who stopped here on cross-country drives during the golden age of American highway travel.
A city's landmarks reflect what its families value and remember. For the households on Route 66 and nearby, those landmarks often mark generations of passing through or settling down, which is precisely the season that life insurance covers: the years when your income supports your family's daily life and your presence matters most to their stability.