Lucille’s historic service station on Route 66. Lucille, who passed away in 2000, was often called the Mother of Route 66.

"Just before World War II started, there were a lot of Okies and Arkies on the highway with mattresses on their cars," said Lucille Hamons, who ran a service station and tourist court at Hydro, Oklahoma. "I've kept people in the rooms that couldn't pay their room rent. They've sold me all kinds of things for gas-clothes, cars, everything." All along Route 66 the migrants were described as Lucille Hamons described them–"those people with mattresses on top of their cars"–and in time, the title of John Steinbeck's novel became shorthand for the group.

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