About this site
About Mrs. Orcutt's Driveway
This is the companion site for Mrs. Orcutt's Driveway, a historical narrative by C. V. Wooster about Margaret “Bonnie” Orcutt, a widow who lived on 100 acres east of Newberry, California, where her dirt driveway met old Route 66. When Interstate 40 was surveyed across that track in the 1960s, she answered with letters. The book tells what happened next. This site gives readers the setting around it.
Who runs it
The site is published by Taciturn Studios LLC in Los Angeles, California, the publisher of the book. The author writes and reviews the history pages. You can reach both at info@cvwooster.com.
What you will find here
- The book itself: formats and buy links, an excerpt, reviews quoted with their sources, and a reading group guide.
- The road: a sourced Route 66 history, the 2026 centennial, Newberry Springs, a map, and live desert weather.
- Things to print and play: the Route 66 passport, coloring pages and puzzles, and car games.
How the history is handled
Pages about Route 66 and the Mojave cite their sources at the bottom, usually the National Park Service, congressional records, and newspapers of the period. Photographs carry their photographer, license, and source. The story pages stop short of the book's ending on purpose, so the site will not spoil it. The book's own disclaimer explains which scenes are interpretive.
If you find a mistake, write to info@cvwooster.com with the page and a source, and it will be corrected.
How the site is paid for
Buy buttons are affiliate links to Amazon and Bookshop.org, so a purchase may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Some public pages show Google ads in clearly labeled boxes. Ads never appear inside the story slides, on the excerpt, or on the legal and contact pages. The privacy policy and cookie policy explain what that means for your data.
Please respect the place
Bonnie's house is private property, not a tourist stop. Enjoy Route 66 from public roads and public businesses.