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Cyrus Avery
Cyrus Stevens Avery (1871–1963) was known as the "Father of Route 66". He created the route while a member of the federal board appointed to create the Federal Highway System, then pushed for the establishment of the U.S. Highway 66 Association to pave and promote the highway.
==Early life and move to Oklahoma==
He was born in Stevensville, Pennsylvania on August 31, 1871. He and his parents, Alexander James Avery and Ruie Stevens Avery moved to Missouri in 1881.〔Everett, Dianna. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture: Cyrus Stevens Avery.'' Retrieved July 25, 2011.()〕 In 1890, the family moved to Noel, Missouri, where Cyrus received a certificate to teach in public schools. In 1893, he enrolled in William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1897.〔(Cyrus StevensAvery (1871 - 1963), Oklahoma State University, The Cyrus S. Stevens Collection." ) Accessed July 8, 2015.〕〔"History of Southwest Tulsa." Chapter Seven:Historic Route 66. Available on Google Books.〕 He married Essie McClelland after graduation,〔("The Father of Route 66." Retrieved July 24, 2011 )〕 then moved to Oklahoma City to be an insurance agent. In 1904, he moved to Vinita in Indian Territory, where he expanded into real estate loans and invested in the oil industry, establishing the Avery Oil & Gas Company.〔 In 1907, he moved again to Tulsa. He bought a farm near Tulsa in 1908, where he raised Holstein and Ayshire cattle, Druoc hogs, Shopshire sheep, and Percheron horses. In the following year, he established a farm northeast of Tulsa for diversified agriculture.〔 Cyrus had three children with Essie: sons Gordon Avery and Leighton Avery, and daughter Helen Avery Berghell.〔("Daughter of Route 66 Innovator Dies." Retrieved September 20, 2007 )〕
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