The journal California History published an article of mine about the impact of transportation infrastructure disinvestment on Seligman, Arizona. The California connection derives from the state, and particularly Barstow, California, being the primary beneficiary of investments in interstate highways and the modernization of the Santa Fe railroad that led to the bypassing of Seligman, Arizona — a community on Route 66 and a former major hub of maintenance and switching operations for the Santa Fe railroad.
You can access the article here.