Delgadillo's Snow Cap

Juan Delgadillo built the Snow Cap in 1953 out of scrap lumber and a sense of humor, and it has been serving dead chicken and cheeseburgers with cheese to travelers who can take a joke ever since. The real story, though, is the family. Juan's brother Angel, the town barber, watched Seligman wither when Interstate 40 bypassed it in 1978, and in 1987 he founded the association that got Route 66 named a state historic highway. The Mother Road's revival started here, at this counter.

What the plaque says

Delgadillo's Snow Cap, Seligman, Arizona. Route 66 Roadside Attraction. , Juan Delgadillo built the now famous Snow Cap in Seligman, Arizona in 1953 out of scrap lumber. Home of the "Cheeseburger with cheese" and "Dead Chicken". ,

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Seligman — 1.3 mi
  The town that refused to die when the interstate went around it — a barber's crusade made this the Birthplace of Historic Route 66, and the reason the Mother Road still runs.
• Grand Canyon Caverns — 25 mi
  The largest dry cavern in the country, 210 feet under Route 66 — a Cold War fallout shelter, the deepest hotel room in America, and a Hualapai burial place the tourists once mistook for a sideshow.

More markers nearby

• Beale Wagon Road — steps away
• Ash Fork — 23 mi
• The Escalante Hotel — 23 mi
• Grand Canyon Caverns — 24 mi