All images and text © Kevin Moloney


A sign for recently-renamed U.S. Highway 666 stands alongside the road south of Cortez, Colo. New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, along with the states of Colorado and Utah, petitioned the federal government to change the number of the road. Native Americans from around the region had long argued the devilish connection contributed to traffic deaths on the highway.



Mike Porter, right, of Cortez, Colo., daughter Allison, 8, pick rocks from a freshly-plowed alfalfa field along U.S. highway 666 south of the Four Corners-area town. A life-long resident, Porter has seen many nasty accidents along the road, but was cautious with making any diabolical connection to them.



Porter, of Cortez, Colo., daughter Allison, 8, left, son Byron, 5, and wife Schelli pause while picking rocks from a freshly-plowed alfalfa field. At rear, Ute Mountain rises above the Ute Indian reservation to which it lends its name. The spiritual mountain resembles a laying Ute when seen from the east.



Muriel Kubishin, center, sells a vast array of clothing alongside U.S. Highway 666 at Sheep Springs, N.M. on the Navajo reservation. The Navajo nation was instrumental in campaigning for the change of the highway's name.



A truck passes clothes hung along a fence by Kubishin at Sheep Springs, N.M.


All images and text © Kevin Moloney

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