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2 OFFICERS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES
3 MEMBERSHIP MATTERS Robert Gehl
4 NEWS FROM THE ROAD
10 RED CEDAR INN - WHERE PAST AND PRESENT COME TOGETHER Joe Sonderman
16 SAVING THE LAST CABIN - CAMP JOY Gary Sosniecki and Joe Sonderman
21 THE RETRO ZONE IN MARSHFIELD Rich Dinkela
25 SUCK IT ALL IN ATTHE VACUUM CLEANER MUSEUM IN ST.JAMES Kip Welborn
31 LAND OF THE LAUGHING WATER- MISSOURI'S HA HA TONKA STATE PARK Joe Sonderman
36 "WHY WOULDN'T WE" LABANON BUSINESS PRESERVES ROUTE 66 HISTORY Gary Sosniecki
38 KANSAS ROUTE 66 - • KICKS IT UP ANOTHER NOTCH Cheryl Eichar Jett
43 NEW MEMBERS Robert Gehl
44 BUSINESS MEMBER DIRECTORY Robert Gehl
52 THEN AND NOW Joe Sonderman
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OFFICERS PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER Rich Dinkela James Crooks Judy Wallmark Ruth Keenoy 165 Arnold Ave. 2540 Christopher Oaks Ct. 312 Clayton Crossing Dr. #202 5229 Oleatha Avenue St. Peters, MO 63376 St. Louis, MO 63129 Ellisville,MO 63011 St. Louis, MO 63139 (314) 369-4366 (314) 293-2540 (417) 588-6110 (314) 723-5904 office rich(ci)hookedonroute66.com jimmy52(Cilatt.net rt66orbust(Cilyahoo.com (314) 637-6441 cell rdkeenoy(Cilgmail.com
BOARD OF Jerry Benner David J. Eslick Tommy Pike Mark Stauter 1115Chatelet Dr. 3311 South Elmira 1602 East Dale St. 309 Hutchinson Dr. DIRECTORS Ferguson, MO 63135 Springfield, MO 65807 Springfield, MO 65803 Rolla, MO 65401 (314) 521-4255 (417) 889-9332 office (417) 865-1318 (573) 201-5033 ~benner(Cilmindspring.com (417) 350-5708 cell furyon66(Cilearthlink.net markcstauter(Cilgmail.com djeslick(Cilundata.com Anne Marie Baker Bob Schwartz James J. Thole 2259 E Mirabeau St Larry Frickenschmidt P.O. Box 498 1264 Jade Wind Cir. Springfield MO 65804 2131 S. Farm Road 199 Osage Beach, MO 65065 Manchester, MO 63011 (417) 569-6188 Springfield, MO 65809 (314) 650 5767 (636) 484-3232 annebaker(ci)missouristate .edu (417) 861-2969 bobobeck 1(Cilmsn.com 66thole(Cilsbcglobal.net Imfnations(Cilaol.com Michael Boggs Joe Sonderman Diane Warhover 17529 Chesterfield Lane Robert Gehl 1710 Coachway Lane 418 Cloister Walk Phillipsburg, MO 65722 1667 Timber Ridge Est. Dr. Hazelwood, MO 63042 Kirkwood, MO 63122 (417) 589-0023 office Wildwood, MO 63011 (314) 609-6370 (314) 965-5751 (417) 664-2768 cell (636) 458-4585 office stlrt66(Cilaol.com warhoverdiane(Cilgmail.com michaelboggs(ci)rocketmail.com (314) 971-6366 cell rgehI66(Cilearthlink.net
COMMITTEES HISTORIAN I MEMBERSHIP MOTOR TOUR PUBLICATIONS ORAL HISTORY SERVICES Robert Schulz Diane Warhover, Jerry Benner, Chairperson Robert Gehl, Director 708 South Market Chairperson 1115Chatelet Dr. 1667 Timber Ridge Est. Dr. Waterloo, IL 62298 418 Cloister Walk Ferguson, MO 63135 Wildwood, MO 63011 (618) 799-8021 Kirkwood, MO 63122 (314) 521-4255 (636) 458-4585 office schu Iz(Cilhtc.net (314) 965-5751 ~benner(Cilmindspring.com (314) 971-6366 cell warhoverdiane(Cilgmail.com Tommy Pike rgehI66(Cilearthlink.net 1602 East Dale St. NEON HERITAGE SHOW ME ROUTE 66 Springfield, MO 65803 PRESERVATION MISSOURI HISTORIC MAGAZINE (417) 865-1318 James J. Thole, Chairperson ROUTE 66 BYWAY Joe Sonderman, Editor furyon66(Cilearth Iink.net 1264 Jade Wind Cir. CONTACT 1710 Coachway Lane Manchester, MO 63011 Tommy Pike INTERNET SERVICES Hazelwood, MO 63042 (636) 484-3232 1602 East Dale St. (314) 609-6370 Chris Debosek, 66thole(Cilsbcglobal.net Springfield, MO 65803 stlrt66(Cilaol.com Director (417) 865-1318 637 Rayburn Ave. PRESERVATION furyon66(Cilearthlink.net Crestwood, MO 63126 Jane Dippel, Chairperson (314) 609-6927 7920 Captain Conn Dr. cd kd(Cilearthl ink.net St. Louis, MO 63123 (314) 843-7132 vestaon66(Cilatt.net membership matters ~
BY ROBERT GEHL, DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP SERVICES, (314) 971-6366 OR RGEHL66(O)EARTHLINK.NET
Watch for a sign among the stars, Bob As the sun sets over that Robert and Ramona Lehman were gentle western rise, the I charter members of our Association and massive Munger Moss Motel the Munger Moss continues as one of our sign stands as a sentinel loyal Business Members. Please continue to alongside the Mother Road. make it one of your preferred destinations A simple switch just behind for the night - it will transport you back to that bright yet cozy office a simpler time when the speed of getting awaits a human touch. from A to B was not a priority or even Watching those last rays possible. You'll enjoy a true Route 66 disappear, not fearing the experience and while you're there, pause dark, proud proprietors for a moment to think of Bob. And thank Bob or Ramona Lehman Ramona for what they've both done for the would anxiously decide that past 47 years to preserve a living piece of the time had come to light American history and Route 66 heritage. that neon monument to their The real payoff will be yours - one of the "home away from home" for fortunate to be exposed to the delights the traveler beckoned in by found during that unique American this glowing display of liquid experience of "going west." • color. Just follow the chasing bulbs of the arrow to your place of rest, comfortable knowing you've reached safe harbor for the night. Someone once remarked - it may have had the easy part. Bob and been David Hutson, our master neon Ramona did the work to restorationist - that you can likely see the prepare, host, and clean up sign from 30,000 feet up; I suspect Bob after wishing us a safe journey can now see it from even further than that. to our next stop along the Because now, I believe the sign may serve road of dreams. Now we another grand purpose. It may just be our dream for Bob, having sent new link to Bob's gentle spirit. You see, we him lovingly off on his lost Bob earlier this year on February 28 to final journey while offering cancer; we'll no longer see him wandering comfort to Ramona and their into the office from the rear living quarters family.Each night, Ramona to the sound of a familiar voice that's just will no doubt head for that arrived. We won't see him making repairs switch, turn on that sign, around this classic motor court or sharing and think of her partner for a story with friends from near or far. For 61 years. For now, that sign Bob and Ramona made the Munger Moss does not just light the way for the Munger Moss. We adore this roadside that weary traveler far from survivor, still soldering on after decades of home but serves as a beacon being considered "outdated" on the old for the late Robert L. "Bob" road vs. the newer motels and inns along Lehman to locate his loves in Lebanon from Hope to see you during my next trip the interstate. But it would not be what it among the stars. His spirit will live on in down Route 66, pausing for a moment to still is today without the 24/7 job that it our hearts. And that old sign will link us listen to those electric transformers creating takes to run and maintain an establishment through the eternities, still shining brightly the ionized air around that grand sign of the such as this.Those of us who had the as another night falls quietly, deep in the infamous Munger Moss Motel. privilege to visit and stay over the years Missouri Ozarks along Route 66. Bob Gehl "TRVL66" were guests and treated as such - we all
missouri66.org 3 ASSOCIATION ELECTS PRESIDENT AND OFFICERS
At the winter quarterly meeting of the Route 66 Assiciation of Missouri, "Roamin" Rich Dinkela was elected as president and Judy Dawson Arthachinta Wallmark was chosen as secretary.Ruth Keenoy was also elected as our new treasurer. Thank you to outgoing president Tommy Pike and to Glenda and Tonya Pike for their continuing years of service to the group. Tommy is a founding member of the association and a devoted booster of Route 66. We will continue to work together for the good of the Mother Road, for their experience, knowledge and continued input is invaluable. Change is never easy. But Route 66 has been evolving since Cyrus Avery first drew a line on a map. We continue to celebrate our past while looking forward to the future .
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LETTER FROM TH E PRESI DENT: in our operating rules and bylaws, improving our voting process to encourage more participation on all levels of membership, live Since early 2018, I've streaming online association functions to help entice new been promising big changes membership, create more lively and social quarterly meetings, and a lot of positive action and revamping the website so our members can stay in tune and up to all my friends in the to date with happenings within our organization. I want to create Roure 66 community. an online presence that speaks to the entire world of Route 66 Besides all the preservation lovers, not just the roadies from Missouri. Making our high-quality projects we took on like magazine accessible online will help entice international subscriptions. John's Modern Cabins, the Many of you that know me, know that I'm full of ideas and full Painted Desert Trading of action. I simply get stuff done.I love getting dirty and I don't POSt,the Trail of Tears Memorial, and more; never did I believe a make excuses. I look forward to your continued support as we take year ago that I would be sitting here composing a message to the on and conquer more challenges than ever before.For those of you members of the Missouri Roure 66 Association as your president. members that don't know me quite as well, you can take comfort in It's been a long time since there has been a major change in something nearly all Missouri residents are familiar with. I live by leadership in the association. This is a big challenge, but the people our state's motto,"The Show Me State." If you support my efforts have spoken. I am delighted to take on the task. I promise to rise to and the others on the association, I promise you we will show you the occasion with the level of commitment I have devoted to other that change is a good thing and that together we will improve Route 66 projects I've been involved in. There's a lot of work ro do Route 66 wherever and whenever possible for the good of our but I'm confident that our board and our community is ready for neighbors, our travelers, and our future. the task. I have one final word. To all the good people that went out As I write this message, it's only been a couple of days since the beyond the normal call to drive or even fly in from out of state just election. Leading up to this point I've been approached by many to attend our election meeting, not only on the original date, but of you asking what it is I look to see accomplished first. Here's my on the postponed date, I Thank You. Many of you members may response: I've made it a priority to focus on existing businesses and not realize just how many people made this sacrifice from their lives encouraging the growth of new businesses. When we look back just to participate in the election. In my estimate, roughly 50 out of on the history of Roure 66 much of which captivates us is the state members, wait, I'm sorry - Let's be clear, these weren't merely evolurion of business on Route 66. Some places have been with us members, bur dedicated roadies from the 66 community that made since the early days of Route 66, bur history tells us many more plans to travel or actually did travel to be here for the January have come and gone. That's the great thing about this road; we meeting. This is a testament to how much dedication there is on learn about our American Heritage through the images and srories Route 66. They didn't do this for me, they came because they of business owners past and present. We as a community embrace wanted to see their road and their interests made better. They new people, new ideas, and best of all new passion. I love seeing wanted to proclaim how special the road is to them. If it wasn't for tourists or roadies on fire for 66, bur I love it even more when I see these kinds of people, I can't say that Route 66 would exist today. a business owner on fire for his or her place on Route 66. Thank You Roadies. You are the people that make the survival of Besides uplifting our businesses, I also want to bring more value Route 66 possible! to our membership. We can do this by creating more transparency -Roamin Rich
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Robert Joseph Farner; sister-in-law, Janet Lindaman and her husband Gene of the state of Minnesota; brother-in-law, James Hoppenworth and his wife Pat of the state of Iowa; special cousin, Robert Heins of Iowa; other relatives and many dear friends. Bob was preceded in death by his parents and two sons, Robert and Terry Lehman. Every Route 66 traveler that met Bob will treasure the memories and appreciate the work he did to preserve a precious landmark. Thank you Bob, until we meet again.
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BOB LEHMAN 1937-2019 Those working to put Route 66 on par with the Oregon Trail and the route of the Pony Express are pushing ahead after a bit of The Route 66 Association of Missouri and its members are a setback over the winter. Much progress was made in 2018 and mourning the loss of an important member of Out community. hopes were high that HR80 1, the Federal legislation to designate Robert "Bob" Lehman, who operated the Munger Moss Motel Route 66 a National Historic Trail, would be passed last year. The in Lebanon with his wife Ramona, passed away at his home in government shutdown in mid-December, however, resulted in the Lebanon on February 28,2019. Our sympathies go out to Out legislation not moving forward. beloved Ramona. At the Road Ahead Partnership Board Meeting in Albuquerque Robert L. "Bob" Lehman was born on October 11, 1937, in during February, John Conoboy, Chairman of the Road Ahead's Postville, Iowa. After graduating high school, Bob worked on the National Historic Trail Task Force, and Amy Webb, representative family farm and also drove a feed truck. He married Ramona Jean from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, reported that Hoppenworth on November 15,1957, and they spent 61 years the bill has been reintroduced in the new Congress, with a goal of together. having it signed by the President before the end of the year. Ramona declared she "was just an Iowa farm girL" She says Current preservation efforrs fall under the National Park •"Bob and I met when my best friend from high school got engaged Service's Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, initiated in to his best friend from school. We were both in their wedding. And 2009. The program distributes about $100,000 per year to local or they were both in our wedding." state projects that have sufficient matching funds. However, that After a particularly nasty Northeastern Iowa winter, Ramona program is set to end this year. and Bob decided they were moving south, bringing a dream of On February 6, the U.S.House of Representatives passed owning a motel. In April, 1971, they were scouting some properties H.R. 66, known as the Route 66 Centennial Commission Act. in Springfield and fate intervened on the way home.A gas Stop Introduced by Representative Rodney Davis (R-IL), the bill is at Lebanon led to a chance encounter with local realtor Tim co-sponsored by Representatives from California, Arizona, New Compton. He led them to the Munger Moss and they made an Mexico, Oklahoma,Missouri, Illinois, and New Jersey. The bill, offer to original owners Jesse and Pete Hudson about a week after which was first introduced to the House Transportation and first seeing the place.They took over on June 1, 1971. Infrastructure Committee on Janunary 3, proposes to establish Bob was proud of the historic property and worked hard to keep a Route 66 Centennial Commission and directs the Secretary of it in good shape.He also had a real estate license and sold homes Transportation to prepare a plan on the preservation needs of for several years. According to Bob's obituary, "his family lovingly Route 66. The measure is now before the Senate Environment and recalls how he would remind them of the importance of hard work. Public Works Committee. They said his favorite explanation when he told them "No" about something was, "You need to know how to handle no-you will hear it many times in life and must know how to deal with it." Bob also BIRTHPL~CE OF 66 FESTIVAL LINE UP SET said "When you grow up, you will have to work, and by cleaning motel rooms on Saturdays, while your friends go to the bowling Birthplace of Route 66 Festival organizers Aaron Sachs & alley, you will know how." Associates, Ozarks on Two Wheels, KY3/KSPR and the City Bob worked hard, but still made time for fun. He traveled with of Springfield have announced the lineup for the August 9-10, his family to Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. He loved riding 2019, festival. Car show registration is now open online at the steam trains and avidly hunted, fished and floated on the rivers. route66festivalsgf.com.The festival, which drew 56,000 people In addition to Ramona, Bob leaves behind two daughters, last year, features an all-free musical lineup that includes favorite Mary Jo Shadel and her husband Rick of Osage Beach, Missouri, Branson acts on the KY3/KSPR stage in Park Central Square. and Shelly Cravens and her husband Jim of Lebanon; three Regional favorites Lyal Strickland, Mark Chapman, Blue grandchildren, J.D. Shadel and his wife Becka, Kayla Farner and Plate Special, Makenna & Brock, Laura Ashley, Rosy Hips, The her husband Brett, and Kelsey Jones and her husband Chuck; five Midterms, Dirty Saints and Papa Green Shoes will appear on the great-grandchildren, Jake and Luke Shadel, Jace and Lilli Ann Aaron Sachs Stage just south ofJefferson Avenue and Park Central Farner, and Harper Jean Jones; and one grandson on the way, East. The headliner of the festival is Machine Gun Symphony.
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Returning to the festival this year is the Mother Roadster rafiie of a 1929 Ford Model A benefiting Shriners Hospitals for Children. Tickets can be purchased online at MotherRoadsterFoundation. com. The winner will be drawn at 5:35 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10 after the car show awards on the Sachs stage. At the 2018 festival, Heather Booth of Springfield won a 1932 Ford roadster. Last year's drawing made it possible for the foundation to donate $40,000 to Shriners Hospital. Mother Roadster Foundation board members include Rick Hughlett, Rick's Automotive; Jack Stinson, Stinson Building Company; Bill Hobbs, Kwik Kar Tire Pros; Kirk Wheeler, Wheeler Work Trucks; Larry Krauck, KOLR-TV/KOZL-TV; Tarry Parrish, Abou Een Adhem Shrine Temple; and Dennis Hobbs.
Shamrock Court Motel west of Sullivan. Billy says the family has already turned down one offer from someone who planned to demolish the unique structure. According to Weiland, the name comes from the original plat called "Shamrock Village," 38 lots laid out in 1946 by Myles & Virginia O'Reilly. The Shamrock was constructed in 1948 for Freeman Dodds. The stone work with its fantastic sunbursts was done by Marion A. "Grandpa" Berti, who came to America from Medina, Italy as a young boy and went on to build several stone structures around Sullivan. Freeman Dodds sold the motel to John and Rose Weiland in 1953 and it was converted to apartments with living space for John and Rose in the late 1970s. The building has been unoccupied for over a decade and was first put up for sale last year. Weiland says he loves the property and he has managed to keep up with maintenance. He adds, "I would love to preserve it but don't personally have the resources to do so." The sturdy rock exterior is in great condition, but the roof could use a few shingles KY3/KSPR will celebrate its 66th birthday during the festival, and additional work may be required in the crawl spaces beneath with some special surprises in store, according to festival organizer the floor. Tom Mast. Stay tuned to KY3/KSPR for the details as they become available. Vendors interested in participating in this year's festival should contact Mast at [email protected]. NEW WAY FOR RVS TO TRAVEL 66 Returning to the festival this year is the Authors, Artists, Collectors & Associations expo at The Old Glass Place, Vendor The Road Ahead and Harvest Hosts have partnered to provide Village, the Birthplace of Route 66 Festival Parade and the 6.6K RVs traveling Route 66 a new way to experience all the Mother Run/3.3K Walk. Motorcycle Village on the east side of the festival Road has to offer. Harvest Hosts (www.harvesthosts.corn) is a footprint will again be in full swing with live music, demos, stunt membership network that invites self-contained RVers to stay shows, the Gypsy Tour Poker Run and other motorcycle-geared overnight for free at selected sites, attractions, and businesses across entertainment and vendors. the United States. The goal of the new partnership is to expand "There is a lot of energy in downtown Springfield surrounding the current listing of Harvest Hosts locations to include some of hospitality and welcoming folks to our city to celebrate our Route the unique sites along Route 66 and enhance the experience RV 66 heritage," said Rusty Worley, Downtown Springfield Association travelers have on the Mother Road. The goal is to connect RVers executive director. Worley cited several new hotels coming online with the hidden gems of Real America, where they'll find unique soon, along with restaurants and breweries along the route. experiences and make lasting memories with family and friends. The Road Ahead invites attractions, sites, and businesses along ~ For more information, please visit route66festivalsgf.com. Route 66 to contact it if interested in becoming a Harvest Host site. Just email [email protected] for information and details. Harvest Hosts currently provides access to a network SHAMROCK COURT MOTEL FOR SALE of wineries, farms, breweries, golf courses, museums, and other attractions that invite its members to visit and stay overnight at The number of Route 66 properties with the once common any of its 700+ locations completely free. In an effort to support distinctive Ozark rock finishes is dwindling, and a very important local businesses and make it beneficial for those who act as Hosts, one is for sale. Billy Weiland and his brothers own the former RVers are encouraged to support the businesses they visit, whether
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C·836 Service to undertake the "Trucking on WE WERE HARRIED ON ROUTE ~~-STORK CAME ONROUTE4' Route 66" project. The audio recordings, the video AND 1'M OlVORClN' THE BUM ON ROUTE 66! recordings, the metadata, and the ~ /,// transcriptions are now available free c:>- for the general public and researchers. This project complements other oral history collections held by MSU, other COZY Research Route 66 member libraries, OAK and the Route 66 Association of TRAILER. Missouri. CAMP Kaitlyn McConnell,Founder of Ozarks Alive and Media Relations Coordinator for CoxHealth, observed, "When people think of Route 66, they typically focus on the 'fun' aspects, such as vacationers traveling across America. However, the road was integral to our history in many other ways, such as SC.H4 economic expansion. This project is a wonderful opportunity to preserve some of those stories before they're lost." that's through buying some wine, shopping in the gift shop, making Some of the interviews now on line include the Executive a donation to a museum, or buying local produce. Harvest Hosts Director of Springfield's History Museum on the Square and has tens of thousands of members from the United States, Canada, former trucker John Sellars. There's Bill Crow, a former Campbell's and around the world, including retirees, full-time families, business 66 driver whose father founded a trucking company that merged professionals, bloggers, and adventurers, all of whom have one with the larger firm in 1941. Larry Posey, former vice president of thing in common: the desire to experience unique locations as they sales and marketing for Campbell 66 Express, shared his memories travel. Self-contained RVers can become Harvest Hosts members as did Carson Elliott, whose family owned Andy's Midway truck for a small annual fee. Established in 2015 with the support of the stop. Interviews are also posted with Greg Gaszak, a Route 66 and National Park Service and the World Monuments Fund, The Route Campbell 66 Express enthusiast and Rich Henry of the famous Road Ahead Partnership's mission is to revitalize and sustain Route Rabbit Ranch in Staunton, Illinois. 66 as a national and international icon through partnerships focused ~ The videos can be found at www.youtube.com/user Libraries on promotion, preservation, research and education, and economic MSU/featured. development.
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In addition to the neon, mom and pop cafes and motels, Route 66 was also essential to American commerce and the trucking industry. In Missouri, the trucking history is of special interest because it was the home of Campbell 66 Express, and the firm's "Snortin'Norton" mascot. An oral history project is capturing memories of truckers and others in the industry so they can be preserved. The recollections are now being posted on You Tube for all to enjoy. In 2017,The Missouri State University Libraries, in partnership with Ozarks Alive (OzarksAlive.com), received a $5,100 grant from the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program of the National Park
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missouri66.org 9 GINGER GALLAGHER IN FRONT OF THE RED CEDAR IN 1939. THE LANDMARK WAS ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS THE SMITH BROTHERS RED THE BARBECUE STAND ON THE LEFT IS STILL THERE. CEDAR TAVERN AS INDICATED BYTHE SIGN IN THIS EARLY PHOTO. (COURTESY: GINGER SMITH GALLAGHER) (COURTESY: GINGER SMITH GALLAGHER)
BY JOE SONDERMAN
ON ROUTE 66 WHERE THE SUBURBAN SPRAWL WEST OF ST. LOUIS BEGINS TO THIN OUT AND THEOZARKS BEGIN, THE RED CEDAR INN AT PACIFIC HAS BOTH A HISTORIC PAST ANDA BRIGHT FUTURE. IT IS NOW OWNED BY THE CITY OF PACIFIC AND FUTURE PLANS INCLUDE A HISTORY MUSEUM AND WELCOME CENTER, PERHAPS AS PART OF A TRAILHEAD ON THE MERAMEC GREENWAY TRAIL. THE PROPERTY COULD BE COMBINED WITH THE NEARLY ADJACENT JENSEN POINT,A HISTORIC OVERLOOK WITH A SPECTACULAR VIEW, TO CREATEA ROADSIDE COMPLEX. THAT'S ALL IN THE FUTURE, BUT THE RED CEDAR HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1934.
r-r-:o events in 1933 helped shape the history of the roadside subject to flooding. They tapped Dutch Wehrle of Eureka as the 1~ndmark. In August 1933, Route 66 was re-routed west of head carpenter, along with carpenters Vie Mottert and Harry Bush, St. Louis from Manchester Road to Chippewa Street and the new and a major team effort began alongside the Meramec River Bluffs. Watson Road and through Valley Park and Pacific to Gray Summit. The red cedar logs came from the family farm on the St. Louis In December of 1933, the 21" Amendment to the US constitution Rock Road and were hauled to the site in a Ford "Model AA" was ratified, bringing an end to prohibition. For James Smith and one-ton truck operated by Casper and Lawrence Haberberger. The his brother Bill, who reportedly sold bootleg booze from the family logs were hewn by hand by Dan Haffiey and Earl Morgan and farm at Villa Ridge, the new road and legal alcohol meant a legit the bricks were made of silica and sand right there in Pacific by opportunity. the Pacific Brick Company. Before Route 66 came through town, Bill opened a tavern in Fenton and James began operating a Pacific was known chiefly for the production of silica from the pool hall in Eureka with three tables and a bar. Then they decided bluffs along the Meramec River. the new highway in St. Louis County just east of Pacific at the time Ed Kreinkamp and Brothers Ben and Eugene Nauman dug would make a great location for a bar. One of the sites considered the foundation using a mule pulling a slip. (Dirt scoop) Dutch was where the KOA Campground stands today, but that site was Wehrle was the head carpenter on the job with help from Vie
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Motterr and Harry Bush. The ~~""'~. ~,~~~~~ which spoon mother was talking chinking, a mixture of wood abour."They finally gOt the recipes and nails covered over with ~ straightened our. Ginger also said concrete, was the work of George the French dressing recipe came from and Otto Manerzke, When the a restaurant her parents visited on restaurant was built, they turned their honeymoon. "At the time, most management over to James Smith places were reluctant to share their II. He was 24 years old. recipes. So they were very surprised The original section of the when this couple went along." Ginger building contains the bar, the also added that in 1959, the family dining room and some kitchen decided it would be easier to live at space. A kitchen addition was the restaurant. "So they built a knotty constructed in 1940 and a final " pine wall across the dining room and expansion took place in the we lived on the other side." 1970s.A building that still stands Major League pitcher Bob Klinger outside was constructed so 3.2 of Allenton was a memorable regular beer could be sold on Sunday. and good friend of the family. Since at the time, liquor Klinger pitched in the Cardinal's couldn't be sold in an farm organization and then with the unincorporated area, the owners Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red made a deal with city officials 'ITH OUTSIDE THE RED CEDAR WITH Sox. Bob brought other players to where Pacific would annex the LY AFTER IT OPENED. BILL LIEBEL the Red Cedar like Dizzy Dean, Ted PIPER STANDrNG'IN THE DOORWAY. area where the Red Cedar was a RSMITH~CAlLAGHER) Willian1s and Red Schoendiensr. located and grant a license to sell ~~JL,. ~ - Ginger says Dizzy and Bob "parried liquor by the drink as long as the hearty" and they were "So much fun." ownership didn't demand utility Klinger also owned the Log House service. As a result, the water Cafe in Eureka, which he leased to came from a well until a little over the Gerwes and Hanephin families. It was said that during one 20 years ago. The Red Cedar was billed as "The only restaurant off season, he and his wife ate every meal at the Red Cedar, where serving mixed drinks for 190 miles!" That seems like a bit of a James charged his most loyal customer 25 cents per plate. But that's stretch considering it's only 30 miles to Sr. Louis. not why we remember Bob Klinger. James rnith II hired Katherine Brinkman as a waitress in Bob went down in baseball history on October 15, 1946.He 1935 and they were married in 1940. At that time, the bar and was tagged for the loss in the deciding World Series Game Seven restaurant was known as the Smith Brothers Red Cedar Tavern. after a play that will always be remembered as Enos Slaughter's But Katherine didn't like the word "tavern" and she also didn't like "Mad Dash." The game was tied in the top of the eighth when her place referred to as a roadhouse. A group of friends was sitting Klinger took the mound for the Red Sox and gave up a single to around throwing around potential names when someone suggested Slaughter. Bob got the next two hitters before Harry Walker came the Red Cedar. Katherine couldn't remember exactly who came up. With a 2-1 count, Slaughter took off from first as Walker up with the moniker. In 1944, Katherine and James II bought the lined Klinger's pitch to left center. The relay throw came in to Red business from his father. With daughter Virginia "Ginger" and son James Smith III, they would run the business until James II retired in 1972. Ginger Smith Gallagher recalls helping out at an early age, hauling food and supplies up from the basement and balancing work with school when they got older. "Mom and Dad ran it when we were at school so we participated in activities and went to school there was no question about that. We worked there doing dishes, bussing, different things that a kid would do." One of her early memories is playing with dough in the kitchen while wearing a tiny white apron.There was a phone booth in rhe bar. When the telephone company took the booth out, they wanted to give it to her father. But he said "What am I going to do with it?" Ginger wishes they had kept the phone booth. Gallagher says Katherine wrote down recipes in her own way, listing ingredients such as "a large spoonful of sugar."Ginger explained that it became a bit of an issue "Well we didn't know that anyone would need these recipes and would need to know
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come speeding by." So the Red Cedar continued to serve locals and travelers until James II retired in 1972 and they leased out the building. In Ocrober 1987, Ginger, James III and Katherine re-opened the restaurant. A few weeks later, James III tapped Wes Kama as a consultant. Wes agreed ro help out for six months. But he loved the Red Cedar so much that he stayed. Wes did every job in the place in addition ro being the managing parmer until Rr',~ ~Fn/.\f~ .r~N the day the doors closed. Former • tiC i"~~,~,C M" chef Larry Dan recalls that Wes used r. (\ JS FJ:)[) ro close the bar every night with his Il. ?" I POSTCARD VIEW OF THE RED CEDAR, 19405. (AUTHOR'S COLLECTION) wonderful rendition of "New York, ew York." Wes and Ginger are Sox shortstop Johnny Pesky, who hesitated on the throw home, now married. In 1991, James III left ro become the owner of the Slaughter just kept running and scored the run that turned out to Tri-Counry Truck Stop and Restaurant, It was located in the deco be the winner. building at Villa Ridge that formerly housed the famous Diamonds According ro Ginger, many cusromers came from surrounding Restaurant. Sadly, the Tri Counry closed in September 2006 and communities such as Washingron, and Union, Missouri and that building has been vacant ever since. she enjoyed talking to the people, "When the Sr. Louis Blues Gallagher is proud of how well-known the Red Cedar became. hockey team was owned by Sidney Solomon, he had a farm up She tells the srory abour a Japanese documentary crew filming on Robertsville Road and would bring hockey players ro the an interview. The cameraman was on one side and the translator restaurant." She says the team had sort of a hazing ritual for the on the other.Ginger said she would look at the translator while young players and would invite them on a "snipe hum" at the farm. answering the questions but he was instructed ro look at the There is no such thing as snipe. But the eager young players would cameraman. It rook several takes before Ginger began looking in find themselves out in the woods and fields in the dark of night the right direction.She said one of their favorite compliments was huming for the non-existent fowl. Then the local "sheriff," usually when a crew from ABC's "Good Morning America" sropped in one of the pranksters himself, would "arrest" the rookies and bring while filming a piece on Route 66. Host Charlie Gibson asked the them in for illegal snipe hunting. The veteran players would go so crew and reporter Mindy Moore if they had a favorite srop on the far as dressing up as a judge and handing down a harsh sentence Mother Road, Moore answered that they did,"It's unanimous," before letting everyone in on the joke. The Red Cedar was often the she said, "by far our favorite srop was a little place outside Sr. Louis destination after a big hunt, called the Red Cedar Inn," In 1985, a snipe hum resulted in a costly injury. Doug Ginger is also very proud of the effort that her mom and dad Wickenheiser fell from a pickup truck during the "hum" and pur in, As she grew older, Ginger realized how hard it must have suffered severe knee damage. Wickenheiser never fully recovered, been. "My mom did all the main cooking and at night they would but he returned near the end of the 1986 season and scored the tend the bar and take care of the cash register." The entertainment most memorable goal in Blues hisrory in the playoffs on Monday, went from nightly dances in the 1940s except on Sundays and May 12, "The Monday ight Miracle." Mondays, ro karaoke nights in the later years. In April 2003, the Looking back, Ginger rold us that the hard working family Red Cedar was listed on the ational Register of Hisroric Places. didn't really think much about the hisrory and significance of Ginger cited the skyrocketing cost of insurance when the doors Route 66 other than an awareness that it brought in the business, were closed on March 7, 2005. She says they sure found it our in 1960, when the new Interstate 44 In 2010, James Smith III turned the former restaurant inro opened, "It was like the Twilight Zone," she said, "One day you are a business center, He says only the empry kitchen was changed really busy and the next day there was no one around, The employees subsranrially and the dining room still contains its old knotty pine were looking for things ro do like constantly cleaning. My parems paneling. The exterior of the building and the bar remain as they were worried they would not be able to keep the doors open." were. The City of Pacific made attempts to purchase the Red Cedar The super slab turned our ro be a blessing in disguise. Within in 2007 and in 2010 before succeeding in 2017. The ciry paid a year, business was back and better than ever. According ro $290,000 dollars for the roadside icon, with the stated purpose of a Ginger, it was because the old highway was no longer jammed with converting it inro a local hisrory museum and genealogy center, high-speed traffic. "People couldn't even turn in ro the restaurant The Meramec Valley Hisrory Museum and Genealogy Sociery safely, There were a lot of accidents because of drivers ropping the collection was located in a former residence on West Union Street, hill going east, They thought they were out of the city and would but a ciry official said it drew few visitors, The building was sold
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and the collection remains in storage. Mayor Steve Myers is open to a winery or craft brewery, all tied together with the Red Cedar, multiple uses for the building, and says the goal should be for the Jensen's Point and perhaps the Wintec Building. complex to be self-sustaining. Route 66 Association of Missouri President, Rich Dinkela Aldermen hired the St. Louis architectural firm of Parterhn-Ives said that Pacific is the "Gateway to the Ozarks" and should take to seek feedback and devise a plan for multiple uses of the building. advantage of that. But there was resistance from those who want The architects will also be charged with making sure the building the focus to remain on local history and genealogy. Alderman Carol is structurally sound and put a price tag on the project. Results Johnson spoke our strongly, "When, as an alderman I voted for are expected by the end of summer this year and renovation could your firm, I did not hire you to do a trailhead study or talk about begin soon afterwards. what is best for the Wintec Building. This is about the Red Cedar The architects have held two public meetings, where they Building and how we maintain that building." Wes Kama was also displayed photos of possible uses, and asked visitors to vote for skeptical. "We couldn't survive off Roure 66 as a restaurant and this their favorites. Possibilities include educational and social spaces, project can't live off Route 66." a visitor's center, and a gift shop offering Route 66 and Frisco At least one person was pleased following the second meeting Railroad memorabilia. in February. Ginger Smith Gallagher watched and said that she is Wayne Winchester, who owned and restored the Jensen Point very happy with the company doing all the work right now because Overlook and owns the Wintec Building next to the Red Cedar, "They seem to have a heart and they care." She added "I can hardly suggested the property could host weddings. Several attendees wait to see it when it is done." Her mother and father would be suggested a trailhead for the Meramec Greenway Trail, but the trail proud .• :. is in the early planning stages and a trailhead at the Red Cedar would require trail users to cross Route 66. It was also proposed that a bike shop could be part of the complex. Some mentioned
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missouri66.org lS The Driving Force Behind Camp Joy
BY JOE SONDERMAN
Joy Spears Fishel was named for the camp operated by her family. She filled out a questionnaire for the documentary, "Driving Passion: America's Love Affiir with the Car, " which aired May 30-31, 1995, on TBS. Joy passed away in 2010 but her words provide a history of the property and the evolution Saving the of the American roadside. Last Cabin amp Joy may have barely missed a Cviolent brush with infamy. Joy told the story that notorious outlaws Bonnie Parker,Clyde Barrow, and Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd stayed at the court for two or three days. (If the story is true, the man BY GARY SOSNIECKI they believed to be Pretty Boy Floyd was probably Clyde's protege WD. Jones, who was often mistaken for Floyd)."We had • ~e last surviving cabin from Camp Joy, believed to be Lebanon's first tourist no idea, of course, who they were at the 1:mp, has been donated to the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society for time, but their behavior was a bit strange, preservation and restoration. The cabin is to be moved to a permanent home at Boswell since they never moved their car out of Park, already the site of Route 66 murals and a Roure 66-themed playground. The the "Drive-In" garage; only one at a time donation by Lee Sing, owner of Sing Rental, was announced in January at the annual would come out, go for food, and go back membership meeting of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society. inside their unit. When the sheriff was The property, with more than 400 feet of frontage on Elm Street/Route 66 across from tipped off and came to investigate, the the Cowan Civic Center, sat vacant until Sing purchased the eastern half as a new site for outlaws had left only an hour or so prior to Sing Rental. He recently purchased the remainder of the property to expand his business his arrival, so he missed them," Joy said. and initially planned to tear down the remaining cabin at 524 Caitlin Avenue. Emis and Lois Spears were married in Sing had just learned of the cabin's role in Route 66 history when he was approached Nebraska City, Nebraska on March 30, by Bruce Owen, a Route 66 Society board member, about its future. Sing agreed on the 1927. Three days later with his parents spot to give it to the Route 66 Society. Charles and Lida Spears along for the ride, The cabin is 16-feet in square, although Sing said, it appears to have been 12 feet by they began a journey in a Model T Ford 16 feet originally, with a 4-foot addition for a bathroom. He believes the cabin to be one in search of a location for a tourist camp. of the original units at Camp Joy. "The Route 66 Society has had its eyes on the cabin for Their journey took them across the Rocky many years, and we are extremely grateful to Mr. Sing for the donation," Gary Sosniecki, Mountains and as far south as Phoenix, vice president of the Route 66 Society, said in announcing the gift. Arizona. At each potential site they would Members of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society made three important take turns sitting on the roadside to count discoveries while cleaning out and gutting the cabin in preparation for its restoration and the number of cars passing by. In June the move to Boswell Park. They found that the original rafters for the roofline before the 1927, they were travelling across Missouri bathroom was added are still in place. They also found a section of original exterior siding on Route 66, which had been designated behind a bathroom wall. Then they removed the ragged old carpeting to find the cabin's as a federal highway only a few months original hardwood flooring. before.At Lebanon, they spent three days "The cabin has suffered considerable vandalism through the years," Sosniecki said, counting cars and decided to locate at adding that the group has plenty of work ahead in moving and restoring the building. the east end of town. They called the new "For now, we're just thrilled that an important piece of Lebanon's Route 66 history has business Camp Joy. been saved." Emis and his father started out renting Thanks to Gary Sosniecki! campsites and tents for 50 cents per night,
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which included outside water and use of a common bath house. The campground was an immediate success and the family began building cabins right away. Joy recalled "Our grandfather had for a number of years owned and operated a general merchandise store and then was self-employed as a builder and cabinet-maker, which gave him the knowledge of dealing with the public and also for construction of the cottages." The site originally occupied an entire city block, roughly eight acres. According to Joy "It was set up with a park-like setting, with lots of trees, lawn, flowers and lawn chairs. The original and first cabins were built in a "U" with the open end obviously fronting the highway. Later, as the business grew and more and more units were constructed, these were built on the ourer edges of the original set-up. There was a common "Bath for the camp. In the late 1930s, the family there was a wood box filled with cut wood House" in the center of the "U," for use of added about 1 Y2 acres across Catlin Avenue to be used for heating purposes." The all guests. In the front was a service station and built four three-room houses and original cabins rented from $1 to $l.50. and small grocery store." The family erected detached garages on that site.Joy said the Joy wrote that after the first five an archway emblazoned with the words first five cabins were "approximately 10'x separate cabins were built, they added the "Teach Baby to Say Camp Joy" and "Tell 12' square and furnished with one double "Drive-ins," which was one long building Your Friends About Camp Joy." Ernis' aunt bed, rwo straight cane-bottom chairs, a with five units, each with its adjoining Daisy Henderson arrived about 1932 and table that folded down from the wall with a enclosed garage. "One could drive into opened up a cafe across Route 66. one-leg brace, a kerosene rwo-burner cook the garage, open large wooded sliding The back half of the property was sold stove, and a wood-burning pot-bellied doors, and step right out of the car into off about 1935, leaving about four acres heating stove. On the small front porch, the room. Later, double units were built.
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The first three or four had two double beds in the same large room with a solid partition between the beds. Still later, two and three bedroom units were added to accommodate large families. There were limited cooking facilities in the cabins and most travelers prepared their own food" she said. Joy recalled that "The "Drive-ins" were quite a novelty to travelers at that time and were in great demand, since most, if not all of the cars at that time had cloth or part cloth tops." Years later, as cars nearly all had steel tops and, more importantly,
THE "DRIVE·INS" AT CAMP JOY POSTCARD (JOE SONDERMAN COLLECTION)
develop this business. Everything was paid for in cash and 'credit' was a dirty word in our family!" "One of the precious memories that comes to mind are the trips I took with my • grandfather when I was just a small child to put up road signs advertising the camp. These were made from 1x12 boards; cut in the shape of an arrow, painted white and lettered in red. He would then take along a can of red paint, brush, etc. in the trunk of the car, would tabulate the mileage on the speedometer and, on the spot, paint in the mileage to Camp Joy. Then he would POSTCARD SHOWING THE ORIGINAL CABINS (JOE SONDERMAN COLLECTION) nail these to a tree. A very patient man, he allowed and welcomed my brother and me as the autos "grew" in size, the garages were began renting cottages ourselves at about to be with him as he worked at whatever too small, and they were converted to an age eleven. At age 12, my grandfather he was doing at the time. We learned much additional room in the units or to make and dad set me up in business for myself about carpentry, blacksmithing, wood additional units entirely. by converting my playhouse that my finishing, etc. along with his philosophy of Running the complex was a family affair grandfather had built for me as a little girl honesty, generosity, and fairness." and plenty of hard work. Joy told Ramona into "Joy's Doll House Novelties." It was Joy continued, "In the earlier days, Lehman "Mother and Grandmother a building about four by six with a front people would wander around the grounds, did laundry (before the days of no-iron porch and he then opened out a part of using the lawn furniture provided, visit sheets and pillow casesl), sewed drapes one side wall to form a display shelf, built with each other and with any of us that and curtains for the units, helped with shelves around the other two sides and set was not otherwise occupied. We met and the cleaning, yard grooming, renting me up in the novelty business." became acquainted with people from every cabins, tending the office, ete. The men Joy said the business provided a very state in the union and made lasting friends did the building, maintenance, etc. My good living for two families throughout with many. Our father had an uncanny younger brother helped with mowing the all those years. "This was, I believe, memory for names and associations lawns, which was a continuous job in the due in large measure to the wise and and frequently could go out to meet a summer, and with anything else daddy frugal management of our parents and car, speak to them by their names, ask or grandfather needed him to do. He grandparents. To the best of my knowledge, questions about their families, ete. when and I both carried hundreds of gallons of and I am reasonably positive this is correct, they had perhaps not been there for a year ice water to the guests, ran errands and there was never any money borrowed to or more."
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By 1938, the complex consisted of 24 frame cabins, a gas station and a grocery store. The tourist court units rented from $2.50 up to about $16.00 for one of the three bedroom units in the middle 1940s. After World War II, it became known as the Joy Motel and the rentals ranged from $5.00 up to about $27.00 for one of the three-bedroom units that would sleep up to seven people without use of rollaways or hideabeds. No prices ever exceeded $30.00. The family ran the motel until Emis died in 1971 and the property was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bolles. In November 1978, The Joy Motel was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Pressly, who also owned and operated an ambulance service in Lebanon. The cabins eventually became long term rentals. In 2010, the deteriorating structures began to succumb to the bulldozers. Much of the material was used for cabins at a church camp near Marshfield. Joy shared other memories too. "One through this with mother and see what Joy said the family was among the time that was somewhat exciting was when "treasures" were left after one year had pioneers of the tourism field. Before a car came screeching into the driveway elapsed." she passed away, Joy said ''As the years in a cloud of dust and a man got out and Joy said nearly all of the guests were have passed, more and more we realize • started banging on the office door. Daddy honest folks, however there was and appreciate how privileged we were met him and asked what the problem was. occasionally the exception to the rule. She to have grown up in this family and the The man said, he had stayed there the night remembered "On one of these, our dad business on Route 66."Thanks to Lee Sing before and had left his billfold containing made three separate (very fast) trips to run and Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 about $2,500.00 in the pillow case on the down a carload of people who had virtually Society, that last cabin will remain as a bed and hoped it had been found intact. stripped the unit they had occupied the tribute to a lifetime of work and memories Daddy took him out onto the court, met night before. Through his perseverance, he along the Main Street of America .• :. with one of the employees who said that did recaptute all that had been stolen." he had found it and it was in the linen room until he could turn it over to Daddy. The man took the billfold, counted the contents, finding nothing missing, reached into his pocket and handed our employee 50 cents as a reward.The employee held it, looked at the man and his billfold containing $2,500.00, handed the 50 cents back to the man and said, "Mister, I think you must need this more than I do." "This story brings to mind another - It was not uncommon for people to forget and leave belongings in the units. It was the policy of my parents and grandparents to carefully wrap these items and identify them in writing on the outside by contents, date, unit occupied, etc. These items were kept for one year to see if they were claimed, and many times, they were. These items were then placed in a special box for that purpose, which we jokingly called the "God Knows What Box." As a kid, it was always exciting to me to occasionally go
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20 Show Me Route 66 Let's Hear It For New Kids On The Block TI-IE RETRO ZO E in Marshfield
STORY AND PHOTOS BY RICH DINKELA
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'-;:day's Route 66 is about the survival of businesses in an ever-changing world. When ~ ~~iving the road, are we looking for the bones of old businesses or looking for the LET'S FACE IT,AS TIME TRAVELS life in existing establishments? A road without thriving businesses is just a road. Route 66 ON, PEOPLE CHANGE AND hosted countless businesses and tourists and the combination of the dedicated business PLACES CHANGE. THE OLD owners and their patrons add to its appeal. FADES AND THE NEW TAKES Fast forward to this day and age and my search of nostalgia from my days when I stomped around looking to sow my wild oats. I played arcade games and pinball while ITS PLACE. THE SAME IS hanging out in the strip malls with my friends. Arcades were the social gathering place for TRUE FOR NOSTALGIA. I'M kids of the 80s and 90s just like the old soda fountains of the 50s and 60s entertained the OFFICIALLY IN MY MID LIFE. previous generation when they were kids. THAT SUPPOSEDLY MEANS I'M I love discovering cool places and people along Route 66 and found an amazing spot in Marshfield, Missouri. One night, while driving around the downtown square that was once SUPPOSED TO YEARN FOR designated as City Route 66, a lovely neon glow beckoned from just off the square. AND CHASE AFTER WHAT WAS There it was. A large glass storefr!:mt with an awning stretched across the front of the COOL WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. building on Crittenden. A blue aura emanated through patterns of glass bricks above. The I GREW UP IN THE 80s, THE sign centered above the door situated in between the two glass displays proudly proclaimed, DECADE WHEN ROUTE 66 "Retro Zone Marshfield." Well, this certainly needed investigation. Walking through that door sends one back in time 30 years. I gaped at the pinball SUPPOSEDLY DIED. YES, ROUTE machines and the video games long since forgotten. There was a 1980s Coke machine, 66 WAS DECOMMISSIONED consoles with familiar names like Atari and Millipede, a giant claw machine filled with IN 1985. HOWEVER, SHORTLY adorable plush toys, and many other artifacts from the past. I made it just inside the door AFTER THE OLD ROAD WAS before stopping and just looking in awe, trying to take in the sights and sounds. DECOMMISSIONED A GROUP A girl of about 18 behind the counter sized up this old dude out of the corner of her eye, probably wondering why he was just standing there. Snapping out of it, all I could do OF REALLY COOL PEOPLE was ask "What's going on here?" She replied, "It's a video game arcade." Of course it is!!!! BEGAN WORKING TO MAKE Wow, I thought they died decades ago along with rotary dial phones with cords, Photomat SURE IT DIDN'T DIE. booths and massive console televisions.
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I smiled as the questions poured OUL But the owner walked in before she could answer. Relieved, she told me "There's the owner. He can answer your questions." I did a double take when she pointed to a fellow young enough to be my son. "You're the owner?" I questioned with a surprised tone. With a proud and confident look the youngster replied,"Yes I am." Let me introduce you all to Landon Fraker. I would be willing to bet my adventure Huck he is the youngest business owner on Roure 66. Take a look at his phoro in this article and then see if you can guess his age. He's 17.That's right, 17. You remember being 17, right? Most of us worked at an enrry level job Hipping burgers, throwing newspapers, mowing retro or something new? "BLACKOUT," most youths of today can't even fathom. yards, or at some other menial task at that he responded.That's a great old pinball Melanie explains he has ro pay rem, keep the age. I will bet none of us were managing machine from the 1970s. This kid has class. machines maintained, advertise, and even our own arcade! Abour that time Landon's mom came in. promote special events to keep everything Landon gave me a grand tour, proudly Her name is Melanie and she's very proud afloat, he explains that her husband, showing me his collection. This young of what Landon has accomplished.I would Lyndall, is the landlord so it makes it a bit man has good taste. He has a great be roo. easier ro for Landon ro operate. Lyndall variety of classic machines and has even It's been my observation that most Fraker is a State Representative in Missouri incorporated some new style game consoles young adults have a hard time functioning and sponsored House Bill 2039, a measure in his arcade. He probably didn't realize without their smarrphones these days, let to establish a commirtee to promote the it was a test when I asked which one was alone venturing off into entrepreneurship. centennial celebration of Route 66 in his favorite.Would he choose something Landon is taking on responsibilities that Missouri. Small world!!!
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Landon's Retro Zone has been in RerroZone you'll enjoy the Hubbell operation since February of2018. He Telescope scale model, Hidden Warers explained that he swaps out machines with Park, and several cafes on the square. In a nearby arcade in Springfield. They have a 2019 MoDOT plans to realign a section cooperative sysrem that brings in different of Route 66 just east of town and they machines for their customers periodically. will incorporate an orphaned road bed In addition to the games, Landon's crew into a roadside park. Marshfield also hosts also serves up frozen custard and treats, I several festivals during the year. Check asked Landon what really drove him to start our the Websrer County Route 66 up this business and he explained that he Initiative on Facebook for more derails wanted ro create an outlet where kids had and updates. You can find RerrcZone at some place to go. Man, I wish I was a kid in 202 S. Crittenden in Marshfield or visit Marshfield! www.RetroZoneMarshfield.com. Landon wenr on ro tell me the parenrs See, Route 66 is nor just about love his place just as much as the kids. I nostalgia. For Route 66 to endure we can see why, because that's the nostalgia should embrace the new businesses and Gen-Xer's have been looking for. He's been encourage young people like Landon ro a gamer his whole life. His arcade gives share their creativity and passion with their him a way to earn money, earn experience small communities and with the global in business, all while doing what he loves. community of Route 66. I hope you'll There's that old saying that if you do check out his place and drop a few coins in something you love, you never work a day the slots of the old pinball machines while in your life. Way to go, Landon. You're a you're there. Give him an "atraboy" while modern-day Pinball Wizard. you're visiting. Positive encouragemenr Make Marshfield a srop on your next goes a long way.• :. Route 66 trip. In addition to Landon's •
missouri66.org 23 WHERE FREEDOM DOESN'T COST A FORTUNE OVER 50 HARLEY'S IN STOCK AT SCREAMIN' GOOD PRICES. IN ST. JAMES!
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FROM ROCKS TO REPTILE RANCHES, ROUTE 66 BUSINESSES CONTINUE TO DRAW PEOPLE INTO THEIR ECLECTIC WORLD. THEY REMIND US THAT TRAVELING ISAS MUCH ABOUTTHEJOURNEY AS THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION. ONE OF THE MOST ECLECTIC FREE STOPS ON ROUTE 66 IN MISSOURI IS THE VACUUM CLEANER MUSEUM IN ST. .)tAMES. AMID A SEEMINGLY TYPICAL INDUSTRIAL PARK, MUSEUM CURATOR AND COLLECTOR TOM GASKO IS WAITING TO TAKE VISITORS ON AJOURNEY.
~e museum teaches that a vacuum cleaner is more than About 60 years ago, Graham Greene wrote the great espionage 1:dust sucker; it can be a window into the times and the nove "Our Man In Havana." It tells the s(Ory of James Wormwold, culture. Vacuums evolved much as autos, trains and industrial a vacuum cleaner retailer recruited for the British Secret Intelligence design as a whole. The models on display range from crude labor Service. (MI6) Because he has no information (0 send (0 London, intensive contraptions (0 sleek Moderne designs and Space Age Wormold fabricated reports using information found in newspapers whimsy. One of the hand held models on display from the 1950s, a and invented a fictitious network of agents. And (0 give more cherry red Atlas model, even has tail fins! import (0 his reports he sends sketches of what he described as
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secret military installations in the mountains of Cuba. The weapons in these "installations" were actually vacuum cleaner parts he had scaled to a large size! Not only can a vacuum cleaner inspire Cold War fiction, it can also be a work of art. Beginning in the 1920s, American manufacturers turned to freelance industrial designers to enhance the images of their products. In 1925, the Electrolux Vacuum cleaner company created the first truly mobile vacuum cleaner, with a design resembling a powerful locomotive. The firm hired Lurelle Guild for its next generation of machines. Guild was at the forefront of what was the Industrial Design movementiIn 1937, he produced an iconic design that embodies the era's fascination with speed and efficiency and incorporated new materials such as rubber and chrome to make the Electrolux vacuum cleaner appear more innovative. This design, with variations such as the substitution of wheels for the gliders, remained in production for over twenty years.
The museum collection contains over 800 vacuums. Every single which look like the military hardware that Wormwald might have one is in working condition and museum curator Tom Gasko will designed. gladly demonstrate. The displays take visitors to the first electric Tom Gasko donated most of the museum pieces from his own vacuums, and at this point Tom is ready to explain why vacuums collection, much of which he acquired from legendary organist have lights. He says in the early 20th century, pronged plugs were and vacuum enthusiast Stan Kann. The late Kann was likely the not yet widely used, and many electrical household appliances such best known theatre organist in North America. He brought life to as fans and vacuum cleaners were actually plugged straight into the Fox Theatre in St. Louis for over 22 years through its Wurlitzer light bulb sockets. The user of the vacuum would remove the bulb organ, a glorious relic that he resurrected after laying dormant in from the socket, so they were vacuuming in the dark. That probably the bowels of the theater for decades. sucked. Stan had an ear for the machines he started collecting at the Modern models are on display at the museum too, but except age of eight. While walking down the street, he could identify the for a Tacony model designed as a tribute to Route 66, they pale in Singers, Hoovers, Eurekas and Electroluxes based on sound alone! comparison. The vacuums on display are arrayed with the furniture Ifhe heard a new one, he had no qualms about knocking on the and carpet of their time, including the shag carpets of the 1960s and door and asking if he could take a look. Stan restored hundreds of 1970s. Vintage advertisements and instruction booklets compliment vacuum cleaners, and credits the "air" sound created by the vacs for the machines. inspiring him to learn the organ. There are famous models such as the Hoover Constellation, Stann is probably best remembered for his appearances on which operates like a hovercraft, the "official" vacuum cleaner for talk shows. He gained a national audience in 1966, when he first Air Force One, and James Earl Jones' childhood vacuum cleaner. appeared on the "Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson to show Try your hand at lugging the Hoover Senior, weighing in at nearly off some of the 150 sweepers in his collection. The stage hands 60 pounds and check out the Kenmore KenKart series, some of had done a poor job of assembling the "Vacuette" model friction
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in 2007 for a discussion on improving their vacuum cleaners. They offered him space to showcase his collection at the Tacony Factory in St. James. Two years later, the Vacuum Cleaner Museum was born. Today, visitors can be overheard saying "I had one like that" or "that looks like Aunt Edna's." Why would a vacuum company pay for a museum of old sweepers? The company website says Tacony believes that having a collection showing where vacuums have come from gives them a distinct advantage in figuring out where they will go. Tom says he is not as interested in the looks of the machines as he is in "How design affects efficiency." He describes the museum as ''A playground for the engineers." He shows the techies the best features from historical sweepers to incorporate into the cleaners of the future. Tom says it is hard to put a price on vacuum cleaners, because the collector base is very small. He emphasizes that original partS make all the difference, particularly the bags. On eBay, Tom says he sees machines with outrageous opening bids based on the previous sales price of similar models. But he says those that list grandmas old sweeper expecting a high bid may not realize it has replacement bags, hoses, etc. Some travelers interested only in getting from point A to point B might scoff at an attraction devoted to something many of us pushed through a pile of hideous orange shag. But Tom's passion for the subject makes
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Sbc CtlYU abcy.' her lwmcsou know,1IO if )'00 l"I:'ally care _1>0\11" her ... wouldn't, U.be. cood idea to ecnslder a Hoo\'cr for Chrilllmuf Reptile Ranch near Stanton, Meramec Caverns PrlCCll.t&n.at $66,9$. ModeJ 2'0 (IIbO"'bhere) m.95. Low down and the Giant Rocking Chair at Cuba. paymen'i euy letfM. See rour Hoover dealer I'IOW. The word "suck" has been used in many descriptions of the Vacuum Cleaner Museum, and in one way it is appropriate. At no cost whatsoever, the Vacuum Cleaner Museum sucks visitors in with the story and role in sweeper, so pans were falling off while the audience and Johnny culture played by a device that sucks dust out of our homes and howled with laughter. That was the first of 76 appearances on the perhaps out of our imaginations. It is the definition of what makes Carson show. Stan appeared on "The Mike Douglas Show" 89 the journey down Route 66 as important as the destination ....and it times! He also appeared on Merv Griffin and Gypsy Rose Lee's definitely does not "suck"! .:. shows. Stan passed away on August 27,2009. Like Kann, Tom Gasko developed affection for vacuums at an early age. According to an interview with Vacuum Cleaner Advisor, GOT Gasko started his collection at age 16, just before he started selling IF YOU vacuums door-to-door in 1979. In 1989, he opened his own The Vacuum Cleaner Museum and Factory Outlet is located in vacuum repair shop in Festus, Missouri, where he repaired different St. James, Missouri. From westbound 1-44, use Exit 195 brands of vacuum cleaners and also sold Riccar brand vacuums. He (St. James/MO 8) and turn left on Jefferson, left onto St. James Blvd., expanded his collection over the 20 years he owned the store. In left on Springfield Road and right on Industrial Drive to #3. Open: 1995 he became President of the Vacuum Cleaner Collectors Club. Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except holidays. Group tours Representatives of the Tacony Corporation, one of three are available by appointment. Please call 866-444-9004. companies making vacuums in the United States, met with Tom
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~ Bayard Taylor, 19 FROM ROUTE 66 AT LEBANON, A SIDE TRIP UP MISSOURI HIGHWAY 5 LEADS TO A NATURAL WONDERLAND OF GUSHING SPRINGS, TOWERING BLUFFS, CAVES AND LAKES. IN ADDITION TO THE SCENIC WONDERS, A HISTORY OF TRAGEDY AND HEARTBREAK SURROUNDS THE MAJESTIC RUINS OF A CASTLE ATOP A TREMENDOUS BLUFF. IN 2018, HA HA TONKA STATEPARK WAS NAMED THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SPOT IN MISSOURI BY CONDE NAST TRAVELER. ~e park consists of3,750 acres filled use wooden boardwalks and stairways to bows." Over the years it became "Ozarks." 1:ith amazing geologic features, provide access from top to bottom. In 1803, the Osage gathered in the chasm examples of karst topography. Karst Ha Ha Tonka is heavily forested with at Ha Ha Tonka to receive a message from landscapes feature many caves, sinkholes oak trees of every variety and also includes President Thomas Jefferson informing them and underground streams. Those features prairie grasses and wildflowers. The woods of the Louisiana Purchase. Daniel Boone are formed in areas where the bedrock is and glades provide a home for all sorts of and his son Nathan hunted in the region. rich in carbonates that are easily dissolved wildlife including lizards, skinks, Prairie A man named Garland con rrucred by rainfall. The collapse of a massive scorpion and even the Missouri tarantula. the first mill in 1830 but it burned in a cave created a 500-foot long, 300-foO[ It's also a haven for birdwatchers tha], can suspicious blaze. It probably was because wide theater like sinkhole known as the SpOtthe red-headed woodpecker, summer Garland had ties with a gang of nororious Coliseum. tanager, blue-gray gnarcarcher, black-and- counterfeiters, the Bank of iangua. Formed One of the largest springs in Missouri white warbler and eastern wood-peewee, in the early 1830s in Pulaski County, it at gushes into a stream running berween rwo according to the Missouri tate Park website. first appeared to be a legitimate operation. towering bluffs created by the collapse. The The Osage and Kickapoo first inhabited But then account holders learned dividends stream feeds into the iangua Arm of the this rugged region and the Osage were were being paid with counterfeit cash. The Lake of the Ozarks, Trails lead to formations highly skilled with the bow and arrow. The gang was lead by John Avey and hid out such as a natural bridge that is 70 feet wide, early French trappers in search of fur bearing among the caves and woods of Pulaski and 60-feet long and 300-feet wide. The trails animals called it "Aux Arcs," or "to the Camden Counties. A TANK AT THE TOP OF THIS 80 FOOT TALL TOWER (ABOVE) PROVIDED WATER TO THE MANSION. EMPLOYEES OF THE ESTATEAND THEIR FAMILIES WERE HOUSED IN QUARTERS BENEATH THE TANK. THE TOWER SURVIVED THE 1942 FIRE THAT GUTTED THE MANSION AND THE STABLES. BUT VANDALS SET A BLAZE THAT GUTTED THE TOWER IN 1977.THE SHELL OF THE TOWER STILL STANDS. missouri66.org 31 JmJ ha ha tonka Local law enforcement seemed unable Kellogg and a group of "energetic Iowa Ha Ha Tonka, claiming it was a ative to stop them, so citizens took action.They men" in 1894. American name for "Laughing limpid formed vigilante groups known as "slickers" Robert G. Scott fell in love with water." The name of the Gunter Springs for their favorite punishment of tying the the area while surveying for a proposed POStOffice was changed in 1895. In 1904, bad guy to a tree and whipping or "slicking" railroad and he convinced Kellogg to the savvy capitalists turned a hefty profit them with hickory branches. The criminals join him and buy the land.The investors when they sold 5,400 acres to Robert then formed anti-slicker organizations and developed the hamlet of Gunter Springs McClure Snyder, a millionaire Kansas City the violent "Slicker War" spread across the and hatched a scheme to construct an capitalist. Ozarks. electric rail line linking the resort with Snyder had a colorful history of his It came to an end when a member of Versailles and Lebanon. The community of own. He was under indictment for bribery the bank's board of directors died and the Lebanon raised a $45,000 contribution for in connection with the awarding of group stopped payments to his widow. She construction of the line, which of course streetcar franchises in St. Louis. His son went to federal authorities in St. Louis and was never completed. Carey Snyder stole thousands of dollars Avey was arrested. He turned on the rest A low dam was built and created a 90 in diamonds from a pawnbroker and was of the members and they were rounded acre lake with a towering island in the accused of robbing a bank. Carey Snider up, sometimes after a furious gun battle. middle. At the same time, newspaper was on the run from the law when he was A cavern in the park not accessible to the stories began appearing claiming that murdered in Oregon.Snyder said ofHa public is known as Counterfeiters Cave. the spring water had medicinal qualities. Ha Tonka "Here I will spend my leisure, About 1844, William Gunter acquired Kellogg was friends with the son of ruthless secure from the worries of business and the the land around the spring. He rebuilt the railroad tycoon Jay Gould who told the excitement of city life.I will fish and loaf mill and it was in operation until Union newspapers he wanted to remove a massive and explore the caves of these hills, with no Electric burned it down while clearing land onyx stalactite from River Cave so it could fear of intrusion." for the Lake of the Ozarks. The move was be shipped to ew York and carved into Robert Snyder hired Kansas City unnecessary because the mill would have a monument to the robber baron of the architect Adrian Van Brunt to design his remained above the lake level. A millstone Gilded Age. mansion and put 200 men to work on can still be seen. The land was later owned Scott and Kellogg decided the region construction. Money was no object. He by the Roach family and they sold to R.D. needed a more romantic name and coined brought in a stonemason from Scotland 32 Show Me Route 66 ha ha tonka ~ along with gardeners and a construction superintendent from Europe. The stone was quarried on the site. A three story mansion with 60 rooms, a massive living room, two dining rooms, a music room, a sunroom and eight bedrooms rose quickly. There were twelve fire places, nine greenhouses, a stable, a carriage house and a five story tall tower with water tanks on top for use as a fire suppression system. But Snyder wouldn't live to see his dream come true. On October 27, 1906,Snyder became one of the first people in Missouri to die in an auto accident. His chauffeur was racing another vehicle on Independence Avenue in Kansas City and witnesses said the vehicle was speeding at 45 m.p.h. As the vehicle swung to pass a trolley car, a young boy darted our in front of Snyder's vehicle and the driver swerved in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid him.The vehicle struck (he curb and Snyder was thrown against an iron trolley pole. His skull was fractured at the base of the brain and he died without regaining consciousness. The boy, 13-year- old Arthur Rodell, died that night from internal injuries. The family struggled to keep Ha Ha Tonka after (he accident. They were forced to sell the natural gas firm in Kansas City and a group of investors offered just $156,000 for the property and the uncompleted mansion. Robert Snyder Junior and his brothers Leroy and Kenneth finished the mansion in 1922 after the family fortunes improved. This was ten years after the failure of a scheme by industrialists to dam the Niangua River near its confluence with the Osage. In 1929,The Union Electric Company announced it would build a huge dam on the Osage at Bagnell. By the time the nyders found out the project creating the Lake of the Ozarks would affect Ha Ha Tonka, it was too late. V.E. President Louis A. Egan, who would later go to prison for operating a political lush fund, was a friend of Robert Snyder Junior. Robert believed the utility would treat them fairly but was astonished when UE offered just $28,000 in damages and Egan claimed the lake wouldn't damage the property. The offer was rejected and a long and expensive legal battle began while hundreds of trees were chopped down and the trout pool at Ha Ha Tonka Lake was destroyed. missouri66.org 33 Jllli ha ha tonka took their toll. Vandals burned the water tower in the 1970s. Back in 1900, a congressman had introduced an ill fated measure to make Ha Ha Tonka a national park. In 1909, Governor Herbert Hadley pushed for a measure to designate Ha Ha Tonka as the first Missouri state park. That proposal failed by just one vote. Another attempt failed in 1921 when the state and the family couldn't agree on a purchase price. The state finally purchased 2,900 acres in December 1975 and Ha Ha Tonka State Park was dedicated on June 10, 1979. The purchase was financed by an $S91,OOOfederal grant and a donation from an investment firm. The castle walls were reinforced in the 19S0s, but some of the work may have been performed improperly. In June 2017, a fence was erected around the castle walls and a sign was posted warning that the structure was unstable. In late 20 IS, The Casewent to trial in 1932. The high water tower. But the water pressure a study began to determine the best way Snyders were represented by former U.S. was insufficient. Within minutes, the to reinforce the walls and perhaps allow Senator James A. Reed andtheir witnesses entire mansion was in Barnes and only the visitors to get up close once again. Bids for included Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of thick stone walls remained. The family did the stabilization project are expected to go Mount Rushmore. Borglum declared that not have fire insurance. The ruins of the out this summer .• :. Ha Ha Tonka was worth $1.5 million. The castle were pretty much left as they were jury awarded the Snyder family $350,000. for many years and time and vandalism UE promptly appealed and the award was reduced to $200,000 • • in 1935. The Snyders appealed that ruling but it was upheld by a judge. Robert Snyder Junior lived at the mansion until he died in 1937. .I The younger Snyder had amassed a fantastic library of rare works on Missouri history and kept it at the castle. It proved fortunate that the books were donated to the University of Kansas City after his death. The castle was leased to a woman who converted it into a lodge and hotel. On October 1, 1942, smoke curled from one of the big chimneys and an ember lodged on the roof. There were fire hoses on every Boor in addition to the SO-foot 34 Show Me Route 66 "..•.. ~ TO EXPlOREI ®OUTE · • • 66 Centrally located in the heart of the Ozarks, Pulaski County is that rare breed of destinations; neighborly towns, beautiful scenery, plenty of outdoor adventure and unique,rich history. ORDER A FREE SELF-GUIDED RT. 66 AUTO TOUR AND VISITOR GUIDE TO START PLANNING TODAY! 573-336-6355 PUtASKIGOUNTVUSA.COM "WHY WOULDN'T WE?" Lebanon Business Preserves Route 66 History BY GARY SOSNIECKI WHEN THE WEAVER FAMILY BOUGHT THE OLD WOOD & GOSS DX STATION IN 2014 TO EXPAND WEAVER AUTO SALES, SOME SUGGESTED THAT THE ROUTE 66-ERA BUILDING HAD BECOME AN EYESORE THAT SHOULD BE TORN DOWN. THE WEAVERS THOUGHT OTHERWISE. t has a history," Jeremy Weaver explained. "We looked ago, but one original outdoor light remains on the east side of the "Iaround it, and nothing was structurally unsound. There was property. no reason ro tear it down. We decided if mere was a reason to keep Inside, the office area is filled with DX memorabilia that the it part of Route 66 history, why wouldn't we?" Weavers, particularly Jeremy, found at auctions, swap meets, ow, me familiar building at the southeast corner of Route eBay and elsewhere. "It's not easy ro find. DX was a regional gas 66/Elm and South Adams in Lebanon has been renovated into a company." shrine for the DX service station that occupied the corner from A somewhat-battered DX gas pump stands in the corner of me about 1963 ro 1994. When me station opened, Elm Street still office flanked by vintage cans mat once contained DX lubricants. carried the City Route 66 designation. Mainline US 66 had moved One DX oil rack - "America's Finest," the sign boasts - displays ro the new four-lane highway in 1957. seven cans of DX rnotor oil. The sign on another oil rack reads It isn't an exact restoration, but it's close. The original concrete "DX Distance Supreme Moror Oil- Guaranteed ro Out-Perform blocks were covered with brick that matches the Weaver Auto Sales All Other Motor Oils." This rack contains 14 cans labeled with building on the adjacent lot to the south. "My dad wanted ro tie two logos, DX and Sunoco. Sun Oil merged with unray DX Oil the two together," Jeremy said, referring to Donnie Weaver, owner Co. in 1968. According ro Wikipedia, DX stations gradually were of the business. The doors to me restroorns - originally out ide on rebranded as Sunoco stations starting in the late 1980s. the west wall - were moved inside ro make them easier ro heat. A rack of DX road maps for Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa and Illinois Other than that, "we left as much in here as we could that was hangs on the wall, its sign recommending, "Make it DX all the original," Jeremy said. way." DX pump signs and magazine ads also hang from me walls. Authentic DX signs adorn the rop of the station. A DX sign A painting of a DX service station hangs in me front restroom. listing prices for regular (18.9 cents), unleaded (27.9 cents) and A shelf above the desk holds an array of DX products from premium (36.9 cents) hangs outside the door. The pump island various eras, including motor oil, lubricant, anti-freeze and outboard and lights were removed when Elm Street was widened a decade motor oil. A few of the products have the Sunoco insignia. 36 Show Me Route 66 lebanon reserves histor moving to the location on Elm/Route 66 and outh Adams about 1963. The new location previously had been the home of a OX distributorship operated by the Davidson family. Following Red Goss' death in 1971, Wood & Goss Service Station became Wood Service Center, which Gene Wood continued to operate until 1993 or 1994. The building later was used as a mechanic shop, a body shop and as Alvis Paul's car lot, J&AAuto Sales. The building was vacant when the Weavers bought it from the Davidson family in 2014. Jeremy said the renovation began almost immediately. Weaver Auto Sales, founded in 1948 on Van Buren Street, has been located A plaque on the wall features a mid-1960s photo of the station directly south of the station since 1971, when Robert Weaver- and a Wood & Goss ad [rom a phone book. The ad lists an array of Jeremy's grandfather - bought the Whirl-A-Way car wash at that services and products including B.F. Goodrich tires. location. Jeremy said the car wash featured the first automatic Jeremy said his original plan was to decorate the station with wash lane in Lebanon and had twO gas pumps that were the first memorabilia from all brands of gas sold along Route 66. But he in town with a pay-at-the pump system. decided to concentrate on the OX brand to stick with the history Jeremy and his brother Jordan both work full-time assisting of the station. dad Donnie, with the business. "It took me a few years to come up with all this stuff," he said, Route 66 travelers who want to see the OX station are adding that his father-in-law, Craig Hart, found some of the items welcome, Jeremy said. "I can show them around." .:. at swap meets. "If this was just an old Shell station or Texaco, that stuff is everywhere." The three-bay shop - the truck bay was added after 1966 - remains in operation. It includes the original lifts, tire rack on the wall and, hanging from the ceiling, a vintage oil-change machine. Jeremy has researched the history of the building with help from the Goss family.Gene Wood and Kenneth "Red" Goss originally parrnered on a gas station downtown behind Vern's Malt Shop, Route 66 travelers who want to see the DX station are welcome! Jeremy can show you around. missouri66.org 37 KANSAS • THE KANSAS STRETCH OF ROUTE 66 MAY BE SMALL IN MILES, BUT THESE DAYS IT'S BIG IN PROJECTS. IF IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE YOUR LAST VISIT, YOU'LL WANT TO SPEND A COUPLE DAYS CHECKING OUT THE NEW AND UPDATED ATTRACTIONS. AND IF YOU HAVE NOT YET VISITED THIS THIRTEEN MILES OF ROUTE 66, THERE'S PLENTY WAITING FOR YOU. rr.ke two great museums, a charming visitors center in a reckoned with in Baxter Springs, has served as curator, director, and 1~hilliPS 66 restored station, everyone's favorite country store, exhibit designer for the museum, president of the historical society, and Cars movie vehicles at a restored Kan-o-Tex station. Now and public school teacher. Since its founding in 1980, the Baxter add museum upgrades, a new mural park, a full block of new and Springs Heritage Center and Museum has been expanded three revived businesses, a rotating display of museum-quality vintage times, with assistance from donors and grants. On the spacious vehicles, and a series of nine new detailed historic kiosks. And it all grounds stand an authentic 1870s log cabin and a reconstruction adds up to that sweet little l3.2-mile stretch really kicking things of Fort Blair. up another notch or two.Dedicated volunteers and staff, local In Galena, Howard "Pappy" Litch, a local auto garage owner and leaders, grassroots efforts like the Baxter Springs Dream Team, well-known and much-loved resident was also an avid collector of benefactors, and plenty of hard work have been accomplishing this local history and artifacts. The old Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT) . big boost to Kansas Route 66. Station in Galena sat at the bottom of the Main Street hill from 1902 until the Bill Hall family donated it to the Galena Mining and Historical Association.Then, the station was moved next door Kansas Route 66 Attractions 1980s-2000s to the Municipal Complex. There, the station became the home After the heydays of mining in the area were over, there were for Lirch's huge collection of photos and artifacts telling the stories hard times for many years attempting to replace that source of of Galena's mining and labor past. The station was dedicated as revenue. Just the last several years have seen a destructive tornado a museum in 1984. With the institution of these two museums, and the closing of the local Walmart store. But area Kansans have the mold was cast for Kansas Route 66 tourism; it just took a little always taken great pride in their mining and Route 66 history. In longer to add more attractions. 1980, the Baxter Springs Historical Society opened a museum on A more robust attitude toward improvements and tourism began land donated by the city at East and Eighth Streets, spearheaded by to emerge about twenty years ago, said Mary Billington, current well-known local historian Phyllis Abbott. Abbott, still a force to be director of the Baxter Springs Heritage Center and Museum. More 38 Show Me Route 66 kansas - route 66 Lml visitors began stopping with each additional attraction. Local kiosks is centered on a different topic and is arranged in a semi- historian Litch was honored in 2001 with the construction of circle. Galena's set is in Pappy Litch Park, Riverton's is just west of Howard "Pappy" Litch Park in Galena. In 2007, the restoration the traffic circle, and the set in Baxter Springs is at the curve onto and opening of two major tourist attractions, one in Galena the Willow Street alignment. The kiosks feature local history topics, and one in Baxter Springs, stepped up the area's fame, especially including Route 66, military/Civil War, mining, and Baxter Springs after the release of the Cars movie, which brought children along as an early cowtown. with their adults to see Tow Tater. In Galena, Four Women on The Galena Mining and Historical Museum has been the site the Route (now known as Cars on the Route), an old Kano-tex of a lot of work in the past couple years. Volunteer Director Linda gasoline station at the end of Main Street in Galena, was opened Phipps and a team of about a dozen people have been dedicated by Melba Riggs, Renee Charles, and Betty and Judy Courtney. to the preservation and updating of the old depot, the building In Baxter Springs, the old Phillips 66 station constructed in 1930 addition, and the collections. Continuing the legacy of Howard on Military Avenue had been placed on the National Register in "Pappy" Litch and Joe and Wilma Douffet, Phipps has directed 2003 and acquired by the Baxter Springs Historical Society in a number of steps to catalogue the collections and renovate the 2005. In 2007, the restoration to its 1940s appearance completed, displays. The team has installed new Rooring and put a fresh coat it opened to visitors. of paint on the three rooms of the depot, arranged artifacts into Additional attractions over the next half-dozen years included vignettes within the depot and the steel building addition, acquired a mural in a small park setting in Galena, Cafe on the Route and additional cases, and made new signage. The museum displays the Angels on the Route in Baxter Springs, and several specialty shops. collection of Carol Bliss-Riley's paintings depicting the old derricks Of course, through the years, rhe little town of Riverton and equipment from the area's mining days. The collection, which in between Galena and Baxter Springs has had its own special was formerly displayed at the Smithsonian Institution, were framed attraction-the Old Riverton Store, continuously operating since by Carol's husband with wood from some of the old structures. the 1920s. Known as the Williams Store and then the Eisler Store, the grocery-deli has been owned and operated since 2011 by Scott Nelson, nephew of the Eislers. Selling groceries, fresh deli food, general merchandise, Rowers, and Route 66 souvenirs, the store is little changed from its vintage appearance. And when it's lunchtime, there may be no more pleasant place to sit down with a freshly-made ham sandwich than on the Produce Porch. With all of the above, the stage was set for the latest round of new, improved, and/or upgraded attractions, beginning in spring 2018 and capping off the latest round with several business openings in the spring and summer of 20 19. What's New on Kansas Route 66 First of all, there are attractive new interpretive kiosks, recently installed as part of a larger plan-a $1.4 million Kansas Byways project incorporating all twelve of the states' scenic and historic byways. Each set of three CAFE ON THE ROUTE HAS KEPT ITS NAME AND ITSAMBIENCE, BUT HAS A NEW SIGN. (PHOTO BY CHERYL EICHAR JETTl DI ATK: MOTHER ROAD" MOTORCOACH TOUR 1019 From St. Louis Cardinals Spring Training to Santa Monica! Space IsLimited ... San Francisco and Big Sur Call For All The Details! and over 50 other Tours and Day Trips in 2019! www.directionstours.com Call For A Free Catalog! AiW, (314) 577-0077 AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION (888) 810-1171 Proud To Support Route 66 kansas - route 66 ~ In Baxter Springs, the Heritage Center and Museum also continues to make upgrades. Visitors to this amazing museum continually comment on the size and scope of the institution, particularly in a city no larger than Baxter Springs (3,958 in 2017). An array of books and souvenirs is displayed in the spacious lobby, with the new "First Cowtown in Kansas" logo featured on attractive t-shirts, The Heritage Center and Museum is the official Kansas repository for the "Research Route 66" organization, a National Park Service collaboration with archival institutions along the route. The Baxter Springs Historical Society is raising funds for the new Roadside Mural Park to be constructed on a plot of ground just north of the Visitors Center on Military Avenue. The park will include: a custom Baxter Springs mural, a statue plaza to commemorate Baxter Spring's importance as the in the mid-I920s with Paramount's The Ancient Highway and was "first cowtown in Kansas," a large Route 66 map, green space, and a operated until 1957. Then, Ralph and Frances Adams operated the parking area. The project got off to a rousing start with the generous Blue Castle Cafe in the building until 1980. The cafe conversion donation of the land by Roger McCallister. A total of $200,000 is and subsequent business operators had wiped out virtually every needed to complete the mural park. remnant of the former theater, and the Pucketts couldn't find much An enjoyable addition to the downtown area is the restoration to guide their restoration. "We had nothing to go by," Judy said. and reopening of the historic Ritz Theatre at the intersection of "And we couldn't find anyone who had pictures or could remember." Military Avenue and Twelfth Street. Ronnie and Judy Puckett They proceeded with the work methodically and tastefully, and it's • purchased the historic building in 2007 and worked at the hard to imagine that their restoration could be too far removed from restoration for years. After their retirement, they opened the Ritz the original. Judy remembers going to the Ritz with her sister when in the spring of 20 18 for weekend movie showings. A classic ticket they were children to see 10-cent movies. Ronnie can trace his love booth stands at the entrance to the theater while the restored sign of movie theaters to his enterprise with his brother when they were beckons movie-goers. The theater holds 216 seats including those young teens; the two boys ran the theater concession stand in their in the balcony. The building was originally John Cooper's Dry hometown of Columbus, Kansas. Goods store. A portion of the rear of the building was destroyed in The remainder of the Ritz block contained Sue Cast's Angels on an 1895 tornado, but was rebuilt. The original Ritz Theatre opened the Route, recently closed, some shops, and on the north end of the miS50uri66.org 41 JmJ kansas - route 66 block, the Cafe on the Route. But then Geri Dupre Williams came Ghostbusters car, and the Back to the Future DeLorean."I'm excited on the Baxter Springs scene. Geri, the widow of Jody Williams, had about making all this a destination for families," said business lost both her husband and her father-in-law John Williams, who manager Stormy Mountford. she was close to, in the space of about a year, from January 2009 to In October 2018, the group of new businesses celebrated with March 2010. John Williams had begun his career as a lubrication their first big event in a nearby open space, with featured bands engineer in the automotive field, eventually developing state-of-the Grand Funk Railroad and Steppenwolf. Their second annual event art lubricant additive technology which led to his founding of the will be held June 21-22, featuring a car show, art walk, food trucks, company Royal Purple. Upon John's retirement in 2002, operation soap box race, a pie-eating contest, and live entertainment. of Royal Purple passed to his son Jody. Geri also had an interest To compliment all the other projects, several new restaurants in cars, but from the standpoint of a collector. Geri and their son have opened, including Sweet Creek Diner and Bakery, Gravy's Jay Williams began collecting museum-quality autos-and kept Place, and a coffee shop, all in Galena. In Baxter Springs there's the collecting. Their collection is currently described as "2€9 cars and soda fountain at the new Monarch Pharmacy. Another new eatery, counting." a wood-fired pizza establishment named Bricks 'n Blues, will be Geri had a dream of establishing a car museum and perhaps a opened in July by Ronnie and Judy Puckett's son, Doug. There'll be diner as well. She considered a couple other communities and then plenty of food choices waiting when you make your visit to check visited Baxter Springs, where she went into Cafe on the Route. She out all the new and enhanced attractions .• :. was hooked, expressed interest in buying it, saw that most of the rest of the block appeared to be available, and went right across the street to Kingrey-Kellum Real Estate. Geri ended up with all of the block except for the Pucketts' Ritz Theatre. As of press time for this issue, all the new businesses have opened except for the arcade ••• READ MORE in the Arcadia Publishing and the car museum, which are expected to open in June. Here's book, Route 66 in Kansas, by Joe Sonderman the new line-up for the block: the eatery known as Cafe on the and Cheryl Eichar [err, available at the Route, which has kept its name and ambiance; the Little Brick Inn, Baxter Springs Heritage Center and Museum a bed-and-breakfast; the Decades of Wheels car museum; a Route and at the Galena Mining and Historical 66-themed arcade named the Spin-Out; and Rita's Roost, a dessert Museum and at other Route 66 shops, bar. Decades of Wheels will feature a periodic 30-car rotation and from online retailers. of valuable automobiles and motorcycles from Geri and Jay's collection, including "movie cars," such as Herbie the Love Bug, the Gyros • Greek Salad Homemade Lasagna Spinach Pie • Calzones 42 Show Me Route 66 PLEASE VISIT AND SUPPORT OUR VALUED BUSINESS MEMBERS new mem bers l!m -NGS .eJWl PLEASE JOIN US IN WELCOMING THE FOLLOWING 32 NEW MEMBERS TO THE ROUTE 66 ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI. THESE NEW MEMBERSHIPS WERE RECEIVED DURING THE PERIOD OF JAN UARY 1,2019 TH ROUGH MARCH 31,2019. Your support of the Association is highly valued and we look forward to your involvement in Association committees and projects as well as the enjoyment of Association activities. Our membership base continues to grow with over 1,080 proud members, and we thank each and everyone of you for your partnership with us. Welcome aboard and we hope to seeyou along Historic Route 66 in Missouri! • Alton Regional Convention and • Patti & Gary Hill- Niangua, MO • Gregory Ryhal - Bloomington, IN Visitors Bureau - Alton, IL • Tonja Jacobsen - Tarpon Springs, FL • Gary Sibbitts - Kirkwood, MO • John Bersuch - Greenwood,MO •James John - Blue Springs, MO • Ursula Swartz - Benld,IL •Jackie Thase-Burch - Casstown, OH • Jeremie Jordan - West Des Moines, IA • Patricia Thompson - Tomball, TX •Daniel E. Culbertson -Edwardsville, IL •Wes & Ginger (Smith) Kama - Pacific, MO • Track Brochure Distribution, LLC - • Gary, Stephanie & Katrina Daggett - • Scott & Harriet Kosky - Springfield, MO Branson, MO Amarillo, TX •MAGI Foundation - Pacific, MO • Uranus Inc. - St. Robert, MO • Eat-Rite Diner - St. Louis, MO • Valerie &Keith Nash -Conway, MO • Charles WWeaver - Ballwin, MO • James Featherstone - Lombard, IL • Elizabeth Olwig - St. Louis, MO • Gary C. White -Robertsville, MO • Shawn Fowler - Wood River, IL • Our Story Boutique, LLC - Sullivan,MO • Rick Williams - Rolla, MO •Barry Glenn -St.Albans, MO • Charles Shiley - Greenfield, WI • Deloris Gray Wood - Salem, MO • Delvin Harbour - Victorville, CA • Brad Rebers - Lakewood,CO ThisNew Members Report was prepared by Robert Gehl, Director of Membership Services. If you were a new member during this time period and your name does not appear here, please contact me at (314) 971-6366 or [email protected] and you will be included in the next edition of this report. TEAR HERE ROUTE 66 ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI MEMBERSH IP LEVELS (check one) MEMBERSH IP APPLICATION o Individua, l Member - $251 Year Joint / Family Member - $30 1Year Nernels): _ o o Business / Organization / Municipality Member - $501 Year Business I Organization I International Member - $751 Year M unicipa Iity: _ o In addition to my membership, I would like to help support Add ress: _ the Association's preservation efforts by contributing to: City/State/Zi p: _ o GENERAL PRESERVATION FUND: 0 $100 $25 0 $50 or L _ Home Phone: _ o NEON HERITAGE PRESERVATION FUND: 0 $100 $250 $50 or $ _ Business Phone: -'- _ FOR ASSN USE ONLY Ce IIPh one: _ Email: _ The Route 66 Associotion of Missouri is a SOl(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Route 66 Association of Missouri Your gift is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. P.O. 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Historical Restoration in Brick, Concrete & Stone - ST. CLAIR, MO WAYSIDE MOTEL Call (636) 271-4844 Clean & Comfortable Small Motel on Route 66 BUDGET LODGING ROUTE 66 REALTORS "A Touch of Class For Less" - Call (636) 629-1000 www.route66realtors.com - Call (636) 271-6660 MARSHFIELD, MO CITY OF ST. CLAIR Established 1843 - "We're Open For Business!" BLACKBERRYCREEK RETREAT / PHILLIPSBURG, MO BED & BREAKFAST DANA'S SHAVED ICE AND ICE CREAM "Nature's Beauty with Country Charm" BOATTOWN BREWING Do Yourself a Flavor! Tap Room with Outdoor Area - 9 Craft Brews! GRILLO'S CAFE HENDERSON'S ANTIQUES Breakfast Served All Day - Call (417) 859-7929 HAPPY TRAI LS RV CENTER Architectural Artifacts for Home and Garden Full Service RV Dealer - Sales - Service - Rental Call (314) 795-2612 HIDDEN WATERS NATURE PARK 1 (800) 743-6065 10 Beautiful Acres with 1853 Callaway Cabin, LEWIS CAFE Walking trails, Water Features & Gardens HAPPY TRAILS RV PARK Home Cooked Meals - Thanks for 78 Years! 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ROCK HILL, MO On Facebook - Call (417) 468-7407 GREENSTAYHOTEL & SUITES CITYOF ROCK HILL Stay green and friendly www.rockhillmo.com MILLER,MO JOHNNIE'S ON ROUTE 66 TRAINWRECK SALOON Watch for Stag Neon Sign - Coldest Beer on HANGARKAFE AT KINGSLEY FIELD Route 66 Since 1952! 'Flyi."''Farmin' and 'Feedin' - Hangar Kafe is What Your 'Needin' ROCK PORT MO MURDONCONCRETE PRODUCTS Look for our Dripping Faucet Neon Sign! WILD COW EMPORIUM ROCK PORT WELCOME CENTER Antiques, Primitives & More! On Route 66 just west Enjoy the show - Learn more at VisitMO.com PUBLIC HOUSE BREWING COMPANY of Spencer - Call (417) 818-0839 "A Friend, a Pint, a Session" - Call (573) 261-3333 46 Show Me Route 66 PLEASE VISIT AND SUPPORT OUR VALUED BUSINESS MEMBERS business members directory l1It SPURGEON'S "66" SERVICE ST. LOUISWELCOME CENTER CURTIS ENTERPRISES "66" Station on Route 66 Since 1961 Enjoy the show on Route 66 - VisitMO.com www.birthplaceofroute66.com ST.JAMESCHAMBER OFCOMMERCE SOUTHWEST MARKET CUISINE DANNY'SSERVICE CENTER & TOURIST CENTER "Sandwiches Our Specialty" Look for our original Neon Sign Visit www.sijameschamber.net or Call (573) 265-6649 at West Bypass & W. Division! TED DREWES ST.JAMES WINERY "It Really is Good, Guys ... and Gals!" DR.MICHAELJ. CLARKE Locally Made. Nationally Awarded. Since 1970. HISTORY MUSEUM OF T.FA THE FUTURE ANTIQUES Call (573) 265-7912 The Leading Mid Century Dealer in the St. Louis Area OZARKS SCOUTING Archiving SW Missouri Boy Scouting Heritage VACUUM CLEANER MUSEUM Call (417) 883-1636, ANDFACTORYOUTLET ST. ROBERT, MO www.vacuummuseum.com - 1 (866) 444-9004 ESLICK ENTERPRISES BAYMONT INN & SUITES I David J. Eslick, Photographer - Call (417) 889-9332 ST. ROBERT-FT. LEONARD WOOD ST. LOUIS, MO Hometown Hospitality at its Best FAIRFIELD INN & SUITES BY MARRIOTT- SPRINGFIELD NORTH A-1 SIGN COMPANY CITYOF ST. ROBERT Located at the Route 66 Intersection of Glenstone Signs of 1'-11Kinds - CallI (800) 526-2218 "Come Grow With Us" - www.saintrobert.com & Kearney - Call (417) 833-9599 www.afslgnco.com COMFORT INN FIREWORKS SUPERMARKETS AAAAUTO CLUB OF MISSOURI Unique Rustic Lodge - Call (573) 336-3553 Visit our locations in Springfield & Gray Summit - We're Always With You Open All Year! FAIRFIELD INN AUTO EVALUATORS, INC. Making Business Comfortable! - Call (573) 336-8600 GREAT RIVER ENGINEERING (314) 968-2992 ForAll Your Automotive Needs - Call FIRST STATE BANK, ST. ROBERT OF SPRINGFIELD, INC. www.greatrivereng.com BLUEBERRY HILL- Together We Are Making Progress RESTAURANT & MUSICCLUB HAMPTON INN HISTORY MUSEUM ON THE SQUARE www.BlueberryHill.com Hot 'On The House' Breakfast - Call (573) 336-3355 "Where History Comes Alive on Route 66" Open 7 Days 11a.m. - Wowee!!! 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Chestnut www.MoonriseHotel.com BUD'S TIRE & WHEEL CO. Expressway - (417) 873-9064 - "Where & Selling Tires & Wheels Over 50 Years on Route 66 means more. Join &Rewards at kumandgo.com" MUNGENAST CLASSIC AUTOMOBILES CITY OF SPRINGFIELD & MOTORCYCLES MUSEUM KUM & GO #1470 Department of Planning & Development Coming Soon! On Historic Route 66 at Intersection Celebrating the Passion, Life, and Legacy Call (417) 864-1037 of Dave Mungenast, Sr. - Call (314) 481-1291 of Glenstone and Kearney - "Where & means CHEROKEE FIREARMS INDOOR more. Join &Rewards at kumandgo.com" NATIONAL MUSEUM OF TRANSPORTATION SHOOTING RANGE Visit our Coral Court Motel exhibit Full Gun Shop with Gun Rentals LOST SIGNAL BREWI NG by the day or by the hour! Call (417) 868-8083 Craft Beer & BBQ on Route 66 at 610 W. College - Cal (417) 869-4755 PEACOCK LOOP DINER COLLEGIATE AWARDS Open 24 Hours! Animated Neon Sign! Custom Wine Bottles, Gifts and Awards LOVELAND'S A-OK TRANSMISSION www.PeacockLoopDiner.com Call (417) 873-9280 COMPANY See Us for Your Auto Needs! - Call (417) 865-8248 ROUTE 66 ST. LOUIS CROSSTOWN BARBEQUE Route 66 St. Louis Books & Unique Handmade Seringfield's Original BBQ - Come See 46 Years LURVEY PROPERTIES of History at 1331 E. Division Items - route66st/ouis.com MEXICAN VILLA EL TACO SASSY PIGS SMOKEHOUSE On Route 66 at 316 W. Kearney - See our Vintage Neon Sign! missouri66.org 47 00 business members director FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/missouri66 MIKES UNIQUE - COLLECTABLE & SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI SCHMIDT AUTO CENTER ANTIQUE FLEA MARKET CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU "Late Model Pre-Owned Vehicles Since 1954" 40,000 Sq. 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Commercial SUNSET HILLS, MO Call (417) 862-1796 MOTHER ROAD MOTORCYCLES CITYOF SUNSET HILLS Late Model, Low Mileage Motorcycles STONE EFFECTS www.sunset-hills.com www.WeBuyHarleys.com Architectural & Garden Elements by Design - Call (417) 840-3606 HOLIDAY INN ST. LOUIS SW - ROUTE 66 NEON NIGHTS INC. Newly Remodeled - At intersection of Watson Rd. 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Live Nitro/Jet Dragster RJ'S ROUTE 66 Start-Ups on 'Saturdays ALLSAFE SELF STORAGE Route 66 Collectibles Made in the USA Home-Business-Auto Climate Controlled Units - by Photographer Judy Walker - www.~sroute66.com CHESTNUT PLAZA Call (573) 774-3800 At Corner of 1-44 and State Highway 125 ROUTE 66 CAR MUSEUM CAVE STATE CRUISERS CAR CLUB Classic & Sports Cars - 1634 W. College St - CITY OF STRAFFORD Car Show the Weekend After Father's Day Open Monday thru Sat.urday The Best Small Town on Main Street USA - Route 66 Call (573) 435-9297 JOE'S ROUTE 66 DINER ROUTE 66 HOT DOGS Fresh-to-Order, Hand-Breaded Pork Tenderloin, CITYOF WAYNESVILLE www.route66hotdogs.com "On the Banks of the Roaring Roubidoux" Onion Rings, and Hand-Cut Fries! on Historic Route 66! ROUTE 66 MISSOURI TOURS Step-on Guides for Motorcoach Tours - STRAFFORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GET YOU R PICS ON ROUTE 66 WITH PICS Call (417) 343-1567 Call (417) 894-7653 for Information on BY JAX LLC STRAFFORD BRANCH LIBRARY Historical Tours & Professional Photography ROUTE 66 OPRY Cruise down Route 66 to the Best Bluegrass & Country Music in the Ozarks on ECLECTIC ORIGINALS Strafford Branch Library! Route 66 - Sat Nights 6 PM, Auction Thurs 5 PM "An Ozark Gift Boutique" Call (417) 862-7277 - route660pry.com THE CUTTING ROOM HOPPERS PUB Give your hair a "Kick" on Route 66!! on 66" - SPRINGFIELD AREA "66 Brews Route www.hopperspub.com CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Call (573) 774-0135 Everywhere Should Be Like This - Call (417) 862-5567 SULLIVAN, MO LONE OAK PRINTINGCO. SPRINGFIELD-GREENE COUNTY COMFYOZARK RENTALHOME "Where First Impressions Count" - LIBRARY CENTER "Lodging for Route 66 Travelers on the Meramec Call (573) 774-3001 Drive Here to Research Route 66 and More! River" - Call (314) 602-2389 PULASKI COUNTY HISTORICAL SPRINGFIELD-GREENE COUNTYLIBRARY DU KUM INN RESTAURANT MUSEUM & SOCIETY LOCAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT Serving Route 66 Travelers Since 1961! Open Saturdays Only 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. April thru Sept. Genealogy,. Family Heritage, Call (573) 468-6114 SECURITY BANKOF PULASKI COUNTY and Civil War Research Center! HARRY'S TIRE, LLC Established 1936 - On the Historic Pulaski County SPRINGFIELD-GREENE COUNTY New Tires, Custom Wheels, & Tire Repair Courthouse Square LIBRARYSTATION Call (573) 468-4128 THE OLD STAGECOACH STOP Cruise into the Library Station to view Open Saturdays 10 o.m. to 4 p.m. April thru Sept. Car and Train Memorabilia! OUR STORY BOUTIQUE, LLC 48 Show Me Route 66 PLEASE VISIT AND SUPPORT OUR VALUED BUSINESS MEMBERS business members directory l.ntt WAYNESVILLE-ST. 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MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Na rnefs): _ Business I Organization I Municipality: _ Address: _ City/State/Zip: _ H orne Phone _ Business Phone: _ ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI Cell Phone: ., _ Email: _ is looking to 1;11a position as a MEMBERSHIPLEVELS(check one) o Individual Member - $251 Year o Joint 1 Family Member - $301 Year WEB MASTER o Business 1Organization 1Municipality Member - $50 1Year o International Member - $751 Year MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO: If you are interested or Route 66 Association of Missouri know someone who is, PLEASE MAIL TO: Contact, Diane Warover :Route 66 Association of Missouri, P.O. Box 8117, St. Louis, MO 63156 warhoverdiane(Q>gmail.com I I The Route 66 Association of Missouri is a SOI(c)(3) nonprofit organization. I,------,Your gift is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. I •••••••••••••••••••••••• MISSOURI66.0RG FOLLOW THE ROUTE 66 ASSOCIATION MISSOURI OF MISSOURI ON FACEBOOK u s ALL YOUR FRIENDS JL. like us on ARE HERE! LJ Facebook BB www.facebook.com/missouri66 50 Show Me Route 66 Magazine Celebrating U.S. Road Travel VintageAmericana and Route 66 INTRODUCING MOTHER ROAD ICON I" 'I!\,ill" , 'It:), GARY TURNER ;: ·',(3m f;~~; ~SCINATINC STORY BEHIND. 1 ~CK RABBIT TRADINCPOST ~ -~~,~ ~ ~'~~~~~ ..~;:~•• ~~-' : ~ IS TULSA THE'CA~rrA~F ROUTE 66? MICHAEL WALLIS THINKS SO. FIND OUT WHY. SOMETHING IMPORTANT IS HAPPENING IN WINSLOW, WAT IS IT. SUBSCRIBE TODAY OR VISIT A LOCAL B&N STORE www.routemagazine.us JmJ then and now Missouri's (THEN) Robert Snyder had a mansion that resembled a castle built atop the bluff towering over the spring at Ha Ha Tonka. In 1906, he became one of the first people in Missouri to die in an auto accident and the family barely managed to hold on to the mansion. It was gutted by fire on October 1, 1942. Only the walls were left standing. (NOW) The Lake of the Ozarks created by construction of Bagnell Dam in 1931 now backs up into the old trout pool below the biuff. Ha Ha Tonka became a state park in 1979 but time and vandalism took their toll on the ruins of the castle. In June 2017, a fence was erected around the unstable walls. The state is about to begin taking bids for stabilization. 52 Show Me Route 66 ~GDrn~GD~~ G{]ilG:,~ [f&~@~u @WlJG:,~ ©~~~ {j [Q)£V@£ ~~~ @~ 0 @~~ [L~~~@~g ~@ • Along Historic Rt 66 is a popular landmark stop for any enthusiast, tourist, or local Ozark resident. In 1972, Shepherd Hills Factory Outlets started out as an outlet for locally made walnut bowls. Since then, it has grown from a small gift shop in Lebanon, MO to having 4 locations throughout Missouri and Kentucky. In addition, Shepherd Hills Cutlery is THE WORLD'S LARGEST CASE XX COLLECTIBLE KNIFE DEALER and offers exclusive Shepherd Hills Cutlery Case XX pocket knives, which can be found in stores and online at www.CaseXX.com. Whether you're looking for that perfect gift for someone special or something to treat yourself, Shepherd Hills has a great selection. From cookware to binoculars to Precious Moments to jewelery to kitchen and pocket knives, there's something for everyone at Shepherd Hills Factory Outlets. 1900 W. Elm, Lebanon, MO (1-44Exit 127) Find us on 11 417-532-7000 or Toll Free 800-727-4643