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Historic Route 66 stretches across the U.S. from Chicago to Los Angeles.Along the way, in Lebanon, is a growing popular landmark stop for any history enthusiast, tourist, or local Ozark resident.Shepherd Hills Factory Outlets started in the outlet busin~ss in 1972 as an outlet for locally made Walnut Bowls. Ida and Rea Reid, founders, began their entrepreneurship operating a motel in the 1960's called the

Capri Motel which was located right along Route 66, known today as Interstate 44. < They sold the Capri Motel in 1966 and along with their sons, Rod and Randy, started a new business in 1972 called the Shepherd Hills Gift Shop which was leased as a part of the Shepherd Hills Motel and happened to be located in virtually the same spot as the Capri MoteL

Later, as they began expanding, they bought a portion of the motel as well as the gift shop and began construction of their current building in 1999. In the meantime, Shepherd Hills added additional locations including those in Osage Beach, MO, Branson, MO, and Eddyville, KY , and brought in other quality products to the lineup including Chicago Cutlery, Denby Pottery, and of course Case XX pocketknives--making the latter also available through catalog mail order and eventually on the web at www.CaseXX.com. MISSOURI US 66 contents unt

features 2 OFFICERS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

I AND COMMITTEES

3 MEMBERSHIP MATTERS Robert Gehl

4 NEWS FROM THE ROAD

10 ROUTE 66 IN Joe Sonderman and Cheryl Eichar Jett

16 THE MOTHER ROAD: THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG Sue Blesi

20 NATIONAL BLUES MUSEUM Kip Welborn

24 PHELPS SCHOOL FACELIFT Nancy Young

28 AT REST ON A ROUTE 66 RIVERBANK: THE STORY OF THE BETSY ANN Joe Sonderman

34 BARBECUE BLISS IN SPRINGFIELD- THE CROSSTOWN BBQ Joe Sonderman

39 NEW MEMBERS • Robert Gehl

40 BUSINESS MEMBER DIRECTORY Robert Gehl

THEN AND NOW 48 I Joe Sonderman

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Show Me Route 66 Magazine is the official publication of The Route 66 Association of Missouri. Show Me Route 66 Magazine is published quarterly and is distributed free of charge to all paid members in good standing of The Route 66 Association of Missouri. Additional copies may be purchased for the cost in advance of $6 USD each including postage.Request for additional copies may be made direct to The Route 66 Association of Missouri, P.O. Box 8117, Sf. Louis, Missouri 63156. Manuscripts and photographs submitted for publication are welcome and should be sent electronically to Joe Sonderman, Magazine Coordinator, Route 66 Association of Missouri, at [email protected]. Reproducrion of this magazine in part or in whole, is prohibited without written permission from the President andlor Board of Directors of The Route 66 Association of Missouri. The Route 66 Association of Missouri and the production staff are not responsible for errors or omissions contained herein. The Route 66 Association of Missouri and the production staff retain the right to edit any submitted materi- als and to not publish an article of questionable content or that goes against the purpose of The Route 66 Association of Missouri. The Route 66 Association of Missouri is a non-profit corporation established to preserve, promote and develop Old Route 66 in Missouri.

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OFFICERS PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER Tommy Pike James Crooks Tonya Pike Robert Schulz 1602 East Dale St. 2540 Christopher Oaks Ct. P.O. Box 9623 708 South Market St. Springfield, MO 65803 St. Louis, MO 63129 Springfield, MO 65801 Waterloo, IL 62298 (417) 865-1318 (314) 293-2540 (417) 872-7280 (618) 939-7021 furyon66(O)earthiin k.net jimmy52(O)sbcglobal.net tjp_666(O)yahoo.com schulz(O)htc.net

BOARD OF Jerry Benner Robert Gehl Bob Schwartz James J. Thole 1115Chatelet Dr. 1667 Timber Ridge Est. Dr. P.O. Box 498 1264 Jade Wind Cir. DIRECTORS Ferguson, MO 63135 Wildwood, MO 63011 Osage Beach, MO 65065. Manchester, MO 63011 (314) 521-4255 (636) 458-4585 office (573) 348-4053 home (636) 227-2258 ~benner(O)mindspring.com (314) 971-6366 cell (314) 650 5767 cell 66thole(O)sbcglobal.net rgehl66(O)earthlink.net bobobeck1(O)msn.com David J. Eslick Diane Warhover 3311 South Elmira Jerry L. Law Mark Stauter 418 Cloister Walk Springfield, MO 65807 434 N. 5th Street 309 Hutchinson Dr. Kirkwood, MO 63122 (417) 889-9332 Wood River, IL 62095 Rolla, MO 65401 (314) 965-5751 djeslick(O)undata.com (314) 440-0040 (573) 341-2932 warhoverdiane(O)gmail.com thelaw1(O)sbcglobal.net markcstauter(O)gmail.com Larry Frickenschmidt 2131 S. Farm Road 199 Joe Schulte Springfield, MO 65809 940 Saint Antoine St. (417) 861-2969 Florissant, MO 63031 Imfnations(O)aol.com (314) 921-1329 GJoes99(O)yahoo.com

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 schulz(O)htc.net (314) 965-5751 ~benner(O)mindspring.com (314) 971-6366 cell warhoverdiane(O)gmail.com Tommy Pike rgehl66(O)earthlink.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(O)earthlink.net 1264 Jade Wind Cir. CONTACT 1710 Coachway Lane Manchester, MO 63011 Tommy Pike Hazelwood, MO 63042 INTERNET SERVICES (636) 227-2258 1602 East Dale St. (314) 609-6370 Chris Debosek, 66thole(O)sbcglobal.net Springfield, MO 65803 stlrt66(O)aol.com Director (417) 865-1318 637 Rayburn Ave. PRESERVATION furyon66(O)earthlink.net Crestwood, MO 63126 Jane Dippel, Chairperson (314) 609-6927 7920 Captain Conn Dr. cdkd(O)earthlink.net St. Louis, MO 63123 (314) 843-7132 vestaon66(O)att.net membership matters iJlt

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pringtime journey that leads OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS - on Route to yet unknown MAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER: S66 is now contributions to Outlined below are a number of events on full display the culture of that we intend to have an Association and our passions Route 66 - and information / merchandise booth set up about the road finding yourself at as of this writing. If you would like are reenergized along the way. to volunteer to help us at any of these by just being out Embrace your activities, your participation would be there after long passion, share welcomed and appreciated. It is an enjoyable days indoors. your story, experience as we meet friendly people, make What ignites your and be the new connections, and share our enthusiasm personal passion for inspiration to with eager fans of Route 66. Please mark the road? Likely it's others that these dates on your calendar: a complex answer Johnnie V comprising a rich mix was to me. • 5/13/16 - Hot Summer Nights "Route of objects, people, 66: Detour to the Lake" Cruise-in at the places, and emotions, Bagnell Dam Strip - Lake Ozark, MO. some of which elude description. It's • 5/21/16 - Bourbeuse Valley Harley- a feeling of restlessness, freedom, Davidson Annual Spring Bike Show - escape from everyday duties, a yearn Villa Ridge, MO. to find out what lies beyond the next • 5/30/16 - 28th Annual Cobblestone pill, the inner urge to head west. Nationals Car Show at Fast Lane Classic For me, amongst all of the road's Cars - St. Charles, MO. cultural broth, its vintage neon • 6/4116 - Mustang Club of St. Louis signage stands out highest on my Car Show at Museum of Transportation - personal passion index. I believe St. Louis County, MO. the sentinel moment for me when • 6/25/16 - 14th Annual Pacific Car Show I realized this - and recognized - Pacific, MO. that these classic signs must be preserved - was when we stayed .8/12/16 - 8/14/16 - 6th Annual at the Western Motel in Sayre, "Birthplace of Route 66" Festival - OK in 2001. The Western Motel sign is Springfield, MO. one of my top favorites of all Route 66 2016 looks to be a very • 8113116 - Route 66 Festival & Car Show - signage. Then in 2002, Johnnie V Meier active and special year for the road as we Crestwood/Sunset Hills, MO. with the Route 66 Association celebrate 90 years of storied history. Here .9/10/16 - Bourbeuse Valley Harley- submitted a transformative grant application in Missouri, in addition to numerous fairs, Davidson Fall Open House & Bike Show to the National Park Service's Route 66 festivals, and car shows on Route 66 or - Villa Ridge, MO. Corridor Preservation Program to restore Route 66-themed events, there will be an .9/23/16 - 9/25/16 - 15th Annual neon signage along their stretch of Route extraordinary exhibit that you'll not want International Route 66 Mother Road 66. The awarding of this grant enabled to miss. Beginning 6/25116 and running Festival - Springfield, IL. the restoration of 9 significant neon signs through 7116117, a nearly 13-month run, .9/24/16 - Cuba Lions Club Car Show- between Tucumcari and Gallup. Johnnie's the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis Cuba, MO. initiative and passion for this project will feature "Route 66: Main Street Through inspired my desire for the formation of the St. Louis': It will explore the local history of Neon Heritage Preservation Committee the Mother Road as she traversed the largest Please contact me directly at 314-971-6366 within our Association in 2006, and we've city between the two end points of Chicago or at [email protected] if you would modeled our template on his pioneering and Los Angeles. The Missouri History like to come out and join us. efforts to save and restore our commercial Museum is centrally located in St. Louis' You might just find no better sign treasures along the road. Ask yourself Forest Park, recently named the #1 City way to spend a Route 66day! a question - who or what inspires your Park in the US by USA TODAY in their greatest passion about Route 66? The answer "lOBest Reader's Choice" poll for 2016. Hope to see you on the road! to that question could well begin a personal And admission for this major exhibit is Free! Bob Gehl "TRVL66"

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US BICYCLE ROUTE 661N MISSOURI BY KERRY IRONS, ADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION

In 2009 the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) established a national corridor plan for US Bicycle Routes to facilitate travel between the states over routes which have been deemed suitable for cycling. USBR routes use existing roads and streets suitable for bicycle travelers with separated trails incorporated where appropriate. The USBRS is NOT a construction project. The cost to implement a route is very small; MAJOR 66 EXHIBIT COMING TO ST. LOUIS essentially only administrative time spent by the DOT. Encouraging This summer will be one of the most exciting times ever for Route long distance bicycle travel offers economic, health, transportation, 66 in Missouri. The Missouri History Museum in Forest Park, St. and environmental benefits. ''Adventure Tourism" is one of the Louis will present the exhibit "Route 66: Main Street through St. fastest growing sectors in the expanding tourism industry. Louis" from June 25, 2016 to July 16,2017. The exhibit by one of To date, the USBRS consists of over • the most respected history museums in the nation is expected to 11,000 miles of designated routes in attract thousands of people who will learn more about the Mother nearly 25 states with many more miles in Road's impact on the city and how it changed over the years. the planning stages. Missouri has already Admission to the museum is free. designated USBR 76 across the southern Exhibit Curator Sharon Smith has been working closely with part of the state as part of a route that Route 66 experts, authors and collectors to gather a collection of connects Astoria, Oregon with Yorktown, artifacts to tell the story. Those include neon signs, road signs, Virginia. Missouri is now considering postcard images, and photos from places such as the Coral Court 6 6 designation ofUSBR 66, following the Motel, Ted Drewes Frozen Custard, the 66 Park-In and many more. Route 66 Scenic Byway. The Route 66 Association of Missouri is also helping with research Bicycle tourism ranges from "heavy bike" trips (camping while and providing items for display. carrying your gear and preparing meals) to "heavy wallet" tours The museum is producing a documentary for the exhibit (staying in motels/eating in restaurants). Some trips include a that includes interviews with icons such as Ted Drewes and local vehicle to carry everything a group needs while others are a solo historians. Notable Route 66 figures such as authors Michael Wallis rider connecting distant destinations. Typical bicycle travelers spend and Jim Hinckley are among tho use expected to make presentations $100 per day on tour. These tours range from long-weekend trips during the run of the exhibit. Several authors have already agreed to to week-long cross state runs to cross country travels that take many book signings. The museum is also offering a couple of tours of the weeks. route, one of the St. Louis area and another more extensive tour of Designation of a bicycle route can mean significant economic Missouri's Route 66. impact on small communities. A few thousand bicyclists per year For information, contact the History Museum at 314-746-4599 can make a big difference to rural restaurants, motels, bike shops, or go to www.mohistory.org.Again.admissionisfree.soit is an and other amenities. But that number of cyclists, who will be riding excellent chance to bring the entire family and would fit in nicely as solo or in small groups, will be hardly noticeable to other road users. part of a vacation visit. It represents perhaps 20 riders per day - two to three cyclists per It's impossible to overstate how important this news is to the hour. Route 66 community. Over 400,000 people came to the Missouri USBR 66 in Missouri will roughly follow the existing US 66 History Museum in 2015. The exhibit by this highly respected Scenic Byway with adjustments as needed to make the route more institution brings more credibility to preservation efforts and will suitable for bicycle travelers. An example of a different alignment introduce Route 66 to young people, and many who have little would be the use of secondary roads east of Carthage, MO to avoid or no knowledge of the highway. It is sure to spark interest in our heavy traffic on SR 96. The route is also off the Scenic Byway at beloved road for many years to come. the eastern end to take bicyclists on lighter traffic roads and streets

4 Show Me Route 66 news from the road I~ through greater St. Louis. Roughly 80% of the proposed USBR 66 CRUCIAL TIME FOR TIMES BEACH BRIDGE will match the Scenic Byway. Designation ofUSBR 66 will provide added visibility to the A coalition Scenic Byway and result in added awareness of this key tourism ofSt. Louis resource. It is difficult to predict increased bicycle traffic though organizations Route 66 has significant historical and emotional appeal. Since is pooling its Adventure Cycling has developed our maps for Route 66 from resources In an Chicago to Los Angeles it has been one of the highest interest routes effort to restore we have. This includes interest from cyclists in Europe and Asia. a connection to USBR signage not required though signs can be posted on Route 66 State existing posts. There are a number of other ways a route can be Park over the documented including maps (paper or electronic), pavement Meramec River in markings, downloadable GPS coordinates, noting routes on state Eureka. A historic and local maps, ete. The roads, streets, and trails chosen for a USBR Route 66 Warren are not permanently fixed. Route changes can be proposed to Truss Bridge, MSHTO twice per year. currently owned Designating USBR 66 will bring added visibility to Route 66 and maintained by the Missouri Department of Transportation, is and added tourism to Missouri. Extensive reference information slated for demolition in early 2017. about the USBRS is available at www.adventurecycling.orgl However, if a viable redevelopment plan is presented this year, routes-and-mapslus-bicycle-route-system. MoDOT may reallocate $325,000 in demolition funds to that plan and turn ownership over to Missouri State Parks. CAVERNS HALTS TOURS The bridge was closed and its decking removed in 2010 due to its state of disrepair. If restored, it would serve as one of the only Tourists are connections to Route 66 State Park, which offers a number of disappointed amenities for the recreationally inclined, including walking, biking and about 100 and equestrian trails. people are out Great Rivers Greenway, a regional greenway district, has already of a job after conducted a feasibility study to determine the options and costs Meramec Caverns involved in preserving the structure as a bicycle and pedestrian path. halted tours "This bridge is not only a significant and vital connection across amid concerns the Meramec for walking and biking, but it is rich with history of dangerous and one of the region's outstanding cultural assets," said Ralph vapors. The tours Pfremmer,Trailnet's executive director. were halted on "It is prudent to seek funding, considering the generous March 10 after the commitment made on behalf of Great Rivers Greenway and the Environmental work already achieved on behalf of the coalition," he said. Protection Agency found tricoroethylene (TCE) levels above standards. The stunning FUN ORAISI NG news came just one month after the caverns reopened amid recovery To save the bridge from demolition, the group must raise about $1 from the devastating flooding late in 2015. million by Dee. 31, 2016. To restore it, the group needs to raise TCE is a dangerous solvent classified as a carcinogen and can about $5.5 million overall. easily seep into groundwater. It is coming from an EPA Superfund Great Rivers Greenway has the potential to seek its board's site about four miles away, at the former TRW/Ramsey auto parts approval of up to $3 million toward the redevelopment of the manufacturing facility in Sullivan.The vapors have been present bridge over the next few years, if other resources come forward. since at least 2003 and the caverns added a new air filtrations and The organizations and major stakeholders involved in bringing flow system in 2005. But in 2011, the EPA lowered the acceptable artention to the bridge's future include Great Rivers Greenway, amount ofTCE in the water, and 2015 data showed the caverns Landmarks Association of St. Louis (a nonprofit dedicated to historical were out of compliance. preservation), Trailnet (a bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organization), It's possible that the flooding may have increased the levels of Open Space Council (a land and water conservation organization), TCE. TRW will pay contractors to improve the ventilation system MoDOT,St. Louis County Parks and Missouri State Parks. to remove the vapors. While the work is underway, the caverns will "This bridge is a vital connection for recreational users of one of remain closed, probably until about mid-summer. The closure will our region's most amazing open spaces, Route 66 State Park," said hit the local economy hard, as several businesses in Stanton and Kat Dockery, executive director of the Open Space Council for the Sullivan rely a great deal on the tourist traffie. St. Louis Region."By saving the bridge, the public will once again The Zip Line at Meramec Caverns will remain open and the have access to a 419-acre paradise for biking, hiking, bird watching, operator is offering a 50% discount while the cave is closed. The and much more." caverns attract about 100,000 people annually. If the funding goal is met by the end of the year and ownership

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of the bridge passed over to Missouri State Parks, Great Rivers person, you will learn why there is more to the wolf than just the Greenway will be able to move forward on its recent feasibility study word "predator". As always, Tourists may choose to stop anywhere to transform the bridge into a bicycle and pedestrian thoroughfare, they like.Lone Elk Park, an under-appreciated place right on Route renewing the connection to the park. 66 in St. Louis, should also be visited. View the bison and elk which Along with the value the bridge provides for public access to roam freely here, and learn what the U.S. Army did here in World the park, stakeholders noted the 84-year-old bridge bears unique War 2! The Motor Tour will end with a box lunch at a pavilion historical significance. It is the longest of only four bridges of a rare inside Meramec State Park. Tourists might consider touring Fisher construction in Missouri, measuring 1,008 feet in length. Cave inside the Park on their own. Those who would like to make a donation to support the Visit missouri66.org to download a registration form, find repair and restoration of the bridge can visit gofundme.coml more details, or check for updates. Or visit us on Facebook meramec-66-bridge. at facebook.comlmissouri66.

LET'S GET WILD - THE 27TH ANNUAL JENSEN'S POINT RE-OPENS MOTOR TOUR After being closed The Route 66 Association of Missouri will hold its 27th Annual to the general Motor Tour, "90 Years of Route 66-Let's Get Wild", on September public for about 9-11, 2016. Our first "hub-and-spoke" Motor Tour last year got 30 years, Jensen's rave reviews, so we decided to do it again this year. The "hub" for Point in Pacific three days of Missouri Historic Route 66-focused travel and fun will will be welcoming be Kirkwood. One "spoke" will be a trip to the Missouri History visitors again. Museum in Forest Park and back, and the other "spoke" will be a The park opened trip to Sullivan. We will visit several "hidden gems" of wildlife along on May 30th. Route 66 near St. Louis as well as celebrate 90 years of Route 66 by Owned by local exploring a special exhibit on Route 66 in St. Louis. businessman On Friday, September 9th, Motor Tour registration will be Wayne from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Best Western Kirkwood Inn Winchester for in Kirkwood. The Motel is holding a block of rooms until August over 25 years, 26th. For reservations, Tourists must contact the Motel directly the Route 66 at (314) 821-3950 and mention the Motor Tour. Each paid landmark is registration will receive a dash plaque and window decal. 'l-shirts now owned and other memorabilia will be available for purchase.A mini-tour by the City of on Friday will be a special presentation just for us at the World Pacific. Wayne is Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park. Aviary experts will introduce us to credited for single several rap tors and other winged creatures. The cost to attend this handedly saving optional activity is $7.00 per person. Seating is limited and may sell Jensen's Point in out. Members of the Association who register early will get the first the early 1990s. chance to attend this special event. Pacific Alderman Steve Myers was the driving force behind On Saturday September l Oth, check in will resume at 8:00 securing the grant for Pacific to purchase the property. This is a.m. After departing at 9:00 a.m., the Motor Tour will follow the Pacific's newest park, which compliments Blackburn Park on a bluff eastward "spoke" to the Missouri History Museum inside Forest a half mile away. Extensive repairs and cleanup have been done, Park in St. Louis. There we will view the special exhibit "Route 66: including the new paved parking lot. Main Street through St. Louis". The museum is free and open to the As this issue went to press plans were underway for a Grand public. However, we have arranged for a special guided tour where Opening ceremony on Memorial Day.The exact schedule had Museum personnel will guide us and talk about the display in more not been released, so look for details on the Route 66 Association detail. There will be a $3.00 fee for this optional activity. As always, of Missouri Facebook Page. The City of Pacific was working on Tourists may create their own itinerary and stop anywhere they duplicating the spirit of the original opening ceremonies, held on like. At the Sunset Hills Community Center (just two miles away "Garden Day," May 31, 1939. from the Motel) that evening, a hearty and delicious meal of fried The park atop a bluff overlooking the Meramec River was named chicken and roast beef with all the trimmings will be served. Details for Lars Peter Jensen, the President of the Henry Shaw Gardenway regarding the evening's activities will be announced later. Association. The Gardenway Association directed beautification On Sunday September 11th, a nondenominational service will efforts along Route 66, dubbed the Henry Shaw Gardenway be held at 8:00 a.m. at the Motel. The Motor Tour will depart at between St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden Arboretum. 8:30 a.m. and follow the westward "spoke" to Meramec State Park The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed the outside Sullivan. On the way, we have arranged to take a private stonework and pavilion at Jensen's Point and it was a popular tour of the Endangered Wolf Center located near Eureka. On roadside stop into the 1970s.The overlook is located just east of this special and in-depth optional activity, which costs $20.00 per Pacific, near the landmark Red Cedar Inn.

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CAVE STATE CRUISERS CLEAN UP hundred acres along the Gasconade River in 1927. Frank was the former Vice President of the Automotive Division for Shell Oil, with headquarters in St. Louis and intended to retire and create a working farm on the property. His job with Shell had required traveling around the country on board the company aircraft, which was often piloted by James Doolittle. Doolittle, a fellow Shell executive and test pilot, would lead the first bombing raid against Tokyo during World War II. During one of the flights for Shell,Frank had spotted the ideal location for the farm. It was just off the newly commissioned US 66. Frank established the Gascozark Hills Resort, coining the name by combining "Gasconade" for the river with "Ozark" for the region where it was located. The resort offered modern cabins, with a big concrete swimming pool, a dining hall and lodge as well as facilities for tennis and other sports. Horse riding and hayrides were also offered. After a name change to the Gasconade Hills Resort, it is still in business today. In 1931, Jones opened the Gascozark Farmer's Exchange a little over a mile from the farm at the intersection of Route 66 and MO 133 near Richland. It offered International Harvester farm equipment, tools, feed and gasoline. A few homes nearby and Caldwell's Cafe and Cabins across the road became known as the community of Gascozark By the mid 1930s Rudy and Clara Schuermann were operating a cafe in the old exchange. They decided they needed to remodel and hired a "rock man" named Lilliard to give the front and sides a new • look He covered the exterior with sandstone slabs held together with mortar, a type of construction dubbed "Giraffe Rock" Frank and Ila's farm became the Gascozark Hereford Ranch, which grew to over 750 acres. The ranch produced award winning Hereford cattle and provided the milk for Ft.Leonard Wood.Frank died in November 1945 at the age of 56. The Gascozark Cafe and Truck Stop was a very busy place and served as a Greyhound Bus Stop. In the early 1950s, it became the Spinning Wheel Tavern. After the tavern closed, it was used as a private residence and then was abandoned to the elements. It was engulfed in vegetation before the Cave State Cruisers came along and created another place to stop on Missouri's Mother Road.

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Mark your calendars! The annual Route 66 Car Show is coming. In its Nearly 25 members of the Cave State Cruisers Car Club and several 14th year, the Pacific Car Boy Scout volunteers turned out in February to spruce up an old show has become one of landmark in western Pulaski County. Armed with chain saws, Missouri's biggest. Always hammers and nails, they boarded up and cleared the vegetation the last Saturday ofJune, around the historic old Gascozark Truck Stop. this year's event will be The owner of the building is from out of state and doesn't want on June 25th. In past to sell. But the Cave State Cruisers were allowed to clean up the site. years, the event was called The interior is in bad condition, but the old rock fireplace inside Pacific Cruise Night. This does remain amid the debris and the old pump island is still there. year they are promoting Pacific's Route 66 heritage and giving the car To complete the scene, the volunteers placed D-X gas pump globes show a Route 66 theme. The entire show is only a couple blocks south atop the pillars on either side. of Osage St. in Pacific, which is the original Route 66. According to Pulaski County historians John Bradbury and Last year's car show was maybe the best ever. It drew over 500 Terry Primas, Frank Allison Jones and his wife Ila purchased a few cars, and many in attendance claim it was maybe the best they had

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ever participated in. Thousands of spectators filled the streets of • The PINNACLE historic downtown Pacific. AWARD was presented Event registration begins at 8:00 am. The cost is $20.00 per car to Springfield hotelier or truck, with 33 show classesplus 4 specialty awards. The awards Greg Walker, owner of ceremony begins at 3:00 pm. the LaQuinta Inn & There is live music sponsored by Dave Sinclair Chrysler Dodge Suites - Springfield South, Ram Jeep. The event concludes at 9:30 pm with a fireworks display The Pinnacle Award shot off from the bluff at Blackburn Park overlooking the city. is for individuals who The car show is a production of the Pacific Partnership and have been active in the Ridge Rodders, a car club from Villa Ridge Missouri. For more travel industry for many information call Adam Krauss at 314-662-6718, or visit their years and have made Facebook page Pacificmopartnership. Hope to see you there! substantial contributions to the betterment of the SPRINGFIELD FESTIVAL COMING IN AUGUST Springfield area's travel BY DAVID J. ESLICK industry. • The SPOTLIGHT It gets bigger and better every year and this 2016 Festival will be AWARD was presented to no exception. Thanks to the major sponsorship of Aaron Sachs and David Eslick, a founding Associates, along with KY3, The City of Springfield and The West member of the Birthplace Central Neighborhood Alliance. So, save the date, August 12, 13 of Route 66 Festival. This and 14. award is presented to an A bigger Friday night parade will include Route 66 Association individual, business or of Missouri Board Member and one of the Festival founders, David organization not usually J. Eslick as the Grand Marshal. Tickets are on sale now for the considered part of the travel and tourism industry for noteworthy Friday night concert at the Gillioz Theatre featuring "Asleep at the contributions in advancing travel and tourism in the Springfield area. Wheel" and Rhonda Vincent. Others include the following: Organizers promise a bigger car show, with more cars, more • The HOSPITALITY AWARD was presented to Ramada Plaza music, food vendors and a Motorcycle Village with a sound stage Hotel & Oasis Convention Center. featuring some big name bands and this year, The Combat Veterans • The DIPLOMAT AWARD was presented to U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt. Motorcycle Association will be here and will have a parade on • The AMBASSADOR AWARD was presented to Kirk Hansen, Saturday night. public relations director at Fantastic Caverns. We will once again have The Old Glass Place for our Route 66 • The JOHN & MARY WILLIAMS VOLUNTEER OF THE Exhibit. It's a great place ro get in out of the heat and visit YEAR AWARD was presented to Clarlene Stewart, a five-year with authors, artists and associations to learn more about volunteer for the CVB. "The Mother Road". • THE DECADE OF SERVICE AWARDS were presented to At Noon on Saturday, The John T. Woodruff Award will be Harold and Mary Peterson. presented to an outstanding supporter of Route 66. Car show •Mary Williams, one of the first volunteers to begin serving the participants will have an opportunity to receive some great door bureau, was honored for 25 years of service. prizes and we will have a 50-50 cash pot to benefit The West Event sponsors also included several Route 66 Association of Central Neighborhood Alliance. Missouri members. Special thanks go to Association members This year, on Sunday, the music on the Square will be provided 7C's Winery & Vineyard, History Museum on the Square, Hotel by several well-known entertainers from Branson, Missouri.The big Vandivert, Elliott Lodging, The Old Glass Place, and Springfield door prizes, the 50-50 pot drawing and the car show awards will be Convention & Visitors Bureau. presented on Sunday. Go to the website www.route6{ffostivalsgjcom to see what elseisgoing 2016 HOT SUMMER NIGHTS on this Festival week in Springfield and pre-registerfor the car show. Plans are already underway for an exciting 2016 HOT SUMMER ASSOCIATION MEMBERS WIN NIGHTS with the overall theme: "CRUISIN'TO THE LAKE." TOURISM HONORS BYGLENDAPIKE The event is a showcase for classic cars, trucks and motorcycles during the largest "cruise in" in Missouri.The season kicks off on Nearly 250 people gathered at the Old Glass Place in Springfield for May 13th, 2016 with the theme: "ROUTE 66-DETOUR TO THE the 2016 Salute to Travel & Tourism awards banquet and annual LAKE". Normally May is simply a "warm up" but not this year meeting of the Convention &Visitors Bureau on Feb. 18. This as we kick off the celebration of the birth of Route 66 in 1926 in year's event was themed around the "Wild West" and included a Springfield, Mo.This will be the 90th anniversary of this great road. historical Stagecoach. The Route 66 Association of Missouri will be on hand and special Several awards were presented with two going to members of the invitations were extended to the , Missouri, , Kansas Route 66 Association of Missouri. They are: and TexasAssociations. The associations from New Mexico,

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Aug. 12 will be: "SINCE 66-50 YEARS OFCRUISING THE STRIP" celebrating the 50th anniversary of the City of Lake Ozark that evening and weekend. Many special activities are in the plan- ning stages for the event. Last but certainly not least Sept. 9th will be "VETTES FOR VETERANS" as the Lake of the Ozarks Corvette Club will be organizing and presenting a salute to our veterans and they caravan down the strip in a caravan of corvettes. With the Camdenton Air Show the following day there are plans for a fly over from KC Flight during the caravan plus the giant American Flag greeting the veter- ans as they enter the strip. There will be plenty of entertainment for the kids featuring the and were also invited. Various Route 66 towns in Mis- notorious Capt. Scalawag and his pirate mobile cruising the strip souri will be on hand to tell of the exciting things happening on the plus the clowns Merry Mary, Sparkle and Sprinkles and Charcoal "Mother Road". Route 66 parks are either under construction or in Chuck doing portrait painting free for kids 10 and under; and last major planning stages in Springfield, Lebanon and Pulaski County. but not least; Mz Loretta doing whatever Mz Loretta does. The You will want to visit the Route 66 Village and learn about the legendary Leo Case will be spinning tunes at Luby's Stage from 6 to exciting things happening on Route 66; and yes; you still can get 11pm; rain or shine. your kicks on 66! If luck will have it, there may be a celebrity from Hot Summer Nights is open to all classic cars, trucks and bikes a famous entertainment family to open the event with "God Bless and is a "cruise in" not a car show. Just show up and have a great America" and the "Star Spangled Banner". time as not registration is required.This is a unique event in Lake June l Oth will be: "RAG TOPS AND T-TOPS" and everyone Ozark, Mo. as the center lane from the top of the strip to rhe Ba- with a convertible or T-top can showcase their ride that evening on gnell Dam is blocked off (one mile) for the classic cars, trucks and the Bagnell Dam Strip. July 8th will be: "RATS, RODS & STREET bikes. This event is a slice of small town Americana and American MACHI ES". Bring out those Rat Rods, Hot Rods and "souped Graffiti all rolled into one and perhaps the only cruise in where you up" Street Machines for a fun evening on the strip . actually come by boat to the strip. • travel CHANNEL 0°

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CHERYL EICHAR JETT AND JOE SONDERMAN HEARD THE JOKES WHEN THEY FIRST DECIDED TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT ROUTE 66 THROUGH THE SUNFLOWER STATE."A BOOK ON ROUTE 661N KANSAS? BOY THAT'LL BE A SHORT ONE! YOU SHOULD PROBABLY STARTWITH A PAMPHLET!" THAT MIGHT DISCOURAGE SOME AUTHORS, BUT NOT THESE TWO. REPEATED VISITS, FOR RESEARCH AND FOR FUN, RESULTED IN A NEW BOOK, ROUTE 661N KANSAS. (AVAILABLE FROM ARCADIA PUBLISHING JULY 4TH) THE AUTHORS WERE ABLE TO COLLECT OVER 200 PHOTOS, MOST NEVER PUBLISHED BEFORE. THAT'S SOME PAMPHLET!

here are only 13.2 miles of Route 66 in Kansas. But it murderous madams and violent labor strife. packs in as much history and adventure per mile as any West of Joplin, a sign reading "Old Route 66" marks the turnoff T other state. The entire road is still there and can be driven to the original route and the state line. It was once a lively stop for without encountering a single mile of Interstate. After repeated trips travelers and miners crossing from the dry state of Kansas to ease to this often overlooked section of the Mother Road, Cheryl and their thirst. Paddoc Liquors, originally the State Line Mercantile, is Joe found there were more than enough stories to tell. There are still in business today and the old State Line Cafe is now the Hogs tales of wild mining and cow towns, a bloody Civil War massacre, and Hot Rods saloon.

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Chief Black Dog of the Osage blazed the trail connecting the villages and hunting grounds between present day Baxter Springs and Arkansas City, Arkansas. When an 1836 treaty forced the Cherokee Nation from the southeastern US, all of what is now Cherokee County was designated as the Cherokee Neutral Lands, a buffer between Missouri and the lands of the Osage. A settlement called Short Creek sprung up along the stream north of Baxter Springs. The Indians knew there was lead in the area, but most settlers didn't think much of it until April of 1876, when pure lead ore was found at the bottom of a farmer's well. A group of investors from Baxter Springs established a mining camp that they called Bonanza. The boom came in February 1877. Two boys digging for worms discovered a major deposit oflead ore along Short Creek. Within months ten thousand people descended on the area and the Empire Town Company and the Galena Town Company had established rival town sites on opposite sides of the creek. The two towns were incorporated a day apart in June, 1877. "Red Hot Street" connecting Empire City and Galena was known for gambling, prostitution, public drunkenness and violent death. In 1877 Empire City went so far as to erect a stockade to stop travel between the rivals. The townspeople of Galena burned it down and Empire City became part of Galena in 1907. During a century of mining in the Tri-State District of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, more than 4,000 mines produced 23 million tons of zinc and four million tons of lead ore. The last mine in the district, located west of Baxter Springs, closed in 1970. The Eagle-Picher Smelter was the largest employer in town but the jobs are gone and the land was scarred. After a massive cleanup, nature is taking back the land once known as "Hell's Half Acre." When the federal system was being laid out in 1925, the hard roads already in place to serve the mining industry put Cherokee County on the highway connecting Chicago and Los Angeles proposed by Oklahoma Highway Commissioner Cyrus Avery. The last section of Route 66 in Kansas to be paved and a new railroad viaduct was dedicated with a bottle of

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precious pre-Volstead Act champagne "TOW TATER" WAITS FOR KIDS AT CARS ON THE ROUTE. NOTE THE OLD HOME IN THE BACKGROUND BEFORE THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE "MURDER BORDELLO: - on August 11, 1927. The overpass will soon undergo restoration. During the Great Depression, Route 66 became John Steinbeck's "Road of flight" portrayed in the Grapes of Wrath. The demand for lead had dropped sharply after World War I and jobs were scarce. In 1935, violence swept Galena when miners tried to form a union. Gunfire rang out over Route 66. Governor Alf Landon declared martial law and sent in the Kansas National Guard. The post World War II years were the Golden Age of Route 66. Roadside businesses thrived and Baxter Springs became a trucking center. But the Interstate Highway arrived just as the mines were playing out. Interstate 44 opened in 1961 and bypassed Kansas completely in order to connect to the Will Rogers Turnpike in Oklahoma, which had opened in 1957. In 1961, a bypass was completed around the Rainbow Curve and the Brush Creek Bridge north of Baxter Springs. In 1963, Route 66 was relocated in Galena from Main Street to

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Seventh Street, angling norrhward near Mineral Avenue to become a four-lane divided highway and connect wirh Missouri's new 66 just east of rhe state line. Galena is undergoing a revival today, due in part to Route 66 tourism and the determination of the locals. When a deteriorating home at Front and Main Streets was being restored, the owners good naturedly hinted it might have been a brothel owned by "Galena's Bloody Madam," Ma Staffieback. Legend says the Staffieback family murdered up to 50 miners in the 1890s, but they were only convicted in one case and the townspeople burned down the real ramshackle brothel. But tourists can still sleep in the style of a 1890s brothel at the home, now dubbed the "Murder Bordello." "Four Women on the Route," Renee Charles, Betty Courtney, Melba Rigg and Judy Courtney restored the old vacant Kan-Ov'Iex station and turned it into a visitor's center in 2006. Now known as "Cars on the Route," the station features a diner, restored Kan-Ov'Iex pumps out front and a selection of Route 66 memorabilia. A rusty old 1951 International Series 170 tow truck parked next to the Kan-Ov'Iex station caught the

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eye of director John Lasseter Springs and rebel guerillas and the crew of the Pixar film led by William Quantrill "Cars" as they traveled Route attacked on October 6, 1863. 66 seeking inspiration. The old They were driven back but truck became the basis for the ambushed a military wagon character "Tow Mater." A name train and massacred over 100 change to "Tow Tater" was men, mostly in cold blood as necessary for legal reasons but they tried to surrender. the truck still greets kids at the Since it was on the border station. with the Indian Territory, The Galena KATY station Baxter Springs found itself opened in 1902 at the bottom at the end of the Eastern of the hill on Main Street. After Shawnee Trail. It was a wild closing in 1983, it was donated and practically lawless place. to the Galena Mining and On April 19, 1876, Charlie Historical Museum Association Pitts and Bill Chadwell of the and was moved next to the James-Younger Gang robbed Municipal Complex on old the Crowell Bank of about Route 66. The museum was $3,000. Jesse James did not displays artifacts accumulated take part in the robbery. The over decades by Howard "Pappy" building later housed Bill Litch. But the hours of operation Murphey's Restaurant and are very limited since the loss the Cafe on the Route, which of Pappy Litch and dedicated closed in 2015. volunteer Joe Doufett. History buffs can learn Leo and Lora Williams opened much more at the Baxter a general store at Riverton on Springs Heritage Center • March 20, 1925 that they dubbed and Museum located near the "Y-Not-Eat Bar-B-Q. Joe and the former locations of the Isabelle Eisler bought the store in springs, Ft. Blair and John 1973. Their nephew Scott Nelson Baxter's Inn. The center, runs the Eisler Brothers Market operated by the Baxter Springs today and it looks much the same Historical Society, offers a fine with its tin ceiling, shelves lined 20,000 square-foot museum with antiques and the old soda with exhibits on various pop cooler. periods of the city's history. There were three Marsh Original Route 66 made Arch Rainbow bridges on Route an "S" curve on the south side 66 in Kansas, named for the of Baxter Springs in front of designer, James Barney Marsh. the Baxter Modern Cabins. The Brush Creek Bridge is the Locals say a couple having an only survivor. Constructed affair were killed by a gas leak in 1923, it was bypassed in in one of the cabins and were 1992 and the Kansas Historic BAXTER SPRINGS found in each other's arms. Route 66 Association fought FIRST COW TOWN The cabins closed in 1965. successfully to save it.From the The curve was straightened ~ POP FOUNDED out and Wal-Mart was bridge, Route 66 drops south 1858 5000 into Baxter Springs. constructed on the site. Now The Cherokee Neutral Lands -- even the Wal-Mart is closed. were closed to white settlers Route 66 was officially but the Reverend John Baxter decertified on June 27, 1985. carne anyway in 1849. He built But people from around the a trading post and inn at the world still seek it out. Joe springs on the Military Road connecting Ft. Leavenworth with Ft. and Cheryl will be promoting the book this summer and they say Gibson in the Indian Territory. Baxter was killed by another illegal journey a journey along Route 66 in Kansas reconnects us with a settler in a land dispute, but his name lived on. sense of community, with an America that's not all franchised, on During the Civil War a small fort was established at Baxter line and in a hurry. That's not bad for 13 miles of roadway.

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BY SUE BLESI, PHOTOS COURTESY OF JIM LERONEY

MOM-AND-POP BUSINESSES LINED ROUTE 661N FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSOURI. IN FACT, IT SEEMED THAT ALMOST EVERY INCH OF GROUND BETWEEN ST. CLAIR AND STANTON MUST HAVE BEEN HOME TO A MOTEL, CABINS, RESTAURANT, FILLING STATION, SOUVENIR SHOP, TAVERN, OR DANCE HALL.

he businesses with the best gimmick, cheapest hamburgers, eggs for so many local people. Ed and Sue Leroney could see the best accessibility, or cleanest appearance survived. It took possibilities-a chance to own a business instead of toiling away T imagination and hard work to make it in that dog-ear-dog year after year on the farm as his father had done. world. These hardy entrepreneurs had to make their business more Ed and Sue built a restaurant in 1930, originally known as appealing to the traveling public than the next business down the Leroney's Chicken Inn. Some called it Brackett's Place, not only road. because it had been built on a strip off the old Brackett farm, but Many Route 66 businesses were built, sold and resold over and because Lillian Brackett was often on hand to greet customers. over, often changing names as they changed owners, making it a The original structure was a restaurant, but over the years real challenge for a researcher to follow. orne of the structures have the Leroneys added a Texaco filling station, six tourist cabins, a disappeared, leaving no physical trace. Others are represented by residence and, possibly, a separate dance hall. Just getting started, a single remaining cabin or wall yet standing, and a few, very few, they made do by living in the back of the restaurant, pouring their have survived. profits back into the business. Their son, Edward A. Leroney, was In the early days of Route 66, it was possible to get onto and born in the residence portion of the business in 1935. off of the highway at every side road or business, without having to The newborn addition to the family was the third Edward continue on to the next exit. The limited access highways that came Leroney. His grandfather, Edward Adolph Leroney, born about later killed off many of these small enterprises. 1884, married Lilly Heimer and they raised two children, Marigold Lillian Brackett owned a sizable chunk of land on St. Louis and Edward Lincoln Leroney, the baby's father. Fortunately, the Inn Road at the point where it intersected with Route 66. Lillian three Edwards had different middle names. The elder Edward A. wanted to help her daughter and son-in-law Sue and Edward Leroney often helped his son and daughter-in-law with the business. L. Leroney establish a business, so she gave them some acreage In fact, all three Edwards were frequently on the premises at the along the Mother Road. It was the goose that had laid golden same time.

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Needing more space for their growing family and wanting the most wholesome and family-like restaurants along Highway 66." to free up space in the restaurant, Ed and Sue built a residence The Halamas were good neighbors and made many friends in the near the restaurant. On Friday, September 16, 1938, their new area while they were in the area. They indulged their children's love home, less than a year old, burned to the ground. Both Ed and of animals. In 1951, a nanny goat was added to their menagerie. Sue had left home early that day and had not built any fires in They made a lot of improvements to the cabins and kitchen, the stoves. A passer-by noticed the fire and notified the St. Clair equipping the business for an expanding trade. Fire Department, but it was too late. They were not able to save Retired teacher, business woman, and county commissioner, the house and had to work hard to keep the other buildings from Phyllis Reed Lewis, recalls that she was teaching the Old Morrellton catching on fire. They rebuilt the home and another son, Jim School in 1951. Three of the four Halama children, all age 14, Leroney, was born there in 1940. graduated that year. They were not triplets as one might think.

Jim recalls that his mother sometimes had to go outside and Sybil and Eugene Halama were twins and their brother, Roger was chop off a chicken's head in order to fill an order for their famous a year older. Reed-Lewis recalls that Roger turned 15 the day after fried chicken. An early receipt reveals that a chicken plate lunch graduation. only cost 25 cents. Jim can remember when the price was 35 cents. In October 1951, local newspapers reported that the Halamas In 1945, Jim's dad sold the business to a man named Shardy, had "gone back" to Wisconsin, but the following year, they were in who is probably the same man that owned Shardy's in St. Clair a few Chula Vista, Calif, where area residents George and Myrtle Harkey years later. Arlie D. Tinder bought the business in 1949, but it is not visited them.The next owners were Fred and Mary Leenknecht, certain whether anyone else might have owned it between Shardy usually shortened for convenience to "Leen." They bought the and Tinder. Ed Leroney went on to buy the Commercial Hotel in St. business from the Halamas and added a gift shop. Clair and operated it until it burned for a second time in 1959. The The Leenknecht family was from Belgium, where they had original brick hotel was built by Clarence and Harriet Angerer in manufactured rugs for six generations. The rug business had built 1895 and was destroyed by fire in 1906. The Angerer family rebuilt, up to a value of $2 million, but World War II bombs had destroyed but the hotel was again destroyed by flames 53 years later. everything. Fred had spent two years in a concentration camp. Later, At some point, the former Leroney's became the Alamo, but it he immigrated to Chicago, where he set up a business to import is possible it had another name in between. This small Route 66 rugs. He had experienced a modicum of success when his wife business had no connection to the chain of Alamo hotels. The old became ill. They moved to Franklin County so Mary could regain Leroney's building was altered to give it a slightly more Southwest her health in the fresh country air. All went well until Jan. 27, 1952, appearance. By that time, two of the cabins were gone so the when the Alamo Cafe burned. It was the noon hour on a Sunday business consisted of a restaurant, filling station and four cabins. and the restaurant was filled with guests. Arlie D. Tinder and his wife bought and sold the Alamo in 1949. A small blaze was discovered in the basement. Fred thought he They went to Cuba where they operated the White House Service could take care of it with a couple of buckets of water. He opened Station and Cafe. the door to the basement stairs, creating a draft that soon became a I wrote a 400-page history of Stanton, Missouri several years ago, blazing inferno. The fire department responded quickly, but was too which included a chapter on Route 66 businesses. At the time, I had late to save the restaurant; however, the residence, cabins, and filling never heard of the Alamo, so it wasn't included. station were saved. The family escaped with nothing more than their The next owners of record were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Halama lives and their terrified parakeet, Fifi. Facing yet another business loss, (pronounced Hal-a-ma). The Halamas bought the Alamo in May Fred held out his hands and said, "Ah, I still have my two hands, my 1951. A local newspaper, the Ozark News, described it as "one of health and the will to work. Once more I will start allover again."

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Fred lost more than the restaurant in the fire. He had stored Later that year the Leenknechts traded the Alamo to Michael more than $5,000 worth of imported Belgium rugs in the building, Rampani in exchange for the St. Clair Motel, which they operated rugs he intended to display during the coming tourist season. That until July 1, 1969, when Les and Phyllis Reed bought the business, wasn't all. He had three inventions he had succeeded in selling to which still stands on Route 66 at St. Clair. The Leenknechts moved Westinghouse with only one stipulation waiting to be fulfilled. to Fenton. Westinghouse would not accept the plans until they were transferred Whether Rampani ever operated the Alamo is not known. from the French language The chain of ownership in which he had originally from 1955 until 1967 is written them, to English. not complete. Tom Brown He had paid $600 for this bought the property in 1967 to be done only a few days from Clarence Gargus, who before the fire and the plans had operated a saw mill on and translations had gone the premises. Gargus was up in smoke. living on the property at These inventions the time of the sale.Brown included an improved reported that it had been a weaving device for rug tavern and dance hall. Brown making, a carousel or lived in the residence at the merry-go-round completely Alamo until it burned in different from anything in 1980, after which he sold the existence, and omething property to a Sansoucie. he called a Dynamo. Today, an old garage or to be defeated by structure marks the location the burnout, the Leenknechrs rebuilt the Alamo Cafe and opened where the Alamo filling station once stood.The other buildings for business again in May 1952. However, there was more trouble were to the left of the station.Three of the Alamo cabins were ahead. moved to Weatherford Street in St. Clair and placed on foundations Like many of the businesses on Old Route 66, construction of by Charlie Wagner.Turning onto Weatherford from Commercial, the limited-access highway destroyed the Alamo because it no longer the first of the three cabins is now numbered 1260, followed by the had visibility or access. In addition, the construction left them second one. The third, which was owned by Daryl Flora, has been holding thousands of gallons of gasoline, a lot of food, meat, fish, demolished. groceries and ice cream-and no customers. The goose had died, Kudos to Jim and Darlene Leroney for helping me bring this nevermore to lay golden eggs. story to light and for supplying some of the photographs.

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N AT ION A L BY KIP WElBORN BLUES MUSEUM THE HISTORY OF BLUES MUSIC IS ON DISPLAY AT A NEW MUSEUM IN ST.LOUIS. THE NATIONAL BLUES MUSEUM OPENED ON APRIL 2ND IN THE OLD STIX, BAER AND FULLER DEPARTMENT STORE BUILDING, 615WASHINGTON AVENUE. THE MUSEUM IS A PART OF THE CITY OF ST.LOUIS' RIVERFRONT REVITALIZATION, FOCUSED ON DRAWING TRAFFIC TO THE DOWNTOWN ST.LOUIS AREA. THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS LISTED THE NATIONAL BLUES MUSEUM AS ONE OF THE 52 PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO VISIT IN 2016 AND THE SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE HAS LISTED THE NATIONAL BLUES MUSEUM AS ONE OF THE 12 NEW MUSEUMS TO VISIT IN 2016.

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he National Blues Museum is a concept that has strong a claim for the National Blues Museum as anyplace else." In been talked about and mulled over for over 10 years. addition, quoting the National Blues Museum website: "Sr. Louis T However, it is a "concept" that has gained serious footing is an integral parr of long history of the music that helped shape in 2010, and in 2012, the our nation and tell the stories of Museum received a 6 million pain, sorrow and life."... stories dollar donation from Pinnacle that are at the center of every Entertainment, then owners of Blues song. the Lumiere Casino. Still, even St. Louis clearly has a rich after that, it rook four years of blues heritage. It was a stopping additional fundraising, promotion point for many blues musicians from everyone from blues legend making their way from the Buddy Guy to John Goodman Mississippi Delta to Chicago and the coming and going of after the Mississippi River Flood several hopeful opening dates, of 1927. It was the stopping to raise the $13 million dollars point for many other migrating necessary to put the National blues musicians who lefr the Blues Museum into a position South after the mechanization where it is was ready to open. of cotton picking in the late A!; to why the ational Blues 1940's. Some of these musicians Museum is going to be located in moved on from Sr. Louis, some Sr. Louis, according to Bob Endicorr, the Executive Director of the stayed in Sr. Louis, and all were an inspiration for artists who bent ational Blues Museum Committee, "In light of the blues music their first notes in Sr. Louis. Not long after we. Handy penned that was, has been, and is currendy being generated in Sr. Louis, its "Sr. Louis Blues," Henry Townsend and Roosevelt Sykes could be central location berween the cotton fields of Clarksdale, MS and heard barrel- housing in the juke joints and seedy spots along the the big shoulders of "Sweet Home Chicago", as well as its having Mississippi Riverfront in St Louis. Big Joe Williams wrote the song an available location in the heart of its downtown, Sr. Louis has as where he told his woman "Baby Please Don't Go" in r. Louis; Louis

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Jordan combined Blues and Big Band and had everybody "jurnpin" times a day, and live music will be performed Thursday through to the jump blues in St. Louis; and Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters Saturday evenings. There will also be two headliner concerts a year. and Buddy Guy made stops in St. Louis en route to Chicago (on or In addition, according to the St. Louis Business Journal, visitors along Route 66) where they became legends. will be able to create their own blues riff during your visit. As you Two record labels sprang up in St. Louis that focused on Blues move through the museum you will be able to build on that riff and music:Delmark and Bobbin records. These labels reintroduced us at the end of the tour your end up with a riff that you can email to to some of the old standards, and to newer artists, like Albert King, yourself. Also, one of St. Louis' premiere BBQ restaurants, Sugarfire, Little Milton,Ike Turner, and Fontella Bass ("Rescue Me"), all of will locate a restaurant next to the performance area, providing some whom made themselves known in St. Louis. Later, bars in Soulard nice smells and tastes to add to your experience. and Lafayette Square would "blues out" to the sounds of Tommy There will also be onsite educational and classroom opportunities Bankhead and Bennie Smith, and after a bluesin' good time in designed to explore the history of Blues music from its origins in Soulard, folks would the 1800s , through head to the Missouri Bar to today. It will also and Grill, just north of focus on the evolution Downtown St. Louis, of Blues music and hear Rondos Blues through time and how Deluxe. it has influenced all And the blues genres of music, from tradition continues in St. rock and roll to gospel Louis:Big George Brock, to rhythm and blues Rich McDonough, Kim to hip hop. Massie, Leroy Pierson, On June 1, 2015, Arthur Williams, and he National Blues Marquise Knox, just Museum Committee to name a few. I saw hired Dion Brown Marquise Knox in as the Museum's Webster Groves when he Executive Director. was 15 years old, already He left a post where • displaying an old soul he clearly made his many years his senior. mark, at the BB King Kim Massie introduced Museum in Indianola, my daughter to the Blues signing at the Route 66 Festival held MS, which is an amazing experience for anyone who has visited at the foot of the Chain of Rocks Bridge, and Arthur Williams there (for more information: www.bbkingmuseum.org . Brown said introduced me to the harmonica. he will build not only national recognition for the National Blues St. Louis does offer St. Louis Bluesweek as well as the Big Muddy Museum, he will also work to insure that the local community and Blues Festival, which bring national and local musicians together local musicians are a part of the mission of the Museum and its for an education on the blues. Blueweek will hopefully return to outreach efforts to promote the history of the blues in the City of the CITY of St. Louis this year, and the Big Muddy Blues Festival is St. Louis, in the Nation, in the World. held every year over Labor Day. For more on the Big Muddy Music The National Blues Museum will have a lot to live up to. There Festival visit http://bigmuddybluesfestival.com/ are numerous blues museums between Chicago and the Mississippi And you can hear blues in this town even if you can't see it live. Delta.According to Robert Santelli, executive director of the Monday, Thursday and Friday afternoons and Sunday evenings you Grammy Museum in Los Angeles and consultant to the National can hear amazing blues radio shows on KDHX 88.1 FM. On Friday Blues Museum:"It needs to become an educational resource for nights between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. you can hear National Blues the city and area teachers," he says. "Understanding the story Museum Radio (hosted by Christain Kudnik) on 107.3 FM. And if of American music is a good way of understanding the story of that isn't enough, Bill Holmes brings you blues, gospel, and a peek America." inside life on the "Eastside ... yes, yes"... on KZQZ 1430 A.M on "The National Blues Museum also needs to meet the Saturday mornings between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. expectations of blues fans across the country", Santelli says. "Blues And the efforts of Blues Musicians from around the world, has never been told in the degree that the National Blues Museum including those past and present in St. Louis and beyond, will be in St. Louis will tell it. It has a responsibility to tell the blues story, celebrated at the National Blues Museum. It will be a 23,000 square and I'm very confident that the Museum will do that." foot museum, 16,000 square feet of which will be gallery space. And this is a museum that understands its responsibility and According to Bob Endicott, the Museum will be "an interactive understands the shoes it has tofill. And like the City where it museum where folks will not only learn about the history of the is located, the National Blues Museum will fulfill and exceed blues they will experience the blues and play along (interactively) expectations and will be a great place to visit in the City of with blues musicians. You will also be able to hear blues musicians St. Louis. For more information on the National Blues Museum in the 150 seat performance area, where music will be played several visit their website www.nationalbluesmuseum.org.

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BY NANCY YOUNG

THE PHELPS SCHOOL HOUSE, BUILT ALONG OLD ROUTE 66 BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND CARTHAGE, MISSOURI IN THE LATE 1800S, HAS BEEN RESCUED FROM DEATH'S GRIP. THERE HAD BEEN TALK FOR YEARS OF RESTORING IT, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL WILLIE WASHAM AND A GROUP OF CITIZENS WITH LOCAL ROOTS DECIDED TO TAKE ACTION THAT THE NOT SO BRIGHT FUTURE BEGAN TO CHANGE FOR PHELPS SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 25.

wnriting his book The Hamlets and Schools of Northern conviction of those responsible.School was held at the Phelps Lawrence County, Willie Washam discovered that only a Methodist Church for the next seven years with an enrollment of Icouple of remaining schoolhouses in the area were repairable as many as 100 pupils. In June 1886 Charles Lawson deeded an and the Phelps School House was almost beyond repair. acre for the presenr school, which was built in the 1880s. A 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation was formed in September The town of Phelps, established on the Carthage to 2014 and a board was established to run the restoration. Springfield Wagon Road, in Lawrence County, Missouri, was Washam, the project manager, secured an interest-free loan to a flourishing 1870s town that at one time had three doctors, a start the process and fund raising began. In October 2014 a barber shop, a hotel, a livery stable, a drug store, a post office, a Cruise-In was held, raising a few thousand dollars. liquor distillery, blacksmith shops, a wagon maker, a Justice of Major structural issues had to be addressed due to the length the Peace, twO churches, and general stores, in addition to the of time the building sat in disrepair. The old siding was removed school. An 1880s fire destroyed all buildings on the south side of and new roof was pur on. The front porch which sits a mere ten the road. Old Settler's Picnics in the Phelps area, attended by as feet from old Route 66 was re-built. Insulation, new electricity many as 4,000, dated back to 1883 when people would gather and an updated belfry were installed, and the old chimney on the sourh side of the hill at Phelps. The picnics continued was repaired. White concrete lap siding has been installed on unri11909. three sides of the school. The west wall of the building will be The 1918 Phelps School picture features 29 students, of completed once its seven windows are repaired and replaced. which four had the last name West. Several Wests remain in the The first Phelps school was a log building built on the land area with Monty West serving as President of the Phelps School of Levi Tarter in the early 1850s.Another was built a half mile Community Center and Larry West, serving as a Director of the north of the village, replacing the log school. On April 19, 1882, Board. In addition, others with the West last name have been the school burned and a reward was offered for the arrest and involved in the physical work of the school house restoration.

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Monty West recalls his father, Raymond West, who attended the traveling Route 66, which ran only a few feet from the garage. Phelps School, telling the story of how kids wearing ice skates would After the sedan left,Ellis West told the mechanic that he thought grab onto the bumpers of the Model A cars that often travelled the the driver was "Pretty Boy" Floyd. The next day the Springfield, road in front of the school. The cars would pull them up the big hill Missouri, News-Leader carried a short story about Floyd having been on the road, then the youngsters would skate back down. sighted in Southwest Missouri and included a photo of him. Monty West began school there at age 5 and attended for a year While being close to Route 66 has been a boon for the school or more until the school was consolidated into the Miller school house's restoration, keeping it within view of all driving by, its district in 1952. A cousin, Dale West, tells of their grandfather, a proximity to the road was once almost a disaster. Dr. West recalls Phelps blacksmith, and a story his parents told speaks of attending school about a gasoline transport there after his father, Ellis truck striking the rear West, bought property on of a loaded pickup Route 66 about one-half truck traveling Route mile from the school after 66 in October 1939. World War II. In looking The mishap resulted in back he credits Phelps a fire that followed the teacher Cressie Scott spilled gasoline down Hinshaw as being among the ditch along Route 66 the best teachers that and toward the creek at he had from first grade the bottom of the hill. through graduate school The flames around the at A&M. Hinshaw transport truck were, at taught at the school for at times, so high that they least 10 years. Dr. West reached telephone lines recalls hating school until above.While homes moving to Phelps and owned by Jay Kingsley experiencing a significant and Bert Scroggins were reformation under saved, a home owned by her guidance. Now a the Marion Dee Hunt professor at at LeTorneau was lost to the fire. University in Longview, Alarmed by the incident, Texas, West has written the Phelps school board a book Murder and had a new exit door Mayhem: The Civil war installed on the Northeast in Lawrence County. West corner of the school. states that one picture The Kingsley name he has from the school also appears often features three future below in the captions college professors and one of several pictures from future music teacher. the Phelps Schoolhouse, When Route 66 was and descendants Stan constructed through the Kingsley and Matt area in the mid-1920s, Kingsley serve as directors West's father, Ellis, age of the restoration board. 16, worked on a mixer Their Great Grandfather, that was used during the Worley Kingsley, owned road building process. Dr. a General Store in Phelps West also recalls a story that from 1908 until that his father told about "Pretty Boy" Floyd allegedly stopping at a 1955.The Kingsleys still farm land around the school that their Phelps garage for needed carburetor work on a Saturday afternoon family members purchased many years ago. in the mid-1930s. The garage, located right on Route 66 was owned One interesting discovery during the restoration process was by his father's friend, Loy "Scoop" Henson. While his father was a two inch star found carved near the west door of the school, tuning his Model A and "Scoop" was working on another vehicle, a thought by project manager Washam to be a symbol of the Grand large sedan entered the cavernous garage, pulling all the way to the Army of the Republic (GAR). The GAR was an organization back. Scoop attended to the carburetor problem while the driver of of Union Civil War soldiers that was based on three objectives: the sedan got out without saying anything further and stood behind fraternity, charity, and loyalty. The first ideal was encouraged a brick flue in a back corner that shielded him from view of anyone through regularly scheduled meetings that began after the war.

missouri66.org 25 While Phelps, Missouri, did not have a GAR chapter, neighboring Masonite paneling was removed to expose golden-colored bead towns of M t. Vernon and Avilla did, and chapters commonly had board walls. Old chalkboards from the 1930s now mostly cover the joint gatherings with members from other posts. The star was cut- north wall of the schoolhouse, and an original chalkboard consisting our of the siding and saved for future inclusion in a museum at the of some boards simply painted black was also discovered in the restored school. restoration process. After the school Two old beadboard was consolidated cabinets still hang on into Miller school the walls and an old district in 1952, the coat rack was found, building was deeded, along with tables and refurbished, and used as - desks from long ago a community center for as well as the rod used the area. Community to ring the school bell. meetings for sewing The original school bell clubs, 4-H clubs and was re-installed in a other groups met there, new belfry that closely and it served as the resembles the old one. Phelps community The antique pot belly polling place. Films stove that formerly sat were also shown for in the middle of the local entertainment and room will be put back musical "pick and grin" in place. events held there until The Phelps School the mid-1980s, when it Community Center began its descent into has applied to the the decrepit building it Missouri State Historic became. Preservation Office for Reggi Carpenter, LOY "SCOOP" HENSON GARAGE IS AT LEFT IN THIS PHOTO OF PHELPS AND REGGI CARPENTER·S BUSINESS IS ON THE RIGHT. listing eligibility for the vice president of the National Register of restoration group, and Historic Places. If the his wife Leslie, owners MSHPO agrees that of Phelps business KC the school is eligible, Obsolete Parts, have then application can be been vety active in the made to the National school's face-lift. Their Register. A portion of business, situated just Willie Washam's book east of the school, is The Hamlets and Schools a rock building of the of Northern Lawrence sort frequently seen County is donated along old Route 66. to the restoration of The building,which the Phelps School served as the Phelps and is available at Post Office in the mid- KC Obsolete Parts 1800s, was enlarged to in Phelps or on become a general store, Amazon.com. More restaurant, barber shop, information on the and rooming house after Phelps Schoolhouse is Roure 66 was built and available by emailing the town once again flourished. Their son Brandon Carpenter who, [email protected]. While many generous grants and at age 20, is probably the youngest and one of the most enthusiastic monetary donations from individuals, companies and foundations, members of the group, has logged countless hours at the old along with donations of time and talent, have made the restoration schoolhouse recently, tearing down much of the ceiling, helping possible thus far and are much appreciated, funds are still needed put on siding, assisting in bracing the building, and cleaning up the to complete the interior work, drill a well, and add a septic system. interior. Donations may be mailed to Phelps School Community Center, According to Carpenter, the old school sits on limestone rocks 8388 Lawrence 2059, Miller, Missouri, 65707.Once fully restored, and required major work to secure the foundation. He describes the school will again be used as a community center and will feature how the interior will be restored as close to original as possible. a museum. Restoration work will resume in spring 2016.

26 Show Me Route 66 FI SH ASTE Automotive & ndustrial Paint - Event Registratr~n begins at 8:00am· N@ ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ENTRANCES US ABOUT ROUTE 661S THE FACT THAT ONE NEVER • KNOWS WHAT LAYS AROUND THE BEND, IN THIS CASE A RIVER BEND. THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMBOAT PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE GROWTH OF ST. LOUIS. BUT THE MERAMEC RIVER SEEMS A STRANGE PLACE TO FIND ONE, EVEN A SUNKEN HULK. THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW THE REMAINS OF A LEGENDARY VESSEL THAT REVIVED THE STEAMBOAT RACING TRADITION ENDED UP ON A RIVERBANK WITH INTERSTATE 44 ROARING OVERHEAD.

he Meramec River is a temperamental stream that rises from a spring in the southern Missouri Ozarks T and twists and turns 218 miles to join the Mississippi south of St. Louis. Between St. James and Fenton, Route 66 is never more than a few miles from the Meramec. Meramec Caverns and the Meramec State Park are just off the highway and are escapes for the city and suburban dwellers. According to H. R. Schoolcraft, in "A View of the Lead Mines of Missouri," (1819), On October 10, 1700 French Jesuit Father Jacques Gravier wrote in his journal: "We discovered the River Miaramegoua, where the very rich lead mine is situated, 12 or 13 leagues from its mouth." It's likely that Father Gravier was trying to spell out the way the Native Americans pronounced it. Gravier said it meant "river of the ugly fish," probably catfish. Early maps spelled it many ways, including Maramig, Mirameg, Merramec, and Merrimac, eventually settling on Meramec. The "river of the ugly fish" can be scenic and placid or turn into a raging torrent in a matter of hours, as it did in 1982 when the waters wiped out the town of Times Beach. The tragedy was compounded when the residents learned the community was contaminated with dioxin. Times Beach was

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As he sat on a log at the river bank, Roberts saw the Chris Greene and rhe Betsy Ann headed upstream running neck and neck, belching smoke as the rival crews called out to each other. Suddenly, there was a terrific crash as the bow of the Chris Greene smashed into the Betsy Ann. Fragments of wood flew and part of the lower deck of the Betsy Ann was stripped away. But the damage wasn't too serious and the boats soon separated and went on with the race. Mr. Roberts raced back to his office and wrote a dramatic story of fearless pilots, near bursting boilers and splintered wood. Unfortunately, much of it was exaggerated or outright wrong. The article reported that the Betsy Ann had won when rhe Chris Greene was actually the victor. Roberts also called the Betsy Ann "an aged assemblage of water logged plankage."The Betsy Ann actually had a steel hull. The insults were magnified when the Associated Press picked up the story and released it to newspapers across the country. The Captain of the Chris Greene stormed into the offices of the Times-Star and informed the editor in no uncertain terms that not leveled and the cleaned up site is now Route 66 State Park. only had his ship won the race, but his three-year-old much larger The river spilled out of its banks again in rhe winter of 20 15 and vessel could never be defeated by the aging Betsy Ann. On the front swamped parts of Fenton, Valley Park, Eureka and Pacific. Even page in huge type, the Times-Star wondered if the Betsy Ann would Interstate 44 was inundated and a 24 mile section of the super slab accept the challenge. Captain Ways responded that rhe crew of was closed. It is only when the Meramec settles back into its banks rhe Betsy Ann would wager its gold leafed elk horns in a 20-mile that a mystery is revealed. The spot is on the north side of Interstate upstream race from Cincinnati to New Richmond, Ohio. The race 44 at the first crossing for westbound travelers, west of Interstate was set for July 28. 270. The nation's leading newspapers stirred the public interest by Route 66 originally crossed the Meramec here on a Warren deck trotting out the romantic old accounts of the famous 1870 race truss span almost identical ro its more famous companion at Times on the Mississippi River between the Robt. E. Lee and the Natchez. Beach. Both were constructed in 1931-1932 as part of the new On the afternoon of the big event, airplanes circled overhead and alignment for Route 66 from Watson Road to Gray Summit. It was speedboats filled with newsreel cameramen and still photographers replaced in 1954, when four- lane Route 66 was constructed. flitted around the racers. An estimated 100,000 people lined the Sylvan Beach, a recreational and amusement park owned by riverbanks. Lawrence H. Young took the wheel of the Chris Greene Frank S. Wiemeyer and his wife Ethel L. Wiemeyer, was on the and Charles H.Ellsworth would pilot the Betsy Ann because the north side of Route 66 at the east end of the bridge. Located at one regular captains had their licenses suspended after the crash that of the rare spots on the Meramec were it was safe to swim, Sylvan David Roberts had witnessed. Beach was demolished in 1954 and the site is now Emmenegger The Betsy Ann's two boilers gave her a total horsepower of 330, Nature Park. Across from the park on the west bank is the final while the Greene was rated at 550, making her the three-to-one resting place of the legendary Betsy Ann. favorite. Only sentiment was with the Betsy Ann. At 5 p.m., the The Betsy Ann was built at Dubuque, Iowa in 1899. R.ELearned whistles hooted, black smoke belched from the stacks and the was the first owner and he named the boat for his wife. Her name paddle wheels churned the Ohio into frothy foam.The Betsy Ann was Elizabeth, but he called her Betsy Ann. The steamer plied the took the early lead but the Chris Green pulled ahead at about the Mississippi out of Natchez, making the run to Bayou Sara and ten mile mark and arrived at New Richmond two hours and 15 carrying the US Mail. She set a speed record for packet ships and minutes later, about two minutes ahead of the intrepid Betsy Ann. earned a symbolic rack of gold leafed elk horns for display on the The golden elk horns went to the Green and the steamboat racing pilot house. In 1921, she was sold and moved to the Ohio River, tradition was reborn.Another race was set for next year. eventually running between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. That's where Interest was even higher when the Betsy Ann was to meet the Frederick Way Jr. fell in love with this relic from the past. Tom Greene on July 16, 1929. This was the clash of the paddle Frederick Way Jr. was 24-years-old when his skeptical father wheelers that they still talk about on the Ohio today. At 5:12 p.m. bought the Betsy Ann for him. Way continued to pilot her on the Captain Ways of the Betsy Ann and Tom Green of his namesake Cincinnati to Pittsburgh where the Betsy Ann developed a spirited craft backed rheir way into the river and surged forward against the but friendly rivalry with the modern Greene Line ships, the Tom current in a splash of spray.Halfway through the race, they were Greene and the Chris Greene. Informal races between the Betsy separated by just 20 feet. Back and forth they struggled, never more Ann and the Greene Line boats were commonplace, enjoyed by than a quarter-length apart. Two hours and 21 minutes after the the passengers and the crew. The races wouldn't rate a footnote in start they reached New Richmond neck and neck. history except one took place on a slow news day. The Literary Digest reported what happened next. "The Tom In July, 1928, the editor of a Batavia, Ohio newspaper was Greene's bow crossed the line ten feet ahead of the Betsy's but the lamenting the lack of news. David Roberts also wrote for the Betsy is forty feet smaller than the Tom, and so the Betsy's entire Cincinnati Times-Star and his editors were anxious for copy. length, including her wheel, crossed the line thirty feet ahead of

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the Tom Greenes stern wheel. That was enough of a technicality for Louis head on. But the damage was superficial and the journey the roustabouts to make a grand palaver over. They will argue the continued to Mile Marker 18 on the Meramec River. The boat club question on the riverboats the rest of their lives. The Tom Greene constructed a dock around the hull and it was used until 1952- received the formal cup of victory, but the Betsy Ann received her 1953, when the river level fell and the beached hull was twisted full mead of applause and honors." Captain Way said he believed beyond use. the Betsy Ann had won, but he would accept the decision of the The rusting remnants of the hull can be reached from the judges. intersection of Soccer Park and Yarnell Roads in Fenton. Take Exit There was another race between the Betsy Ann and the Tom 275 from Interstate 44 westbound and make a right onto Soccer Greene on June 28, 1930, staged by a private promoter. The run Park. The boiler and a valve are about the only recognizable features from Fernbank Dam to Dam #36 at Coney Island was broadcast and can be viewed without clambering down the steep bank. The on a nationwide radio Bell from the Betsy Ann hookup. Tom Greene told does survive, at the the assembled reporters, ''A Stanton Hall Mansion in great many folks wonder Natchez, Mississippi. why we are racing the Betsy Captain Way went on Ann again. It is because to write a book in 1933 public sentiment was not called The Log of the Betsy satisfied that we beat her last Ann. It provides a good year. Captain Frederick Way account of the travails Jr., has never received credit of owning a packet boat due him for his performance in the 1920s and 1930s with the 'Betsy.' It is not as well as details on the generally known, but races. The book sold Captain Way is more well and Way went on responsible than we for our to become the nation's last two steamboat races. foremost authority on Twice he has humbled the the vessels of the inland •

dignity of his boat before the ftW"'""" ••••.••~.-- river-ways. He formed country in order that our .s: the Steamboat Photo great waterways be better Company (SPC) in 1939 known, therefore we want to and gathered the largest give a chance to come back collection of steamboat to the good sportsman who images in the world. The has already given the Ohio photos were used in Ways River two red letter days." Steamboat Directory, the From Fernbank to definitive reference work Cincinnati, it was a dead on the subject published heat as the Betsy Ann was in 1944.He also formed carried on the swell created the Sons and Daughters by her much larger rival. But of Pioneer Rivermen, the Betsy Ann fell behind as which established the her pilot tried to pull away Ohio River Museum in on his own by cutting ahead • Marietta, Ohio. on a bend in the river.The Way made one more Tom Greene stayed in the voyage at the behest of deep water and won handily. his friend Tom Greene The Betsy Ann's racing days were over. and it was an epic trip. In 1948, the Green Line purchased the By this time, the trucking industry and the railroads had made famous Delta Queen. Captain Way took the wheel of the Queen the old packet boats obsolete and business plummeted during the on a journey from San Francisco to Pittsburgh where she was to Great Depression. Captain Way lost his pride and joy at a sheriff's be refurbished. The trip via the Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, sale in 1932. Stripped of her decorative trim, the Betsy Ann was the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers provided Way with material for put to work as a towboat on the Mississippi and was dismantled in another book, The Saga of the Delta Queen. Way died at his home 1940 at St. Louis. Her hull ended up as a barge at the Wood River in Marietta, Ohio in October 3, 1992 at the age of91. His ashes Refinery in Wood River, ILlinoisbefore it was sold to the Meramec were carried upriver aboard the Delta Queen to his birthplace of Power Boat Club after World War II. Sewickley, Pennsylvania. k; several pleasure boats were towing the hull down the Hundreds of miles away, in the shadow of an Interstate in Mississippi River, it struck the Merchant's Bridge in North St. Missouri, his beloved ship is at rest too.

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he menu at the Crosstown "features an extensive selection of to slow down and then operated a small mattress factory for awhile. barbecue favorites including the pulled pork sandwich, the He leased the former Pascal's Smokehouse for $100 per month Thot link plate and the slab of pork ribs; just to name a few." and opened Crosstown Barbecue on February 13, 1970. He made Some of the sandwiches are named after customers and the Bluto $26 the first week in business. Jesse had to sleep at the restaurant comes highly recommended. But there's more to Crosstown than in the early days and shower at the YMCA. He would commute just great barbecue, it's a family tradition. between Kansas City and Springfield for many years. Steve Williams, known as the "Minister of Barbecue" runs the Jesse's son Steve moved to Springfield in 1980 to attend Drury restaurant today with help from his brother Jesse Williams Jr. Steve CollegE and worked with Jesse at Crosstown whenever he wasn't is a volunteer pastor at a nondenominational church and founded studying. In 1983, Jesse was diagnosed with prostate cancer, Crossway Ministry. The nonprofit organization has helped hundreds and returned to Kansas City. Steve's older brother Fred came to of at risk teens. Like his father before him,Steve worked hard and Springfield to run the business until Steve graduated and was ready became a leader in his community, and he knows a thing or two to take over in 1984. He was 20 years old. about barbecue. Jesse had surgery in 1984 and decided to retire, sort of. He Jesse Edward Williams was born in Sicily Island, Louisiana in would still drive to Springfield every Friday, work weekends with 1921, one of five children of Willie and Mary Williams. The school Steve, and return home every Saturday night with "all the money." system for blacks in Louisiana in those days only went to the eighth Jesse finally retired completely in 1987 and died in 1997 at the grade, so his parents sent 16-year old Jesse to Kansas City, Missouri, age of75. Brother Jesse, Jr. came to Springfield in 1986 to assist in to attend high school. He attended college for two years until 1943, operations, and continues to do so today. when he was drafted by the Army and served in the cavalry.He Steve continued with to welcome customers even during his returned to Kansas City after the war. own bout with prostate cancer in 2013. After he found religion, Jesse married Gloria Smith in 1947 and began working as a Steve removed beer from the menu at the Crosstown, a stand that construction laborer. He struggled with discrimination before cost him 15 percent of his sales. In 2002, he built a new store on saving up enough to buy a dump truck and start his own excavating the same site. Steve Williams, the "Minister of Barbecue" has four business. It was a hard life, and he spent long periods away from children who someday might take over the family business. For now, home in order to get work. He worked in excavating until he was told he continues to feed the body - and the soul.

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PLEASEJOIN US IN WELCOMING THE FOLLOWING 34 NEW MEMBERS TO THE ROUTE 66 ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI. THESE NEW MEMBERSHIPS WERE RECEIVED DURING THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 1,2016 THROUGH MARCH 31,2016.

Yoursupport 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 1,060 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!

•James Bledsoe - Hartsburg, MO • Joplin 66 Hostel- Joplin, MO • Bob Russell Auto, Inc. -Lebanon, MO •Doug Kincaid Family - Holts Summit, MO • Brick & Mortar Coffee LLC - Springfield, MO • James Marcellus - Rolla, MO • Martha Bruce - Centralia, MO • Mary P. Martin - Parker, CO • Molly Butterworth - Villa Ridge, MO •QC Moto - Springfield, MO • Janet Cline & Rob Faulk - Carthage, MO •Rob & Kricket's Tater Patch - Rolla, MO • David Covington - Dixon, MO •Route 66 Biker Gear - Springfield, MO • Larry G. Cox - Humansville, MO • Route 66 Mother Road Museum - Barstow,CA • Crosstown Barbeque - Springfield, MO • Damon Sagehorn - Kirkwood, MO • D'Angelos, Ine. - Pacific, MO • Seda's Gift Shoppe & PS Computer Repair LLC - Waynesville, MO •Dedicated Car Club - Florissant, MO • Gary & Helen Sosniecki -Lebanon, MO •Bob Forshee & Vicky Doyle - Washington, MO • Steve & Bridget Stewart - Pacific, MO • Thomas Fetsco - Sterling Heights, MI • Bude Strunk - St. Charles, MO •Matthew Gluckson - White Plains, NY • Terry's Auto Service & Towing LLC - Springfield, MO •Ron & Cecile Hargrave - Springfield, MO· David & Trudy Tunnell - Brookline Station, M 0 • Lynn & Phil Harms - Boonville, MO • Greg Venable - Ash Grove, MO •Rev.John-Paul Hopping - St. Louis, MO •Donna Wagner - Arnold, MO

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R & H PLUMBING LLC- Buzzin' on Rt. 66 between Conway & Phillipsburg - Specializing in Wine Barrels AFFORDABLE PLUMBING Souvenirs & Collectibles Serving You Since 1994 - Member of BBB & BNI MIDWEST PETROLEUM TRAVEL PLAZA ROCKING CHAIR RESTAURANT Sto~ & See Our Route 66 "Classic Road Show" "Bunches of Home Cooked Food!" (417) 589-6191 50 Long Mural Inside! BRENTWOOD, MO YOGI'S PIZZA MISSOURI HICK BARB Q • CARL'S DRIVE IN Just off Route 66 on Jefferson St. in downtown Enjoy Rustic Dining and Great Food! "16 Seats in Heaven" Conway - Call (417) 5tf9-6447 MIZELL FUNERALHOME CITY OF BRENTWOOD "Honored ToServe Since 1905" City of Warmth - www.brentwoodmo.org CRESTWOOD, MO NANA'S 12 RESTAURANT & CATERING CITYOF CRESTWOOD Made from Scratch - Cinnamon Rolls & BUCKHORN, MO "Community for a Lifetime" - www.cityofcrestwood.org Coffee our Specialty! BUCKHORN PACKAGE STORE CRESTWOODBOWL PEOPLE'S BANK AT "BUCKHORNCITY HALL" "Still Rollin' After 50 Years on Route 66!" Your One-Stop Financial Center Home of the 33° Cold Beer - Call (573) 774-5880 (314) 966-4377 ROBERTS-JUDSON LUMBER CRESTWOOD-SUNSET HILLS AREA Established in 1914 CARTERVILLE, MO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ourchamber.com ROCK FAIR RESTAURANT & LOUNGE CITY OF CARTERVILLE route66carcruise.org 3 Blocks South of Route 66 on Highway 19 Since 1876 - www.cartervillemo.com WALNUT PARKAUTO BODY ROUTE 66 FUDGE & FLOWER SHOP SUPERTAM ON 66 & RESTORATION Where The Sweets Hit The Streets on Route 66 Superman Museum & Ice Cream Parlor "Family Owned & Operated Since 1943" (573) 885-1121 - route66fudgeshop.com (417) 392-7405 (314) 965-2953 ROUTE 66 MERCANTILE Stuff for your kitchen you didn't know you needed! CARTHAGE, MO CUBA,MO (5n) 677-0102 66 DRIVE-IN THEATRE BOB'S GASOLINE ALLEY ROUTE 66 RESTORATIONS Open FrilSatlSun April thru September Gasoline & Route 66 Memorabilia Classic Car Restoration - (573) 885-0032 (417) 359-5959 CAPE-LIGHT WOODWORKING, LLC SHELLY'S ROUTE 66 CAFE BEST BUDGET INN Custom Woodworkin9 Made-to-Order - "Where Friends Gather & Strangers Are Welcome" On the lake...at Hwy 96 & Old Route 66 Call (573) 885-0767 (573) 885-6000 (417) 358-6911 CITYOF CUBA SPIRALS ART GALLERY&STUDIO BIG RED BARN RV PARK Route 66 Mural City Local Artwork, Crafts and Gifts - (573) 205-6777 No Planes] Trains, or Freeway Noise Allowed! 1 (888) 244-2276 CRAWFORD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY THE JESUS CHRISTFOUNDATION 3 Stories of History - Wed & Sat 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Promoting Jesus - King of the Road BOOTS COURT Sun Noon-4 P.M. See our newly-restored neon VIVA CUBA MURAL PROJECT and stay in one of our vintage rooms! 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DEVILS ELBOW, MO WHITEHALL MERCANTILE KANSAS CITY, MO Collectibles, Antiques, Primitives, Usables ELBOW INN BAR & BBQ (417) 830-4510 - www.whitehallmercantile.com KANSAS CITY WELCOME CENTER "Most Historic Bar & Restaurant On Route 66" Enjoy the show - Learn more at VisitMO.com PINEY BEACH CABINS HANNIBAL, MO Rt. 66 Cottage Court - www.pineybeachcabins.com KIRKWOOD, MO HANNIBAL WELCOME CENTER SHELDEN'S MARKET Enjoy the show - Learn more at VisitMO.com BEST WESTERN KIRKWOOD INN StorelPost Office on Big Piney River Best Rest West of the Arch - 2 Blocks from Doc's THE OLD HILLBILLY STORE B&B HAYTI,MO CAROLANN MILLER FASHIONS Located 1Mile East of Hooker Cut on Route 66 - OF THE PAST.COM Call (573) 336-4400 HAYTI WELCOME CENTER Vintage Fashion Shows - Photography - Displays Enjoy the show - Learn more at VisitMO.com DOC'S HARLEY-DAVIDSON DIXON,MO HAZELGREEN, MO Since 1955 - www.docsharleydavidson.com BOILING SPRING CAMPGROUND/ KIRKWOOD HISTORICAL SOCIETY CANOE RENTAL GASCOZARK TRADING POST Route 66 Family Fun - www.bscfloattrips.com & FLEA MARKET SPENCER'S GRILL (573) 759-7294 Visit Us At www.gascozarkfleamarket.com A Kirkwood Favorite Since 1947!! ZISSER TIRE AND AUTO - KIRKWOOD DOOLITTLE, MO HAZELWOOD, MO Full Service Auto Repair and Tire Sales Since 1999 COOKIN' FROM SCRATCH / PHILLIPS 66 CITY OF HAZELWOOD, MO Home of the "Route 66 King of the Road "Much More Than You Imagine" LAKE OZARK, MO Burger Challenge" www.Hazelwoodmo.org LAKE OZARK HELICOPTERS, INC. "You've never seen the Lake like this before!" EAGLEVILLE, MO JEFFERSON CITY, MO lakeozarkhelicopters.com EAGLEVILLE WELCOME CENTER MISSOURI DIVISION OF TOURISM RIVERVIEW RV PARK Enjoy the show - Learn more at VisitMO.com Enjoy the show - Learn more at VisitMO.com Call Toll Free (855) 885-1122 www.riverviewrvparkllc.com ELLISVILLE, MO JOPLlN,MO ROCKWOOD RESORT MOTEL Serving Families Since 1953 & Family Owned - SCHAEFER AUTOBODY CENTERS CANDY HOUSE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Call 573-365-2460 Auto Collision Repair, Refrnishing, and Detailing Watch our Candy Makers - Dwtn at 510 S. Kentucky THE DOGPATCH STORE COUNTRY CABOOSE WEDDING CHAPEL Nostalgia Gifts, Collectibles and Decor EUREKA,MO Start your life together on the right track! www.countrycaboose.com CH EROKEE CH IEF TRADI NG POST LEASBURG, MO • Antiques, Collectibles, & Mannequins CRABBY'S "Always Fresh, Never Frozen" - (417) 206-FISH HOLIDAY INN AT SIX FLAGS BELMONT VINEYARDS & BISTRO Adiacent to Six Flags on Historic Route 66 A Destination Winery on Route 66 - GRANNY SHAFFER'S FAMILY RESTAURANT Call (573) 885-7156 an-44 Exit 261 "Tastes Homemade Cause It Is!" 2728 N. Rangeline ONONDAGA CAVE STATE PARK KOA ST. LOUIS WEST / HISTORIC ROUTE 66 IMAGES IN TILE On Rt 66 - President's Award Winner 200812009 Custom Tile Murals - See Our Joelin & Galena www.mostateparks.com - www.onondagafriends.org 66 (417) 206-0252 ROUTE 66 STATE PARK & VISITOR CENTER Route Murals! - SKIPPY'S ROUTE 661NN On Historic Highway - Route 66 Museum 1 Gift Shop JOPLIN 66 HOSTEL "Good Food for Good People" SUPER SMOKERS BBQ An Inexpensive Lod.9ing Place for Travelers lagat Rated "BBQ Best Bet" - World Champions Call (417) 624-75Ul LEBANON,MO JOPLIN CONVENTION ACE MUFFLER SHOP FANNING,MO AND VISITORS BUREAU A Real Muffler Shop, Not a Clamp and Rip Off! visitjoplinmo.com (417) 588:2320 FANNING 66 OUTPOST GENERAL STORE Home of the Route 66 Rocker - World's Largest JOPLIN MUSEUM COMPLEX AL'S DRIVE-THRU LIQUOR A Missouri Ultimate 100 Destination Fastest, Friendliest Service in Town - FENTON,MO JOPLIN PETRO TRUCK STOP See Our Vintage Neon Beer Sign! The Perfect Spot to Refuel, Refresh and Relax MOTOEXOTICA CLASSIC CARS LLC BALLHAGEN'S PUZZLES Classic & Exotic Car Dealer - 200+ Classic Cars JOPLIN TRANSMISSION &AUTO CENTER www.missouripuzzle.com in Stock - (636) 600-4600 "Get Your Auto Fixed on Route 66" (417) 626-7300 BOB RUSSELLAUTO, INC. JOPLIN WELCOME CENTER Oldest Auto Body Collision Repair Center in Laclede County Since 1961 - (417) 532-6335 FLORISSANT, MO Enjoy the show on Route 66 - VisitMO.com FLORISSANT OLD TOWN PARTNERS INC CHARLIE'S FARMS & GARDENS RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT JOPLIN ...where goodness grows for taste. May thru October. www.florissantoldtown.com - (314) 837-0033 All Suites with all the Comforts www.marriott.comljlnri - (417) 782-0908 CITY OF LEBANON GAY PARITA, MO STOGEY'S CONEY ISLAND Friendly People. Friendly Place. - www.lebanonmo.org Established 1983 - 2 Blocks West of Rangeline CUSTOM LAWN CARE GAY PAR ITA SINCLAIR on Route 66! Travelin'Main Street USA - The Dream of My Life - Lawn Care - Pruning - Trimming - (417) 588-3448 An Adventure Through Time & History TOWNEPLACE SUITES BY DOWD'S CATFISH & BARBEQUE MARRIOTT JOPLIN Serving "Award Winning Catfish and BBQ" Comfortable Suites at a Great Value! on Route 66 - (417) 532-1777 GRAVOIS MILLS, MO www.marriott.comljlnts - (417) 659-8111 WATER'S EDGE MOTEL & BOAT RENTAL JON ES AUTO & TRUCK PLAZA TRANSPORT DISTRIBUTION CO. CTDC) AND JONES FAMILY DINER A Short Side Tr'f' - Road Warriors Discounts Truckin' on 66 - www.gotdc.com (573) 372-220 We Offer a 4-cent Cash Discount on Gas! WHITEHILL ENTERPRISES JONESY'S ANTIQUES Specializing in Creating Route 66 Murals - The Collector's Choice! Open 7 Days a Week! HALLTOWN, MO route66murals.com LAURA JEAN DERRICK ARCHITECT LEBANON AREA WILDER'S STEAKHOUSE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Preservation 1 Renovation 1 Consultation "Famous for Good Things to Eat & Drink Since 1928" (417) 863-1530 (417) 623-7320

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LINDSAY CHEVROLET / LINDSAY FORD OSAGE BEACH, MO HISTORIC ROUTE 66 ANTIQU E MALL "Where The Trucks Are" on Route 66! - (417) 532-3114 Antiques, Rt. 66 Memorabilia & More! ECONO LODGE INN & SUITES- 1-44 Exit 123 MADISON STREET GRILL LAKE OF THE OZARKS Serving Greot Steaks, Seafood, & Spirits!! Guaranteed Clean Rooms - Call 573-348-1781 (417) 532-0120 RICHLAND, MO INN AT HARBOUR RIDGE MUNGER MOSS MOTEL BED AND BREAKFAST LARRY'S SERVICE Your Home Away From Home TripAdvisor Hall of Fame 2015 - A-Blast-from-the-Past! www.mungermoss.com www.HarbourRidgelnn.com MYERSAFFORDABLE PLUMBING PIG PEN BBQ JAKE'S STEAK & FISH Prompt and Professional Service. Where Carolina meets Kansas City on Route 66! "Eat Well - Talk Much - Laugh Often" - (417) 991-2505 Call (573) 348-8989 ROCK HILL, MO ROUTE 66 MUSEUM & RESEARCH CENTER LAKE MEDIA Let Us Display Your Route 66 Collection! Day Trippin Magazine - Vacation News Magazine CITY OF ROCK HILL www.rockhillmo.com SHEPHERD HILLS FACTORY OUTLETS LAKE TV NETWORK On Rt. 66 Since 1960 - www.shephills.com Your Lake of the Ozarks 24 Hour Info Station TRAINWRECK SALOON mylaketv.com STARLITE LANES Where The Fun Begins! Bowl on Historic Route 66! LAKE OF THE OZARKS CONVENTION & ROCKPORT MO VISITOR BUREAU ROCK PORT WELCOME CENTER WHIRLWIND RANCH ALPACAS Midwest Vacation Fun Destination - www.funlake.com Yarns, Clothing & More! Reservations Required. Enjoy the show - Learn more at VisitMO.com www.whirlwincfranch.com OZARK DISTILLERY Handcrafted at Lake of the Ozarks - ROGERSVILLE, MO WILLARD QUARRIES INC. Tours Every Saturday - ozarkdistillery.com "You Call We Haul" - (417) 532-2728 LAST CHANCE GARAGE ROBIN'S RESORT www.robinsresort.net - Call 573-348-2275 MANCHESTER, MO ROLLA MO SEVEN SPRINGS WINERY CLASSIC THUNDERBIRD CLUB OF ST. LOUIS www.sevenspringswinery.com - Call 573-317-0100 ALEX'S PIZZA PALACE Dedicated to the Classic Thunderbird 1955-1957 Best Pizza for over 50 Years! Call 573-364-2669 THE GOLDEN DOOR MOTEL www.goldendoormotel.com - Call 573-348-2128 CITY OF ROLLA MAPLEWOOD MO "The Middle of Everywhere"- www.rollacity.org YANKEE PEDDLERS TEA ROOM PARAMOUNT JEWELERS "AFine Tradition in Fun Taste" - Call 573-348-5045 FALL CREEK ROCK SHOP "See our Landmark Neon Sign Since 1946" Rock Shop' on Route 66 - www.paramountjewelers.com PACIFIC,MO Minerals, Fossils, Jewelry, Lapidary TIFFANY'S ORIGINAL DINER GORDOZ STEAKHOUSE The last 24 Hour Diner in St. Louis on BEACON CAR WASH The Best Place for Steaks! - Call (573) 364-2780 • Original Route 66! Come by & see our Beacon Motel Neon Sign! KENT JEWELRY / ROUTE 66 ENGRAVING CITYOF PACIFIC Creating Custom Jewelry & Gifts on the Route MARSHFIELD, MO Est. 1859 - www.pacifrcmissouri.com MUFFLER MART BLACKBERRY CREEK RETREAT / D'ANGELOS Located at 100 East 6th Street - (573) 364-5434 BED & BREAKFAST "Home ot the World Famous Pizza" - Call (636) "Nature's Beauty with Country Charm" 271-4465 ROB & KRICKET'S TATER PATCH "Home of the Big Tater Since 1966" GRILLO'S CAFE DAVE SINCLAIR www.rollataterpatch.com Breakfast Served All Day - Call (417) 859-7929 CHRYSLER-DODGE-JEEP-RAM "If it's not right~ we'll make it right" ROLLA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HIDDEN WATERS NATURE PARK (636) 271-405:> & VISITOR CENTER 10 Beautiful Acres with 1853 Callaway' Cabin, "Engineered for the Road" - www.visitrolla.com Walking Trails, Water Features & Garaens MAHLER'S TRUCK AND AUTO REPAIR Same Location for 34 Years on Route 66! ROUTE 66 MOTORS MARSHFIELD AREA CHAMBER OF (636) 271-2020 Classic Cars and Used Cars - (573) 265-5200 COMMERCE & TOURIST INFO CTR www.marshfieldmochamberofcommerce.com PACIFIC AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THE MULE TOBACCO BARN (417) 859-3925 www.pacifrcchamber.com Let the Giant Sterling Hillbilly Wave You In! RV EXPRESS 66, LLC RON SANSONE CONSTRUCTION INC. THE MULE TRADING POST Historical Restoration in Brick, Concrete 8, Stone - Route 66 Items Antiques, Collectibles, WEBSTER COUNTY HISTORICAL Call (636) 271-4844 Knives & Sworc7s,Southwest Pottery - (573) 364-4711 SOCIETY & MUSEUM Mon.-Sat. 1-4 p.m. April-December. ROUTE 66 RAILFAN VISITOR CENTER- TOTEM POLE TRADING POST, INC. On Facebook - Call 417-468-7407 MAINLINE VIEWING AREA Antiques, Souvenirs,C-Store "Since 1933" Route 66 Model Railroad Club - (636) 742-1678 MILLER,MO ROUTE 66 REALTORS ST.CHARLES MO www.route66realtors.com - (636) 271-6660 HANGAR KAFE AT KINGSLEY FIELD FAST LANE CLASSIC CARS 'Flyin''Farmin' and 'Feedin' - Hangar Kafe THE MERAMEC VALLEY "We Sell Investments That Accelerate" is What Your 'Needin' CURRENT NEWS MAGAZINE "Pacifrc's Hometown Community News Magazine" NEON TIME Custom Neon & Vintage Sign Restoration MOUNT VERNON, MO (636) 940-7070 PHELPS, MO VINTAGECAR BROKER & ROUTE 66 TOURS "I Find 'em - You Bind 'em" - Call (417) 316-1906 KC OBSOLETE PARTS ST.CLAIR, MO Ford Parts & Accessories - RT66 Gift Shop (417) 452-FORD (3673) BUDGET LODGING NEOSHO,MO "A Touch of Class For Less"- Call (636) 629-1000 RIVER HILLS TRAVELER PHILLIPSBURG MO CITY OF ST. CLAIR Ozarks Outdoor Information - Established 1843 - "We're Open For Business!" 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MUNGENAST CLASSIC AUTOMOBILES SPRINGFIELD, MO & MOTORCYCLES MUSEUM ST.JAMES, MO Celebrating the Passion, Life) and Legacy of AARON SACHS & ASSOCIATES Dave Mungenast, Sr. (314J 481-1291 Committed to Community Service - (417) 777-7777 4MVINEYARDS& FARMS "Get y':0urGrapes on Route 66!" - PUBLISHING CONCEPTS, LLC B&N AUTO PARTS Call (573) 265-3340 Publishing eBooks.z.Travel Logs, Maps, Web sites - (314) /81-8880 BARNES TOWN & COUNTRY GREEN STAY HOTEL & SUITES FURNITURE &APPLIANCES Stay green and friendly ROUTE 66 ST. LOUIS Proud to be Part of Route 66.Since 1934! Route 66 St. Louis Books & Unique Handmade Items MURDON CONCRETE PRODUCTS - route66st/ouis.com BEST WESTERN ROUTE 66 RAIL HAVEN Look for our Dripping Faucet Neon Sign! Guests Get A True Rt. 66 Experience Since 1938 SAINT JOHN NEPOMUK CHAPEL BRICK & MORTARCOFFEE PUBLIC HOUSE BREWING COMPANY The Oldest Czech Roman Catholic church in the New World (314) 231-0141 Our love isy'eople, our design is simple, our craft is "A Friend, a Pint, a Session" - Call (573) 261-3333 coffee. (417) 812-6539 SPURGEON'S "66" SERVICE SANSONE & LAUBER "66" Station on Route 66 Since 1961 l!!iur;:Lawy'ers - www.SansoneLaw.com - BUD'S TIRE & WHEEL CO. C::all(314) 863-0500. Selling Tires & Wheels Over 50 Years on Route 66 SlJAMESCHAMBER OFCOMMERCE CITYOF SPRINGFIELD & TOURIST CENTER ST. LOUIS WELCOME CENTER Del'artment of Planning & Development Visit www.stjameschamber.net or Call (573) 265-6649 Enjoy the show on Route 66 - VisitMO.com (417) 864-1037 ST.JAMES WINERY SOUTHWEST MARKET CUISINE CROSSTOWN BARBEQUE LocallyMade. Nationally Awarded. Since 1970. "Sandwiches Our Specialty" Seringpeld's Ori9inal BBQ - Come See 46 Years Call (573) 265-7912 TED DREWES or History at 1331 E. 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CREVE COEURPAVING PRESERVATION Our Reputation Rides On Our Service wheelerauto.com - "Your Work Truck bealer" Route 66 Nean Park Planned for St. Robert - (417) 886-2886 www.CcpStl.com Route66Preservation.org DEDICATED CAR CLUB LA OUINTA INN - SOUTH SPRINGFIELD PULASKICOUNTY TOURISM BUREAU Your Home While Traveling - (417) 890-6060 Visit us at: www.dedicatedcarclub.com &VISITORS CENTER DENT DEVIL of St. Louis "33 Miles of Original Route 66" - LURVEY PROPERTIES Paintless Dent Removal www.dentdevil.com www.pulaskicountyusa.com (636) 230-7900 MEXICAN VILLA EL TACO ROUTE 66 DINER On Route 66 at 316 W. Kearney - "Food, Fun, and Fifties 24 Hours a Day!" See our Vintage Neon Sign! DIRECTIONS SAINTLOUIS, LLC (573) 336-8989 St. Louis' Premier Tour Company - MISSOURI NEONCOMPANY offering Day Trips and Tours from St. Louis! SUNSHINE CAFE Since 1934 - Custom Signs;..Billboards, DONUT DRIVE-IN SWEETWATER BAR-B-QUE Digital Displays - (800) 71$8-1778 Best Hand-cut Donuts in St. Louis on Route 66! 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Eat BBQ, Sniff Nitro. Live Nitro/Jet Dragster QCMOTO Start-Ups on 'Saturdays Located at Exit 84 on 1-44 and Historic Route 66 - WALNUT GROVE, MO Call (417) 862-4343 CHESTNUT PLAZA At Corner of 1-44 and State Highway 125 7C'S WINERY R&S MEMORIAL DECORATIONS Fine Wine & Mead in a Country Setting Making Memorial Decorations Since 1959 CITY OF STRAFFORD Call (417) 732-6263 The Best Small Town on Main Street USA - Route 66 WASHINGTON, MO REX SMITH OIL COMPANY Family Owned & Operated on COMMON GROUNDS COFFEE & CAFE IRON SPIKE MODEL TRAIN MUSEUM Bypass Route 66 Since 1933 Located at Hwy 100 & High Street - (636) 667-3380 DELCOUR PROPERTIES www.lronSpike.org RJ'S ROUTE 66 Alice DelCour - (417) 839-2152 "Route 66 Collectibles Made in the USA JOE'S ROUTE 66 DINER WAYNESVILLE, MO by Photographer Judy Walker - www.rjsroute66.com Hand-breaded Pork Tenderloins, ROUTE 66 BIKER GEAR Hand-cut Onion Rings & Tater Fries Daily! CAVE STATE CRUISERS CAR CLUB Car Show the Weekend After Father's Day ROUTE 66 HOTDOGS STRAFFORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (573) 435-9297 www.route66hotdogs.com Call (417) 894-7653 for Information on 2014 "Route 66 Days" Event CITY OF WAYNESVILLE ROUTE 66 MISSOURI TOURS "On the Banks of the Roaring Roubidoux" Step-on Guides for Motorcoach Tours - STRAFFORD BRANCH LIBRARY on Historic Route 66! Call (417) 343-1567 Cruise down Route 66 to the Strafford Bronch Librory! HOPPERS PUB SPRINGFIELD AREA "66 Brews on Route 66" - www.hopperspub.com CHAMBER OFCOMMERCE TEAM LIQUORS (573) 774-0135 Everywhere Should Be Like This - Call (417) 862-5567 Watch for our Vintage "LIQUOR" Neon Sign on Route 66! I LOVE ICE CREAM SPRINGFIELD-GREENE COUNTY "Get Your Licks on Route 66!" in Roubidoux Plaza LIBRARY CENTER THE CUTTING ROOM Drive Here to Research Route 66 and More! Give your hair a "Kick" on Route 66!! LONE OAK PRINTING CO. • "Where First Impressions Count"- SPRINGFIELD-GREENE COUNTY LIBRARY Call (573) 774-3001 LOCAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT SULLIVAN, MO Genealogy,. Family Heritage, LOST IN THE WOODSANTIQUES and Civil War Research Center! DU KUM INN RESTAURANT & COLLECTIBLES Serving Route 66 Travelers Since 1961! I.!ptown Antigues in Downtown Waynesville SPRINGFIELD-GREENE COUNTY (573) 2f68-6114 Call (573) 433-2855 LIBRARYSTATION Cruise into the Library Station to view HARRY'S TIRE, LLC NONA'S KITCHEN Car and Train Memorabilia! 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Commercial (417) 862-1796 BILL MANION ART & DESIGN SEDA'S GIFT SHOPPE & Award Winning Art & Custom Design PS COMPUTER REPAIR LLC STONE EFFECTS Architectural & Garden Elements by Design - THE OLD STAGECOACH STOP Call (417) 840-3606 SUNSET HILLS, MO Open Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April thru Sept. TERRY'SAUTO SERVICE & TOWI NG LLC CITY OF SU NSET HILLS WAYNESVILLE-ST. ROBERT www.sunset-hills.com CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THE OLD GLASS PLACE www.waynesville-strobertchamber.com A Special Event Place - Call (417) 501-8035 CRESTWOOD-SUNSET HILLS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TWIN MOTORCYCLE & TATTOO ourchamber.com WEBB CITY, MO Home of the Route 66 Tattoo route66carcruise.org CULVER'SROUTE 66 UNIVERSITY PLAZA HOTEL HOLIDAY INN S1. LOUIS SW - ROUTE 66 AND CONVENTION CENTER America's First Route 66 Culver's! Newly Remodeled - At intersection of Watson Rd. 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missouri66.org 47 ABOVE THE INDEPENDENT OIL AND GAS COMPANY STATION AT TENTH AND MILITARY IN BAXTER SPRINGS, KANSAS OPENED ON JULY7, 1930,AND ADVERTISED AS "ONE OFTHE DISTRICTS FINEST." IT WAS REBRANDED AFTER INDEPENDENT MERGED WITH PHILLIPS 661N SEPTEMBER 1930. THE "L" SHAPED GARAGE ADDITION WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1942. PHILLIPS SOLD THE STATION TO J.R. PARSONS IN 19SB.(COURTESY OF RUSSELL OLSEN,)

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