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Historic Route 66 stretches across the U.S. from Chicago to Los Angeles. Along the way, in Lebanon,Missouri is a growing popular landmark stop for any history enthusiast, tourist, or local Ozark resident. Shepherd Hills Factory Outlets started in the outlet business 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 IJiJt

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2 OFFICERS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES

3 MEMBERSHIP MATTERS Robert Gehl

4 NEWS FROM THE ROAD

10 THE TOTEM POLE TRADITION Rich Dinkela

14 A HOME AWAY FROM HOME: THE HISTORY OF THE WAGON WHEEL MOTEL Cheryl Eichar Jett

20 PHILLIPS 66 AND THE MOTHER ROAD Joe Sonderman

30 BRIDGES OF PULASKI COUNTY Joe Sonderman

34 RHYMES BYTHE ROADSIDE; THE BURMA SHAVE STORY Joe Sonderman

36 THE "KING OF RAGTIME" SCOTT JOPLIN Kip Welborn

39 NEW MEMBERS Robert Gehl

40 BUSINESS MEMBER DIRECTORY Robert Gehl

48 THEN AND NOW Joe Sonderman

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Show Me Routt 66 Magazine is the official publication of The Route 66 Association of Missouri. Show Me ROUt( 66 Magazine is published quarterly and is distributed free of charge [0 all paid members in good standing of The Route 66 Association of Missouri. Additional copies may be purchased for (he cost in advance of $6 VSD each including postage. Request for additional copies may be made direct to The Route 66 Association of Missouri, P.O. Box 8117, St. 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]. Reproduction 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 Tanya 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)earthlink.net jimmy52(O)sbcglobal.net tjp_666(O)yahoo.com schulz(O)htc.net

BOARD OF Jerry Benner Jerry l. Law Mark Stauter James J. Thole 1115 Chatelet Dr. 434 N. 5th Street 309 Hutchinson Dr. 1264 Jade Wind Cir. DIRECTORS Ferguson, MO 63135 Wood River, IL 62095 Rolla, MO 65401 Manchester, MO 63011 (314) 521-4255 (314) 440-0040 (573) 341-2932 (636) 227-2258 fjbenner(O)mindspring.com thelaw1(O)sbcglobal.net markcstauter(O)gmail.com 66thole(O)sbcglobal.net

David J. Eslick Joe Schulte Ted Terbeek Diane Warhover 3311 South Elmira 940 Saint Antoine St. 5601 S. Foxboro Trail 418 Cloisters Walk Springfield, MO 65807 Florissant, MO 63031 Springfield, MO 65804 Kirkwood, MO 63122 (417) 889-9332 (314) 921-1329 (417) 823-9166 (314) 965-5751 djeslick(O)undata.com GJoes99(O)yahoo.com terbeektn(O)sbcglobal.net warhoverdiane(O)gmail.com

Robert Gehl Bob Schwartz 1667 Timber Ridge Est. Dr. P.O. Box 498 Wildwood, MO 63011 Osage Beach, MO 65065. (636) 458-4585 office (573) 348-4053 home (314) 971-6366 cell (314) 650 5767 cell rgehl66(O)earthlink.net bobobeck1(O)msn.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 1115 Chatelet Dr. 1667 Timber Ridge Est. Dr. Waterloo, IL 62298 447 Clemens Ave. 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 fjbenner(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

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BY ROBERT GEHL, DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP SERVICES, (314) 971-6366 OR RGEH L66(@EARTHLlNK.NET

our first introduction - tion had a presence there that into the Route 66 linear day with an informational table Ycommunity begins with set up on the bridge. Man- making that first connection. ning our table was Jane, Marge That may come via a chance Ball-Jovanovic, Shellee Graham, encounter with someone who and myself along with my wife shares their interest and enthusi- Yvonne and son Brendan, age asm with you about the history 12, and Allison, age 4 at the of the highway. It could have time. It was well over 100 de- been an initial foray off the grees that day, but we enjoyed interstate and onto the old ourselves immensely and the road and meeting someone first time we really felt we were who took the time to tell actively "working" to promote you why it's so special and the road.The "working" proved that they were glad you in reality to be a real pleasure, as we were with kindred spirits came by. Or it may have who were bound by our passion for the route. The real payoff was been stopping to visit with that were able to meet new people and make new friends. And us at one of the events that those friends are part of our Route 66 family today, 17 years later. we've participated in over Now the real message is this - if Jane hadn't cared or made the years with the Associa- the effort to ask, I might have not become actively involved in tion booth. And, of course, the Association or its functions, perhaps falling back on the "don't .the web today is an ever-present entry point. have the time" or "let the others do it" excuses. Unfortunately, that As I write this column, I realized that it will be 18 years this rationale leads you to a dead-end stub of an old alignment. Fortu- July that I first reached out via a phone call to Jane Dippel to find nately, in my case, Jane was so nice and kind to her new connection out how to join the Association. Living near the former Big Chief that it was impossible to refuse her request. And the rest is history; Dakota Grill in what is now Wildwood, Missouri, I recall asking the once involved, you quickly realize that the more you do, the more you manager there if he had any contact information about the Associa- want to do, and the fulfillment/enjoyment quotient rises dramatically. tion, and he found in his desk drawer an Association mailing with a I have made it one of my renewed priorities this year to reach our phone number for Jane. After receiving a Membership Application to our membership and personally ask for their help and involve- form from her in the mail, I immediately returned it to the Associa- ment with Association activities and events. To those that I may tion with a check for an Individual membership for myself that soon reach our to directly, please consider my invitation thoughtfully. But became a Family membership. I still have a copy of that first dues please don't wait for a personal invitation; I would dearly love to hear check and my original Application form. I think I'll always keep it as from you and learn of your enthusiasm to serve. As I've often said, no it was my first connection to our organization. Each time we visit the experience necessary - we certainly had none when we first showed Historic "Big Chief" Roadhouse for a meal today, I still think about up at the Chain of Rocks - JUSta willingness to help and share your that connection point. passion for all things Route 66. As you may be aware, Jane Dippel is one of our long-time As- We have a great opportunity you for to participate coming within sociation members that has served as a Board Member and annual the next month. The 5th Annual "Birthplace of Route 66" Festival Motor Tour Co-Chairperson over a number of years. She is currently will be held on August 15-16 in downtown Springfield, Missouri. the Chairperson of our Preservation Committee and oversees the This has become in a few short years a real showcase event along monetary awards given each year to completed preservation projects, the Mother Road and attendance by Roure 66 roadies is anticipated utilizing 50/50 drawing proceeds at our Association meetings along from across the country. We will be setting up a full Association with donations made to the General Preservation Fund. Her contri- booth (inside with air conditioning!) that will be running for 2 full butions over an extended period of time have had a real impact on days at this event. Please call me at 314-971-6366 or Email me at our group. And her impact on my involvement is one that I would [email protected] and let me know if you can come and help us like to encourage and replicate in others within our proud Associa- run our booth for a few hours, one day, or both days. You will leave tion linear family. knowing you made a true contribution to the promotion of Route My participation really began after Jane extended a personal 66 and to the growth of our Association.Let's be like Jane - make request to attend a special event on the old Chain of Rocks Bridge that connection an active one. It may change you forever. on June 27, 1998. It was promoted as the first wedding to take place on the bridge and was sponsored by Trailnet, the Red Cedar Inn, the I hope to see you on the road! Wagon Wheel Motel, and K-Hits Radio in St. Louis. Our Associa- Bob Gehl "TRVL66"

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NEON PARK SET FOR ST. ROBERT excited to offer a prime location to preserve and memorialize this particular element of the Route's culture," said Beth Wiles, President of the organization. "Pulaski County has an opportunity to become an anchor destination along the Route with this development. Mother Road enthusiasts from around the world will want to make Pulaski County a preferred stop to see the 'neon at night' in this unique park." A Kickstarter Campaign is under way to raise funds and offers various levels of backing designed to appeal to individuals, associa- tions and corporations. Back this project TODAY, as the campaign runs for a limited time.For more information about the Route 66 Neon Park project visit our website Route66Preservation.org. The opportunity for this development began in November 201~ during the "The Road Ahead" Strategic Roundtable hosted by the World Monument Fund in Anaheim, CA, where Beth Wiles, Ex- ecutive Director of the Pulaski County Tourism Bureau, was in at- tendance. One of the speakers there was Jim Thole, chairman of the Neon Heritage Preservation Committee of the Route 66 Association of Missouri, who described the Association's vision to establish a neon park in Missouri for orphaned Route 66 neon signs. Ensuing discussions between those two parties then led to St. Robert becom- Now here is a bright idea! The Pulaski County Route 66 Preserva- ing the proposed home for these former icons of the Mother Road. tion organization is excited to announce its plan to develop "Route The Route 66 Association of Missouri and the City of St. Robert 66 Neon Park" within the City of St. Robert George M. Reed will also be the organization's partners in this endeavor. Roadside Park, which is located in a wide median area between the eastbound and westbound lanes of Route 66. The Route 66 Neon ANNUAL MOTOR TOUR HAS A TWIST Park will be the first of its kind to be developed along the 2,448 miles of the Mother Road and will feature restored, or- This may be the first "hub and spoke" format Motor Tour phaned Route 66 neon signs in an outdoor park-like ever held on Historic Route 66. The "hub" for the setting with corresponding story boards to inform weekend of Missouri Historic Route 66-focused the public about the history of each sign. travel and fun will be St. Robert. One "spoke" Eligible signs would be those that were will be a trip to Strafford and back, and the originally along the Route between 1926 other "spoke" will be a trip to Leasburg. and 1985, have been abandoned and do After 25 successful one-way Motor Tours, not have a home, and would not otherwise this new format should be exciting for all return to the Mother Road without a park Tourists. Everyone will get to appreciate the such as this. Currently the roadside park is beauty of the Ozarks that makes traveling home to a US Army M-60 tank which will Historic Route 66 in Missouri so special. remain within the park, and be embellished On Friday, September 11th, Motor Tour to tell the story of the importance of Route check in will be from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 66 as a thoroughfare for transporting war p.m. at the Hampton Inn Ft. Leonard Wood/ material during WWII. St. Robert. The Motel is holding a block of "Pulaski County Route 66 Preservation is rooms until August 21st. For reservations, Tourists

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must contact the Motel directly at (573) 336-3355 and mention in Litchfield, Ilinois, Cuba, Springfield & Joplin Missouri, Galena the Motor Tour. Guides identifYing places to visit and sights to see, Kansas, Afton and Clinton Oklahoma,Amarillo Texas and King- including activities and things to do in Waynesville/St. Robert, will man Arizona. They have even done a few unplugged, sometimes be provided. Driving instructions will also be provided. Each paid impromptu, performances in places like Afton Station in Afton, registration will receive a dash plaque and window decal. T-shirts Oklahoma and The Rock Cafe in Stroud, Oklahoma. In 2011 and other memorabilia will be available for purchase. A mini-tour the group was honored with the inaugural "Bobby Troup Artistic will be held that evening; details will follow. Recognition Award" by the International Route 66 Association in On Saturday September 12th, check in will resume at 8:00 a.m. recognition of their album,Songs from the Mother Road. After departing at 9:00 a.m., the Motor Tour will follow the west- So where did these guys come from?When Joe Loesch was 12 ward "spoke" to Bushmaster's Rockin' Race Place outside Strafford years old his family moved from St. Louis to Los Angeles. The and to view an interesting collection of hot rods, race cars, and racing the trip down The Mother Road left many happy memories in his memorabilia. There will be a $10.00 admission fee to tour the mu- young mind. The family traveled back and forth on several Route seum. As always, Tourists may create their own itinerary and stop 66 road trips to visit family back east. Many precious memories anywhere they like. At the banquet room of the Hampton Inn that developed during those travels. evening, a hearty and delicious meal of fried chicken and roast beef Fast forward a few years to Joe's days in the army in Vietnam with all the trimmings will be served. Details regarding the evening's where he met and became fast friends with Woody Bomar. Joe and activities will be announced later. Woody worked together in a military office in Saigon and enter- On Sunday September 13th, a nondenominational service tained in the evenings at a civilian Vietnamese night club. The two will be held at 8:00 a.m. at the Hampton Inn. The Motor Tour have since played together in bands all of their adult lives. In the will depart at 9:00 a.m. and follow the eastward "spoke" to On- new millennium Joe's nostalgia for Route 66 was rekindled and he ondaga Cave State Park outside Leasburg. On the way, the owner got Woody interested too. They soon became avid travelers of Route of Belmont Vineyards and Winery outside Leasburg will provide 66. Their exploits are now chronicled on the website, http://road- a complimentary tour of the operation. However, Tourists may crew66.com. choose to stop anywhere they like. The Motor Tour will end with a As musicians, the obvious next thing was to create music about box lunch at the picnic pavilion inside Onondaga Cave State Park. their new passion. It started with Woody, a successful Nashville Either before or after lunch, Tourists may tour Onondaga Cave, a songwriter, composing a song called That 01' 66. This then lead unique Missouri show cave, at a special group rate of $10.00 offered to more songs and before long the guys had an album's worth of only on this day. material based on their experiences. Woody and Joe, an audio book Completed registration forms and payment for registration author/producer, then reached out to their friend Don King, former and meals must be received by August 21,2015. Meals cannot be Epic Records recording artist and recording studio owner, to join reserved after that date. For more information and a sign up form, the project.Enter their friend Jason Harmon, former drummer for go to http://missouri66.org/annual-motor-tour/ the Christian rock group "Reign," and The Road Crew is born to perform their music and travel Route 66 to promote it. ROAD CREW COMING TO SPRINGFIELD The Road Crew's album,Songs from the Mother Road, is really a group of stories about the struggles, the joys, the heartbreaks and the adventures associated with Route 66. The musical styles include folk, country, blues, western swing and even a touch of surfer pop. The 12 original song titles include We're Going West,Chain Of Rocks Park, The Motherland OK, Tucumcari Tonite, Running Down The Mother Road,The Old Way (For Angel) and That 01' 66. In tribute to the late Bobby Troup,The Road Crew even adds their (Beatles inspired) flavor to his classic hit (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 as a special bonus track. The group later introduced their second CD, Rock-A-Billy Road, an album comprised of mostly upbeat 1950s classic songs that served as a soundtrack for travelers breezing down the highway during the heyday of Route 66. They will introduce their newest album,Under The Neon, in Springfield when they perform at the 2015 Birthplace of Route 66 Festival August 15 and 16. The new album will feature a special song that takes the listener on a musical journey across Missouri called Boppin' In Joplin and another special song for the Springfield The popular Nashville, Tennessee-based rockabilly band, The Road festival called Middle Of Everywhere. Crew, will perform in August at the 2015 "Birthplace Of Route If you run into them along the road, just know that you are 66 Festival" in Springfield, Missouri. They bill themselves as the meeting four guys who love the road, love the people and love the Musical Ambassadors of Route 66 and are an entertaining attraction places they sing about just as much as you do. You can learn more wherever they perform. They have played festivals and car shows about The Road Crew on their website, http://roadcrew66.com.

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LENA TURNER 1942-2015 • Provide input/consensus on the proposed draft mission, goals, and strategies for developing a national collaboration, which will then be used to determine next steps . • Discuss ways you can be involved with the initiative moving forward.

Workshop datesllocations are: Date: Tuesday, July 21,2015 City: Springfield, IL

Date: Wednesday, July 22,2015 City: Springfield, MO (KS/MO)

Date: Thursday, July 23,2015 City: Oklahoma City, OK

Date: Friday, July 24,2015 City: Amarillo, TX Just a few months after her husband left us, Lena Turner is gone. Lena Faye Call Turner passed away peacefully May 18, 2015. Her Date: Saturday, July 25,2015 husband, Gary Turner, welcomed Route 66 visitors for many years City: Albuquerque, NM at his Gay Parita Station at Paris Springs. Lena was born on December 4, 1942 to Doris and Haskel Call. Date: Tuesday, July 28,2015 She married Gary G. Turner on December 31, 1961. City: Flagstaff, AZ Together they had four children. Surviving are two daughters, Barbara Turner and Jeanette Hosmann; two sons, Scott Turner and Date: Wednesday, July 29,2015 wife Cheryl and Steve Turner and wife Marcia. Also surviving are City: San Bernardino,CA eight grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. • Gary and Lena touched everyone of us who met them and our The Route 66 Collaboration Workshops present an opportunity condolences and prayers go out to Steve and the rest of the family. for everyone who shares a passion for America's most famous road, Gary always said "Friends for Life," and now he is reunited with his to revive and renew Route 66 by helping chart its future. best friend. Specific venues and times for each Collaboration Workshop are almost finalized and will be announced shordy. HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF ROUTE 66! In addition, a website for the Route 66: The Road Ahead Initia- tive is being finalized and will be launched by or before the end of Members of Route 66 associations, tourism June. For more information now, please visit the National Route 66 officials, economic development professionals, Corridor Preservation Program website at: http://ncptr.nps.gov/ business persons, preservationists, educators, rt661route-66-road-ahead-ini tiative/ government officials, and anyone else interested in NOTE: Mailing address is:Route 66: The Road Ahead Initia- reviving and renewing Historic Route 66 is invited tive, 114 SW Arch Sr., Atlanta, IL 61723 to attend a series of Route 66 Collaboration Workshops scheduled to take place from Tuesday, July 21st through Wednesday, July 29 EDWARDSVILLE CONFERENCE PLANS across the United States from Illinois to California. SHAPING UP The Workshops are presented by the Route 66: The Road Ahead Initiative in partnership with the National Park Service, Route 66 "Miles ofPossibiliry: The Edwardsville Route 66 Conference" will Corridor Preservation Program (NPS). The initiative is a response be held in Edwardsville, Illinois, on Thursday-Saturday, October 29- to recommendations from the Route 66 Economic Impact Study 31. Sponsored by the Illinois Route 66 Blue Carpet Corridor Coali- (2012) and the Route 66: The Road Ahead Strategic Roundtable tion and hosted by the Ciry of Edwardsville, the primary venue for (2013), organized by the World Monuments Fund and PS with the conference is the beautifully-restored historic Wildey Theatre on funding support from American Express. The initiative is focused N. Main Street, just two blocks off Edwardsville's Route 66. www. on an inclusive, representative approach to developing a national wildeytheatre.com framework for collaboration to leverage new opportunities and in- Conference sessions will include presentations, panel discussions, novative partnerships in heritage tourism and historic preservation and workshops by nationally- and internationally-known experts along the Mother Road. on Route 66, history, preservation, and marketing. The conference The workshops are designed to provide an inclusive forum for schedule, online registration, and other details can be found on the Route 66 Stakeholders to: conference website at www.bluecarpetcorridor.orglrt66conference. • Learn about the Route 66: The Road Ahead Initiative. Conference attendees arriving early on Thursday, October 29,

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On Sunday, there will be a Blue Carpet Corridor tour with at- tractions along the route open special hours for conference attend- ees. The Blue Carpet Corridor Coalition was formed in November 2013 to promote the section of Illinois Route 66 from Chatham to Collinsville. Blue Carpet Corridor Coalition President Cheryl Eichar Jett is serving as Conference Director. Conference information and updates can also be found on Face- book at www.facebook.com/Route66Edwardsville and on Twitter at Rt66Edwardsville@Rt66Edw. Email [email protected].

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On June 19th, 2015, the City of Waynesville, in conjunction with National Park Service, Trail of Tears Association, and Pulaski County Tourism Bureau unveiled seven Trail of Tears Wayside Exhibits.The exhibits begin at Roubidoux Spring on the path that follows the Roubidoux River in Laughlin Park. Laughlin Park is one of only seven Missouri places certified by the National Park Service as a site will find plenty of activities. Conference registration begins at noon on the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. at the Wildey Theatre where attendees can also enjoy an afternoon The Trail of Tears story begins in 1830, when 1830 Congress tour of the 1909 Wildey Theatre. Also running during the afternoon passed the Indian Removal Act, clearing the way for forceful removal will be one-hour tours of Edwardsville's national historic districts. of the Native American tribes of the southeast to reservations in Thursday evening's pub crawl will include historic Route 66 taverns Indian Territory, present day Oklahoma. The Choctaw, the Musco- as well as N. Main Street breweries and wine bars. gee Creeks, the Chickasaw, and the Seminoles were forced from their On Friday evening, the Wildey Theatre will host a catered din- lands. The Cherokee were next. ner for conference attendees followed by a live band on the historic Twenty members of the tribe with no authority from the Chero- Wildey stage. kee government, agreed to the Treaty of New Echota in 1835. Under On Saturday, the conference sessions will end in time for attend- the terms of the treaty, the tribe would relocate for $5 million and ees to prepare for Edwardsville's annual Halloween parade, an insti- they were given rwo years to move voluntarily. But the majority of tution in the city since 1924. The two-hour parade draws crowds in the tribe never agreed to the treaty. the tens of thousands to downtown Edwardsville to see the floats, U.S. soldiers began removing the Cherokee from Georgia in marching bands, cars, and creative costumes. The parade this year 1838, sometimes at the point of a bayonet. Disease and a lack of is borrowing the Blue Carpet Corridor's official theme:"Mobsters, supplies took a huge toll and Chief John Ross pleaded with General Miners and the Mother Road."Feel free to attend in costume! Winfield Scott to take over the move to save lives. He organized After the Saturday evening parade, a party for conference at- groups of about 1,000 men, women and children at a time to make tendees will be hosted by Dr. Nick Gerlich of Amarillo, Texas, and the 800 mile journey. Two of his detachments camped at Roubi- Roamin' Rich Dinkela, of St. Louis, Missouri, at a TBA venue. doux Spring at Waynesville, one in December 1837 and the other Route 66 author and collector Joe Sonderman will OJ. Costumes in March 1839. In the end 15,000 Cherokee were forced from their optional! homes and hundreds died on the journey along the "Trail of Tears."

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PACIFIC UPDATE Saving the best for last:At the Old Glass Place,521 East St. Louis Street, we will have these Route 66 Authors; Jim Hinkley (Arizona), The historic Jensen's Point Overlook on Route 66 in Pacific should be Jim Ross (Okiahoma),Shelly Graham (Oklahoma), Betty Short open as a park by spring. The City of Pacific closed on the property in (Missouri), Joe Sonderman & Postcards (Missouri), Susan Kirkpat- May. As we reported in the last issue, a $350,000 grant from the St. rick (Missouri), Jerry McClanhan(Okiahoma). Louis County Municipal Parks Grant Commission paved the way for Artists: Joel Rayburn (Oklahoma), Bob (Croc) Lile Rt. 66 Jewel- the purchase. That money will be added in with $15,000 from Great ry (Texas), David J. Eslick- Photos (Missouri),Steve Rider-Postcards Rivers Greenway and another $20,000 from the Pacific tourism com- (New York)Mark Potter-Collectorf'Iexas). mission. According to the Washington Missourian, the current plans Associations: Route 66 Association of Missouri, Kansas Route 66 call for the work to be completed sometime in February. Association, Special Guest: Kaisa Barthull, Director, Route 66 Corrodor Pres- FIFTH ANNUAL BIRTHPLACE OF ROUTE 66 ervation Program, national Park Service, Santa Fe, New Mexico. FESTIVAL WILL BE THE BIGGEST AND BEST YET The History Museum on the Square has a car themed exhibit BY DAVID J. ESLICK "Start Your Engines, A Century of Motor Racing in the Ozarks" for Festival goers to enjoy.There will be many new vendors throughout The 2015 Birthplace of Route 66 Festival on the weekend of August the event. So make plans now to attend this Festival for some great 14, 15 & 16 will offer more than our previous Festivals. memories for you and your families. This year cars can register Under the sponsorship of Aaron Sachs & Associates, KY3 online at www.route66festivalsgf.com and pick a zone to park in to TV and Ozarks On 2 Wheels.com and partnering with the Best avoid having to get there at 5:00 a.m .. With questions, please e-rnail Western Route 66 Rail Haven Motel, the City of Springfield, the David J. Eslick, Co-Chairman at [email protected]. Route 66 Association of Missouri, The West Central Neighbor- hood Alliance and the Urban Districts Alliance, the Festival has SHATNER TRAVELS ROUTE 66 WITH expanded to 3 days of Classic Cars,Great Music and new this year, NEWENTERPRISE Harley-Davidson motorcycles. As in the past the cars will still be on Route 66, around the Square and down St. Louis Street. This year, Actor William Shatner boldly travelled parts of Route 66 on a futur- the motorcycles will be in their own area, West of the Discovery istic motorcycle to raise money for a worthy charity last month. But Center. The first new thing for this year will be a parade on Friday he won't have any memories of the Mother Road in Missouri. That's night down St. Louis Street to the Square, complete with march- because he didn't see any of it. ing bands and floats. It will start at 6:00 p.m.in the parking lot of William Shatner, aka James T. Kirk, and his wife Elizabeth took the Great Southern Bank at Glenstone and St. Louis and will end off a 2,400 mile journey along parts of Route 66 from Aurora, Il- on the Square and that's just the beginning. The second new thing; linois on June 23rd. Shatner made the trip to raise awareness for the on this Friday night there will be a concert at the Historic Gillioz American Legion's Legacy Scholarship fund for children of fallen Theatre. The headliners will be The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with veterans and promote a wild looking motorcycle. special guests Pure Prairie League starting at 8:00 p.m. and again, The real star was to be a 500 hp V-8 powered three-wheeled as last year, with the theatre being sold out, this concert will be prototype he designed with the American Wrench Shop.This steam simulcast to the big screen on the Square. Bring your lawn chairs punk looking monster, which actually resembled a dragster more and hang out with 2,000 or your closest Route 66 friends. For the than a bike, was dubbed the "Rivet." But bad weather and a me- families there will again be a "Drive-in" movie on the side of the chanical problem delayed his departure and brought the crew into Expo Building on St. Louis Street. This year's feature will be one of St. Louis late on the first night. A planned appearance at the City the kid's favorite s, Pixar's "CARS". There will be a section roped off Museum was cancelled. to park in your car and watch the movie, just like the "old days", as The following morning at Union Station, the actor didn't have well as a place for people to sit in lawn chairs and on blankets. The time for photo ops or autographs with fans as he worked to get third new thing; this will be a 2 day car and motorcycle show with the riders organized and get the Rivet backed out of the trailer for festivities on Saturday and Sunday starting at 10:00 a.m. both days. the media. Asked what he was looking forward to the most on the Last year's Festival drew 300 cars and 4,000 people, with 2 days this trip,Shatner replied,"surviving." He said, "We're driving at night, year; our expectations are a lot higher. As our car and motorcycle 70 miles per hour and I'm on an unfamiliar bike," Shatner said. show headliner band, we are bring back "The Road Crew -Arnerica's "Trucks are passing us, we're trying to find the hotel. That's white Route 66 Band "along with local favorites, knuckle stuff." He did note that the drive across the Stan Musial Sunday will bring the cars back for trophy and award presenta- Bridge in the moonlight was a great experience. tions at 4:00 p.m .. Shatner called the Rivet "a fantastic mechanism" and said it A new attraction for Saturday night will be another concert at was engineered in a totally different way, and that was part of the the Historic Gillioz Theatre. Mark Bilyeu and Cindy Woolf, local problem."The steering mechanism worked when we loaded, but Springfield artists will be debuting and releasing their brand new not when we unloaded it. It was embarrassing, but it's a prototype, album "Wolf Hunter". The second half of the show will feature an we are tweaking the prototype." The bike will eventually be available all-star collection of local Ozarks Musicians including some of the for purchase. You can make a donation to American Legion Legacy Ozark Mountain Daredevils and Big Smith. Tickets may be pur- Scholarship at www.rivetmotors.com. chased online at www.gillioz.org or by calling 417-863-9491. Shatner hopped on board another motorcycle with his wife and

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Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program; and thus they received assistance to pay for 50% of the project cost. The restoration project included the multi-colored neon lights behind the sparkling new glass blocks in the tower, neon striping along the roofline soffits and, as an homage to what was once there, the word "Skylark" was mounted in blue neon on the west side of the tower, while "VFW" appears in green neon on the east side, giving recognition to what thrives there now. Furthermore, the VFW Post is providing its own funding this Summer to restore the landscaping around the tower to further enhance its Route 66 era appearance. Hence, the Association presented them with a $400 Preservation Award at this gathering to show our appreciation for their loyalty and commitment to preserving these special icons along the Mother Road. Present at the gathering for the VFW leadership were: Glen Gildehaus (Post Commander), Don Bay (Junior Vice Commander), Rick Weirich (Quartermaster & VFW project leader) and Lynette Busse (Post Secretary). Presenting the award to the VFW Post was Jim Thole, NHPCChairman. Association members Bob Gehl and Jane Dippel were also there for the presentation.

headed west, but not on Route 66. Shatner, the Legion Riders and the documentary crew headed onto 1-64 and then Interstate 70 to Kansas City for that evening's stop. Other planned stops included Oklahoma City; Amarillo, Texas; Albuquerque, N.M.; Flagstaff, Ariz.; Las Vegas; and Los Angeles. Presumably he saw more of Route 66 on the rest of the trip. But Admiral Kirk would admire him for riding a motorcycle across Missouri on Interstate 70. That's as dif- ficult as the Kobayashi Maru test at Starfleet,

PRESERVATION AWARD PRESENTED TO VFW POST 2482 BY JIM THOLE

On June 24, 2015, there was a special gathering at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2482 near St. Clair, MO to express the Associa- tion's gratitude to the VFW Post leadership for their 2014 preserva- tion effort with respect to the Art Deco tower and the architectural neon on the former Skylark Motel building. They joined with the Neon Heritage Preservation Committee (NHPC) of the Associa- tion to apply for a grant from the National Park Service through its

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STORY AND PHOTOS BY RICH DINKELA, EXCEPT AS NOTED.

THOSE OF US WHO TRAVELED THROUGH THE OZARKS ALL HAVE MEMORIES OF THE COLORFUL ROADSIDE BUSINESSES. THERE WERE GRAPE STANDS, MERAMEC CAVERNS BILLBOARDS, TRADING POSTSAND STANDS HAWKING EVERYTHING FROM FIREWORKS TO HANDMADE OZARK BASKETS OR WALNUT BOWLS. ONE BUSINESS, THE TOTEM POLE TRADING POST IN ROLLA, CARRIES ON THE TRADITION.

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y family went on many road trips to the Bran- Mson area starting when I was just 4 years old, in the early 1980s. Looking through the window of our family car, I became fascinat- ed with the creative establishments many of the roadside entrepreneurs fashioned. To a child, these were inviting landmarks that indicated to me how far along we were on our typical road trip. Seldom was I lucky enough to visit some of these places along the road when my Mother would ask to stop for some quick shopping or if Dad just needed a break from driving.Most of the time I just had to rely on my imagination to wonder what kind of neat stuff was in all of those businesses. Johns Modern Cabins always caught my attention and piqued my interest.

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My recent involvements in Route 66 have led me to ponder driveways connecting their business. The second location was at the evolution of businesses. Why do some places thrive for decades what is now 15990 County Road 8140 in Rolla MO.The building while others struggle to make it for months??? In my opinion it later housed Gauntlet Paint and is now used as an auction house. all comes down to the people that are passionately committed to Tim and his wife Alice took over complete ownership in 1974. surviving as a Route 66 business. Yet again, progress determined the fate of the There's probably nobody else more quali- Totem Pole. In 1977 Tim was forced to close fied in Missouri to be experts on Route 66 this second location as well because four-lane survival than Tim and Alice Jones. Driving 66 was being converted to Interstate standards. west out of Rolla, their Totem Pole Trading The state removed their driveways and yet Post with its towering sign is hard to miss. You - again disrupted their livelihood. can find Tim Jones here just about every day. With that same fighting spirit that Ralph The Totem Pole is one of the oldest Route instilled in him, Tim moved to the present 66 businesses still operating on Missouri's location just 3.5 miles east of the second section of the Mother Road. In 1933, Harry location. On December 1, 1977, they started Cochrane opened up the first Totem Pole over in an old two bay Shell Station right at Trading Post on Arlington Hill just ten miles the western edge of Rolla. Tim has fought to to the west of the existing location.They reinvent and to improve his trading post over erected a small building with a Totem pole on the last three decades. The 1970s through top and they sold souvenirs and gifts to Route the early 1980s saw the elimination of Route 66 travelers. In addition to the souvenir stand 66 from our National Highway System. The they also had a tourist camp. Ralph Jones, economy was stagnated during the oil crisis. Tim's father purchased the trading post from The way people travel would forever change. Harry around 1950. The destination became increasingly more Keeping your business alive on Route 66 important that the trip. has always been about carving out a unique Despite the hurdles thrown at the Jones identity, making sure to offer quality goods at family they have constantly been able to • fair prices, and outwitting the competition. evolve; keeping their doors open and the But few business owners expected progress to travelers coming in. In 1994 he performed an endanger their livelihood. After World War extensive renovation that involved installing a Two there was no denying that our highways needed be made larger roof over the entire structure of the trading post and the gas station and more efficient. Expansion of the highway system managed to canopy. Tim and Alice have been selling hand crafted goods from wipe out many businesses, especially in Missouri. The Stoneydell the Ozarks, antiques, oddities, fireworks, books and a large amount Resort was one of those casualties that we all wish we could patron- of Route 66 souvenirs. They had to stop selling gasoline about five ize today. years ago because they were unable to make any money on it due The Totem Pole didn't escape the effects of progress. Around to credit card fees. They want a new cafe to refuel travelers in a dif- 1954 the state bought some the property where the campground ferent way, aiming for their bellies. This year they are opening their was located.The cabins had to be moved to make way for an extra newest creation, The Route 66 Lunchroom. set oflanes to be brought through. In 1967 the Highway Depart- With the help of James Crabtree, he and Tim created a great ment came knocking again. This time they were taking the property little lunch menu to help travelers get their fix on 66 without where the store was at in order to make service roads for the new breaking the bank. You'll find homemade affordable lunch fare like interstate. This shut Ralph and Tim down for the moment. sandwiches, salads, chili, and even a large range of desserts. You can One of the original buildings still stands in the Arlington Hill count on getting your favorite Route 66 soda as well. This latest area. According to Tim Jones the Missouri Highway Department endeavor didn't come easy. Alice is still suffering from a severe car saved it and used it as a planning office while constructing a new accident that happened about five years ago and Tim spends much highway through the area. It's a little red building resembling a of his time with her. The city health department and community small cabin and sits just to the west, across from John's Modern development department handed Tim an extensive list of hurdles to Cabins off Arlington Outer Road. Some of the cabins were moved overcome in order to operate as a food service station. Tim has also to the other side of the now abandoned highway and one still had break-ins where thieves made off with valuable merchandise. stands, perched precariously on concrete blocks. The original totem Tim and Alice still have plenty of fight left. With the help of pole that stood atop of the souvenir shop is now located inside of James and a whole lot of creative resourcefulness, it looks like The today's Totem Pole Trading Post. Totem Pole Trading Post will be a landmark for years to come. Ralph's father, more determined than ever, moved the store to its Be sure to stop in and visit the Trading Post on your next trip second location.Tim recalls, there were 28 businesses along Route down Route 66.There is something for everyone. June of2015 will 66 in the area, and "We are the only ones who re-opened." They mark the grand opening of the Route 66 Lunchroom located inside were now operating in a new building even closer to Rolla. As luck of the trading post. Try one of their signature Fried Bologna Sand- would have it old Route 66 was located behind their building and wiches. You'll be glad you did and you'll also be helping to preserve the new Super 66, 4-lane highway was out in front complete with a Route 66 icon.

missouri66.org 13 "A HOME AWAY FROM HOME:" THE HISTORY OF THE WAGON WHEEL MOTEL

BY CHERYLEICHAR JETT

IN THE 1930S, ROBERT AND MARGARET MARTIN ESTABLISHED THE WAGON WHEEL CABINS COMPLEX IN CUBA, MISSOURI. EIGHTYYEARS AND A HALF-DOZEN OWNERS LATER, THE MOTEL, LOVINGLY RESTORED BY CONNIE ECHOLS, IS ONE OF THE CROWN JEWELS IN MISSOURI'S CHAIN OF ROUTE 66 LANDMARKS.

THE EARLY YEARS n1934, Robert and Margaret Martin purchased 11 acres ofland, then just Ioutside the city limits of Cuba, part of a section once known as Simpson's Prairie. The property was right on Route 66 and rourist services were becoming more in demand. Robert was a native of Scotland, but little seems ro be known about his first wife, Margaret. Over the next couple years, the Martins borrowed $7,000 to construct the complex. Leo Friesenhan, a local master sronemason and bricklayer, was the Martins' choice to design and build the native Ozark stone buildings. Friesenhan was a German immigrant who had first lived and worked in St. Louis and then settled in Bourbon.Still, he continued to work in St. Louis as well as in Crawford County. In St. Louis, Friesenhan was the builder of some of the Tudor Revival bungalows rypical of South St. Louis architecture. Many of these bungalows were known for their red brick construction with stone trim around the The American Automobile Association's 1939 directory listed the doors and windows. In Cuba, Friesenhan was able to reverse that beautiful stone lodging as follows, "Wagon Wheel Cabins on U.S. style due to the abundance of Ozark stone available. The Wagon 66, the east side of town. 9 newly constructed srone cottages each Wheel's construction featured geometric trim around the windows with a private tub or shower bath. Very well furnished; gas heat; and doors in sharp contrast to the irregular shapes of the native fans in summer; enclosed garages. Rates $2.50 to $3 per day for rwo stone walls. persons. This is a home away from home. Splendid surroundings. The cafe and gas station opened by 1936 with the cabins either Cafe; laundry services; rest rooms; super service station.One of the opening at the same time or slightly later. Joe and Clara Slowenski finest courts in the state. Very good." were the operators of the cafe and station. It was during this time that Margaret Martin took over the operation of the cafe in 1943. wagon wheel design dishes from Frankoma Pottery were first used in Meanwhile, just to the east of their complex, Robert built another the restaurant. Joseph A. Slowenski was born in 1907, orphaned by gas station and restaurant which he dubbed the Wagon Wheel the time he was four years old, and reared by rwo uncles, the second of Annex. This they sold to Paul and Barbara Killeen, who simply which lived in Cuba. Clara Stephan was born in Steelville, Missouri, shortened it to the Annex. During this time, traffic increased as did in 1908, but the family moved to Cuba about 1920. Joe and Clara business as a result of Fort Leonard Wood opening in 1940. were married in 1929. They later moved to Texas for several years and In 1946, the Martins sold the Wagon Wheel and went to Rolla, upon their return to Cuba, they purchased the Red and White grocery where they purchased the Pierce-Pennant Tavern. Under their man- store. Joe died in 1980 and Clara in 2004 at the age of 96. agement, this evolved into the Pennant Cafe and the Hotel Martin.

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Martin later retired, but remained a resident of Rolla, along with his and cafe building. From then on, the Wagon Wheel station and cafe second wife Lottie, until his death in 1970. building never held another eatery. Instead, a parade of service and The new owners in 1946 of the Wagon Wheel property were retail businesses occupied it, including a medical center, a real estate Clifton and Beulah Speer and Edmund and Violet Koebeling, but office, trucking companies, a Christian book store, and a cabinet their ownership only lasted about a year before John and Winifred manufacturer. The legendary Sadie and her husband retired from Mathis from Michigan became the their location east of town in 1975. next owners. Sadie passed away in 1981. William followed in 1984. THE MATHIS'S AND THE PRATTS PAULINE'S FORTY John and Winifred Jack Mathis YEARS were from Ionia, Michigan, and Pauline Florence White and Wayne moved to Cuba to take over the Roberts married in 1933. Thirty Wagon Wheel in 1947, the year years later, in 1963, they were living they both turned 55 years old. John in Aurora, Illinois. Through mutual had been born in Baltimore but friends, Pauline and Wayne met Winifred was from an Ionia busi- John and Winifred Mathis. The ness family. At the Wagon Wheel, Roberts purchased the motel and John is credited with designing the Pauline moved from Aurora to run original neon sign and having it it, while Wayne stayed behind in made. The couple was ambitious Aurora working two jobs until his and changed the name from Wagon retirement. He spent weekends in Wheel Cabins to Wagon Wheel Cuba with Pauline at the Wagon Motel. They added two more Wheel. In the laundry building, buildings to the complex - the Pauline opened a small coffee laundry and storage building and shop and called it "Ye Old Cof- dle concrete block building, which fee Shoppe." She was known as a added four more motel units. lovely, personable woman with a John Mathis' son Clyde and his soft heart and the inability to turn wife Irene were responsible for the anyone away who couldn't pay. But maintenance of the grounds and time moved on and Wayne died also worked in the vineyard on the in 1980. Pauline closed the coffee property. Clyde also managed the shop and continued to run the gas station, leased to Standard Oil motel by herself at the time. Eight years later, Pauline William and Sadie Mae Pratt married Harold Armstrong, who purchased the station and cafe in was retired from General Motors 1950. Sadie Mae Smith had been Corporation. Together, they man- born in 1903 in Knob Lick, Mis- aged the Wagon Wheel, but did souri, and later married William H. not agree on the best way to do Pratt. Under their management, so. The spotless reputation that the Wagon Wheel Cafe became a Pauline's motel had held for years popular destination stop for travel- began to deteriorate, as did the ers and for Sunday drivers out buildings themselves. Pauline and from St. Louis. The cafe was in- her motel declined until Pauline's cluded in the Duncan Hines Fine death in 2003. She had operated Dining Guide, no doubt for the the motel for 40 years. Although well-known menu specials of rain- Harold's health was not good, bow trout (served whole, including he hung onto the motel, minus eyes) and the "mile-high" meringue needed repairs and maintenance. pies. Sadie Mae had a reputation of By the time Harold died in 2008, her own as a strict business man- the Wagon Wheel Motel was dirty, ager with a temper but also pos- neglected, and overgrown. sessing a kind heart and a cheerful During Pauline's four decades smile. After Interstate 44 bypassed the town, the Pratts moved their at the Wagon Wheel, Roy Mudd had been the caretaker. Roy was operation to a different location east of town more accessible from "as much a part of the classic motel as the neon sign and the Ozark the interstate. In 1956, they sold the small lot with the gas station stone," according to the writers of Celebrating 150 Years:A History

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of Cuba, Missouri, 1857-2007.Working together, Pauline and Roy became close friends, and her obituary included a long list of surviving family members and her "special friend Roy Mudd." Roy died in 2006.

RESTORATION AND REBIRTH In 2009, Connie Caspers Echols purchased the property, including the smaller lot with the station and cafe building, finally rejoin- ing the complex. Restoration and updates began with the main building, which became Connie's Shoppe and the motel office. After the main building's restoration was completed so that the gift shop could be opened, the work moved on to the other buildings. Modern wiring, plumbing, and HVAC was installed, but the win- dows, floors, and woodwork were preserved to keep the original ambience of the era. Modern amenities, such as wireless internet and HDTV were added. It's not surprising to discover that Connie's former career was floral designer, as you peruse the attractive displays of souvenirs, antiques, and accessories in the main building. Connie, although originally from Anamosa, Iowa, has been a Cuba resident for many years, enjoying horses, family life, and her floral shop, the Wildflower, which transitioned into Connie's Shoppe at the Wagon Wheel. When asked why she took on the huge project, Connie said, "Well, I contribute my buying it to the old age crazies! I was turning 60 that year and 1 needed a new project. 1was a florist and had my own shop down the street. 1 had remodeled some • buildings, just needed a change, and always loved the look of this old place." To the question of how she feels now about the proj- ect, she replied,"I will never break even on it, but it is so worth it, due to the wonderful people 1 meet that are traveling Route 66 and the people along the route that have businesses and have become like family!" After Connie bought the Wagon Wheel and began restoration, her sister Riva Caspers Echols witnessed the unearthing of old pa- pers, documents, receipts, and artifacts in the buildings. Riva was intrigued with the history of the place and Connie urged her to write it all down and produce a history book of the Wagon Wheel. Although Riva had some doubts about the project, she decided that she was up for the challenge. As news of the property's resto- ration spread, locals and previous owners' relatives would stop by and share photos and stories. Riva combined these nuggets with the found artifacts and solid research to produce a 100-page book with many photos. The Wagon Wheel Motel on Route 66 details the changes each set of owners made to the property, includes a detailed chapter on design, construction, and materials, and chronicles Connie's restoration. The charming Wagon Wheel Motel lives again in its original 10- cation at 901 East Washington Street - Route 66 - in Cuba, Mis- souri. Beautifully restored with an eye to both historic preservation and contemporary amenities, the much-loved Wagon Wheel is truly a "home away from home" for travelers and Route 66 fans who treasure their time here. We want to send a special thank you to Connie Echols and Riva Echols who provided much of the information in the article. And also, thanks for all you have done to preserve this treasure for future generations of travelers.

16 Show Me Route 66 66 - -- - - 66 Located on Route 66 Liberty Lodge originally opened as a Ramada in 1959, and today is one of the last of St. Robert's original Route 66 motels. The Lodge is within walking distance of another Route 66 original George M. Reed Roadside Park. This park is the only remaining original roadside park on Route 66 in Missouri. As part of St. Robert's relationship with nearby Fort Leonard Wood the park features a Desert Storm era M-60 tank.

Newly renovated Liberty Lodge is conveniently located just off Interstate 44 at exit 161, and is within 5 minutes of the front gates of Fort Leonard Wood. Guests will be provided with all the comforts of home combined with superior guest service. Featured Amenities: Drive-Up Parking Microwave / Fridge Free Guest Laundry

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18 Show Me Route 66 Enjoy Everything Pulaski County Has To Offer fact: The stretch of Route 66 that HOOKERCUT winds through Pulaski County is lush with brilliant scenery, historic landmarks and natural An engineering preservation. Scenic overlooks triumph and rivers are interspersed with historic buildings. Still visible is the historic Hooker Church and Graveyard, which dates back to the late 1800's.

As you travel through Hooker Cut, take in the popular postcard landscape that was once rumored to be the deepest road cut in America. Jack Rittenhouse described it as "an engineering triumph and truly a joy to the traveler': Order a FREEVisitor Guide and Self-Guided Rt. 66 Auto Tour Pulaski The tour will captivate travelers asthey twist along the 30+ miles of historic road 877.858.8687 county USA More than a map, the Auto Tour Brochure has turn by turn directions with mileage IJ Ell~ mISSOUrI - in the style of Jack Rittenhouse's 1946" A Guide Book To Highway 66" Pulaski County Tourism Bureau & Visitors Center .C======-download the print edition or audio tour from our website-======seert66.com ======~

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ROUTE 66 HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT TURNING A BUCK, SELLING SOMETHING TO SOMEONE. FOR ONE COMPANY, A LAST MINUTE DECISION TO CAST ITS FATE WITH ROUTE 66 STILL PAYS OFF TODAY. THE PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY TOOK THE FAMILIAR DOUBLE SIXES AND A DESIGN BASED ON THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY SHIELDSJUST AS ROUTE 66 WAS CAPTURING THE IMAGINATION OF THE PUBLIC AND THE FIRM NEVER REGRETTED IT. HERE'S THE STORY OF HOW ROUTE 66 AN D TH E PH ILLI PS PETROLEUM COMPANY BECAME SYNONYMOUS.

n1903, the lavish but temporary palaces of the Louisiana Frank came to the oil boomtown of Bartlesville and saw the Purchase Exposition in St. Louis were still under construc- reverend was right, and he remembered all the cars he had seen Ition but were already attracting crowds. While on a business in St. Louis. With money from his father-in-law and with his trip from his home in Creston, Iowa, banker and entrepreneur brother Lee as partner, he acquired leases, hired a driller, and got Frank Phillips decided to stop and see how the Iowa Building on to work. His fledgling Anchor Oil and Gas Company had some the fairgrounds was coming along.He ran into an acquaintance success with its first well in June, 1905 but the well soon fizzled. from back home, a preacher just back from the Indian Territory, The next two wells were dry. But on the fourth try, the Phillips an area jusr to the east of the Oklahoma Territory at the time. brothers hit it big with a well on Delaware tribal land he had The preacher regaled Frank with stories of the oil rising from leased that actually was allotted to an eight-year-old Delaware the ground like water, of the cowboys and Indians and fortunes named Anna Anderson. The Anna Anderson umber 1 sent oil being made and lost in one day. When the Reverend Larrabee gushing into the Oklahoma sky on September 6, 1905. finished his stories, Frank knew where he would make his mark. As well after well came in, Frank and L.E. also went into

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sell off their petroleum assets when a single pistol shot thousands of miles away plunged the world into war. Frank and Lee knew the machinery of modern warfare would need their black gold. Fortunately, they had held onto their leases on Osage land and struck a massive gusher there on March 21, 1917. Frank Philips watt destined to stay in the oil industry. On June 13, 1917, they consoli- dated their assets and went public. The Phillips Petroleum Company was born just as the demand from overseas soared. The company also became a major supplier of natural gas. Frank also foresaw that the aviation industry would create banking. The new bank loaned money to a shady looking character demand for his products at the same time that he was looking for named Henry Starr without knowing he was the nephew of the a way to get more recognition for his brand. Phillips Petroleum "Bandit Queen," Belle Starr and a man who once robbed two banks earned huge headlines when it sponsored the winner in the 1927 in an hour. But Starr paid back the loan and somehow, on a frontier "Dole Derby." Pineapple magnate James Dole had put up $25,000 where bank robberies were as common as oil wells, none of the for the first commercial pilot to make it from San Francisco to banks operated by the Phillips Brothers were ever robbed. Hawaii. Pilot Arthur Goebel and navigator William Davis made On November 16, 1907, the Oklahoma and Indian Territories the flight aboard the "Wooloroc," named after Frank's lodge back were combined to become the 46th state in the Union. Fortunes were in Oklahoma. Six men and one woman, aviatrix Mildred Doran, being made and lost in a single day and Tulsa, once a little settlement died trying. But Phillips had conquered the skies and was about to known as "Tulsey Town,' was emerging as the headquarters of the oil conquer the highways. barons.Meanwhile, a man who started out tinkering in his garage in Phillips researchers in Burbank, Caifornia dubbed the "Whiz Detroit was about to change the oil industry and American society Kids" came up with a higher-gravity mix of naphtha and natural forever. Henry Ford was going to put America on wheels. gasoline. The mixture boasting "controlled volatility" made it easier Prior to the instruction of the internal combustion engine, gaso- for vehicles to start in the winter and provided faster acceleration. line was considered a useless by-product of the distillation of crude The gravity rating could be changed from month to month to to produce kerosene. Cars had been powered by steam and electric- match the weather. The new fuel had an adjustable gravity range of ity as well as gasoline, but the internal combustion engine proved 66, extremely high at a time when higher gravity rather than higher to be the most efficient. But as the Phillips Brothers were striking it octane was considered the mark of quality. big, the automobile was still a plaything for the rich. That changed Now the new gas needed a name and Frank Phillips headed up a in 1908, when the Ford Motor Company introduced the Model T, committee charged with finding one. There was talk of the current the first car for the masses. In 1907, there were about 300,000 auto- trend of combining a name with a number, as exemplified by Heinz mobiles on the road in the United States. By 1920, there were nine 57 and It was noticed almost immediately that the original gravity million and filling stations had sprouted from coast to coast. rating of the fuel was 66. But, since the company planned to adjust But Frank and Lee had decided they wanted out of the oil busi- the rating between 60.6 and 70.4 to match the weather, the idea of ness in order to concentrate on banking and had even begun to being wedded to a single number was discarded. Time was running

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ran featuring an illustration of the "Wooloroc" and Virginia Wilson of Wichita posed as an aviatrix with the slogan "Phill-up to Fly" made a big splash. The station sold out of the first shipment of fuel within 24 hours. Phillips used a standardized Cotswald cottage design for its early stations, designed to blend in with the neighborhoods and make the consumer feel comfortable. Similar to a design used by the Pure Oil Company, they were initially painted white with black trim. But within a year, the color scheme was changed to dark green with orange and blue trim that made them instantly recognizable to the motorist. Each featured a tapering false chimney with a backlit "P" affixed to it. There was no "66" at first, only the round logo. The • out when Frank called the executives together. familiar six pointed black and orange design based on the highway One of those executives was John Kane, who headed for Bartles- shields came around in 1930. ville in a company car being used to test the new fuel and driven Original style Phillips 66 stations that have been restored can be by Salty Saltwell. They were traveling at a good clip along one of found all along Route 66, including the first one constructed in Tex- the federal highways commissioned only a year earlier when Kane as at McLean. Others can be found in Chandler and Tulsa, Oklaho- exclaimed "This car goes like sixty on our new gas." Salty shot back, ma as well as Baxter Springs, Kansas, in Cuba, Missouri and at Red "Sixty nothing! We're going 66." They realized they were doing 66 Oak II near Carthage, Missouri. The cottage designed stations were on Route 66, the highway that just happened to run through the often later repurposed, including several in the St. Louis area that heart of the projected marketing territory for the new gasoline. They became used car lots. One of the iconic red and black shields hangs shared the observation at the meeting the following day. today at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Frank later wrote that the phrase "Phillips 66" sounded catchy, Phillips contributed to one of the great fads of the Route 66 in era. even though it really didn't describe the product at all. But they In 1951, the firm entered the plastics business and one of the prod- were up against the deadline and they made what he called a "hasty ucts it developed was a polyolefin plastic called Marlex. The Wham-O decision" to use Phillips 66. Frank wrote that they never regretted Manufacturing Company used Marlex to produce that beloved toy it. In November 1927, the company opened its first refinery, a small that swept the nation during the 1950s - the Hula Hoop. facility outside the oil boom town of Borger, Texas. The company changed to a red and white logo in 1959 and also There were plenty oflegends about how the name was born. One redesigned its stations for the Interstate age. The firm employed an enduring but false story was that Frank and L.E. Phillips had only exaggerated modern design by Clarence Reinhardt it called "Har- $66 to their name when the first well came in. Another theory was lequin," featuring an extended canopy sometimes labeled as a "ba- that a Phillips official had won that first refinery in Borger during a twing." Reinhardt was said to have been inspired by the drive-ins of craps game, when the owner had the misfortune of rolling the bones Los Angeles. These former stations are still relatively common today, and coming up with double sixes. Yet another myth claims the name many now housing other auto related businesses. Notable examples was chosen because there are 66 books in the Bible. still in existence include the former Herbert Martin station on Sixth By the time the new gasoline came out, the roadside was already Street in Amarillo, one serving as a used car lot on Central Avenue lined with gas stations and the competition was fierce. Frank told in Albuquerque, and a couple in the St. Louis area. his sales staff to pick the most saturated market in the Midwest and Of course today, Phillips 66 stations have a modern design that go at the competition, reasoning that the gas would be a success if doesn't really stand apart from the countless other convenience store it could sell in a tough market. Marketing manager Oscar Cordell and self service filling stations. But one thing has not changed. The chose Wichita, Kansas and the first Phillips 66 station opened at company logo is still based on the Route 66 shield, an instantly 805 East Central Avenue on November 19, 1927.Newspaper ads recognizable and much loved symbol. Not bad for a hasty decision.

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missouri66.org 29 BRIDGES OF PULASKI COUNTY

BY JOE SONDERMAN

IN "THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY," A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (CLINT EASTWOOD) FALLS IN LOVE WITH A FARMER'S WIFE (MERYL STREEP) AFTER HE IS SENTTO PHOTOGRAPH SOME SCENIC COVERED BRIDGES. THE THREE HISTORIC ROUTE 66 BRIDGES OF PULASKI COUNTY, MISSOURI PROVIDE SOME PICTURESQUE IMAGERY AS WELL, IF NOT ROMANCE. THOSE HISTORIC SPANS ARE THE CONCRETE BRIDGE OVER THE ROUBIDOUX AT WAYNESVILLE, THE 1923 BRIDGE OVER THE BIG PINEY AT DEVILS ELBOW AND ITS REPLACEMENT, THE 1942-43 FOUR-LANE BRIDGE TO THE NORTH. WITH THE CLOSURE OF THE GASCONADE RIVER BRIDGE ON ROUTE 661N LACLEDE COUNTY, NEW ATTENTION IS BEING FOCUSED ON PRESERVING THESE LANDMARKS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO FALL IN LOVE WITH.

there were just two bridges in the entire county as of 1900. Travelers crossed the temperamental streams at shallow spots, known as fords. The crossings could be extremely dangerous or impassable for weeks due to high water. In 1911, Pulaski County built a new steel bridge over the Roubidoux Creek west of Waynesville, finally assuring • year-round access to the west side of the stream that could go from a placid trickle to a roaring tempest in mere mo- ments. At that time, the old road turned at Waynesville to run around the square behind the courthouse to the bridge at North Street. After the new concrete bridge was built, the steel bridge was dismantled and moved to the Gasconade River at Lundstrom Ford on Route T where it stood until 1961. The piers of

he old Osage Trace or "Kickapoo Trail" between St. Louis and the Osage villages in Southwest Mis- T souri cut a diagonal path across Pulaski County, blazed along the ridge that divides the streams of the Ozarks running north and south. Declared a state road on February 6, 1837, it became known as the Springfield Road. It was a vital military thoroughfare during the Civil War and earned a new name, the Wire Road, after the federal government put up the telegraph lines. It took Pulaski County decades to recover from the dam- age inflected by the guerillas, or bushwhackers that roamed the countryside during the Civil War. Most travel was by rail, and little effort or funding was provided to the rutted roads. The most important route at the turn of the 20th century was the road connecting Waynesville with the Frisco Railroad at Crocker, which was bridged in 1894. In Old Pu-

laski in Pictures, Terry Primas and John Bradbury wrote that DEVILS ELBOW BRIDGE SHORTLY AFTER IT OPENED, NOTE UNPAVED ROAD.

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(spandrels) cast on top of the slab to form the sides of the bridge. The area between the walls and top of the arch was filled with granular material and the roadbed was placed directly on the fill. As part of the project, Missouri 14 was routed straight through Waynesville on Commercial Street but the highway wasn't paved until 1930. The Roubidoux Bridge may soon be endangered. After all, it has been in service for 90 years and flood waters reached nearly to the top of the arches in August 2013. MoDOT has already closed a historic bridge on Route 66 over the Gasconade River near Lebanon and doesn't have the the old bridge are still visible in Waynesville at North Street and at funds to tear it down or rehab the City RV Park on the west side of the Roubidoux. the span. The Missouri Department of Transportation's Chief Engi- Six years after the steel bridge at Waynesville was completed, neer, Ed Hassinger, says Missouri's tax revenues are not keeping up the Hawes Act provided the means to accept federal aid and shifted with transportation needs. MoDOT still plans to begin a widening the primary responsibility for building roads from the county to project on Route 66/MO 17 through Waynesville this year. the state. It authorized 3,500 miles of state roads to be "uniformly On December 12, 1922, a $63,352 contract for a 590 foot long- marked, and their rights of way are to be a minimum of 40 feet bridge over the Big Piney at Devils Elbow was awarded to Riley and wide." Another measure in 1919 stipulated that each county in the Bailey. The community took its name from a sharp bend in the river state should have at least two state that frustrated railroad tie hackers roads at least 50 miles long. But as they floated rafts of hundreds revenues were insufficient to carry of ties downstream to Arlington out those plans. or Jerome to be loaded onto rail In 1920, voters approved a $60 cars. The bridge at Devils Elbow is million bond issue to "Lift Missouri a two-span riveted Parker through Out of the Mud" but lawmakers truss. The through truss design were at odds on how the money consists of big vertical members would be spent. The rural mem- and smaller diagonal struts, which bers of the house refused to spend slope downward toward the center. money for "peacock lanes" in the This creates the familiar "Y" or "K" urban areas. Meanwhile, the more shaped pattern. A Parker through urban senate derided the "mud truss is a variation with a polygonal daubers." After a summer of de- chord. In plain English, that means WAYNESVILLE BRIDGE, FLOOD OF AUGUST 2013 (FEMA). bate, the General Assembly passed the top forms an arch. the Centennial Road Act of 1921. The law authorized the state The pretty truss bridge with its sharp dog leg at the north end Highway Commission to designate as "higher type than claybound was sufficient to carry Route 66 given the volume and speeds of the gravel" some 1,500 miles of road connecting the major population day. But Uncle Sam was about to change Pulaski County forever. centers. The old Wire Road was given the designation of State Route On December 3, 1940 the U.S. Army broke ground for the Seventh 14, and the measure also provided money for 293 bridges, including Corps Area Training Center, later named Fort Leonard Wood. The two on Route 14 at Waynesville and Devils Elbow. complex would cover 71,000 acres and contain 1,600 new buildings On February 2, 1923 Koss Construction Company was awarded all constructed in six months despite constant thawing and refreez- a $44,000 contract to construct the bridge over the Roubidoux at ing that turned the construction site into a sea of sticky clay. Waynesville. Missouri State Highway Engineers chose a bridge made Route 66 was immediately seriously overloaded as 32,000 work- up of five 80-foot concrete filled spandrel arches. The filled spandrel ers quickly descended on Pulaski County. In 1939, a total of 1,810 arch consists of a vertically curved concrete slab with vertical walls vehicles were counted in a 24 hour period near Rolla. By March of 1941, that number had risen to between 6,300 and 7,000. Huge

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traffic jams developed between the Frisco railhead at Newburg and the base. During the first nine months of 1941, 54 people died in crashes and 454 were injured on the winding, hilly and narrow Route 66 in Phelps, Pulaski and Laclede Counties. The toll included a fiery crash near Hazelgreen on August 10, 1941 that killed nine soldiers and a civilian truck driver. The big trucks could barely make the turn on the Devils Elbow Bridge and struggled on the steep grades. It didn't help that the highway was paved with a slippery coat of macadam, pavement made of layers of compacted broken stone, bound with tar or asphalt. That was because most of it was about to be swamped anyway, or so the Corp of Engineers thought. The corps had proposed a series of dams on the Gasconade River, including one at Arlington that would have placed Devils Elbow beneath the waves. Thankfully, none of the dams was ever built. Road construction elsewhere in Missouri had ground to a halt due to lack of funds and material, but something had to be done about Route 66. The Federal Highway Act of 1940 and the Defense Highway Act provided funding for projects deemed vital to national defense and Route 66 clearly fit the bill. Route 66 roadies know that the work required blasting through the dolomite at Hooker Hill creating the largest rock cut on a US Highway at the time. In the spring of 1942, a new design was developed for a four-lane bridge over the Big Piney River. It was to include • three spandrel arches and five arched girder approach spans, all supported by concrete spill through (open) piers. The open spandrel design also starts with a vertical curved concrete, but instead of solid spandrel walls, it has vertical columns support- ing floor beams and a deck slab, all constructed of reinforced concrete. Most importantly, there would be no truss to restrict the height of vehicles. On July 31, 1942, the Highway Commission announced that the bridge would be built by the Maxwell Construction Company and the firm would be paid $47,707. In 1932, Maxwell Construction had constructed the Pikes Peak Bridge, a through truss design over the Gasconade between Waynes- ville and Crocker on Missouri Route 17. That bridge became a favorite of photographers as well, but was demolished in October, 2009. The 1942-43 Big Piney Bridge is still in use today and is unchanged from its original construction. In 1981, the four-lane through Hooker Cut and across the 1942 bridge at the Big Piney became the last section of Route 66 to be bypassed. It now carries County Route Z. After it was rendered obsolete by the four-lane bridge in 1943, the Missouri Highway Department turned the 1923 Devils Elbow Bridge over to the county. It was used by locals and customers at the resorts along the river and slowly deterio- rated. Its future was in doubt until the Pulaski County Com- mission began working to secure money for a $1.3 million rehab project. MoDOT grants paid for about 80% of the job and the bridge re-opened to happy horn honking tourists on October 21,2013. Locals decorated the bridge with Christmas lights last year, making it even more of a favorite for photogra- phers. Maybe someday, one from National Geographic might show up.

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OF ALL THE SIGNS THESE WERE OUR FAVE WE MISS THE ADS FOR BURMA SHAVE

BY JOE SONDERMAN

IT'S CLEAR THAT AN ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL WHEN FOLKS REMEMBER IT 50 YEARS AFTER IT ENDED. THE LAST OFFICIAL BURMA SHAVE SIGNS DISAPPEARED FROM THE AMERICAN ROADSIDE IN 1963, BUT THE WITTY SAYINGS ARE FONDLY REMEMBERED AND ARE OFTEN RECREATED BY THE NOSTALGIC AMONG US. THE ANCESTOR OF TO DAY'S VIRAL CONTENT BEGINS WITH A SMELLY LINIMENT.

and the Odells were nearly broke when Alan remembered some sequential roadside signs they had seen while out pushing the prod- uct. At first patriarch Clinton Odell wasn't sold, but Alan convinced him to invest $200 in the idea. In late 1925, Alan and Leonard bought some second hand boards, cut them into 36 inch lengths and painted them with slogans with ads. (At that time they didn't rhyme) There were six signs to a set, with the 6th always reading "Burma Shave." Each sign was placed roughly 100 paces apart and two sets were thrown up • quickly on the two US highways serving Minneapolis just in time to beat the hard freeze. Within a few weeks, the orders began coming in, because it turned out that a sequence of signs held the viewer's attention longer. The first rhyming series of signs appeared in 1928 and they were displaying a pithy sense of humor by 1929. Some of those early signs included:

Shaving brushes Every Shaver Are your whiskers Youll soon see 'em Now can snore When you wake ~ydown east Tougher than linton Odell of Edina, Minnesota claimed he got the for- Six more minutes In some Than before A two bit steak? mula for his product from an old sea captain. It was very Museum By using Try C effective for relieving pain from burns and apparently also Burma-Shave Burma Shave Burma Shave aided in healing. Odell called the noxious goop Burma Vita, because the oils used came from the Malay Peninsula. Vita is the Latin word Alan and Leonard traveled the nation looking for nice flat sites for life and vigor. But the product wasn't moving very well, because with unobstructed views and long enough for the entire sequence. it stunk ro high heaven and would only be used by someone who They sometimes would knock on a farmer's door, offering free was in serious pain. Burma Shave products and up to $25 per year for the right of way. Clinton acquired a sample of a British brushless shaving cream That $25 went a long way during the Great Depression. called Llody's Euxesis and decided he would make a better shaving At the height of their popularity, there were over 7,000 sets of cream. Odell hired a chemist who tried nearly 300 formulas before Burma Shave signs on our highways. Burma Shave signs appeared going back to an old batch made on the 143rd try. That's when it nearly everywhere, except in Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada, was discovered that aging the stuff for a couple months resulted in because there wasn't as much traffic. No one driving in Massachu- a fine shaving cream, which Clinton dubbed Burma Shave. Sales setts saw them either, because the foliage and winding roads made it remained soft until Cinton's sons Leonard and Alan came up with difficult to find ideal locations. some new ideas. Since there needed to be a continuous flow of new messages, The first plan they hit on was to sell jars on approval. In other the company came up with an annual contest that offered $100 for words, the Odell lads would cold calion a potential customer and every verse selected. With up to 50,000 entries each year, the task offer them a jar of Burma Shave. If the customer liked it, the boys was just too large for the Odell family business. They hired profes- would come back later to collect their 50 cents. If not, the client sional copywriters to wade through all the entries. In 1935, some of simply returned the unused portion. This didn't work out very well the signs began featuring safety messages:

34 Show M. Rout. 66 Don't lose Keep well Hardly a driver Don't stick Your head To the right Is still alive Your elbow Togain a minute Of the oncoming car Who passed Out sofar You need your head Get your close shaves On hills It might go home Your brains are in it From the half pound jar At 75 In another car Burma-Shave Burma Shave Burma Shave Burma Shave

They weren't above reminding guys that Burma Shave might help with the ladies:

She Eyed He had the ring His beard He had the flat And said no dice But she felt his chin The weddings off And that I'll cook the rice Wtts that thought of sending Frenchie to the Mars Candy Company in Chi- Burma Shave Burma Shave cago. Then a Hollywood publicist hired by the supermarket chain came up with a better idea. Frenchie was offered a trip to the tiny The firm had some close shaves when it came hamlet of Moers, Germany. With a straight face, it was announced to promotions. Consumers worked themselves that the name of the town was pronounced "Mars." into a lather when Burma Shave signs decided Everyone played along with the joke, and when French arrived at to poke a little fun at the coupon craze. Burma-Shave's head office on December 2, 1958 he was ready to go. He sported a football helmet on his head and was clad in a silvery Free Oiftr! Free Oiftr! "space suit" with a Red Owl stores logo. Burma Shave hired an Rip afender

From your car ARLISS FRENCH'S armored car to deleiver the empties. The press lapped it up as Burma Mail itfor ADVERTISEMENT IN THE Shave execs handed over the plane tickets and some Burma Shave to MADISON NEWSPAPER A half-pound jar "barter with the natives." French remained decked out in his outfit Burma Shave as he arrived at the airport in Dusseldorf with his wife. The entire population of Moers, all 78 residents, came out to greet them. Once Most folks realized it was just a joke. But some decided to hold again, the publicity for Burma Shave was worth far more than the • the makers of Burma Shave to their word. No one ripped the fend- expense of the trip. ers off their own cars, but they made a trip to the local junkyard, Even as Burma Shave basked in the glow of the publicity, the picked out one that was nicely dented and rusty, and shipped it in. signs were becoming obsolete. As speeds increased, the signs had to A few resourceful individuals mailed in fenders from toy cars. Ev- be spaced farther apart and were harder to read. And an Interstate eryone who sent in a fender, large or small, shiny or rusty, received highway is no place for casual reading. Sales of Burma Shave peaked their half-pound jar and Burma Shave reaped a ton of publicity. in 1947 and then began to decline as the product and its advertising Burma Shave had another brush with disaster in 1955 in the was seen as old fashioned. Burma Vita was sold in February 1963 midst of the space craze. Comic Fred Allen on his radio show did a and the brand became part of Phillip Morris, which decided that parody of the Burma Shave signs: V,CTOR-V GA •••oaNS W,LL HeLP IJS W,•• advertising on television was more effective. The signs were removed Free!Free! ' from the roadways just before the Highway Beautification Act of "~ , , 6, "T0 OON'T •• Yo"GItOW ••. C"'NSPI,NA~H A trip 1965 would have mandated their removal anyway. , ~ ToMars It's been over 50 years since anyone has seen a Burma Shave For 900 '~,j£'''~JI~ sign in the wild, but they are not gone entirely. A set resides in the Empty jars '" Burma Shave 1944 ADVERTISEMENT. Smithsonian in Washington D.C. and at the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan Replica signs can be found along Route 66 along the The company thought it was pretty safe with that one. Who on Memory Lane Section at Lexington, IL, west of Seligman, Arizona Earth could come up with 900 empty jars? They underestimated the and at the Hackberry Store in Hackberry, Arizona. manager of the Red Owl supermarket in Appleton, Wisconsin. Arl- iss,"Frenchy' French put on a full-fledged promotional extravagan- HOW BURMA-SHAVE JINGLES HELP za at the store complete with a kid sized rocket ship and placed an ad in the local paper under the headline "Send Frenchie to Mars."

The ad offered 15 cents for each empty Burma Shave container. As DRIVER'S EYE VIE\X' of a typ- ical set of Burma-Shave signs. You the pile of empties in the store began to grow, Frenchy wrote the ~~;n~:~dw!~~o:e~li~e:;e: s)~~~: Irom the road. People tell us this company asking where he should ship the jars.He received a play- is the safest and most emerraioing kind of outdoor advertising. ful reply; "If a trip to Mars you'd earn, remember friend, there's no return." Frenchy fired back in style," Let's not quibble, let's not fret, Gather your forces, I'm all set." Another telegram arrived in Apple- ton, this time it read "Our rockets are ready, We ain't just splitting hairs, Just send us the jars, And arrange your affairs." Now the ex- ecutiveswere sweating. The general manager of Burma Shave at first

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WHEN I WAS A KID, I TOOK PIANO LESSONS. IT WAS WHAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DO IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, LIKE JOINING THE CUB SCOUTS, AND SUFFERING THROUGH CARDINAL FOOTBALL GAMES ON THE RADIO. I TOOK MANYYEARS OF PIANO LESSONS, BUT MOST CLASSICAL MUSIC DIDN'T STIR MY SOUL. THAT WAS BEFORE I HEARD THE KING OF RAGTIME.

BY KIP WELBORN

ike many others, I discovered Scott Joplin after seeing the picture "The Ohio Street, North from Fourth Street, Se~alla, Mo. L Sting," and hearing the soundtrack by Marvin Hamlisch that brought this forgotten music to the world. Joplin's work featured on the soundtrack included the #1 Hit,"The Entertainer" as well as the beautiful "Solace", and the rousing "Pine Apple Rag." Mom and Dad were kind enough to let me go to Jay's Music in Dexter and order the sheet music for "The Entertainer". It was a difficult piece. But I started getting a feel for the music, and found something that appealed to both heart and soul. Ragtime artists infused the music they created with their life experiences, life lessons, knowledge of African American and classi- cal music, and the mix reflected the changes taking place in that era. Luther G Williams, in a paper presented at the American Culture American society was emerging from the era of Victorian sensibility Association Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky in 1992, described how into an age of technology and rapid change. ragtime painted a picture of the life and soul of the common man, Joplin, and others like him, were not content to hear ragtime in "The left hand defined the beat and the harmonies. The regularity the background of a minstrel show or played in of the figures resonated in factory work, the as- the movie theater. They wanted it recognized as sembly line, the printing press, domestic labor, an art form and accepted as part of our nation's dancing and sexual intercourse. The right hand culture. played the melody and the fill-ins. Flexible and Of course, this was the era of the "Jim discursive, is cross-rhythmic figures seem to Crow" laws and "Separate but Equal." So Joplin comment plaintively on the activities repre- found little support and most importantly, little sented by the left hand. In other words the left financial backing, for more ambitious works. hand depicted living conditions, the right hand The frustrated composer would end up in a gave emotional reactions to them. mental institution and an early grave. It was also a music form that was distinctly According to the Performing Arts Encyclope- In'I'hr.e.eAds • Wo~ _1'Id Mu.n~ African American in its origins dia, "ragtime" is a contraction of "ragged time", Scott Joplin was born in Cass County, Texas, denoting a style of playing piano or banjo, Stm' 1raJ€)rEJ(NJ~ in Northeast Texas near the Arkansas Border. where the melody is "broken up" into short, His date of birth is often given as November syncopated rhythms while a steady overall beat 24, 1868, but some scholars think he was born

is either played or implied. ".US~lO"" earlier. "SCOTT JOP1AN'" Ragtime became a diversion from the NEW YORK. His parents were Giles and Florence Joplin. events in the 1890s, a sagging economy, falling Giles was an ex-slave from North Carolina

wages and oppressive working conditions that TREEMONISHA, SCOTT JOPLIN'S OPERA. and Florence was a free African American spurred Theodore Roosevelt and the Progres- from Kentucky. They were free but faced a life sive Movement. In the era ironically known as the "Gay 90s," the as sharecroppers in a time when the options available to African Victorian notions Americans once aspired to, including classical Americans was extremely limited. His parents were both accom- music, seemed unattainable and quaint. Ragtime was the music of plished musicians; Giles played the fiddle, Florence sang and played the Industrial Revolution. the banjo. Joplin's brothers were also musicians.

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Sedalia was also a railroad town that had a wrong side of the tracks. African American musicians played in saloons and establish- ments such as the Maple Leaf Club and the 400 Club. Audiences clapped along and danced, casting aside the old values. Scott didn't get the credit he deserved for his early songs, so in 1899 he cast his lot with John Stark, who had turned from farming to selling goods out of a covered wagon bfore establishing the John Stark and Son music store. He then established the John Stark and Son Music Store. Stark combined sales savvywith an ear for music, but he was not impressed when SCOttapproached him with "The Maple Leaf Rag." Stark thought it was too complicated to sell but his son con- vinced him otherwise and Stark gave Joplin a deal paying once cent from each piece of sheet music sold. "The Maple Leaf Rag" went on to sell a half-million copies over the next decade. Scott Joplin moved to St. Louis with his wife Belle in 1901 and settled into a home at 2658 Morgan, now Delmar Boulevard. The home is just east of the alignment of early Route 66. John Stark The Joplin family later moved to Texarkana, where Giles sought came as well and continued to publish Joplin's songs. employment on the railroad. Texarkana opened the world up for Joplin wrote or published several very popular rags while living SCOtt.It was a railroad town, and the rails in St. Louis, including "The Entertainer,"" The Sunflower Slow brought commerce and culture from across Rag," and "The Easy Winners," one of Joplin's the country. favorites. He was also scored a hit with "The Scott learned to play more than one Pike" at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. instrument, including the coronet, but the He also wrote "The Cascades" for the fair, piano was his favorite. He had access to a saluting the cascading water display flowing piano at the home of an attorney where his from the top of Art Hill to the Grand Basin. • mother worked and he displayed natural abil- It's notable for his interpretation of the water ity.German Music teacher Julius Weiss took "cascading" down the hill. Joplin under his tutelage, teaching him about Joplin also met Tom Turpin, a ragtime life, and the classical piano. The classical pioneer who owned the Rosebud Cafe at influence would be felt in Joplin's music, par- 2220 Market Street. The Rosebud included a ticularly when he entered the world of opera. bar, restaurant and a brothel. Pianists visiting As an adult, he took to the rails, becom- St. Louis gathered there to duel with one ing an itinerant musician, a nomad in search another or hear the latest rags. Joplin wrote of an audience. He performed in all ways "The Rosebud Two Step" in honor of Turpin and in all places imaginable, good and bad. but he didn't take part in the competitions. Eventually, his travels led to Chicago, and he Joplin wanted to be taken seriously. performed at the Columbian Exposition of The public ate it up when Joplin wrote the 1894. The Exposition was a contrast between music that made them tap their feet. They the sedate Victorian values and classical music were not as enamored when his music be- inside the walls of the "White City" and was much more at home came more complex. One of those works was "The Ragtime Dance," amid the more colorful denizens of the Midway Plaisance amuse- combining music with dance steps. Stark waited four years to pub- ment area. Thousands of people, black and white, were introduced lish it, and took out the less commercial parts. It would be featured to ragtime in what was seen by some as the seamy underbelly of the on "The Sting" soundtrack, but it wasn't his true vision. glittering exposition. This was new and different. And as during On October 16, 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt invited his the early days of the rock and roll era, there was swift condemna- advisor, Booker T. Washington to dinner at the White House. The tion. The Etude, a major arts magazine at the time, raged in 1900 invitation to an African-American ignited a firestorm. The contro- that "The counters of the music stores are loaded with this virulent versy was so virulent that it would be another 30 years before anoth- poison which, in the form of a malarious epidemic, is finding its er black person would be invited to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. But way into the homes and brains of the youth to such an extent as to Joplin found inspiration in Roosevelt's gesture and two years later he arouse ones suspicions of their sanity." completed his first opera, "A Guest of Honor" about Washington's Scott Joplin was given more credit than most, but the majority of visit. Joplin believed that Booker T. Washington had shown that the audiences did not take ragtime artists seriously. He went back to blacks could excel if given education and opportunity. the road after the fair and one day found himself in Sedalia, Missouri. But the opera was met with a collective yawn and Stark wouldn't He attended the George R. Smith College, where he received training publish the work. Undaunted, Joplin took ''A Guest of Honor" on in music competition and notation. A few of his songs were published, the road before someone reportedly stole the receipts and the score and he joined the Queen City Band, playing piano and coronet. in Springfield, Illlinois. No one knows if it was a great work or not.

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the result of syphilis contracted years earlier. He became frustrated when the Lafayette was sold to a new owner that had no interest in staging an African American opera. Joplin couldn't find another place to perform the work until 1915 at the Lincoln Theater. The elaborate sets and lavish costumes he had labored so hard to produce for the Lafayette were gone and the production was a disaster. Joplin did not last long after the performance of "Treernonisha." The syphilis combined with either schizophrenia or dementia and he was placed in the Manhattan Psychiatric Center, where he died on April 1, 1917. He did publish one last rag before he died, the "Magnetic Rag," an homage to his teacher in New York, Bruto Giannini, who, according to author Brian Gather, was also working with magnets at the time. It was not just the effects of syphilis that killed Joplin. In the words of his wife, Lottie Joplin, in an interview conducted for Re- cord Changer magazine (quoted in Susan Curtis' book): "You might say that he died of disappointments, his health bro- ken mentally and physically. And then she stated what he would have hoped would be his life story. But he was a great man, a great man! He wanted to be a real leader. He wanted to free his people from poverty and ignorance and superstition, just like the heroine of his opera "Treernonisha". That's why he was so ambitious; that is why he tackled major proj- ects. In fact, that is why he was so far ahead of his time . ..."You know, he would often say that he'd never be appreciated until after he was dead." • The first jazz recording was released the year Joplin died. It was Nick laRocca and his Original Dixieland Jazz Band's "Livery Stable Blues" and it made Ragtime quickly fall by the wayside. But Joplin's music had paved the way for Jazz and Rock and Roll and it came back to the fore in 1970, when classically trained keyboardist Joshua Rifkin released the album "Piano Rags by Scott Joplin." On a small Back in St. Louis, St. Louis Symphony Conductor Alfred Ernst had classical label, the album went gold. called Joplin "a genius," but later said that if his African Ameri- Trebor Teichner of the St. Louis Ragtimers composed several can sensibilities prevailed, the music would be crude and lacking. original rags and collected much of what was left of the original rag- Joplin's skill as a true composer would not be acknowledged during time sheet music and rolls. And Joplin's big moment came in 1974 his lifetime. with the release of "The Sting." Then, in 1974 came the movie "The Scott Joplin continued to travel between Chicago and Sedalia Sting." In May of 1975, "Treernonisha" made it to the stage at the and married three times. His first marriage ended in divorce and Houston Grand Opera, commencing a tour of the opera that ended his second wife died of pneumonia ten days after the wedding. His with an eight-week run on Broadway. third marriage, to Lottie Stokes, lasted until his death. The honors continued. In 1970, Joplin was inducted into the He befriended and worked with several proteges, including Songwriters Hall of Fame by the National Academy of Popu- Arthur Marshall and Louis Chauvin. Chauvin was his co-writer on lar Music. In 1976, he was awarded a special Pulitzer Prize, "... "Heliotrope Bouquet," one of joplin's most familiar rags.(NOTE: bestowed posthumously in this Bicentennial Year, for his contribu- you can read about and hear most of Joplin's rags on "Perfessor" Bill tions to American music." Motown productions released a bio- Edwards' ragtime-centric website: http://www.perfessorbill.com/ graphical movie in 1977 starring Billy Dee Williams as Joplin. In pbmidi 15a.shtml.) 1983, the US Postal service honored the composer with a postage In 1907, he went to New York to pursue his serious musical am- stamp. Joplin received a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame in 1989 bitions, resulting in the opera "Treemonisha." It was his statement and a collection of his performances recorded on piano rolls was that that making education available to all was vital to the advance- included in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry. ment of African Americans. The opera was published in 1911 to During his lifetime, he may have been perceived as "The Enter- great reviews. The work today is seen as a statement for equality tainer," but Scott Joplin finally got the credit he deserved for being years before the Civil Rights Era. He produced the opera in 1913 at the composer too. the Lafayette Theater in New York, pouring his heart and soul into The Scott Joplin House is now a State Historic Site. It is located the work. at 2658 Delmar in St. Louis. The hours arefrom 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 Joplin was aware his physical condition was deteriorating, pardy p.m. Monday through Saturday from February 1 through October 31.

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PLEASEJOIN US IN WELCOMING THE FOLLOWING 49 NEW MEMBERS TO THE ROUTE 66 ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI. THESE NEW MEMBERSHIPS WERE RECEIVED DURING THE PERIOD OF MARCH 21,2015 THROUGH JUNE 20, 2015.

Your support of the Association is highly valued and we look forward to your involvement in Association committees and projects as well as the enjoyment of Association activities. Our membership base continues to grow with more than 1,000 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 Ashby, Sr. & James Ashby II - • David Hardesty - St. Louis, MO • Public House Brewing Company - Springfield, MO • Timothy Hepler - St. Louis, MO St. James, MO • Bob & Candi Bokerman - Dardenne Prairie, MO • Higher Focus Photography - Wildwood,MO • Pulaski County Route 66 Preservation - St. Robert, MO • Cletus Brueggemann - Denver, CO • Little Jack Horner's Desserts - Cuba, MO • Riverview RV Park - Lake Ozark, MO • Pamela Campbell- Sullivan, MO • M&M Wrecker Services - Carthage, MO • Gregg & Beth Sanford & Family - • Cape-Light Woodworking, LLC - Cuba, MO • Guy Mace - Springfield,MO St. Charles, MO • Carol Ann Miller Fashions of the Past.com - • Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop - Springfield, IL Kirkwood, MO • Douglas E. Schneider - Valley Park, MO •Jenny McGinnis - Indianapolis, IN • City of St.Clair - St. Clair, MO • Kevin E. & Jeromie Snavely - Branson, MO •John W Mead - Hermann, MO • Common Grounds Coffee & Cafe - • Ken Spisak -E. Carondelet, IL • Mungenast Classic Automobiles & Strafford, MO • Sr. James Winery - Sr. James, MO • Motorcycles Museum - St. Louis, MO • Geri & Vicki Cook -Arlington Heights, IL •John Thole - Peoria, AZ •James D. Muth - St. Louis, MO • Dana's Shaved Ice - Sr. Clair, MO • Tiffany's Original Diner - Maplewood, MO • Nana's 12 Restaurant & Catering- Cuba, MO • Karen Daniels - Jefferson City, MO • Trainwreck Saloon - Rock Hill, MO • Dave & Dana Noble -Raymore, MO • Dessert Island - Cuba, MO • U.S. 66 Recommissioning Initiative - Topeka, IN • Curtis Norman - Springfield, MO • Luke Driscoll-O'Fallon, MO • Steve & Kelley Vogt - Tulsa, OK • Lee Ann & Darold Olcjenbruns - • Mike & Debbie Eberhardt - St. Louis, MO Chesterfield, MO • Weiskopf Paint & Body - Bourbon, MO • Charlie Ferguson - Mr. Vernon, MO • Steve Pierson - Springfield, MO • Carol Wheeler - Cuba, MO • Flying A Motorsports, Ine. - Cuba, MO • Stefanic Poteet -Stockton,CA • Grillo's Cafe - Marshfield, MO

This New Members Report was prepared by Robert Gebl, Director of Membership Services. If you were a new member during this time period and your name does not appear here, please contact me at (636) 458-4585 or [email protected] and you will be included in the next edition of this report.

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WAGON WHEEL MOTEL / CONNIE'S &VISITORS BUREAU Call (573) 885-2087 for Reservations SHOPPE ATWAGON WHEEL www.visit-carthage.com - 1 (866) 357-8687 www.wagonwheeI66cuba.com - (573) 885-3411 DESSERT ISLAND HISTORIC PHELPS HOUSE - CARTHAGE North on Hwy 19 off Route 66 - WALLACE HOUSE HISTORIC PRESERVATION, INC. Watch for our Palm Trees! (573) 885-CONE Catering & Banquet Facilities Available Open for Tours Wednesdays April thru November & Event Rentals EAST OFFICE BAR & GRILL Known for our Fried Chicken & Portabello Mushrooms! DEVILS ELBOW, MO M&M WRECKER SERVICE Servicing the Mother Road since 1972! FLYING A MOTORSPORTS ELBOWINN BAR & BBQ Taking care of your Motorsp'orts & Recreational "Most Historic Bar & Restaurant On Route 66" Transportation needs since 1988 40 Show Me Route 66 PLEASE VISIT AND SUPPORT OUR VALUED BUSINESS MEMBERS business members directory IJIll

PINEY BEACH CABINS HALLTOWN MO MURPHYSBURG RESIDENTIAL Rt. 66 Cottoge Court - www.pineybeochcabins.com HISTORIC DISTRICT LAURAJEAN DERRICK, ARCHITECT A Place of Prestigious & Elegant Addresses SHELDEN'S MARKET Preservatian 1 Renovation 1 Consultation StorelPost Office on Big Piney River (417) 863-1530 RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT JOPLIN All Suites with all the Comforts THE OLD HILLBILLYSTORE B&B WHITEHALL MERCANTILE www.marriott.comljlnri - (417) 782-0908 Located 1Mile East of Hooker Cut on Route 66 - Collectibles, Antiques, Primitives, Usables Call (573) 336-4400 (417) 830-4510 - www.whitehallmercantile.com TOWNEPLACE SUITES BY MARRIOTT JOPLIN HANNIBAL, MO Comfortable Suites at a Great Value! 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(417) 991-2505 LAKE TV NETWORK ROUTE 66 MUSEUM & RESEARCH CENTER Your Lake of the Ozarks 24 Hour Info Station ROCK HILL, MO • Let Us Display Your Route 66 Collection! mylaketv.com CITYOF ROCK HILL ROUTE 66 SODAS, LLC - LAKE OF TH E OZARKS CONVENTION & www.rockhillmo.com ROUTE 66 ROOT BEER VISITOR BUREAU The Ones For The Road - www.route66sodas.com Midwest Vacation Fun Destination - www.funlake.com TRAINWRECK SALOON SHEPHERD HILLS FACTORY OUTLETS OZARK DISTILLERY On Rt. 66 Since 1960 - www.shephills.com Handcrafted at Lake of the Ozarks - Tours Every Saturday - ozarkdistillery.com STARLITE LANES Where The Fun Begins! Bowl on Historic Route 66! ROBIN'S RESORT www.robinsresort.net - Call 573-348-2275 WHIRLWIND RANCH ALPACAS Yarns, Clothing & More! Reservations Required. SEVEN SPRINGS WINERY ROLLA, M;.;;O~, _ www.whirlwindranch.com www.sevenspringswinery.com - Call 573-317-0100 ALEX'S PIZZA PALACE WILLARD QUARRIES, INC. THE GOLDEN DOOR MOTEL Best Pizza for over 50 Years! 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The Best Place for Steaks! - Call (573) 364-2780 PARAMOUNT JEWELERS CITY OF PACI FIC KENT JEWELRY/ ROUTE 66 ENGRAVING "See our Landmark Neon Sign Since 1946" Est. 1859 - www.paci~cmissouri.com Creating Custom Jewelry & Gifts on the Route www.paramountjewelers.com CREATIONS UNLIMITED MUFFLER MART TIFFANY'S ORIGINAL DINER Custom Framing & Restoration at Paci~c Antique Located at 100 East 6th Street - (573) 364-5434 Mall - Paci~cFramer.com - (314) 393-7996 PHELPS COUNTY BANK MARSHFIELD, MO DAVE SINCLAIR Eml"oyee Owned - www.phelpscountybank.com CHRYSLER-DODGE-JEEP-RAM (573) 364-5202 BLACKBERRY CREEK RETREAT / "If it's not right, we'll make it right" ROLLA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BED & BREAKFAST (636) 271-4055 "Nature's Beauty with Country Charm" & VISITOR CENTER MAHLER'S TRUCK AND AUTO REPAIR "Engineered for the Road"- www.visitrolla.com GRILLO'S CAFE Same Location for 34 Years on Route 66! Breakfast Served All Day - Call (417) 859-7929 ROUTE 66 MOTORS (636) 271-2026 Classic Cars and Used Cars - (573) 265-5200 HIDDEN WATERS NATURE PARK OSAGE DENTAL GROUP 10 Beautiful Acres with 1853 Callaway' Cabin, THE MULE TOBACCO BARN Walking trails, Water Features & Gardens PACIFIC ANTIQUE MALL Let the Giant Sterling Hillbilly Wave You In! Antiques & Collectables - 1 Block S. of Route 66 at 125 N. First St.

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THE MULE TRADINGPOST BLUEBERRY HILL- HAMPTON INN Route 66 Items, Antiques, Collectibles, RESTAURANT &MUSIC CLUB Hot 'On The House' Breakfast - (573) 336-3355 Knives & Swords, Southwest Pottery - (573) 364-4711 www.BlueberrrHill.com Open 7 Days 11a.m. - Wowee!!! LIBERTY LODGE TOTEM POLE TRADING POST, INC. 66 Rooms on Route 66! - (573) 336-3121 Antiques, Souvenirs, C-Store "Since 1933" CHUCK-A-BURGER DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT PULASKI COUNTY ROUTE 66 Cruisin' Capitol of the Midwest since 1957 PRESERVATION ST. CHARLES, MO Route 66 Neon Park Planned for St. Robert - CREVE COEUR PAVING Route66Preservation.org FASTLANE CLASSIC CARS Our Reputation Rides On Our Service "We Sell Investments That Accelerate" www.CcpStl.com PULASKICOUNTYTOURISM BUREAU Pulaski County - Missouri's Natural Beauty NEON TIME DENT DEVI L of St. Louis www.pulaskicountyusa.com Custom Neon & Vintage Sign Restoration Pointless Dent Removal www.dentdevil.com (636) 940-7070 (636) 230-7900 ROUTE 66 DINER "Food, Fun, and Fifties 24 Hours a Day!" (573) 336-8989 ST. CLAIR, MO DIRECTIONS SAINT LOUIS, LLC St. Louis' Premier Tour Company - SUNSHINE CAFE BUDGET LODGING offering Day Trips and Tours from St. Louis! SWEETWATER BAR-B-QUE "A Touch Class For Less" - Call (636) 629-1000 of DONUT DRIVE-IN "A taste of the Ozarks" At 1-44 & Exit 163, Best Hand-cut Donuts in St. Louis on Route 66! CITYOF ST. CLAIR Open Daily Established 1843 - "We're Open For Business!" EAT-RITE DINER Eat-Rite or Don't Eat At All DANA'SSHAVED ICE SHREWSBURY, MO FIRESTONE COMPLETE AUTO CARE HENDERSON'S ANTIQUES CITYOF SHREWSBURY On Route 66 at 6211 Chipeewa - "A Proud Part Historic Route 66" Architectural Artifacts for Home and Garden See Our Vintage "Bow-T,e' Neon Sign! of Call (314) 795-2612 cityofshrewsbury.com HI-POINTE THEATRE LEWIS CAFE The House of Hits Since 1922 "Home Cooked Meals For Over 65 Years" www.hi-pointetheatre.com SPENCER,MO OLD BUSSTOPCOFFEE SHOP HOWLI N' WOLF HOT RODS SPENCER GARAGE AND ART GALLERY "Old School Hot Rods Done Right" See Spencer Restored on Historic Route 66 YourGathering Place to Stop and Relax on Route 66! J. BENTZINGER AND ASSOCIATES, INC. ROUTE 66 CAR CLUB Manufacturers Representatives - "Surrounding our SPRINGFIELD, MO (636) 629-5445 (314) Father's Day Car Show - Call Customers with Service" - 549-5510 AARON SACHS& ASSOCIATES ST.CLAIR HISTORICAL MUSEUM MUNGENAST CLASSIC AUTOMOBILES Committed to Community Service - (417) 777-7777 & MOTORCYCLES MUSEUM B&N AUTO PARTS • VFW POST 2482 Celebrating the Passion, Life, and Legacy of On Route 66 in the former art deco inspired Dave Mungenast, Sr. (314) 481-1291 BEST WESTERN ROUTE 66 RAIL HAVEN Skylark Motel! Guests Get A True Rt. 66 Experience Since 1938 PUBLISHING CONCEPTS, LLC Publishing eBooks, Travel Logs, Maps, BUD'S TIRE & WHEEL CO. ST.JAMES, MO Web sites - (314) 781-8880 Selling Tires & Wheels Over 50 Years on Route 66 4M VINEYARDS& FARMS SAINT JOHN NEPOMUK CHAPEL CITYOF SPRINGFIELD "Get Jl.ourGrapes on Route 66!" - The Oldest Czech Roman Catholic church Department of Planning & Development Call (573) 265-3340 in the New World (314) 231-0141 (417) 864-10j7 GREENSTAY HOTEL & SUITES SANSONE & LAUBER CURTIS ENTERPRISES Stay green and friendly St. Louis attorneys serving Missouri. www.birthplaceofroute66.com Call us at (314) 863-0500. JOHNNIES BAR DANNY'S SERVICE CENTER Coldest Beer on Route 66 ST. LOUIS TRANSITIONS Look for our original Neon Sign Route 66 St. Louis Books & Unique Handmade Items at West Bypass & W. Division! MURDON CONCRETE PRODUCTS - route66stlouis.com Lookfor our Dripping Faucet Neon Sign! DR. MICHAELJ. CLARKE ST. LOUIS WELCOME CENTER HISTORY MUSEUM OF PUBLIC HOUSE BREWING COMPANY Enjoy the show on Route 66 - VisitMO.com OZARKSSCOUTING "A Friend, a Pint, a Session" - Call (573) 261-3333 (417) 883-1636, Archiving SW Missouri SOUTHWEST MARKET CUISINE Boy Scouting Heritage SPURGEON'S "66" SERVICE "Sandwiches Our Specialty" "66" Station on Route 66 Since 1961 ESLICKENTERPRISES TED DREWES David J. Eslick, Photographer - (417) 889-9332 ST.JAMES CHAMBEROFCOMMERCE "It Really is Good, Guys ... and Gals!" & TOURIST CENTER FIREWORKS SUPERMARKETS T.F.A. THE FUTURE ANTIQUES Visit www.sijameschamber.net or Call (573) 265-6649 Visit our locations in Springpeld & Gray Summit - The Leading Mid Century Dealer in the St. Louis Area Open All Year! SlJAMES WINERY LocallyMade. Nationally Awarded. Since 1970. GREAT RIVER ENGINEERING Call (573) 265-7912 ST. ROBERT, MO OF SPRINGFIELD, INC. ALL STAR INN& STAR RESTAURANT www.greatrivereng.com VACUUM CLEANER MUSEUM "Locally:Owned & Operated - ANDFACTORY OUTLET HISTORY MUSEUM ON THE SQUARE on www.vacuummuseum.com - 1 (866) 444-9004 Home Cooked Food Old Route 66" "Where History Comes Alive on Route 66" BAYMONT INN & SUITES / KIRK WHEELER AUTOMOTIVE, INC. ST. ROBERT-FT. LEONARD WOOD wheelerauto.com - "Your Work Truck Dealer" ST. LOUIS, MO at Hometown Hospitality its Best (417) 886-2886 AAAAUTO CLUB OF MISSOURI CITYOF ST. ROBERT We'reAlways With You "Come Grow With Us" - www.saintrobert.com LA QUINTA INN - SOUTHSPRINGFIELD Your Home While Traveling - (417) 890-6060 AMERICAN CARNIVAL MART COMFORT INN Theplace to find fun stuff! Unique Rustic Lodge - (573) 336-3553 LURVEY PROPERTIES AUTO EVALUATORS, INC. FAIRFIELD INN MEXICAN VILLA EL TACO ForAll Your Automotive Needs - (314) 968-2992 Making Business Comfortable! - (573) 336-8600 On Route 66 at 316 W. Kearney - See our Vintage Neon Sign! BANC CARD MIDWEST,INC. FIRST STATE BANK, ST. ROBERT Merchant Services Since 1997 - (314) 963-1602 Together We Are Making Progress jan(albanccardmw.com missouri66.ore 43 oo business members director FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/missouri66

MISSOURI NEONCOMPANY STRAFFORD, MO SUNSET MOTEL Since 1934 - Custom Signs, Billboords, A Vintage Neon Night Scene along Historic Route 66! Digital Displays - (800) 788-1778 AUSTIN'S PUMPING SERVICE "Service is not a Deportment, it's on Attitude" MITCHEM TIRE & WHEEL (417) 987-9914 WALNUT GROVE, MO Selling Quality Tires on Route 66 Since 1939 BUSHMASTERS ROCKIN RACE PLACE 7C'S WINERY MOMMA MARY'SNAVAJO TACOS & HOTROD MUSEUM Fine Wine & Mead in a Country Setting "One Bite is a true Southwest delight" Located at MM #94 on 1-44 - The Place to Drink, Eat BBQ, Sniff Nitro. Live Nitro/Jet Dragster MOTHER ROAD ANTIQUES& UNIQUES Start-Ups on 'Saturdays WAYNESVILLE, MO Visit the "BIGGEST" Little Antique Shop on Route 66! 10 AM-4 PM Apr I-Oct 1; Winter by cliance/appt. CHESTNUT PLAZA CAVE STATECRUISERS CAR CLUB (417) 861-9917 At Corner of 1-44 and State Highway 125 Cor Show the Weekend After Father's Day (573) 435-9297 MOTHER ROAD MOTORCYCLES CITYOF STRAFFORD The Best Small Town on Main Street USA - CITYOFWAYNESVILLE Late Model, Low Mileage Motorcycles Established 1833 - www.waynesvillemo.org www.WeBuyHarleys.com Route 66 HOPPERS PUB COMMON GROUNDS COFFEE & CAFE OZARKS PUBLIC TELEVISION "66 Brews on Route 66" - www.hopperspub.com KOZK-Springfield / KOZJ-Joplin DELCOUR PROPERTIES (573) 774-0135 Visit us at www.optv.org Alice DelCour - (417) 839-2152 LONE OAK PRINTING CO. R&S MEMORIAL DECORATIONS JOE'S ROUTE 66 DINER "Where First Impressions Count" - Making Memorial Decorations Since 1959 Call (573) 774-3001 Call (417) 732-6263 Hand-breaded Pork Tenderloins, Hand-cut Onion Rings & Toter Fries Doily! PULASKI COUNTY HISTORICAL REX SMITH 01 L COMPANY STRAFFORD CHAMBER OFCOMMERCE MUSEUM & SOCIETY & on Family Owned Operated Call (417) 894-7653 tor Information on Open Saturdays Only 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April thru Sept. Bypass Route 66 Smce 1933 2014 "Route 66 Days" Event SECURITY BANKOF PULASKICOUNTY ROUTE 66 HOTDOGS Established 1936 - On the Historic Pulaski County STRAFFORD BRANCH LIBRARY Courthouse Square www.route66hotdogs.com Cruise down Route 66 to the ROUTE 66 MISSOURI TOURS Strafford Branch Library! SKYLINECYCLES HONDA/YAMAHA Step-on Guides for Motorcoach Tours - Visit us on Route 66 or at www.skylinecycles.net Call (417) 343-1567 TEAM LIQUORS "Small Store with a Lat:geSelection" - THE OLD STAGECOACH STOP SPRINGFIELDAREA on Rt. 66just East of Strafford Open Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April thru Sept. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THE CUTTINGROOM WAYNESVILLE-ST. ROBERT Everywhere Should Be Like This - Call (417) 862-5567 Give your hair a "Kick" on Route 66!! CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SPRINGFIELD-GREENE COUNTY www.waynesville-strobertchamber.com LI BRARY CENTER SULLIVAN, MO Drive Here to Research Route 66 and More! WEBB CITY, MO • SPRINGFIELD-GREENE COUNTY LIBRARY DU KUM INN RESTAURANT CULVER'S ROUTE 66 LOCAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT Serving Route 66 Travelers Since 1961! (573) ~68-6114 America's First Route 66 Culver's! Genealogy, Family Heritage, Hwy 171& Madison on Route 66 and Civil War Research Center! HARRY'S TIRE, LLC WEBB CITY AREA CHAMBER SPRINGFIELD-GREENE COUNTY New Tires, Custom Wheels, & Tire Repair (573) 468-4128 OFCOMMERCE & ROUTE 66 LIBRARY STATION VISITORS CENTER Cruise into the Library Station to view SCHMIDT AUTO CENTER On the Route at Broadway & Webb - Cor and Train Memorabilia! "Late Model Pre-Owned Vehicles Since 1954" Call (417) 673-1154 (573) 468-2233 SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI WEBB CITY FLORIST & GREENHOUSE CONVENTION &VISITORS BUREAU SULLIVAN AREA See Our Historic Sign on Original Route 66 Birthplace of Route 66 - Springfield, MO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE at 1001 S. Jefferson! - (417) 673-3780 1 (800) 678-8767 "Spend The Night or a Lifetime" WEBB CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY SPRINGFIELD/ROUTE 66 KOA www.sullivanmochamber.com Great Camping on Route 66 Since 1972! WEBSTER GROVES, MO STEAK 'N SHAKE SUNSET HILLS, MO Famous For Steakburgers & Route 66! YORKSHIRE VILLAGE CITYOF SUNSET HILLS Part Route 66 Since 1951 STEWART AUTO SERVICE INC. www.sunset-hills.com of Making Friends Since 1971at 521 E. Commercial (417) 862-1796 HOLIDAY INN ST. LOUIS SW - ROUTE 66 WILDWOOD, MO Newly Remodeled - At intersection of Watson Rd. TWIN MOTORCYCLE & TATTOO & Lindbergh Blvd. CITYOF WILDWOOD, MISSOURI Home of the Route 66 Tattoo Planning Tomorrow Today - www.cityofwildwood.com MILE 277TAP & GRILL UNIVERSITY PLAZA HOTEL Where Route 66 and Exquisite mix! HIGHER FOCUS PHOTOGRAPHY AND CONVENTION CENTER "Elevate your image" (636) 273-6600 - higherfocus.net Full-Service Convention Facility on Route 66 UNION,MO HISTORIC "BIG CHIEF" ROADHOUSE WATERMAN'S HYDROSEEDING, LLC Established 1929 - www.bigchiefroadhouse.com mwhydroseed(@aol.com HUXEL'S AUTOREPAI R (636) 458-3200 Used Ports for Old Cars 1940 to 1980 WHITE MOTOR COMPANY STATE FARM INSURANCE "Buy Rite From White" - (417) 866-8143 INDIAN HARVESTTRADE Mikel Garrett, Agent www.whitemotorcompany.com On Route 66 - www.indianharvesttrade.com www.mikelgarrett.com - (636) 458-5055 WILSON'SCHUCKWAGON MASON DIXON FLEA MARKET STOVALL'SGROVE Burgers & BBQ on Route 66 at 1820 W. Kearney Open Saturdays & Sunday's - Dance Hall, Tavern, and Live Music Since 1935 (417) 862-1101 On Route 66 at Junction 1-44 & US 50 ILLINOIS STANTON,MO VILLA RIDGE, MO AUBURN,IL COMMON GROUNDS COFFEE & CAFE BOURBEUSE VALLEY HARLEY-DAVIDSON Junction of 1-44 & Hwy 50 on Route 66 BECKY'S BARN - MERAMECCAVERNS OFF THE BRICKS ON ROUTE 66 Open Everyday! Oldest Stop on Route 66 K LEIGH BUGS ANTIQUE MALL Antigues, Souvenirs, Amish Candy & Jams Antiques, Collectables, & ~urniture - (636) 451-6303 (217)836-3043, BeckysBarn.com 44 Show Me Route 66 PLEASE VISIT AND SUPPORT OUR VALUED BUSINESS MEMBERS business members directory I~

CARLINVILLE,IL WILLOWBROOK,IL TULSA,OK MAGNUSON GRAND HOTEL DELL RHEA'S CHICKEN BASKET THE ROUTE 66 ALLIANCE & CONFERENCE CENTER As Seen on "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" A non-profit committed to the preservation, www.ma!lnusongrandhotel.com and "Chicago's Best" protection and promotion of the Mother Road Full ServIce - Route 66 KANSAS VINITA,OK EDWARDSVILLE,IL BAXTER SPRINGS, KS ~ --' CENTER THEATRE CITY OF EDWARDSVILLE Historic Center Theatre on Route 66 Third Oldest City in Illinois CAFE ON THE ROUTE in Vinita, Oklahoma! www.cityofedwardsville.com PHILLIPS ROUTE 66 VISITORS CENTER SHOUT & SACK C-STORE & DELI A Restored 1930's Phillips Service Station Rock Out on 66 - Buckle Up! Be Cool! Be Clean! Be Back! GRANITE CITY, IL (620) 856-2066 HISTORIC ROUTE 66 FLEA MARKET PIZZA HUT TEXAS Over 100 Vendors Selling Old & New - Watch for the Route 66 Shield on our Roadside Sign! Find your Deal & Grab a Meal! ADRIAN, TX GALENA, KS MIDPOINT CAFE & GIFT SHOP HAMEL,IL Home of the "MidPoint Ugly" Pie - (806) 538-6379 CARS ON THE ROUTE ROUTE 66 RIDEZ The Home of Tow Tater- Reeair & Restoration of Classic Cars Inspiration for "Tow Mater" from "Cars" NEW MEXICO & Route 66 Gift Shop PIZZA HUT ALBUQUERQUE, NM WEEZY'S ROUTE 66 BAR & GRI LL See our Galena Mural inside our location! Known for Karen's Famous Fried Chicken! ABSOLUTELY NEON, INC. (618) 633-2228 STREETCAR STATION COFFEE SHOP 30 Years of Neon & Glass Blown Artistry "For the coffee you desire" on Route 66 - on Route 66! - (505) 265-6366 (620) 783:5554 LlVINGSTON,IL TUCUMCARI, NM PINK ELEPHANT ANTIQUE MALL RIVERTON, KS "See Our Giant Roadside Attractions!" TEE PEE CURIOS (618) 637-2366 NELSON'S OLD RIVERTON STORE The neon is back on! 575-461-3773 Celebrating 90 Years" 1925 -2015 THE BLUE SWALLOW MOTEL Call (620) 848-3330 LlTCHFIELD,IL A Uni9ye Exeerience out of Another Time - (575) 461-9849 CITY OF LITCHFIELD - TOURISM OFFICE OKLAHOMA "Where Land and Water Come Into Play" • (888) 733-5833 - www.VisitLitchfield.com AFTON,OK CALIFORNIA LITCHFIELD HISTORY MUSEUM AFTON STATION & ROUTE 66 PACKARDS LAKE ARROWHEAD, CA & ROUTE 66 WELCOME CENTER Route 66 & Vintage Car Museum / Visitors' Center NATIONAL HISTORIC ROUTE 66 Located at 334 Historic Old Route 66 FEDERATION - Open 7 Days a Week ARCADIA,OK Preserving and Promoting The Mother Road THE ARISTON CAFE "Remember! Where Good Food Is Served" POPS Food, Fuel & Fizz! www.pops66.com - (405) 928-7677 GEORGIA MITCHELL,IL BYRON,GA CLAREMORE, OK ROADS AN D RAI LS LUNA CAFE Route 66 Souvenirs - www.roadsandrails.net "See Our Spectacular Neon Signs by Day CLAREMORE CONVENTION and Especially by Night!" & VISITORS BUREAU 478-334-3772 Claremore, OK - www.visitclaremore.org MT. OLIVE, IL INDIANA CLiNTON,OK CROSSROADS DINER TOPEKA~IN A Classic Route 66 Diner Since 1953! OKLAHOMA ROUTE 66 MUSEUM u.s. ROUTE 66 RECOMMISSIONING Call(217) 999-8491. A tribute to "The Mother Road" www.route66.org INITIATIVE (580) 323-7866 Call Fred M. Cain at (260) 593-0381 or MURPHYSBORO,IL via Email atfredmcain(aJbringbackroute66.com SILKWORM,INC. ELK CITY, OK (800) 826-0577 - www.silkwormink.com NATIONAL ROUTE 66 MUSEUM COMPLEX PENNSYLVANIA www.elkcity.com - (580) 225-6266 NEW SALEM, PA SPRINGFIELD,IL LEES LEASINGCOMPANY LLC MIAMI,OK COZY DOG DRIVE IN Kathryn & Robert Jurosco - Proud Supporters of Rt. 66! "Famous Hot Dog On a Stick" ALLEN SIGN STUDIO www.cozydogdrivein.com "A Sign of Service" www.allensignstudio.com TENNESSEE ILLINOIS ROUTE 66 SCENIC BYWAY MIAMI CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU NASHVILLE, TN www.illinoisroute66.org - Call 217-525-9308 Home of Coleman Theatre, Ribbon Road & More JOE LOESCH - THE ROAD CREW MAID-RITE SANDWICH SHOP PIZZA HUT EXPRESS Nation's First Drive Thru at Jefferson & Pasfield Songs from the Mother Road & Route 66 50s Style Dining - 1 Block W. of Coleman Theatre Audio History - NewWaytoRead.com Since 1924 - (217) 523-0723 at 101 "A" Street

WAYLAN'S KU-KU BURGER WAVERLY, TN STAUNTON,IL Don't just ask for a burger. Ask for WA YLAN'S DECAMP JUNCTION INC. JESS McENTIRE - MOTHER ROAD MUSIC "Makin Music for the Mother Road" Historic Roadhouse Serving Since 1926 OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (618) 637-2951 motherroadmusic(aJyahoo.com ANN'S CHICKEN FRY HOUSE HENRY'SROUTE 66 On Historic Route 66 at 4106 NW 39th Street RABBIT RANCH / EMPORIUM 405-943-8915 Rt.66 Info Center - www.HenrysRoute66.com • • PUBLIC HOUSE BREWING COMPANY TASTE • TOUR • EAT OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 540 State Ro~te B• st. James, MissCllllj 65559 551 STATE ROUTE 8, ST. JAMES Phone 573.'265.7912 • 'lbx: 5'8.'265,6200' NEXT DOOR TO ST. JAMES WINERY • • 8bo.'280.9~3·· Email [email protected] '

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WOOD FURNITURE AND MORE 5625 & 5626 Gravois Rd. St. Louis, MO 63116 • MICHAEL LIGHT/JERRY CAPE classicmotorcyclesllc.com [email protected] 314-481-1291

62 KEHNER RD. 573.205.4007 Dave Larsen STEELVILLE, MO 573.205.2397 [email protected]

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46 Show Me Route 66 whole or by the slice at our kitchen f 108 S. Buchanan Cuba, MO Ur kitchen is typically open Thurs. thru Sat. for drop In visitors. Other days as requested for order pickup.

Phone orders accepted daily Custom Printing for All Your Printing Needs Banners. Full Color Printing. Books. Brochures. Graduation Invites f (573) 259~3967 (573) 885~7733 Wedding Announcements. Signs. Business Cards & More pies, cheesecakes, cookies, special request desserts available 573.774.3001.300 Historic Route 66 Waynesville, MO

Travis Dierker Assistant City Administrator City of St. Clair # 1 Paul Parks Drive St. Clair, MO 63077

~ Phone: (636) 629-0333 ext. 119 Fax: (636) 629-6467 Fax: 417-358-6688 Cell: (636) 376-7510 www.mmwrecker.com Shawn Meister Evmail: [email protected] "We're Open For Business!"

Weiskopf Paint & Body 605 Landon Rd. Bourbon. 1\10 65441

'Larry & Vicky Stockman ~98 Wood river Rd., take Ozark, MO 65049 573-.31)5-1122' 855·885·1122 • Fax 573-365-7714 P: 573.468.5350 F: 573.860.7468 [email protected] www.Ril/e~ie~wRVP~rklI:;C:com llnfo@Rive~ rviewRVpllI'j(LL'C.dom ,------, NATIONS FIRST DRIVE THRU BECOME A MEMBER OF THE RT. 66 ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI HiGHeR Namefs): _ MAID-RITB Business I Organization I "A SPRINGfiELD TRADITION SINCE 1924" Address: FitCUS City/State/Zip: _ HAMBURGERS * FRIES PHOCOGROPHY SHAKES HOMEMADE ROOTBEER M£fat~ tJ()UlL ~e-" Email: _

MEMBERSHIP LEVElS (check one) Tim& Jill GRay o Individual Member - $251 Year oJoint I Family Member· $30 1Year o Business 1Organization 1Municipality Member - $50 1Year 636-273-6600 o International Member - $751 Year HiGHeRFOCUS.nec MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO: [email protected] SERVED FRESH & HOT SINCE 1924! Route 66 Association of Missouri 2541 =cro ROOD PLEASE MAIL TO: WILDWOOD, mo 63040 r------, Route 66 Association of Missouri, P,O. Box 8117, St. louis, MO 63156 I I FREE DRINKS I ------: IiIED I WfPURCHASE I The Route 66 Association of Missouri is a 501(c)(3) nonpropt organization. I ~Since2009 ~------~ I,------Your gift is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by low. , I JmJ then and now , WItutC e

CTH EN) The Wagon Wheel Cafe and cabins are shown here following the big snow storm of November 6-7,1951, when at least a foot of snow covered nearly all of Route 66 in Missouri. A big sign highlighting Pevely Ice cream was perched on the roof, along with a single wagon wheel. Both are gone today.

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WAGON WHEEL CAFE HI-WAY U. S. 66, CUBA, MO.

(NOW) There have been a few changes in the wintry view at the Wagon Wheel since 1951. The signage and the wagon wheel have been removed from the roof Current owner Connie Echols also erected a new sign at the entrance, fash- ioned from several old wagon wheels. The cabins look unchanged from the outside, but have been completely renovated on the inside.

48 Show Me Route 66