THE MELTING POT OF ST. LOUIS JANE DIPPEL EAT-RITE DINER 1935 - 2019 PAGE 14 " .• ,. . " ! "~" ' . . ~_!...~..,;r,_~~.a Lebanon is one of the best places to see the Mother Road, which was officially named right here in Missouri. You can drive a 5-mile section of the original road, and commemorative Route 66 signs will help guide your drive. We're proud to be part of Route 66, and nowhere is that more apparent than at the Route 66 Museum and Research Center, inside the Lebanon-Laclede County Library. The museum features authentic recreations of a 1950s diner and gas station; it also has antique cars, photos, memorabilia, original maps, books, magazines, videos, and more. Get a quick overview of the highway's heritage, or explore more in-depth all 3,500-square-feet.
The museum is located at 915 S. Jefferson Avenue, and admission is free. For more info on the museum or all that Lebanon has to offer call1-844-4LEBANON .
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2 OFFICERS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES
3 PRESIDENT'S DASHBOARD Rich Dinkela
4 NEWSFROMTHEROAD
9 THE CASTLE OF CARTHAGE THE JASPER COUNTY COURTHOUSE Cheryl Eichar Jett
11 ANNIE WHITE BAXTER TRAILBLAZING JASPER COUNTY CLERK Cheryl Eichar Jett
14 THE MElTING POT OF ST.LOUIS THE EAT-RITE DINER Joe Sonderman with Elizabeth Lauren
21 THE NORMAN ROCKWElL OF RURAL ART LOWELL DAVIS AND RED OAK II Cheryl Eichar Jett
28 THE SHAMROCK NEEDS A LITTlE LUCK Joe Sonderman
34 THE FOREST CITY OF THE OZARKS ST.JAMES, MISSOURI Joe Sonderman
39 SUDS ON 66 - CRAFT BREWS • ONTHE MOTHER ROAD Joe Sonderman
43 NE-W MEMBERS Robert Gehl
44 BUSINESS MEMBER DIRECTORY Robert Gehl
52 THEN AND NOW Joe Sonderman
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FUTURE MEETING DATE Saturday, April 18, 2020 - The Historic Hawken House in Webster Groves
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Show Me Route 66 Magazine is the official publication of The Rome 66 Association of Missouri. Show Me Route 66 Magazine is published quarterly and is distributed free of charge to all paid members in good standing of The Route 66 Association of Missouri. Additional copies may be purchased for the COSt in advance of $10 USD each including postage.Request for additional copies may be made direct to "lhe Route 66 Association of Missouri, P.O. Box 8117. Sr. Louis, Missouri 63156. Manuscripts and photographs submitted for publication are welcome and should be sene electronically ro Joe Sonderman, Magazine Coordinator, Rome 66 Association of Missouri, at [email protected]. Reproduction of this magazine in parr or in whole, is prohibited wlrhour written permission from the President and/or Board of Directors ofThe 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 (he production staff retain rhe right to edit any submitted materials and to nor publish an article of questionable coruenr or that goes against (he 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. JmJ officers/directors/committees
OFFICERS PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER Rich Dinkela James Crooks Judy Wallmark Ruth Keenoy 165 Arnold Ave. 2540 Christopher Oaks Ct. 312 Clayton Crossing Dr. #202 5229 Oleatha Avenue St. Peters, MO 63376 St. Louis, MO 63129 Ellisville, MO 63011 St. Louis, MO 63139 (314) 369-4366 (314) 293-2540 (417) 588-6110 (314) 723-5904 office rich(alhookedonroute66.com jimmy52(cilatt. net rt660rbu st(cilya hoo .co m (314) 637-6441 cell rdkeenoy(cilgma il.com
BOARD OF Jerry Benner David J. Eslick Tommy Pike Mark Stauter 1115 Chatelet Dr. 3311 South Elmira 1602 East Dale St. 309 Hutchinson Dr. DIRECTORS Ferguson, MO 63135 Springfield, MO 65807 Springfield, MO 65803 Rolla, MO 65401
(314) 521-4255 I (417) 889-9332 office (417) 865-1318 (573) 201-5033 ~benner(cilmindspring.com (417) 350-5708 cell fu ryon 66(cilea rth Iink. net markcstauter(cilgmail.com djeslick(cilundata.com Anne Marie Baker Bob Schwartz James J. Thole 2259 E Mirabeau St Larry Frickenschmidt P.O. Box 498 1264 Jade Wind Cir. Springfield MO 65804 2131 S. Farm Road 199 Osage Beach, MO 65065 Manchester, MO 63011 (417) 569-6188 Springfield, MO 65809 (314) 650 5767 (636) 484-3232 annebaker(almissouristate.edu (417) 861-2969 bobobeck1 (cilmsn.com 66thole(cilsbcglobal.net Imfnations(cilaol.com Michael Boggs Joe Sonderman Diane Warhover 17529 Chesterfield Lane Robert Gehl 1710 Coachway Lane 418 Cloister Walk Phillipsburg, MO 65722 1667 Timber Ridge Est. Dr. Hazelwood, MO 63042 Kirkwood, MO 63122 (417) 589-0023 office Wildwood, MO 63011 (314) 609-6370 (314) 965-5751 (417) 664-2768 cell (636) 458-4585 office stlrt66(cilaol.com warhoverdiane(cilgmail.com michaelboggs(ci)rocketmail.com (314) 971-6366 cell neononroute66(algmail.com
COMMITTEES HISTORIAN I MEMBERSHIP INTERNET SERVICES SHOW ME ROUTE 66 ORAL HISTORY SERVICES Rich Dinkela MAGAZINE • Jerry Benner, Chairperson Robert Gehl, Director 165 Arnold Ave. Joe Sonderman, Editor 1115 Chatelet Dr. 1667 Timber Ridge Est. Dr. St. Peters, MO 63376 1710 Coachway Lane Ferguson, MO 63135 Wildwood, MO 63011 (314) 369-4366 Hazelwood, MO 63042 (314) 521-4255 (636) 458-4585 office rich(alhookedonroute66.com (314) 609-6370 ~ benner(cilmindspri ng.com (314) 971-6366 cell stlrt66(cilaol.com neononroute66(algmail.com PUBLICATIONS NEON HERITAGE Diane Warhover, PRESERVATION MISSOURI HISTORIC Chairperson James J. Thole, Chairperson ROUTE 66 BYWAY 418 Cloister Walk 1264 Jade Wind Cir. CONTACT Kirkwood, MO 63122 Manchester, MO 63011 Tommy Pike (314) 965-5751 (636) 484-3232 1602 East Dale St. wa rhove rd iane(cilgma iI.com 66thole(cilsbcglobal.net Springfield, MO 65803 (417) 865-1318 PRESERVATION furyon66(cilea rthli nk.net Kip Welborn, Chairperson rudkip(cilsbcglobal.net FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK OF ROAMIN RICH DINKELA
~anks to everyone for making 2019 1;reat. We sure hope to get lots accomplished in 2020! Did you make a New Years resolution this year? I have a couple myself that are 66 cherned, 1) I want to see the association assist in restoring one or two neon signs in Missouri.Carthage, Webb City, and even Waynesville have some very nice candidates for neon preservation. 2) I would love to see more members reaching our to bring new members and the M066 Association, but we are seeing the resurrection of the Rockwood Motor in and to not only participate in the Court thanks to civic minded leaders and business owners in Springfield. events we hold, bur to also help plan and execute the events. Maybe you can help us out with making these A Note of Thanks a realiry? I need to bring the spotlight to some good people within our association. I want to There are several accomplishments that thank Diane Warhover for her years of service to not only the association, but to the we are currently pursuing or wish to pursue history of our road. Diane has announced she will not be pursuing another term with in the immediate future. We hope to have our board.Also departing the board, is Robert Schwartz.Robert has been very helpful our new website launched and running by in planning motor tours and making publications that promote Route 66. Michael Boggs, the end of first quarter. The bylaws have the committee chair for the event committee has been doing a stellar job with our quarterly been revised and reflect a more modern events and did a very nice job of adding in a Christmas parry at Fast Lane in December. operation. We are looking to add extra As always, Joe Sonderman produces a stellar magazine.Bob and Yvonne Gehl, are out in events in addition to our quarterly meeting, force at every opportunity to promote and sell Route 66. Judy Wallmark keeps me in line and I really want to see us bring back the and most importantly prevents me from forgetting so much on a weekly basis. We've got motor tour this year. A nationally syndicated a great team and I can't wait to see what happens as we welcome new board members, and TV show, Small Town Big Deal, started committee people. covering Route 66 last fall. They will be Thank you, to the valued members that have an interest in saving our heritage for being creating several episodes about Route 66 involved in our association. I hope to see you at an event this year! -Roam in Rich Dinkela through each state, just touching on some of the highlights.It's a great show that does a nice job in encouraging people to get out to explore small communities. As we get closer to celebrating the centennial anniversary of Route 66 in 2026 there will be increased focus on preservation and restoration of many roadside attractions. There's a lot of activiry along Route 66 in Missouri these days; some of it is great, some poses a difficult battle. The fate of the Gasconade bridge remains questionable; however, in St. Louis we can expect to see construction begin on a new welcome center on the west side of the Chain of Rocks Bridge in 2021. In Springfield, the Lurvey Motor Court seems to be doomed despite much effort on behalf of the ciry
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REMEMBERING JANE DIPPEL BY KIP WELBORN
Vesta Jane Dippel's decades-long journey on Route 66 ended graduated from Affton High School in 1953. She lived just a on November 10, 2019. The 2006 "Road Person of the Year" few blocks from Route 66 while growing up and remembered tirelessly served the Route 66 Association of Missouri and was a eating at Hoppe's Restaurant and visiting Marty's Market with friend to every traveler and business owner she met. Jane lived by her friends. Marty's was on Watson Road (US 66) east of Laclede the words of Will Rogers: "It is great to be great, but it is greater to Station Road and Watson Road. It was considered "out of town" be human." back then and was known for ice cold watermelon. Jane was an active participant in the Route 66 Association Jane and her friends would watch cars with out-of-state plates of Missouri from the day she joined, serving on the Board of passing by and wonder about the destinations of the travelers. Directors for several She also remembered people camping out under the Frisco years. She headed the Railroad just west of McKenzie Road to escape the summer heat. Historic Preservation Sylvan Beach, a recreational spot on the Meramec River where Committee and Emmenegger Nature Park is today, was another of her favorite served on other escapes. committees and Jane married in 1956 and had two children, Don and Liz. Motor Tour boards. Don preceded her in death. She spent many years as an officer Every time she got for St. Louis County, Missouri Department of Justice Services in her car, Jane and her interest in Route 66 was rekindled after a 1974 divorce. would take maps Dippel joined the fledgling Route 66 Association of Missouri and information in 1991 and took part in the first motor tour. She often took about Route 66 in grandson Max along on trips and worked hard to get kids Missouri to give to interested in the route. travelers. She did it Jane will be missed, but should serve as an inspiration. If we all with an infectious can follow her example, Route 66 will survive in the hearts and smile that shows in minds of all its travelers and those who rely on it. Thank you every photo. Jane, for reminding us all that it is "great to be great, but it is Dippel was greater to be human." born in 1935 and
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that time the Gasconade Bridge Guardians requested additional time co do targeted marketing. Since they could not presenr a plan on how they inrended co do that marketing, MoDOT decided not co granr them additional time." All hope is not lost - yet. At press time, a meeting on the bridge was slated co take place in Jefferson City and the Guardians were exploring other options and were attempting co set up a meeting with Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe. Kehoe's general counsel was on hand when the new by-pass bridge opened in August.
HOPE DIMS FOR GASCONADE BRIDGE LANDMARK CLOSING REPORTED BY GARY SOSNIECKI Schneirhorsr's restaurant closed on Christmas Eve after 63 years Last minure efforts co save the Historic Route 66 Bridge over in business at Lindbergh and Clayton Road in Ladue. The landmark the Gasconade River are conrinuing as the clock ticks coward clock rower will be demolished and the restaurant will be developed demolition. The Missouri Deparrmenr of Transportation is into additional retail and office space expected co open by the end planning co ask for bids on the demolition in April. The contract of2020. It opened in 1956 as the Hofamberg Inn when Lindbergh would be awarded in June. Boulevard was By-Pass US 66 and developed in stages into the The Gasconade Bridge Guardians group was formed in an Village at Schneithorst's retail and residential complex. effort co save the bridge when MoDOT closed the span for safety The Schnei thorst Family has been in the business since 1917, reasons in December 2014. The group's latest efforr was co request when Arthur Schneithorst opened a restaurant in downtown St. Louis. Laclede County co take over ownership and MoDOT agreed co The family took over the landmark Bevo Mill in South St. Louis in extend a delay while options were explored. 1937 and Arthur Jr. went on co also run restaurants at seven Lebanon City Administrator Mike Schumacher and Laclede Holiday Inns in the Sr. Louis area, including those on Route 66. County Presiding Commissioner Randy Angst met with Judy Schneithorst's was known for its authentic Wallmark of the Route 66 Gasconade River Bridge Guardians Bavarian menu lnd items such as and no progress was made. The county says it can't afford such weinerschnitzeland sauerbraten before a large project and Lebanon cannot take on work outside its adding American fare. city limits. In an e-rnail to bridge supporrers, MoDOT says it is unaware of any other group pursuing ownership. "Therefore, MoDOT has scheduled the demolition for the April 17, 2020 letting." The MoDOT statement also says "The initial marketing period, for 313 days, resulted in a letter of interest from Workin' Bridges, who requested time co do a feasibility study and determine if they could gather supporr for rehabilitating the bridge in place. When Workin' Bridges backed our of the project, MoDOT initiated a second round of bridge marketing for a period of 380 days (ending March 15, 2019). At the end of
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Most of the former Hofamberg Inn, the nine banquet rooms LeClare C. "Steve" Stephenson operated the station from 1951 and three dining rooms were replaced by office and high end retail until 1984 and it remains in the family. In 1985, the sign was by 2005. Many of the paintings and Old World items that added changed to read "Amoco." British Petroleum took over Amoco to the atmosphere, including a medieval suit of armor, were long in 1998 and began replacing the signage across the U.S. with the gone. The Bierskellar bar and Kaflee Haus were still in business and green and white BP Sun. But the towering Amoco logo on the a rooftop biergarren was added in 2016. western edge of St. Louis city was such a landmark that permission was obtained to keep it. St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson was on hand as the new paint job was unveiled on December 4. A poll by the St. Louis Post- Dispatch once found the sign at the Hi Pointe was the second most popular sign in the city, second only to the Anheuser-Busch Eagle along Interstate 64.
MUNGER-MOSS SHUTTERED FOR WINTER BY GARY SOSNIECKI
The front door is locked for the first time ever and the iconic neon sign is dark. But don't worry. "It's just temporary," Munger Moss Motel owner Ramona Lehman says about the internationally known Route 66 landmark being closed during December and January this winter. "I'll be back the first of February." It's been a hard year for Ramona, 81. Her husband and business parrner, Bob, died Feb. 28, and Ramona broke her wrist in a fall this summer. "I need a vacation. I plan on taking it," she said. Route 66 tourist traffic is down during the winter, so the timing is right, she added. The motel's long-term tenants will remain, and Ramona will be • around as needed.The Lehmans bought the Munger Moss on June 1, 1971. Until now,"the doors have never been locked," Ramona said.
BIG LOGO GETS FACELIFT
A big and beloved landmark in St. Louis is sporting a new look. The massive AMOCO sign at Clayton Avenue and Skinker Boulevard sits atop a station on one of the highest points in the city. It still reads "Amoco" even though the station was branded as a BP over 20 years ago. Now BP has brought the Amoco brand back and the sign features a new paint job and a modern logo. BP said its marketing research showed the Amoco brand is still respected and it will be used at other select stations, particularly if there is another BP nearby. The current Plexiglas behemoth was originally a Standard sign and went up in 1960. It replaced a flashing Standard Red Crown Sign erected in 1932 that was 45 feet across and 60-feet-tall. It contained 5,800 bulbs, 2,900 feet of neon cubing and five miles of wiring. It weighed 44 tons and used as much electricity as a town of 1,000 people, requiring its own electrical substation. A dozen 20-foot-taillight standards with 1,000 watt floodlights lit the structure. Local legend says pilots used it as a landmark at night. Route 66 passed through the intersection from its commissioning in 1926 until the New Watson Road opened in 1933.
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members John Stowe, Chuck Jordan and Gary Sosniecki, and society member Dave Chastain in viewing the property this fall. The society is currently discussing options for the new roof to at least halt further deterioration.
ROAD AHEAD HEADLINES
The Route 66 Road Ahead Partnership has announced some changes and a new research project that seeks to build on Route 66 success. Bill Kelly has retired from his position as Executive Director of the Illinois Scenic Byway Program and his position as chairman of the Road Ahead Partnership Promotion MORE LEBANON 66 NEWS Working Group. Kelly has served ~ in the latter position since the The Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society, fresh off their working group's inception in latest project ro restore the exterior of the Underpass ration near 2016. The Route 66 Association Phillipsburg may be abour to cackle another. Members of the ~ of Missouri wishes Bill all the s.ociety have met with the owner of the former Twin Oaks property best on his retirement and we west of Phillipsburg to begin discussions on possibly saving at least THE ROAD AHEAD thank him for his ongoing one of the remaining buildings. commitment to Route 66. All agreed that the first priority is to reroof the gas station and Jennifer Mullins will become the new Chair. Mullins is the possibly the distinctive water-tower building. Twin Oaks station Director of the Travel Promotion Division, which serves as the and restaurant is one of the lesser-known marketing and branding arm for the Oklahoma Tourism and Route 66 landmarks in Laclede County, Recreation Department. Brennan Matthews, Editor of ROUTE due in parr to the enclosure of the station Magazine, will also join the Promotion Working Group. canopy and removal of the restaurant Meanwhile, the partnership and Dr. David Listokin, Rutgers building's porch. The station was opened University, are embarking on a Route 66 Case Studies Project about 1925 by Sadie Bilderback McMenus, designed to help communities learn how to effectively leverage widow of a prominent Phillipsburg srore Route 66 for economic development purposes, by presenting owner, and her son. It closed sometime examples of towns that have already done so. The project after Interstate 44 opened in 1957. Four will document the policies, strategies and tools used by those original buildings, including one of the six communities and share the findings with other local leaders. cabins, are still standing. Lisrokin is the author of the 2012 Route 66 Economic Impact Kelly Hackler has owned the site since Study conducted by Rutgers University, which highlighted 2016 and says the StuCCOfron t of the projects along t~e Mother Road that positively impacted economic station is in good shape because it was development. 'The new Route 66 Case Study Project will focus on enclosed.Vintage Salem cigarette and Pepsi municipalities in general, as opposed to specific projects. decals are still visible on the windows. The Route 66 Case Study Project will begin this fall, with a However, the inside of the station has scheduled conclusion next July/August 2020. Established in 2015, considerable water damage. with the support of the ational Park Service and the World The water tower building on the site is a Monuments Fund, 111e Route 66 Road Ahead Partnership's mission standout. Inside is a 1,000 gallon wooden is to revitalize and sustain Route 66 as a national and international tank that stored well water that was fed by icon through partnerships focused on promotion, preservation, gravity to the cabins, station and restaurant research and education, and economic development. .:. building. Gary Sosniecki of the Lebanon- Laclede County Route 66 Society reported that he joined President Bill Jones, board
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8 Show Me Route 66 TheJasper County Courthouse in Carthage ranks as one of the most photographed buildings in the State of Missouri. Tourism brings visitors into the castle-like building to see the exhibits and art work. Monuments and markers on the one-acre square memorialize noted historical figures. And the ouer-I OO-foot-tall courthouse serves as backdrop for the city square and its bustle of locals, visitors, and those with county business.One of the most noted of Missouri courthouses, it rosefrom the ashes.'1/a city destroyed during the Civil war.
asper County was established on January 29, 1841, using pioneer George Hornback's log house northwest of the present city of Carthage as the first county seat. The county was named for Sergeant William Jasper, a hero of the Revolutionary War who had served at Fort Moultrie. In 1842, a one-room frame building on the north side of the square was built for that purpose by Levi H. Jenkins for $398.50. It was used until 1854, when a two-story brick courthouse was
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constructed in the center of the square at a cost of $4,760. During lasted less than twenty years. A can of disinfectant exploded in the the Civil War, this courthouse was used as a field hospital during basement in the wee hours of June 13, 1911. The flames spread fa~t the Battle of Carthage.It was destroyed by the Confederates in and the building was a total loss. A monument near the site was 1863 along with most of the rest of the ciry as they left, to prevent dedicated on May 7, 1994, commemorating 100 years since the usage by the Yankees. Only a foundation stone was saved, which "rival courthouse" was constructed. was incorporated 31 years later into a wall at the west side entrance of the present courthouse.) As the war ended, the population of Carthage was said to be somewhere around 30 people, and the Cave Springs School, which had escaped the flames, was pressed into service for several years as a temporary counry building. As the rebuilding and regrowth of the ciry commenced, larger and larger temporary homes were needed. Multiple locations were used, including the small jail, a two-story office building, a three-story building known as Regan Hall, and the second floor of the Harrington Block, as the counry "courthouse" seemed to zigzag around town. As public sentiment grew for a permanent counry courthouse on the Carthage square, Joplin and Webb Ciry, bitter rivals for the courthouse location, made their voices heard. Those two cities refused to be taxed for a courthouse constructed in Carthage. Then, four separate county-wide votes with different proposals were held to arrive at a plan that the cities could live with. A compromise was finally reached - to build two courthouses, one in Joplin and one in Carthage. The Joplin Courthouse was designed by local architect William B. Rees in rypical Victorian sryle, with an asymmetrical design and towers, including the tallest one at a height of 92 feet. The footprint of the building was 58 x 78 feet as it was constructed on the corner of 7th and Virginia Streets. Fifteen thousand people :----- attended a ceremony for the laying of the cornerstone on May 8, 1894, with the formal dedication in April 1895. This courthouse
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Annie White Baxter Trailblazing Jasper County Clerk
BY CHERYL EICHAR JETT
A PORTRAIT OF ANNIE WHITEBAXTER.
~" Whi" B~,,, W~ me om woman in Missouri elected co public UCoffice, and she was one of the first female county clerks elected in the U.S. As Jasper County Clerk 1890-1894, she rook part in the planning for the courthouse constructed in 1894-1895. Later, she became the Missouri State Registrar of Lands in the Secretary of State's office. Annie Baxter worked as a public servant in the State of Missouri for most of her adult life, despite beginning her career 38 years before women achieved the right to vote.
FAMILY AND EDUCATION She was born Anna White, the second of three children, on March 2, 1864, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to John B. White, a cabinetmaker, and his wife Jennie (Black)White. The family moved to Newark, Ohio, and a few years later to Carthage, Missouri. Arriving in Carthage in 1876, John White took advantage of the economic growth in the area and opened a furniture facrory. In 1882, Annie graduated from the Carthage High Schoo!, one of just six graduates that year.
A JOB IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE In the same year that she received I!er high school diploma, she was hired as an assistant in the county clerk's office under Clerk George Blakeney. She excelled at the job, impressing everyone with her competency and attention to detail. Her successful work kept her employed in the office through the next two successive County Clerks - John N. Wilson and Jesse Rhoads. In 1885, she was appointed a regular deputy clerk of the court, causing a stir due to her gender. In 1888, Annie married Charles W. Baxter, an employee of the R. H. Rose Department store, and retired from her work to give domestic life her full attention. But then County Clerk Jesse Rhoads became disabled, and he called upon Annie to return to work to provide her invaluable assistance. - continued on page 13
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The beautiful and imposing present courthouse OTHERTHAN THE VEHICLES in Carthage was constructed on its one-acre square PARKED OUTFRONT, NOT in 1894-1895 by builder L.w. Divelbiss of Olathe, MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE THE VIEW OF THE JASPER Kansas, who celebrated his 5151 birthday on the COUNTY COURTHOUSE WAS cornerstone ceremony day. The architect was MADE IN THE 19305. Maximilian A. Orlopp Jr. of New Orleans, Louisiana. (JOE SONDERMAN COLLECTION) Orlopp graduated from the u.s. Naval Academy before taking up civil engineering and then architecture, and his work included many other public buildings, particularly in Dallas, Texas.
The style is Romanesque Revival, also known I as Richardsonian Romanesque for Henry Hobson Richardson, the noted American architect who lent his name to the style. The massive courthouse reached a height of 106 feet at the top of its prominent clock tower. It was designed with three main floors plus a high basement and an attic. The many architectural features included arches, towers, turrets, dormers, and the clock tower. Local limestone aka "Carthage marble" quarried by the Carthage Stone Company located on the north side of Spring River was used for the construction.Workers at the quarries kept busy practically around the clock supplying enough stone to keep the masons working. All the guttering, downspouts, and cornices, plus the clock tower lantern, were made of copper. Carthaginians appreciate the significance of their courthouse. It was constructed during a period of rebuilding and growth after the destruction of the Civil War. The area's economy was booming from mining, construction, and agriculture. The courthouse and other significant buildings of the era - the Connor Hotel (1906) and the Frisco Building (1912), both in Carthage, and the Union Depot (1910) in Joplin - reflected national architectural trends and were large and imposing, signifying the rebirth and strength of the region. The courthouse was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. At that time, there were thirteen surviving courthouses in the state built in the Richardson Romanesque style. The Carthage courthouse was considered to be "the most vigorous and well-preserved of the thirteen," as it was deemed to best represent architect Richardson's ideals. A variety of commemorative markers and memorials stand program featured music, remarks by dignitaries, a welcome speech upon the courthouse grounds, including those honoring the Battle by the mayor, and the "orator of the day," Judge W. H. Phelps. of Carthage, Annie White Baxter, World War II veterans, and the But the celebration didn't end there. At 8 pm a "Pyrotechnic 1837 Osage War. Programme" with "Gorgeous illumination of the grounds and On August 19, 1994, Carthage celebrated "Courthouse Day," surrounding objects in crimson relief" was held.After the commemorating the cornerstone laying celebration of 100 years courthouse was completed the next year, the formal dedication was earlier. A parade kicked off a day of events, including a program held on October 9, 1895. featuring the Webb City High School band, proclamations, music, Today, Carthage does an excellent job of remembering and the time capsule rite, and the "orator of the day," Judge George M honoring its history with appropriate events and celebrations. In Flanigan of the Southern District Missouri Court of Appeals. The 2011, the Batrle of Carthage Sesquicentennial reminded everyone of event program included portions of the 1894 program. the losses of the Civil War era and the strides made in rebuilding the The August 21, 1894, cornerstone celebration also featured city. The city celebrated its 175'h anniversary in 2017. The Powers a parade with bands, floats, and fire department brigades. The Museum, the Carthage Press, the Carthage Convention & Visitor's
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ELECTION TO OFFICE ON TO JEFFERSON CITY In 1890, Annie was nominated for Jasper County Clerk by Annie and Charles divorced and she moved to Jefferson City, the Democratic county convention. Although the county was where she had political contacts. mostly Republican, she won by several hundred votes. Julius From 1908 to 1916, she worked as the State Land Registrar Fischer, her opponent, disputed the election, claiming that under Secretary Of State Cornelius Roach, an acquaintance Baxter was disqualified because she was female and the statutes from Carthage. There, as in the Jasper County Clerk's office, she referred to the clerk as "he." A circuit court judge upheld the increased efficiency. election results and ruled that Fischer should pay her attorney Annie continued to be active with the state Democratic party. fees. She was nominated for a second term in 1894, but She was named financial secretary for the Missouri Constitutional Republicans captured all the elected positions in a landslide. Convention in 1922, and in 1936 she served as a delegate to the Democratic State Convention. "COLONEL BAXTER" AND HER WORK ETHIC PASSING AND LEGACY Annie died on June 28, 1944, in Jefferson City, at the age of 80, Annie Baxter was considered one of the most effective county and was buried in Riverview Cemetery in Jefferson City. A stone clerks in the state. In the Jefferson City State Department, her marker on the northeast corner of the Jasper County Courthouse official reportS were held up as models. During her time as Jasper grounds acknowledges the part she played in the construction of County Clerk she doubled revenue yet reduced expenses while the courthouse. Annie Baxter Street in Joplin was named after her. managing elections, tax collection, and issuance of licenses. She Many of her significant accomplishments took place well before oversaw a county of over 50,000 people and a public school fund the 19th Amendment, which in effect granted women the right to of $225,000. And, she was an integral part of the planning and VOte,was ratified in 1920! The political trail blazer was described initial construction of the Jasper County Courthouse. Governor in a "Woman of the Century" award as follows: "Miss White David R.Francis was so impressed by her competent and shrank from no duty, and her keen perception, intuitive acumen, meticulous work that he dubbed her "Colonel Baxter." mathematical precision, untiring application, energy and directness, and her pleasing address and manners won for her the esteem and confidence of the entire population." .:.
ANNIE BAXTER'S (ABOVE) COMMISSION OF OFFICE, DATED NOVEMBER 11,1890. A LOCAL NEWSPAPER RAN THE FOLLOWING BRIEF ITEM:"MRS. ANNIE BAXTER, COUNTY CLERK-ELECT OF JASPER COUNTY, HAS HER CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION. SHE WILL FRAME IT AND HANG IT UP FOR ENVIOUS MEN TO LOOK AT." (COURTESY OF MISSOURI STATE ARCHIVES) , Bureau, local historians, and many volunteers worked together both cities. Also on the first floor is a large mural painted in the to produce the commemorative events, programs, and newspaper 1970s by Lowell Davis, local artist, icon, and creator of the beloved special sections. Red Oak II village near Carthage. Two exhibit areas are located on Numerous attractions plus the lure of Route 66 and the Jefferson the first floor, one depicting area military and veteran history, and Highway combine to bring visitors into town. And it's worth another devoted to Route 66 memorabilia. While perusing the mentioning again that the magnificent 1894-1895 courthouse is Route 66 exhibit, one can't help but notice the original metal-cage so worth a leisurely visit. This is still a working courthouse, still in elevator. This beautiful amenity is still in operation, so you can use by Jasper County officials, but they are well used to visitors. take an elevator ride before you leave the courthouse. Look out A series of paintings by local artist Andy Thomas are displayed in one of the large windows and imagine, if you can, when the square the spacious hallway running north-south on the main floor. The was first laid out, or when all of Carthage lay in ruins around it, paintings follow three themes depicting parallels of ancient Carthage or when a large and exuberant crowd celebrated the laying of this in Tunisia and Carthage, Missouri: (1) the founding of both cities courthouse's corner stone. This city and its courthouse have quite near water, (2) the destruction of both cities, and (3) the rebirth of a history .• :.
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THERE ISA LOT OF LOVE IN ST. LOUIS WHAT SEEMS TO BE AN UNIMPOSING LITTLE WHITE DINER AT CHOUTEAU AND 7TH STREET. VERY NEAR THE GRAFFITI-SPLASHED FORMER APPROACH TO THE BRIDGE THAT CARRIED ROUTE 66 OVER THE MISSISSIPPI, TRAINS RUMBLE AND THE TINY EAT RITE DINER SHAKES WHEN A DUMP TRUCK TAKES THE CORNER TOO CLOSELY. JOEL HOLTMAN AND HIS WIFE SHAWNA OWN THE ROUTE 66 ICON TODAY AND AS JOEL POLISHED OFF A BURGER THIS PAST FALL, HE REMARKED "THIS IS THE TRUE MELTING POT OF ST. LOUIS. THE EAT-RITE BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES AND FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE."
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usch Stadium is just a few blocks ro the north and on But it was the Powers family that made the Eat-Rite an icon game nights, the rowdy Cardinal fans will mix with with the slogan "Eat-Rite or don't eat at all." Lewis Powers and his Bworkers from neighboring Purina headquarters, men in wife, Dorcas, once had six diners and they named their restaurants suits, Rome 66 tourists from allover the world, and the late night Eat-Rite in the early 1960s. The couple had met when the 16-year- working class habitues from the near South ide. The Eat-Rite is old Lewis was working at the Courtesy Diner at l Sth and Olive, open 24/7 offering a no-frills menu mat includes a concoction which was owned by his uncle. That diner was later featured in the called a slinger. It's a Sr. Louis tradition made up of two sausage movie White Palace, scarring Susan Sarandon and James Spader. parries (or hamburger, but you have ro ask) two eggs, hash browns, Lewis and Dorcas rook over at 7th and Chouteau in 1970, cheese and a heaping helping of chili, all crowned with a pile of raw when the surrounding neighborhood had a decidedly gritry feel and diced onions. a reputation for crime. Headlines from those days tell of assaults, a The old city directories list a diner at this location as tar back as couple of murders and failed health inspection. Inside me diner, 1930. By 1935, it was known as me White Kitchen. In the 1960s, the tile on the wall still shows the damage from a shotgun blast me diner was the Gateway Sandwich Shop. It operated as me Regal during a robbery back in the 1980s. Diner at one time; the letters spelling it om can still be seen behind One fateful day in the 1970s, a truck driver came into the the white paint on the exterior, below a partially scorched plastic Fenton Eat-Rite location and asked for chili on his eggs. Other Coca-Cola sign. diners added cheese and onions, and the waitresses would shout
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"sling it" to the cooks instead of explaining that the patron wanted chili, cheese and onions. Slingers were available at the O.T. Hodge chili parlors and they can still be found at the Courtesy Diners in South St. Louis and several other places. But nothing could top the original. After decades as a fixture on the near South Side, stunning news came in October 2017. The Eat-Rite Diner was closing. Lewis B. Powers was 80 years old and cited his deteriorating health and broken exhaust fans as the reasons. A flurry of television news pieces and newspaper stories followed but no one seemed interested in the aging diner. That's when Joel Holtman and his wife Shawna entered the picture. They are both real estate agents but also dreamed of running their own restaurant. Joel told us his original plan was to open a pizzeria. "I never thought about owning a diner - ever." Joel and Shawna met in Soulard and lived in the area so they were regulars at the Eat-Rite before it closed. Joel said,"We loved the place and we would go there after going out or after Cardinals games." Joel was driving by the Eat-Rite shortly after it closed and he spotted Powers sweeping water out the back door with a broom. He recalled that Mr. Powers looked like he needed help. Joel said "So 1 thought 1would go up and talk to him since the place had shut down. We talked for around 45 minutes to an hour and we tried to come up with a plan on how to keep the place open, 1 A PHOTO SHOWING ONE OF RONE JONES' ROUTE 66 TATTOOS IS NEXT mean it is part of the history of St. Louis. After we talked he said, TO THE REMNANTS OF A SHOTGUN BLAST FROM A ROBBERY MANY 'you know 1 think you are the man for the job.' He threw out a YEARS AGO.
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number that he was going to sell it for. The place was in disarray makes it all worthwhile and the Eat-Rite is in the black. "If it honestly. The hood was down, the heater was leaking gas and didn't make a profit we wouldn't be here." He is a little concerned there was no hot water to the sinks out front. I mean it was just about the future though. "If they ever go to 12 bucks an hour in bad shape." minimum wage the small diners like this across America will be Joel continued, "So I said let me give my wife a call and gone unless they are family owned and the family works there all we will talk about it and I will give you a call back tomorrow. day. I don't want to work here every single day. I am always on We already have experience in rehab so I felt this would be the the go. The Powers worked here every day." ultimate rehab, updating an entire diner. I called him back the After an interruption to discuss a shortage of towels with the next morning." Joel thought running a small diner might be employees working the counter, Joel returned to make a final easier than a pizzeria and the Eat-Rite was already so well known. point. "There are not too many diners like this left in the United "People actually come from all over the world ro eat here. I didn't States, let alone St. Louis. So if you want to keep this alive you know that though!I've met people here from Norway, France, need to support your local diner and other businesses on Route and China. I knew it was on Route 66 because Mr. Powers 66. That's how we all feel - that's how we all feel." .:. always had his shirt on that said Route 66. He actually gave me the shirt off his back from his own closet." The basic feel of the Eat-Rite hasn't changed but the countertop and its decades old accumulation of gum stuck underneath had to be replaced. The Holtmans replaced all of the plumbing, the freezer, the refrigerator and the all important the griddle and fryer. The Eat-Rite signs haven't changed although Joel is considering some modifications and updates. Holtman told us that Mr. • Powers was in poor health going back and forth to surgery during the transition and he didn't make it back out until it was finished. "He told me he was proud and we did a great job." Joel remarked that he still keeps in touch with the former owner and still talks to the old cook almost once a day. "He is the one that tells me the stories. He is the one that saw it all." The menu hasn't changed much, with one important addition. The Eat-Rite has always been known for its sliders made from Holten hamburger patties and sold in sixes. But Joel wanted to keep the sliders and add a fresh hamburger. The burger patties are now handmade. Other new items on the menu include franks, chicken tenders and the patty melt. The sliders are now six for $8.90. The slinger will set you back $8.95 but you won't go away hungry. Joel Holtman will admit that owning a diner can be stressful but when he sees people taking pictures or sharing memories it ROADIE ELIZABETH LAUREN TACKLESASLINGER AT THE EAT-RITE.
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LOWELL DAVIS SAT BACK IN owell Davis is known for creating HIS CHAIR AND PUFFED ON the collection of vintage buildings that make up Red Oak II, near HIS TRADEMARK CORN COB PIPE, L Carrhage, and for his art work and figurines A CAP PERCHED ON HIS HEAD AND A based on the world he knew in small town RED BANDANNA TIED AROUND HIS NECK. HE LOOKED Missouri and on rural life, The original village of Red Oak, 23 miles norrh of Route ACROSS THE VINTAGE BUILDINGS OF RED OAK II, WHERE , 66, is now a ghost town. "I painted my life HE RESURRECTED HIS CHILDHOOD HOME TOWN, AND and what went on outside my door," he told DECLARED "IT'S THE MAGIC IN THE AIR OUT HERE, CAN us. Lowell once estimated that he had done nearly 4,000 paintings and 450 figurines.He YOU FEEL IT?" ACROSS THE FORMER CORN FIELD ARE even wrote a children's book about rwo of 60 ACRES THAT INCLUDE GAS STATIONS, A DINER his chickens, Big Jack and Goldie. His work IN AN OLD STREETCAR, A COUNTRY CHURCH, was sold in 2,000 stores and galleries around the world and is now sold on the Internet as AN OLDJAILAND WHIMSICAL WORKS OF ART FROM well. Some call Davis the orman Rockwell SCULPTURES TO HIGH RISE SPARROW CONDOS AND of rural art. A FOUNTAIN MADE OF WATER PIPES."I CREATE ART Davis chuckJed at the mention of the moniker. "I acquired that name early back FROM WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THROW AWAY" DAVIS SAID. when I first came here and I can't seem to shake it. He was my hero growing up.
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me defense plants and the military and they never came back to Red Oak. So it slowly JUSt turned into a ghost town." Davis continued, "When I was a young artist, there were a lot of real good artists but a lot of them were western artists and there were no art shows around here at all. I had to go west, to Denver, Seattle, or somewhere like that for the shows and all Isaw were cowboys and [subjects] those artists knew. That's when I realized there were many more people raised on farms than on ranches." In 1973, Davis bought what he called "an old fallen down farm" that he named Fox Fire Farm and focused his art on the animals and things that went on outside his door. "I think it was successful because I lived on a farm and my animals were real.There's nothing real in people's lives anymore." He added, "I started making all this money and Ididn't know what to do with it."
Iwas raised in that old general store over there and me only communication with the outside world was when the Saturday Evening Post came. That was my only art. But he did people. Idon't do people. I was a cartoonist for so many years and all my people kind of had a cartoon look to them." When he wa young, Lowell joined the Air Force and spent time in Europe and Africa, Then he became a cartoonist and a successful commercial artist and was an art director for an advertising agency in Dallas whose work included covers for a risque cartoon publication called From Sex to Sexty. A large edition of a cover is discreetly covered and tucked away in his home. "But I just wanted to be back here," he told us. So after 13 years amid the bustle of an urban area, he packed up and found greater success when he returned to hi roots. His home town and life at Red Oak II became his inspiration. "I had four sets of grandparents in this little birry town. I had aunts and uncles and everything there and we were all pretty self sufficient. We had our cows and gardens and my mother even made our clothes out of flour sacks. When I was in 5th grade we moved to Carthage. I didn't know I was poor until somebody told me. When the Second World War broke out and that's when everybody moved off to
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"I wasn't interested in a Mercedes or swimming pools or a villa in France. I'm here in a corn field that looked like a big canvas to me and there was my hometown lying on the ground and the things I grew up with were disappearing - so I just started picking it up and moving it here. When I got all of the buildings I wanted from Red Oak, then I started bringing in buildings from around the area." One came from as far away as the Route 66 town of Vinita, Oklahoma. He went through a tough divorce due in part to buying all the buildings but said he ended up "broke and happy again." He pointed and said "I was raised in the back of that old general store there." Then he looked over towards his great- grandfather's blacksmith shop. "And that's my grandmother's house over there and this house belonged to Belle Starr, the notorious woman outlaw, and was her birthplace. I added this log part on which is an exact replica of where she was killed.
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And 1 took two slave quarters and put them together to make that, so that dates back to the Civil War." He opened Red Oak II to the public in 1990. The rural Rockwell invited this visitor into his home, where he told how he met his wife Rose on a trip to the Philippines and described the decor as "Asian Hillbilly." He gestured towards a figurine of a dog he owned long ago named Hooker and said, "That's how I paid for the farm - I started to buy animals for the farm and 1 needed a dog. So 1went out to the dog pound and I said I want the ugliest dog ya got. .. one that you're gonna destroy. They brought out this little female and she had mange and blisters all over her and he said they were destroying this one that afternoon. I had to pay a dollar for her. She's been on 14 different limited edition figurines and several limited edition plates that sold about 100,00. So she paid for the farm." For many years, Red Oak II was nearly a real village. The general store was open and the cafe was operating. But the homes and most of the buildings at Red Oak II are now privately owned. The church is open for tours and visitors are welcome to drive through or walk around and see what Lowell created as long as they are courteous to the residents. "1 don't own anything out there anymore," Davis said, "Now 1just sit here and watch them mow, paint, and do the work. When 1 had it 1just sat on my lawnmower and cried trying to keep up with all this." He looked over towards a vintage Phillips 66 station that once stood on Route 66. When the owner was fixing up the neon, Davis observed, "There's no way 1 could do that." Davis is happy that people "bought in" at Red Oak II, a tourist attraction that keeps evolving. "There's a new man bought in the last five acres on the back side, the last five acres, and he has real trains, you know, small trains and they run on tracks and so we're putting up all that. There's about two miles of track and they will go across an iron bridge. He's got airplanes and fire trucks, big old ones with brass on them so he will be a real asset to Red Oak 11." Davis gave the Foxfire Farm to his daughter two decades ago but the place that gave him so much inspiration is now for sale.
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"She's married and they were taking care of it but they went through a divorce and now she can't keep up with it by herself and so she is selling it." Foxfire Farm includes several outbuildings, Lowell's old studio, and a big barn. Roosters crowed, ducks waddled around the vintage cars, and peacocks strutted like they owned the place as Davis asked "Wanna buy a farm?" Lowell doesn't paint anymore. "I gOt arthritis and all kinds of things. And it just went out of me, all my art just went Out of me. I did my thing.I'm going to leave it for the youngsters. I'm just going to it Out on my front porch and smoke my pipe and enjoy the day. I like to watch the world go on out there." Then he took another long puff on the pipe and the smell of tobacco wafted across the little corner of Red Oak II. It was magical .• :.
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BILLY WEILAND HOPES SOMEONE WILL PRESERVE THE PLACE WHERE HE SPENT A GOOD PORTION OF HIS LIFE. "IT'S A GEM" HE SAYS OF THE FAMILY'S FORMER MOTOR COU RT ON OLD ROUTE 66 AT TH E WEST EDGE OF SULLIVAN, MISSOURI. THE OLD SHAMROCK MOTEL IS NOTEWORTHY FOR ITS ROCK EXTERIOR, A STYLE KNOWN AS "GIRAFFE ROCK" THAT WAS ONCE COMMON IN THE MISSOURI OZARKS. SUCH BUILDINGS ARE INCREASINGLY RARE TODAY. THE MOTEL IS FOR SALE, BUT BILLY DOESN'T WANT TO SEE IT DEMOLISHED. "I SPENT ABOUT 30 YEARS OF MY LIFE HERE. I GREW UP HERE" HE SAYS.
-The Shamrock is a court-shaped structure constructed for Freeman Dodds in 1948. The stone exterior is a handmade work of art by Marion A. Berti, known as "Grandpa." Grandpa Berti came to America from Medina, Italy at the age of seven. He worked with nitroglycerin in the coal mines and married Adele Donati, who was also from Italy. The couple moved to Sullivan where Marion would work as a contractor and stone mason, building stone houses all around the area. At the Shamrock, Berti placed a beautiful signature stone sunburst between each door and window along the facade, Billy pointed to a sunburst near the office door that seemed to have a smiley face on it. He related that as a child, he "probably enlarged the eyes and mouth" with a knife or a rock. Sullivan's Story The original plat for the site shows most of it was subdivided Railroad contractor Stephen Sullivan and his wife, Dorcas, came into 38 lots by Miles C. O'Reilly and Virginia O'Reilly in 1946. to the Meramec Valley from South Carolina via Kentucky about They called the development Shamrock Village. The Shamrock 1800. Family legend says they came west with Daniel Boone. As the originally occupied about eight acres that had not been used for Southwestern Branch of the St. Louis and San Francisco (Frisco) homes. Railroad built vfest, Sullivan donated ground for the right of way On April 5, 1953, the St. Clair, Missouri Chronicle reported and he built the depot, which the railroad named in his honor. that John and Rose Weiland of Chicago had purchased the Another family tale says Stephen Sullivan was executed by Federal Shamrock from Freeman Dodds. The sale price was put at about troops because he manufactured gun powder for the Confederacy. $90,000. The Shamrock had ten units with tiled baths and gas While most travel after the Civil War was by rail, the Freemont heat, living quarters of five rooms and bath for the owner-operator Trail, later called the Springfield Road, ran through Sullivan. and utility rooms for the whole establishment. Missouri Route 14 was mapped out in 1922 and followed the Weiland said "My dad had been in the war and after the war he Springfield Road for the most part. The contract for the first section worked for a newspaper agency up in Chicago on the South Side, of paved highway through Sullivan was awarded on March 10, 1925 so perhaps that's why they wanted to move. They looked at several and was finished as of August 17, 1926, a few months before the places, including one in North Carolina and somehow settled route became US 66. on the Shamrock. That was about the time the four-lane went April 25, 1928, was an exciting day in Sullivan.The 73 runners in." Like many communities along Roure 66, the bulldozers and remaining in the Bunion Derby transcontinental footrace arrived cement mixers would change Sullivan forever. with local runner O.B. Harrison receiving a hero's welcome. He was
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second set of lanes was awarded on March 12, 1953, and the completed project was accepted on November 11, 1953. Business boomed out on the new highway with construction of the Grande Courts, a drive-in theater and Snell's Cafe, with its slogan ''Awful Good Food." The Sunrise Motel, the Hi-Lo Courts and the Sullivan Motel, all followed in rapid succession. The new route was called the "Million-Dollar Miracle Mile," the Gateway to Sullivan.
Shamrock Memories Until the exits were constructed for Interstate 44, the Shamrock was still easily accessible. According to Weiland, "They used to be able to cross over from the westbound lane through a median over to TO OUR GUESTS our side." Life there was interesting but Billy remembers it was a lot of hard work. "We had to help with chores as we got We constantly endeavor to keep our COURTin "tip older. My job was stripping the beds and top shape" so that you will th9't'oug,hly enjoy your vacuuming while my oldest brother got stay. To accomplish this we need your kind con- the job of cleaning the toilets. In the early sideration in your every act. Hence~ maywe years, they had a maid when there was urgently stress the importance of DISPOSING OF more activity but as the years went along, NAPKINSINTHECONTAINEprovideR d in this bathroom they knew it was a seasonal business. So for that-Purpose. Clogged sewers cause greatly my dad ended up getting different jobs increased operating costs, which would make in- and eventually went to work at the post office, where he retired. We met a lot of evitable an increase in room charges - this we interesting people." most earnestly want to avoid. Will .you please Weiland recalls baseball games and cooperate. It just requires that you leave this picnics with guests on a big lot that is bathroom in the condition in which you found it, now occupied by an excavating company. which wi11 be easy to do if you s+on and think be- However his most interesting memory of •fore you a.ct. ""hank you for yonr considel"9.ti on. the Shamrock involves a Shetland pony . • In 1962 or 63, a local clothing store called Dicky Bub Shop held a competition to win SHAMROCK C 0 URT a pony that they actually had in a stall in their shop as a promotion. The contestant who came up with the best name would take the pony home. Weiland says "My brother Guy used to driven to his mother's house for a home cooked meal. Speaking at the high school that do the cha-cha with his towel after he took night, Harrison said he had fainted twice during the race but hoped to "carry the banner a shower or bath and he came up with the of Sullivan to New York." He would end up 49th. The publicity from the Bunion Derby name Cha Cha Lee, as in Lee Jeans." Billy helped establish Route 66 in popular culture. suspects that several other people might Another set of lanes, only a portion of which actually were within the city limits, have been picked first but didn't want the opened on October 9, 1948. The impact on local businesses was stunning. Just five days pony. But the Shamrock at that time had later, the Sullivan News compared the new Highway 66 to the "destroying angel." The plenty of room. editor said Old Highway 66 through the town, now known simply as Springfield Avenue, Weiland tells the story, "When we was "a boulevard of broken dreams" of struggling or closed businesses. So far, no sign had got the call we had just gotten back from been erected on the new highway pointing the way into town. Chicago for a family funeral and mother Eventually, the new signs were erected and Sullivan prepared for completion of the dual didn't have anything to wear except the highway. The city limits were extended to include the new Route 66. The contract for the dress gown. So she was all dressed up when
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Billy hopes to preserve the old motel in some way shape or form "Because there are not toO many structures like it on Route 66 anymore. To me there's gOt to be some group, some entity out there that would love to see this preserved, if not putting it back as a working motel. Of course, money is always an issue.If you are a business person and you want to see the return it might take five or seven years. It's got to be a love for preserving the history of Route 66." John Weiland passed away in 2008 and his son says there has been some interest in the Shamrock since. "We did have an offer from our neighbor who has an
VINTAGE POSTCARDS SHAMROCK COURT U.. S. Hwy. 66 Sull,van, MiSSOUri she took Jay, Guy and myself" ~ to pick up their hirsute prize. They all posed proudly in a photo for the local paper. But the pony met a sad fate and that's where the story takes sort of a strange rum. Weiland continues "The pony ended up slipping in a creek back here and gOt water in his lungs. The vet couldn't do anything to help so they had to put it down. My mother wanted to remember the pony and decided to make it into something in remembrance, having it tanned and perhaps made into a jacket or a vest. Well they couldn't make it into a jacket or vest so basically we had a Shetland pony skin rug! We kept it for a long time, And so the Shamrock is still standing, excavating business bur we believe he wants bur not in the actual house!" bur Weiland admits it is a struggle. Vandals to tear it down and park equipment on the have broken into the building and he lot. At the last moment I decided I couldn't installed new security cameras this year. see that happening because it has been in A sign on the office door says to "Smile. our family for 66 years." With that, Billy 66 Years on 66 You're on camera." Weiland says he hasn't Weiland locked up the place and turned Interstate 44 at Sullivan was completed had any trouble since the cameras went up. towards home. He says, "I hope that's some in 1969 and the Shamrock lost its direct However, there are other big challenges. sort of good omen, 66 years on Route 66." .:. access to the highway. Competition The Shamrock will need a new roof. The increased as modern motels went up at the old stone fireplace remains in the residence, exit, almost two miles away. Bur Billy said but the floor has collapsed and buckled For more information on this historic that the Shamrock would still fill up often, badly where a crawl space collapsed. But property, call Billy Weiland at especially during the winter. His father Weiland says, "The roofline is still straight (573) 205-9722 or email him at converted the remaining eight motel rooms and everything else is good. It's just a gem [email protected]. into four efficiency apartments in 1980. I believe."
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With plenty of rooms we have one to fit your needs. Call 573.451.FORT III or visit www.FortWoodHotels.com today. HOTE L S·COM to find yours today. BY EHRHARDT PROPERTIES ,.- ST. JAMES, MISSOURI, IS KNOWN FOR VINEYARDS AND WINERIES, BUT TREES ARE ITS REAL CLAIM TO FAME. TIME MAGAZINE ONCE DESCRIBED THE "FOREST CITY OF THE OZARKS" AS THE MOST HANDSOMELY WOODED TOWN IN THE NATION. AFTER PROVI DI NG A SHADY CANOPY INTH ESUMMER, TH ECOLORFUL MISSOU RI SWEETGUMS AND OTHER FOLIAGE BLAZE WITH COLOR IN THE FALL. ST.JAMES IS THE COLORFUL GATEWAY TO THE OZARK SCENIC RIVERWAYS, THE MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST AND MARAMEC SPRING"PARK.IT ALSO BOASTS THE FIRST DIVIDED SECTION OF ROUTE 661N MISSOURI.
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cording to tradition, a primitive trail across the Big who had been stationed around St. James sent for their families. Prairie gained major importance after 1825, when a band In 1896, the State Federal Soldier's Home was established at the }Jf Shawnee Indians were traveling west to meet with the former William James Mansion by the Woman's Relief Fund and "Great White Father" in Washington, DC. The Shawnee camped the Grand Army of the Republic to care for aged veterans and their on land in Adams County,Ohio, owned by merchant Thomas families. The following year, it was sold to the state for $1. It is now James. James noticed their decorative reddish face paint and one of seven veterans homes operated by Missouri. realized the color came from hematite, or iron oxide. The primitive transportation infrastructure and discovery of On their way home, the band of Indians stopped again and other sources led to the closing of the iron works in 1876 and the invited James to come see the beauty of their valley with its gushing region diversified into agriculture, lumber and wine making. Prior waters and red tinted earth. James sent his business partner, Samuel to Prohibition, there were about 200 wineries around St. James Massey to visit the site and in 1826, James and Massey established and Rosati. Today's St. James Winery carries on the tradition and is the Maramec Spring Iron Works at a spring surging from beneath a billed as the fifth largest winery east of the Rocky Mountains. cliffand flowing into the Meramec River. (Note the different spellings). It would fall to a member of the James family, to preserve the Water power drove the machinery for the mines and iron works. beauty of the Maramec Spring area. Lucy Wortham James was born A company town was established that had a population of 500 on September 13, 1880, to Thomas and Octavia Bowles James. but no saloons and Thomas James's son William arrived at the Her grandfather was the aforementioned William James, the last iron works to run the operation in 1843. In 1859, anticipating manager of the iron works. Lucy's grandmother was the sister of the arrival of the line that became the St. Louis and San Francisco Robert G. Dun, who founded a mercantile reporting agency.After (Frisco) Railway, John Wood platted the community as Scioto, William James went bankrupt, Dun supported Lucy and his sister's named after the Ohio town where many of the settlers had lived. family. When Dun died, Lucy became the largest stockholder in the A year later, it was renamed to honor Thomas James. The James firm, Dun and Bradstreet. Family wanted to call it Jamestown, but the name was already in Lucy Wortham James used her fortune to acquire Maramec use, so it became Saint James. Spring and the surrounding land in 1920.She fought off plans for a The Maramec Spring Iron Works were busy during the Civil new highway and other development. War producing iron for cannonballs and for the ironclad gunships When she died in 1938, Lucy's will made provisions for the built by James B. Eads at Carondelet, on the Mississippi River preservation of Maramec Spring and the creation of the 1,800 acre south of St. Louis. After the war, many German Union volunteers park. She wrote, "As this is considered to be the most beautiful
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spot in Missouri, it is my great hope that you will arrange that it may ever be in private, Merama~ ?prings, Source of Meramac River, near Sf. lames, Moo, on U. S. Highwaf 66 .; considerate control, and ever open to the enjoyment of the people." Maramec Spring Park, privately owned by the James Foundation, opened in 1947 and may be best known as a Mecca for trout fishermen. The Missouri Department of Conservation hatchery here spawns over 100,000 trour each year and the stream is restocked every evening during the regular harvesting season, which runs from March 1 to October 1. Catch and release fishing is permitted during the winter.
The foundation established by Lucy Wortham James also funded many civic projects in St. James, including a library, the city park and pool, and the 1950s beautification effort that gave the town the nickname Forest City of the Ozarks. Another woman also made history in St. James about the time the road across Big Prairie was about to become a state highway. When Mayme Ousley was elected on April 5, 1921, she became the first female elected mayor in the State of Missouri. She won
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The new four-lane US 66 berween Stanton and St. James opened in 1953 and the bypass was completed in 1956. At the interchange, Finn's Motel is a landmark from late in the Route 66 era that inspired the name of a St. Louis indie band.The group Finn's Motel released rwo albums in 2018. The vintage sign is gone and the reviews of the budget priced motel are mixed. St. James is quiet today but offers much to do. Make sure to visit the downtown area, which recently underwent major infrastructure improvements and offers a mix of unique shops, restaurants and other businesses. The business district also hosts annual events like the Grape and Fall Festival Parade and Street Market, the Gumball Festival and the Christmas Parade. There are four wineries and a winery museum in the St. James viciniry or the family can take a dip at the Tiger Shark Water Park. Tacony Vacuum cleaners are made in St. James but the quirky Vacuum Museum has closed. For information, stop by the St. James Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Information Center off Interstate 44 at exit 195.• :.
by eight votes and said that opposition to a woman mayor only made her more determined. Mayme went to work obtaining electric lights and a water system for the town as well as cleaning up the filthy ciry hall. She served a rwo-year term then launched an unsuccessful bid for state senate. She returned to ciry hall in 1939 and won re-election in 1941. She won a fourth and final term in 1955 and really had to clean house. When some fired dry employees wouldn't quit, she just stopped signing their checks. Mayme Ousley died in 1970 and ciry hall is named in her honor. Route 66 through St. James was paved in August 1929 and included the first four-lane divided section in Missouri. A landowner named John Pace required the state to divide four blocks of Pace Boulevard, now West St. James Boulevard, as a condition for granting the right of way. Several businesses in town once oriented to the railroad relocated to the new highway. The image conscious ciry quickly paved the roads connecting the new route and the business district,
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The biggest LITTLE antique shop on Route 661 THE BRIGHTLY LIT SIGNS ALONG ROUTE 66 TEMPTED TRAVELERS TO STOP IN FOR AN ICY COLD FALSTAFF, STAG, GRIESEDIECK BROTHERS, PABST OR THE OLD STANDBY BUDWEISER. BUT THE BIG CORPORATE BREWS NOW HAVE COMPANY. THE CRAFT BEER INDUSTRY HAS SEEN METEORIC GROWTH OVER THE PAST DECADE, NEARLY DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF TOTAL US BREWERIES IN JUST THAT PAST FIVE YEARS FROM 3,800 TO 7,450, ACCORDI NG TO TH E BREWERS ASSOCIATION. ROUTE 66 ACROSS MISSOURI OFFERS PLENTY OF EXAMPLES.
• St.LOUiS is the North American home Hefeweizen,Stamm tisch Pilsner and was named one of 16 nationwide recipients of the biggest beer producer in the Oachkatzlschwoaf. Urban Chestnut earned of the Environmental Protection Agency's world, Anheuser-Busch InBev. But plaudits for combining European sryles WasteWise Award, winning the Small some of the best small breweries anywhere with American ingenuiry. For those looking Business category in 2018. Urban Chestnut are found in the shadows of the brewing ro make new friends on the road,Urban also operates a bar at the St. Louis Airport's behemoth on Pestalozzi Street. The up and Chestnut, has a communal beer hall. It offers Terminal 2 and a second location with a coming Grove neighborhood on Original some of the standout German brews in beer garden downtown. Route 66, Manchester Road, is a hot bed the area such as Dunkels, Zwickel Lagers, Schlafly is the largest and probably for craft brews. Berliner Weisse Bocks and Schnickelfritz. the best known of the locally owned Three St. Louis-area craft breweries Urban Chestnut has also been recognized independent craft breweries in the St. Louis recently were recognized as among the best for being environmentally conscious. The area. It also kicked off the craft beer of the decade by Paste Magazine, rated on brewery is a certified zero waste faciliry and revolution, opening in 1991 in the old "beer game" strength, currently as well as through the decade; consistency; areas of innovation; and importance ro their local beer communiry or larger craft beer sphere. The local brewery that ranked highest on the list of 50 is Side Project Brewing, coming in at number seven. The brewery at 7428 Manchester was praised for the "depth of flavor" of its Saison du Ble, Fuzzy and Biere du Pays beers, and Paste called its releases"captivating." Perennial Artisan Ales, 8125 Michigan, came in at number 30 on the Paste list. The writer said, Perennial was perhaps the "most balanced and consistent" of the "promising young breweries." Urban Chestnut Brewing Company, 4465 Manchester, also rated a mention on the best breweries list, notching the #27 ranking. The author praised its Schnickelfritz
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Boone's Lick Road of pioneer days. The historic Soulard Neighborhood south of downtown is just a few blocks from Anheuser-Busch-In Bev, and Civil Life is tucked among the beautiful renovated houses and narrow streets. Most folks will opt for the Ciry Wide pale ale and pilsner, which are grear. But there is also a, "peanut butter chocolate milk stout" called Absence of Light, and the Divided Sky rye IPA. The menu at Civil Life features items from two award-winning local restaurants and the beer prices are very reasonable. Hirting the highway west, travelers should be ready for a break by the time Swift Printing Company Building at 21" It's no stretch to say the Ferguson Brewing they reach Sr. James, where the Public and Locust. The SchlaAyTap Room and Company in the historic downrown is the House Brewing Company's second location Brew Pub was the first new brew pub in St. best brew pub in the area. It offers eight is right next door to its parmer, the Sr. Louis since Prohibition. The old building selections year-round and some seasonal James Winery.The St. James location and surrounding area was previously in such brews. The Sr. Louis Pale Ale and Pecan (551 Route B) includes an adjoining bad shape that it served as a post-apocalyptic Brown Ale are both rop notch, and so is taproom with seating for 175 indoors and a Manhattan in the movie Escapefrom New the food. beautiful outdoor beer garden that features York, which also filmed on the old Chain of A side trip to Missouri's firsr state Public House beers on tap, Sr. James Rocks Bridge. The Tap Room offers five capirol offers a chance to try the offerings at Winery wines, and a full menu. pet-friendly tables outdoors. Trailhead Brewery near the end of Historic The original Public House Brewing In 2003, Schlafly opened the Bortleworks Main Street in Sr. Charles.In addition to Company location is at 600 North Rolla in what had been an abandoned supermarket a big food menu, In-house beers include Street, just few blocks from Missouri at 7620 Southwest, a block off Manchester. Trailblazer Blond Ale, Trailhead Red Amber Universiry of Science and Technology. Also recognized for susrainabiliry, the most Ale, Missouri Brown Dark Ale, Riverboat Long time friends Josh & Beth Stacy popular offerings here include the Pale Ale, Raspberry Flavored Beer, Old Courthouse and Josh &Trisha Goodridge opened Kolsch Ale, Oatmeal Stout, Hefewizen Ale, Stout, and Brewer's Selection Seasonal Rolla's first brew pub in 2010 and it was White Lager and India Pale Ale.Schlafly Beer. 111ebuilding at 921 South Riverside a hit right off the bar. Revelation Stout is is also known for its seasonal brews such is a refurbished old Grist Mill next to the probably the best known of the offerings as Pumpkin Ale, Oktoberfest and Summer Lager. The Borrleworks also hosts a weekly farmers market, routed as the largest in the area and offering live music. Also very close to original 66, just across the busy railroad tracks along Manchester, is the Second Shift Brewery, 1601 Sublette in the Italian neighborhood known as the Hill. Originally located in New Haven, Missouri, Second Shift moved to its new faciliry in 2016. The place has a spacious taproom and a bit of a sense of humor served up with the suds. Some of its offerings include the Art of Neurosis IPA, Kary Brett saison, and Liquid Spiritual Delight (LSD) imperial stout. Or, try the beers "that make your liver beg for mercy" like Brew Cocky and Cat Spit Stout. This particular local's favorite is at 418 Sourh Florissant Road just south of the Route 66 alignment in North Sr. Louis Counry and will change any perception one might have had about Ferguson, Missouri.
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many more out there. The most recent Brewers Association economic impact data found that Missouri ranks 20th in the country for the number of craft breweries. Additionally, the craft beer industry provides 9,867 jobs for Missourians, paying an average wage of $40,347. Missouri craft
at both locations. Cabra Loca Espresso Milk Stout has a kick provided by cayenne pepper and Rod's Cream Ale is named for the founder of the St. James location and made with flaked maize. In downtown Waynesville, Hopper's Pub on Route 66 offers 66 beers on tap, including an exclusive draft beer, Frog Drool IPA. It is brewed by the Piney Brewing Company, located in the middle of nowhere near Bucyrus and rwo miles off the paved road. American Dark Wheat is 'another favorite from Piney River. In Springfield, competition is fierce in the brewery district downtown. Lost Signal Brewing Company, the Springfield Brew since 1997 and played a crucial role in brewers produced 367,871 barrels of beer Company and Mother's Brewing Company revitalizing the area. It is a very large place, in 2018 and have an economic impact are all within a couple of blocks. with dining areas on both floors and a of more than $1.2 billion. As of2019, Lost Signal Brewing Company is at patio that welcomes pets. The website there were 112 craft breweries operating 610 West College Street, Route 66, just boasts that the Mayhem Marzen is an in Missouri. So, even if we stray from the west of the square. The old radio tower award winner. The Wall Street Wheat is Mother Road, there is bound to be another above the former KICK radio station also very popular. innovative craft brewery within just a few building serves as a beacon for beer and We were only able to mention a few miles. Enjoy responsibly and drive safely on barbeque lovers. Lost Signal specializes in craft brew favorites here, but there are your trip. Prost! .:. Texassryle barbecue along with its craft beers, including pale ale, English brown ale, Irish red ale and a smoked pecan porter.They all go really well with the cornbread! Mother's Brewing Company opened in 2011 in the former Butternut Bread Factory at 215 South Grant Avenue. With 21 beers on tap, Mother's year round offerings include an American IPA, a brown lager, an American lager and also pale ale. Seasonal offerings a Marzen lager for Oktoberfest and a tropical IPA and orange wheat when the weather warms up. They don't serve food but there seems to be no shortage of food trucks around. Springfield Brewing Company, 305 South Market Avenue, has been in business , ~ AUTHENTIC ROUTE ~ NOSTALGIA Mikel Garrett, Agent When you combine your 16437 Village Plaza View Dr home and auto insufance, BEAUTIFUL LAKE LOU YAEGER Wildwood, MO 63011 good things happen - like CHARMING DOWNTOWN Bus: 636-458-5055 300 ROOMS· 30+ RESTAURANTS www.rrukelgarrett.corn saving time and money, Just another way I'm here to help life go right', CALL ME TODAY, AState Farm®
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• Annie Mouse Books - Greenville, PA •Keith Marlin - Marshfield, MO • Bi-State Binders - St. Louis, MO •David Newman - Lincoln, IL • Steve Blackmore - Dardenne Prairie, MO •Nancy Orner - Pacific, MO • Ron & Joy Boggs - Joplin, MO • Larry & Debbie Petrowske - Belleville, IL • Terry Everett & Sandra File - Pocahontas, IL •Rockwood Motor Court - Springfield, MO • Stephen Faller - Arnold, MO •John D. Saunders - Republic, MO • • Chris Fortner - Springfield, MO • Norman Stewart - Nixa, MO • Gallery 66 - Villa Ridge, M 0 • The UPS Store #2459 - Springfield, MO • Bob & Bonnie Kirschnik - Herculaneum,MO •Joel Watters - Painesville, OH • Herbert Kopff - St. Louis, MO • Alan G. Winston - St. Peters, MO • Wayne & Ruth Kuethe - Cuba, MO • Blaine Word - St. Louis, MO • Laura Ingalls Wilder Home - Mansfield, MO • Zak's, LLC - St. Clair, MO
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EAGLEVILLE, MO www.countrycaboose.com BELMONT VINEYARDS & BISTRO A Destination Winery on Route 66 - EAGLEVILLE WELCOME CENTER FRED & RED'S Call (573) 885-7156 Enjoy the show - Learn more at VisitMO.com "Famous Since 1923" 1719Main Street - (417) 781-5341 ONONDAGA CAVE STATE PARK GRANNY SHAFFER'S FAMILY RESTAURANT www.mostateparks.com - www.onondagafriends.org ELLISVILLE, MO "Tastes Homemade Cause It Is!" 272B N. Rangeline RIO GRANDE U.S.A. BOOT - JEAN SCHAEFER AUTOBODY CENTERS JOPLIN CONVENTION Known for Low Prices - 1-44 Exit 214 East of Mobil Auto Collision Repair, Refinishing, and Detailing AND VISITORS BUREAU Call (573) 732-5656 visitjoplinmo.com SKIPPY'S ROUTE 661NN EUREKA, MO JOPLIN MUSEUM COMPLEX "Good Food for Good People" CHEROKEE CHIEF TRADING POST A Missouri Ultimate 100 Destination Antiques, Collectibles, & Mannequins JOPLIN PETRO TRUCK STOP LEBANON,MO HOLIDAY INN AT SIX FLAGS The Perfect Spot to Refuel, Refresh and Relax BOB RUSSELLAUTO, INC. Adiacent to Six Flags on Historic Route 66 Oldest Auto Body Collision Repair Center 00-44 Exit 261 JOPLIN TRANSMISSION & AUTO CENTER "Get Your Auto Fixed on Route 66" (417) 626-7300 in Laclede County Since 1961 - Call (417) 532-6335 ROUTE 66 STATE PARK & VISITOR CENTER JOPLIN WELCOME CENTER BUCKLES BOBBINSAND BOLTS LLC On Historic Highway - Route 66 Museum I Gift Shop Enjoy the show on Route 66 - VisitMO.com On Historic Route 66 ... Sew Something Amazing! Call (417) 650-5043 FANNING,MO LOCAL COLOR ART GALLERY & STUDIO ONROUTE 66 CHARLIE'S FARMS & GARDENS FANNING 66 OUTPOST ...where goodness grows for taste. May thru October. MAKAYLA GRACE DESIGNS "Home of the World's Largest Rocker on Historic CITYOF LEBANON Route 66!" MURPHYSBURG RESIDENTIAL HISTORIC Friendly People. Friendly Place. - www.febanonmo.org DISTRICT A Place of Prestigious & Elegant Addresses DOWD'S CATFISH & BARBEQUE FENTON,MO Serving "Award Winninl1 Catfish and BBQ" MOTOEXOTICA CLASSIC CARS LLC RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTTJOPLIN on Route 66 - Call (417) 532-1777 Classic & Exotic Car Dealer - 200+ Classic Cars All Suites with all the Comforts in Stock - Call (636) 600-4600 www.marriott.comljlnri - Call (417) 782-0908 HEARTLAND ANTIQUE MALL "Antiques, Collectibles & More - 40.{000 sq. ft of SIGN DESIGNS Booths Galore!" - Call (417) 532-9.:150 FLORISSANT, MO Your Custom Sign Shop on Route 66 - (417) 624-8688 JOKER WELDING & FABRICATION LLC FLORISSANT OLD TOWN PARTNERS, INC STOGEY'S CONEY ISLAND If I Can't Build It, You Don't Need It! www.porissantoldtown.com - Call (314) 837-0033 Established 1983 - 2 Blocks West of Rangeline Call (417) 664-0535 on Route 66! JONESY'S ANTIQUES GAY PARITA, MO TOWNEPLACE SUITES BY The Collector's Choice! Open 7 Days a Week! MARRIOTT JOPLIN , GARY'S GAY PAR ITA Comfortable Suites at a Great Value! . LEBANON AREA Travelin'Main Street USA - The Dream of My Life - www.marriott.comljlnts - Call (417) 659-8111 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE An Adventure Through Time & History TRANSPORT DISTRIBUTION CO. (TDC) LINDSAY CHEVROLET / LINDSAY FORD Truckin' on 66 - www.gotdc.com "Where The Trucks Are" on Route 66! - (417) 532-3114 HALLTOWN, MO TRUK GUTS UPHOLSTERY MUNGER MOSS MOTEL LAURAJEAN DERRICK ARCHITECT Your Home Away From Home Preservation I Renovation I Consultation WILDER'S STEAKHOUSE www.mungermoss.com Call (417) B63-1530 "Famousfor Good Things to Eat & Drink Since 1928" Call (417 623-7320 OWEN SANDBLASTING LLC HANNIBAL, MO ROUTE 66 MUSEUM & RESEARCH CENTER KANSAS CITY, MO Let Us Display Your Route 66 Collection! HANNIBAL WELCOME CENTER Enjoy the show - Learn more at VisitMO.com KANSAS CITY WELCOME CENTER SHEPHERD HILLS FACTORY OUTLETS Enjoy the show - Learn more at VisitMO.com On Rt. 66 Since 1960 - www.shephills.com HAYTI,MO SLIM CHICKENs KIRKWOOD, MO "Life Changing Chicken" - On Historic Route 66 at HAYTI WELCOME CENTER 1941 W. Elm Enjoy the show - Learn more at VisitMO.com BEST WESTERN KIRKWOOD INN Best Rest West of the Arch - 2 Blocks from Doc's
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Handcrafted at Lake of the Ozarks - &VISITOR CENTER www.whirlwindranch.com Tours Every Saturday - ozarkdistillery.com "Engineered for the Road" - www.visitrolla.com WILLARD QUARRIES, INC. ROBIN'SRESORT ROUTE 66 MOTORS "You Call We Haul" - Call (417) 532-2728 www.robinsresort.net - Call (573) 348-2275 Classic Cars and Used Cars - Call (573) 265-5200 I YOUNG SIGNS SIGN DIMENSIONS LLC "Your Full Service Sign Company" Est. 1988 - PACIFIC,MO Let us h~/p YOU g~t noticed! - Call (573) 368-3600 Call (417) 718-5163 - www,s'gnd,mens,ons.net BEACONCAR & PET WASH See our vintage "BEACON" Neon Sign from the THE MULE TOBACCO BARN MANCHESTER, MO former Beacon Motel! Let the Giant Sterling Hillbilly Wave You In! CLASSIC THUNDERBIRD CLUB OF ST. LOUIS CITY OF PACIFIC THEMULE TRADING POST Dedicated to the Classic Thunderbird 1955-1957 Est. 1859 - www.pacificmissouri.com Route 66 Items, Antiques, Collectibles, Knives & Swords, Southwest Pottery - (573) 364-4711 DAVE SINCLAIR MANSFIELD, MO CHRYSLER-DODGE-JEEP-RAM TOTEM POLE TRADING POST, INC. "If it's not right, we'll make it right" Antiques, Souvenirs, C-Store "Since 1933" LAURA INGALLS WILDER HOME Call (636) 271-4055 ST. CHARLES, MO MAGIFOUNDATION MAPLEWOOD, MO FAST LANE CLASSICCARS PACIFIC AREACHAMBER OF COMMERCE "We Sell Investments That Accelerate" PARAMOUNT JEWELERS www.pacificchamber.com "See our Landmark Neon Sign Since 1946" NEON TIME RONSANSONE CONSTRUCTION, INC. THE BOOKHOUSE - ST. LOUIS Custom Neon & Vintage Sign Restoration Historical Restoration in Brick, Concrete & Stone - Call (636) 940-7070 Call (636) 271-4844 MARLBOROUGH, MO ROUTE 66 REALTORS ST. CLAIR, MO WAYSIDE MOTEL www.route66realtors.com - Call (636) 271-6660 Clean & Comfortable Small Motel on Route 66 BUDGET LODGING "A Touch of Class For Less" - Call (636) 629-1000 • PHILLIPSBURG, MO MARSHFIELD, MO CITYOF ST. CLAIR HAPPY TRAILSRV CENTER Established 1843 - "We're Open For Business!" BLACKBERRY CREEK RETREAT / Full Service RV Dealer - Sales - Service - Rental BED& BREAKFAST 1 (800) 743-6065 DANA'S SHAVED ICE AND ICE CREAM "Nature's Beauty with Country Charm" Do Yourself a Flavor! HAPPY TRAILS RV PARK GRILLO'SCAFE Full Service RV Park on Route 66 at Exit 123 off 1-44. HENDERSON'S ANTIQUES Breakfast Served All Day - Call (417) 859-7929 Architectural Artifacts for Home and Garden - HISTORIC ROUTE 66 ANTIQUE MALL Call (314) 795-2612 HIDDEN WATERS NATURE PARK Antiques, Rt. 66 Memorabilia & More! 10 Beautiful Acres with 1853 Callaway Cabin, 1-44 Exit 123 LEWIS CAFE Walking trails, Water Features & Gardens Home Cooked Meals - Thanks for 78 Years! MARSHFIELD AREA CHAMBER OF RICHLAND, MO OLD BUSSTOP COFFEE SHOP COMMERCE & TOURIST INFO CTR AND ART GALLERY LARRY'SSERVICE Your Gathering Place to Stop and Relax on Route 66! www.marshfieldmochamberofcommerce.com A-Blast-from-the-Past! Call (417) 859-3925 ROUTE 66 CAR CLUB MYERS AFFORDABLE PLUMBING Father's Day Car Show - Call (636) 629-5445 RV EXPRESS 66, LLC Prompt and Professional Service. "Get Kicks on Route 66, Get Rest at RV Express 66!" ST. CLAIR HISTORICAL MUSEUM SWAN SONG INN ROCK HILL, MO VFW POST 2482 Your Destinatio~ for Relaxation - Call (417) 859-0140 On Route 66 in the former art deco inspired www.swansong.nn.com CITY OF ROCK HILL Skylark Motel! www.rockhillmo.com WEBSTER COUNTY HISTORICAL ZAK'S 66 SOCIETY & MUSEUM TRAINWRECKSALOON Mon.-Sat. 1-4 p.m. April thru December. On Facebook - Call (417) 468-7407 ST. JAMES, MO ROCK PORT, MO GREENSTAY HOTEL & SUITES MILLER,MO ROCK PORT WELCOME CENTER Stay green and friendly Enjoy the show - Learn more at VisitMO.com HANGARKAFE ATKINGSLEY FIELD JOHNNIE'S ON ROUTE 66 'Flyin''Farmin' and 'Feedin' - Hangar Kafe Watch for Stag Neon Sign - Coldest Beer on ROGERSVILLE, MO is What Your 'Needin' Route 66 Since 1952! LAST CHANCE GARAGE WILDCOW EMPORIUM MURDON CONCRETE PRODUCTS Antiques, Primitives & More! On Route 66 just west Look for our Dripping Faucet Neon Sign! of Spencer - Call (417) 818-0839 ROLLA,MO PUBLIC HOUSE BREWING COMPANY ALEX'S PIZZA PALACE "A Friend, a Pint, a Session" - Call (573) 261-3333 OSAGE BEACH, MO 50 (573) 364-2669 Best Pizza for over Years! Call SPURGEON'S "66" SERVICE ECONO LODGEINN & SUITES- CITY OF ROLLA "66" Station on Route 66 Since 1961 LAKE OF THE OZARKS "The Middle of Everywhere" - www.rollacity.org Guaranteed Clean Rooms - Call (573) 348-1781
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ST.JAMESCHAMBEROF COMMERCE T.FA THE FUTURE ANTIQUES DR. MICHAELJ. CLARKE & TOURIST CENTER The Leading Mid Century Dealer in the St. Louis Area HISTORY MUSEUM OF OZARKS SCOUTING Visit www.stjameschamber.net or Coli (573) 265-6649 Archiving SW Missouri Boy Scouting Heritage WHITESITT KARGUS STUDIO Coli (417) 883-1636, ST.JAMES WINERY "Route 66 Splendor - An Adult Coloring Book" Locally Mode. Notionally Awarded. Since 1970. by Io Ann Kargus - www.joannkargus.com ESLICK ENTERPRISES Call (573) 265-7912 (314) 277-8099 David J. Eslick, Photographer - Call (417) 889-9332 ST. ROBERT, MO FAIRFIELD INN & SUITES BY MARRIOTT- ST. LOUIS, MO SPRINGFIELD NORTH BAYMONT INN & SUITES I Located at the Route 66 Intersection of Glenstone A-1 SIGN COMPANY ST.ROBERT-FT. LEONARDWOOD &Kearney - Call (417) 833-9599 Signs of 1'-11Kinds - CollI (800) 526-2218 Hometown Hospitality at its Best www.afs/gnco.com FIREWORKS SUPERMARKETS CITYOF ST. ROBERT Visit our locations in Springfreld & Gray Summit - AAAAUTOCLUB OFMISSOURI "Come Grow With Us" - www.saintrobert.com Open All Year! We're Always With You COMFORT INN GREAT RIVER ENGINEERING AUTO EVALUATORS, INC. Unique Rustic Lodge - Call (573) 336-3553 OF SPRINGFIELD, INC. ForAll Your Automotive Needs - Call (314) 968-2992 FAIRFIELD INN www.greatrivereng.com (573) BLUEBERRY HILL- Making Business Comfortable! - Call 336-8600 HISTORY MUSEUMON THE SQUARE RESTAURANT & MUSICCLUB FIRST STATE BANK, ST. ROBERT "Where History Comes Alive on Route 66" www.BlueberryHill.com Together We Are Making Progress Open 7 Days 11a.m. - Wowee!!! HOTEL VANDIVORT HAMPTON INN Upscale Boutigue Hotel in Downtown Springfreld - CHUCK-A-BURGER Hot 'On The House' Breakfast - Call (573) 336-3355 Call (417) 832-1515 DRIVE-INRESTAURANT Cruisin' Capitol of the Midwest since 1957 PULASKI COUNTYROUTE 66 HURTS DONUT COMPANY PRESERVATION CREVE COEUR PAVING Route 66 Neon Park Planned for St. Robert - KIRK WHEELER AUTOMOTIVE INC. Our Reputation Rides On Our Service Route66Preservation.org whee/erauto.com - "Your Work Truck bealer" www.CcpSt/.com Call (417) 886-2886 PULASKI COUNTYTOURISM BUREAU DEDICATED CAR CLUB & VISITORS CENTER KUM & GO #0466 Visit us at: www.dedicatedcarclub.com "33 Miles of Original Route 66"- On Historic Route 66 at 2506 W. College - www.pu/askicountyusa.com (417) 864-5655 - "Where & means more. DENTDEVIL of St. Louis Join &Rewards at kumandgo.com" Pointless Dent Removal www.dentdevil.com SWEETWATER BAR-B-QUE Call (636) 230-7900 "A taste of the Ozarks" At 1-44 & Exit 163, KUM & GO #0470 Open Daily On Bypass Route 66 at 1605 E. Kearney - DIRECTIONS SAINT LOUIS, LLC (417) 862-9549 - & more. URANUS INC. "Where means St. Louis' Premier Tour Company - Join &Rewards at kumandgo.com" offering Day Trips and Tours from St. Louis! KUM & GO #0556 • DONUT DRIVE-IN SALEM,MO On Historic Route 66 at 1550 N. Glenstone - Best Hand-cut Donuts in St. Louis on Route 66! GODI'S EXCAVATING, LLC (417) 866-6342 - "Where & means more. EAT-RITE DINER Join &Rewards at kumandgo.com" Eat-Rite or Don't Eat At All SHREWSBURY, MO KUM & GO #0560 HOWLlN' WOLFHOTRODS On Bypass Route 66 at 215 S. Kansas Expressway - "Old School Hot Rods Done Right" CITYOF SHREWSBURY "A Proud Part of Historic Route 66" (417) 866-3049 - "Where & means more. J. 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Join &Rewards at kumandgo.com" Celebrating the Passion, Life, and Legacy BIG RED CUP CARS of Dave Mungenast, Sr. - Call (314) 481-1291 Classic American Muscle Cars - Call (417) 865-1735 KUM & GO #1470 www.BigRedCupCars.com NATIONAL MUSEUM OFTRANSPORTATION Coming Soon! On Historic Route 66 at Intersection Visit our Coral Court Motel exhibit BUD'S TIRE & WHEEL CO. ' of Glenstone and Kearney - "Where & means by the day or by the hour! Selling Tires & Wheels Over 50 Years on Route 66 more. Join &Rewards at kumandgo.com" PEACOCK LOOP DINER CITYOF SPRINGFIELD LOST SIGNAL BREWING Open 8:00 AM 'til Late Night! Animated Neon Sign! Department of Planning & Development Croft Beer & BBQ on Route 66 at 610 W. College - www.PeacockLoopDiner.com Ca7/ (417) 864-1037 Cal (417) 869-4755 CHEROKEE FIREARMS INDOOR ROUTE 66 CORVETTE CLUB LOVELAND'SA-OK TRANSMISSION SHOOTING RANGE COMPANY ROUTE 66 ST. LOUIS Full Gun Shop with Gun Rentals See Us for Your Auto Needs! - Call (417) 865-8248 Route 66 St. Louis Books & Unique Handmade Call (417) 868-8083 Items - route66stlouis.com MEXICAN VILLA EL TACO COLLEGIATE AWARDS On Route 66 at 316 W. Kearney - ST.LOUISWELCOME CENTER Custom Wine Bottles, Gifts and Awards See our Vintage Neon Sign! Enjoy the show on Route 66 - VisitMO.com Call (417) 873-9280 MIKES UNIQUE -COLLECTABLE & SOUTHWEST MARKET CUISINE DANNY'S SERVICE CENTER ANTIQUE FLEA MARKET "Sandwiches Our Specialty" Look for our original Neon Sign 40,000 Sq. Ft. of Retro-Vintage-Antiques just off at West Bypass & W. Division! Route 66 at Sunshine & West Bypass TED DREWES "It Really is Good, Guys ... and Gals!" DECKARD & SONSTREE SERVICE MISSOURI NEON COMPANY Since 1934 - Custom Signs, Billboards Digital Displays - Coli 1(800) 788-1778
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MITCHEM TIRE & WHEEL SPRINGFIELD/ROUTE 66 KOA SULLIVAN AREA Selling Quality Tires on Route 66 Since 1939 Great Camping on Route 66 Since 1972! CHAMBER OF COMMERCE "Spend The Night or a Lifetime" MOTHER ROAD ANTIQUES& UNIQUES SPRINGFIELD SIGN www.sullivanmochamber.com Visit the "BIGGEST" Little Antique Shop on Route 66! Building Images that Build Business Since 1986 - 10 a.m. -4 p.m. Apr I-Oct 1; Winter by chance/appt. (800) 845-9927 Call (417) 861-9917 SUNRISE BEACH, MO STEAK 'N SHAKE MOTHER ROAD MOTORCYCLES Famous For Steakburgers & Route 66! BILL MANION ART & DESIGN Late Model, Low Mileage Motorcycfes Award Winning Art & Custom Design www.WeBuyHarleys.com STONE EFFECTS Architectural & Garden Elements by Design - NEON NIGHTS INC. Call (417) 840-3606 SUNSET HILLS, MO Quality Wholesale Neon on Route 66 - THE OLD GLASS PLACE CITY OF SUNSET HILLS Call (417) 863-6366 A Special Event Place - Call (417) 501-8035 www.sunset-hills.com OASIS HOTEL & CONVENTION CENTER THEUPS STORE #2459 HOLIDAY INN ST. LOUIS SW - ROUTE 66 For business and pleasure Newly Remodeled - At intersection of Watson Rd. TWIf-JMOTORCYCLE & TATTOO & Lindbergh Blvd. OLSSON Home of the Route 66 Tattoo Adding purpose to every project we engineer and desIgn - www.olsson.com UKE 66 UNION,MO O'REILLY AUTO PARTS UNIVERSITY PLAZA HOTEL HUXEL'S AUTO REPAIR Visit www.oreillyauto.com AND CONVENTION CENTER Used Parts for Old Cars 1940 to 1980 Full-Service Convention Facility on Route 66 OZARKS PUBLIC TELEVISION INDIANHARVESTTRADE KOZK-Springfield / KOZJ-Joplin WAVERLY HOUSE GIFTS & GALLERY On Route 66 - www.indianharvesttrade.com Visit us at www.optv.org Fine Art and Fine Craft Gallery - www.waverlyhouse.com ROUTE 66 GREAT AMERICAN OZARKS TECHNICAL FLEA MARKET COMMUNITY COLLEGE WILSON'S CHUCKWAGON Open Saturdays & Sundays - Transportation Technology Department Burgers & BBQ on Route 66 at 1820 W. Kearney On Route 66 at Junction 1-44 & US 50 Call (417) 862-1101 QCMOTO Located at Exit 84 on 1-44 and Historic Route 66 - VILLA RIDGE, MO Call (417) 862-4343 STANTON,MO GALLERY 66 R&S MEMORIAL DECORATIONS MERAMEC CAVERNS "Where the Unique & Unusual Meet the Road" - Making Memorial Decorations Since 1959 Open Everyday! Oldest Stop on Route 66 Call (636) 451-6600 Call (417) 732-6263 SUNSET MOTEL REDNECK NUTZ STRAFFORD, MO A Vintage Neon Night Scene along Historic Route 66 Seasoned Nuts Made on Route 66. Find us in stores or online at www.rednecknutz.com AUSTIN'S PUMPING SERVICE "Service is not a Department, it's an Attitude" WALNUT GROVE, MO RED'S GIANT HAMBURG Call (417) 987-9914 7C'S WINERY RESTHAVEN COURT BUSHMASTERS ROCKIN RACE PLACE Fine Wine & Mead in a Country Setting & HOT ROD MUSEUM REX SMITH OIL COMPANY Located ot MM #94 on 1-44 - The Place to Drink, Family Owned & Operated on Eat BBQ, Sniff Nitro. Live Nitro/Jet Dragster WASHINGTON, MO Bypass Route 66 Since 1933 Start-Ups on 'Saturdays IRON SPIKE MODEL TRAIN MUSEUM RJ'S ROUTE 66 CHESTNUT PLAZA Located at Hwy 100 & High Street - (636) 667-3380 66 Route Collectibles Made in the USA At Corner of 1-44 and State Highway 125 www./ronSpike.org by Photographer Judy Walker - www.rjsroute66.com CITY OF STRAFFORD ROCKWOOD MOTOR COURT The Best Small Town on Main Street USA - WAYNESVILLE, MO "Serving Route 66 Travelers Since 1929" - Route 66 www.rockwoodcourt.com ALLSAFE SELF STORAGE JOE'S ROUTE 66 DINER Home-Business-Auto Climate Controlled Units - ROUTE 66 CAR MUSEUM Fresh-to-Order, Hand-Breaded Pork Tenderloin, Call (573) 774-3800 Classic & Sports Cars - 1634 W. College St - Onion Rings, and Hand-Cut Fries! Open Seven Days per Week CAVE STATE CRUISERS CAR CLUB PAPAW'S KOOKIES & KREAM ICE CREAM Car Show the Weekend After Father's Day ROUTE 66 HOT DOGS PARLOR Call (573) 435-9297 www.route66hotdogs.com STRAFFORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CITY OF WAYNESVILLE ROUTE 66 MISSOURI TOURS Call (417) 894-7653 for Information on "On the Banks of the Roaring Roubidoux" Step-on Guides for Motorcoach Tours - on Historic Route 66! Call (417) 343-1567 STRAFFORD BRANCH LIBRARY Cruise down Route 66 to the GETYOUR PICSONROUTE 66 WITH PICS SPRINGFIELDAREA Strafford Branch Library! BY JAX LLC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Historical Tours & Professional Photography Everywhere Should Be Like This - Call (417) 862-5567 THE CUTTING ROOM Give your hair a "Kick" on Route 66!! ECLECTIC ORIGINALS SPRINGFIELD-GREENE COUNTY "An Ozark Gift Boutique" LIBRARY CENTER SULLIVAN, MO HOPPERS PUB Drive Here to Research Route 66 and More! 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(THEN) Looking east on Route 66 at St. James in 1935, the building at left was constructed as a cigar plant and then became Bremmer's Market. At right is a Shell service station that was operated by three generations of the Hamilton Family.
Charles Bremmer is said to have walked away from his market after it was struck repeatedly by vehicles, including a Greyhound Bus and a fire truck on the way to a blaze. The last straw was reportedly a truck loaded with green beans that nearly killed Charles. The former market housed a couple of other businesses and then was demolished in the 1960s for a gas station. Pulaski Bank is on the right, located on a site that was once a garage. Johnnie's Bar is just out of the picture to the right.
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Along Historic Rt 66 is a popular landmark stop E S T,"m"'; 9 0 2 for any enthusiast, tourist, or local Ozark resident. In 1972, Shepherd Hills Factory Outlets started out BUCK· as an outlet for locally made walnut bowls. Since then, it has grown from a small gift shop in KNIVES Lebanon, MO to having 4 locations throughout WOSTHOF Missouri and Kentucky. In addition, Shepherd Hills Cutlery offers exclusive Shepherd Hills Cutlery Case XX pocket knives, which can be found in stores and online at www.CaseXX.com. ~ Whether you're looking for that perfect gift for C~ICACO CUTLERY someone special or something to treat yourself, Shepherd Hills has a great selection. From cookware to home decor to jewelry to kitchen and pocket knives, there's something for everyone at Shepherd Hills Factory Outlets.
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