Missouri Ozarks Borderlanders

Values – Borderlanders

1. 1. War-ravaged borderland perseverance
   2. Personal sovereignty
   3. Individual liberty
   4. Intensely suspicious of aristocrats
   5. Intensely suspicious of social engineers

5.1 Stanton

• 1. Pacific – Opera House of Pacific & Bigfoot Plaza
  2. Gray Summit – Gardenway Motel Sign
  3. Villa Ridge – Old Tri-County Truck Stop & Old Sunset Motel
  4. Saint Clair – Lewis Cafe
  5. Stanton – Meramec Caverns & Jesse James Museum
  6. Sullivan – Shamrock Court Motel
  7. Bourbon – Circle Inn Malt Shop & Bourbon Hotel
  8. Leasburg – Onondaga Cave State Park: Onondaga Cave & Cathedral Cave

5.2 Cuba & Fanning

• • Cuba – Mural City (population: 3,000)
    1. Wagon Wheel Motel
    2. Phillips 66 Station
    3. Civil War Murals
    4. Gold Star Boys & the “Blue Bonnet” Mural
    5. Amelia Earhart Mural
    6. Prosperity Corner Mural
    7. Bob’s Gasoline Alley
  • Fanning
    1. World’s Second Largest Rocking Chair

5.3 Rolla & Devils Elbow

• • Rolla (population: 20,000)
    1. Stubby Stonehenge
    2. Totem Pole Trading Post
  • Devils Elbow
    1. Hooker Cut
    2. Devils Elbow Bridge
  • Saint Robert
    1. Uranus Missouri Towne Center – World’s Largest Belt Buckle
    2. Route 66: Neon Sign Park
  • Gascozark & Hazelgreen
    1. Gascozark Cafe (abandoned)
    2. Gasconade River Bridge

5.4 Lebanon

• • Lebanon (population: 10,000)
    1. Munger Moss Motel
    2. Wrinks Market
    3. E.D. Rush Covered Bridge
    4. Lebanon-Laclede County Library Route 66 Museum
  • Phillipsburg
    1. Underpass Cafe (closed)
    2. Redmon’s Candy Factory & World’s Largest Gift Store
  • Marshfield (population: 7,000)
    1. RV Express RV Park and Route 66 Motel
    2. Hubble Telescope Replica (Edwin Hubble hometown)

5.5 Springfield, Missouri

• 1. Queen City of the Ozarks (Population: 170,000)
  2. Birthplace of Route 66 – Birthplace Plaza
  3. Rest Haven Court & Queens Gateway
  4. Rockwood Motor Court
  5. Original Steak ‘n Shake
  6. Mudhouse Coffee
  7. Park Central Square
  8. Gillioz Theatre

5.6 Paris Springs-Webb City

• • Paris Springs
    1. Sinclair Station
  • Spencer
    1. Spencer Garage
  • Carthage (population: 15,000)
    1. Red Oak II
    2. Boots Motel
    3. Jasper County Courthouse
    4. 66 Drive-In
  • Webb City (population: 13,000)
    1. Bradbury Bishop Deli
    2. Route 66 Visitors Center (former station)

5.7 Joplin

(population: 53,000)

• 1. Route 66 Mural Park
  2. Joplin Union Depot (abandoned)
  3. Fox Theatre
  4. Bonnie and Clyde Garage Apartment
  5. Woody’s Wood-Fire Pizza
  6. Grand Falls
  7. Diamond – George Washington Carver National Monument
  8. Neosho – Confederate Capital of Missouri

5.8 Kansas – Kansas Route 66

• • Galena
    1. Cars on the Route/old Kan-O-Tex Service Station & Diner
    2. Howard Litch Memorial & Gearhead Curios
    3. Mining and Historical Museum
  • Riverton
    1. Eisler Brothers General Store
    2. Marsh Rainbow Arch Bridge
  • Baxter Springs
    1. Baxter Springs Independent Oil and Gas Service Station
    2. Former Bus Station
    3. Monarch Pharmacy & Soda Fountain