That didn't take long. Just a few months after the Wagon Wheel Motel building in Cuba, Mo., changed owners, the motel's long-closed restaurant building has been renovated and converted into a gift shop. According to the Viva Cuba blog: The opening followed months of restoration, where windows and doors were put back to their original … Continue reading Wagon Wheel Motel’s restaurant reopens as gift shop
Category: Preservation
Totem Pole face-lift
I didn't know this, but someone has been refurbishing the giant totem pole at Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park near Foyil, Okla., for the past year. Virginia Klugloff has been doing the work. Her work this year — which was the result of a grant from the local branch of the preservation group Questers — … Continue reading Totem Pole face-lift
Webb City seeks to play of Route 66 heritage
The Route 66 town of Webb City, Mo., has some ideas on how to revitalize its downtown, and Chuck Surface, economic development director, says playing up its Route 66 roots is one of them, reports the Joplin Globe. One vision, Surface said, is to turn the city’s east entrance at Broadway and Daugherty streets into … Continue reading Webb City seeks to play of Route 66 heritage
Route 66 State Park bridge gets a reprieve
A trustworthy Route 66 source wrote on his Facebook account that a Missouri Department of Transportation official told him off the record that the endangered Route 66 Bridge at Route 66 State Park near Eureka will not be torn down in 2010, as had been widely expected. MoDOT is hopeful another entity will take over … Continue reading Route 66 State Park bridge gets a reprieve
The issues of the Route 66 State Park Bridge
Longtime roadie Joe Sonderman appeared on KTVI-TV in St. Louis to discuss his opposition to the state's planned demolition of the Route 66 Bridge at Route 66 State Park near Eureka, Mo. I think Sonderman did a good job outlining why it may be a bad idea to knock down the bridge. But given the … Continue reading The issues of the Route 66 State Park Bridge
A visit to La Posada
This slide show posted on YouTube turns out to be a good overview of the historic La Posada Hotel in Winslow, Ariz.
Pevely Dairy plant named to National Register
The old Pevely Dairy Plant, on the more-obscure Chouteau Avenue alignment of Route 66 in St. Louis, was named to the National Register of Historic Places effective Nov. 18, according to an e-mail from the National Park Service. Pevely Dairy, especially its ice cream, was a St. Louis institution for more than a century. But … Continue reading Pevely Dairy plant named to National Register
What to do about the Route 66 State Park bridge
Kip Welborn, who is a Route 66 enthusiast in St. Louis, has been keeping up with the grave situation over the dilapidated Route 66 Bridge at Route 66 State Park near Eureka, Mo., that is scheduled to eventually be torn down for safety reasons. Here are excerpts of an e-mail Welborn sent: ... I talked … Continue reading What to do about the Route 66 State Park bridge
Notes from the road
I'm playing a bit of catch-up, ever since I left town this past weekend to see Bob Waldmire's Last Art Show. Here are a few things of interest to roadies ... -- The Route 66 Marathon in Tulsa this year was a doozy, with more than 7,000 runners participating, along with 60 classic cars and … Continue reading Notes from the road
Update on Route 66 State Park bridge
I asked the Missouri Department of Transportation to elaborate on its decision to tear down the historic Route 66 bridge at Route 66 State Park. Andrew Gates, a community relations officer for MoDOT, sent me an e-mail today expanding on the dire condition of the bridge and other matters. A small part of the e-mail … Continue reading Update on Route 66 State Park bridge