112 MILES
[ 14 ] 2017 Missouri Motorcycle Guide
You’ll travel southeast for about eighteen miles. Turn east onto Route 116 for another eighteen miles. Turn north on Highway 69. Alongside Interstate 35, you’ll pass Wallace State Park and drive through Cameron and Winston. Highway 69 makes a sharp left on the other side of Winston. If you get to Altamont, you missed it. In about a mile, you’ll come to Route 6 on your left. Take Route 6 west all the way back to St. Joseph. Visit StJoMo.com or call 800-785-0360 for more information on the region.
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THE FIRST WESTBOUND RIDER on the Pony Express left St. Joseph at 5 PM on April 3, 1860, to travel through Kansas and what is now known as Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada to arrive in Sacramento, California, ten days later. Your Pony Express ride won’t be quite that extensive or time-consuming, but you’ll enjoy a lot of history. The Pony Express National Museum is a great place to start before you saddle up to start your ride on Highway 169. Take Highway 169 east out of St. Joseph.
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The Patee House Museum, St. Joseph