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Get Your Kicks Along Historic Route 66
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t’s undergone many transformations and is known by many names, but most of us have heard of Route 66. You’ve heard you can “get your kicks on Route 66,” but what does that really mean? If you’re traveling the 300
Events Along Route 66 Stop for lunch in Devil’s Elbow. Continue to Waynesville, and stop by the Old Pulaski County Courthouse Museum, one of two courthouses located along Route 66 in Missouri and while in the neighborhood visit the historic Old Stagecoach Stop that has stood since the 1850s. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the building has served as a stage-coach stop, private residence, post office and Civil War hospital. Antique stops and gift stores and unique eateries line Route 66 throughout Pulaski County. Stop and stay awhile!
liant scenery and breathtaking landscapes. Valleys cut through limestone and dolomite rock, and you’ll visit cities whose heyday was years ago, as well as cities just finding their roots. The tour will captivate travelers as they wind along the historic road in Pulaski County. The route through Pulaski County holds particular appeal for modernday travelers, with its blend of historic landmarks and natural preservation. Scenic overlooks and rivers are interspersed with historic buildings. Still visible is the historic Hooker Church and Graveyard, which dates back to the early 1900s. As you travel through Hooker Cut, take in the popular postcard landscape that was once rumored to be the deepest road cut in America and that shows the layers of limestone that had to be overcome to build the road. s Elbow Travel through the beautiful vil De Elbow Inn & BBQ e, idg Br e stl Tre el 1923 Ste Pit, Devils Elbow hamlet of Devil’s Elbow and find out miles of highway that spans 10 counties why lumberjacks cried in frustration at a in Missouri, it means tearing a page out of large boulder lodged in the sharpest bend history as you travel through quaint towns in the Big Piney River. They reasoned the that provide glimpses to, and even memo- boulder could only have been put there by ries of, a younger America. the devil — the boulder and sharp corner The stretch of Route 66 that winds caught the logs they tried to float downrithrough Pulaski County is lush with bril- ver and created work-stopping log jams. 10 | Pulaski County Tourism Bureau (Mobile? PCInMO.mobi)
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