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  • Hooker Cut as it looked upon completion in 1945. This view is looking east on Route 66. [Courtesy of Missouri State Archives, Missouri Department of Transportation Collection]
    Hooker Cut on Route 66
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    Jessie Housley (1905–1984)
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    Ted Drewes Frozen Custard
  • Log City, circa 1942. [State Historical Society of Missouri, John F. Bradbury Jr. Postcard Collection, R1551]
    Log City
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    Morrow’s Station
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    Inez Parker Griggs (1875–1950)
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    The Wayne Powers Case

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