the State Historical Society of Missouri
Ashley Weaver is an archivist at the State Historical Society of Missouri’s Rolla Research Center.
Route 66 was fully paved across Missouri by 1931. Its completion provided Missourians with new opportunities…
Ashley Weaver is an archivist at the State Historical Society of Missouri’s Rolla Research Center.
![Henry J. Childers (left) and his children Bonnie, Bernice, Elbert, and Raymond help a customer at the family’s shop in Clementine, Missouri. [Phelps County Historical Society, Elbert I Childers Collection]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2025-08/1.-basketville.jpg?itok=usNpkqVW "Henry J. Childers (left) and his children Bonnie, Bernice, Elbert, and Raymond help a customer at the family’s shop in Clementine, Missouri. [Phelps County Historical Society, Elbert I Childers Collection]")
Route 66 was fully paved across Missouri by 1931. Its completion provided Missourians with new opportunities…