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![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]")
Basketville on Route 66
Route 66 was fully paved across Missouri by 1931.
Ashley Weaver
Ashley Weaver is an archivist at the State Historical Society of Missouri’s Rolla Research Center.
![Pippin Place. [State Historical Society of Missouri, John F. Bradbury Jr. Postcard Collection, R1551]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2025-08/1.-pippin-place.jpg?itok=Qg4cBHV4 "Pippin Place. [State Historical Society of Missouri, John F. Bradbury Jr. Postcard Collection, R1551]")
Pippin Place
Pippin Place was a legendary Gasconade River resort in the Missouri Ozarks.
![Luella Agnes Owen, circa 1880s. Colorized photograph by Uhlman Photographers, St. Joseph. [Courtesy of the St. Joseph Museums, Inc., object no. P2013.003.00020]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2025-05/1.-luella-owen.jpg?itok=r2bRGldi "Luella Agnes Owen, circa 1880s. Colorized photograph by Uhlman Photographers, St. Joseph. [Courtesy of the St. Joseph Museums, Inc., object no. P2013.003.00020]")
Luella Agnes Owen (1852–1932)
Luella Agnes Owen was a female pioneer in the fields of speleology, geography, and geology.
![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]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2025-04/1.-hooker-cut.jpg?itok=_1obES3D "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
By the middle of 1940, Europe was engulfed in war. On September 16, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed legislation authorizing selective service registration in the United States.
Terry Primas
Terry Primas is a retired teacher, local historian, and tour guide on Pulaski County’s Route 66.
![Jessie Housley. [Your St. Louis and Mine, 1937]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2025-03/1.-jessie-housley.jpg?itok=FBcaxf99 "Jessie Housley. [Your St. Louis and Mine, 1937]")
Jessie Housley (1905–1984)
Jessie Housley was a successful Missouri artist and educator in the mid-twentieth century. She was born on March 27, 1905, in St.
Arianna Gonzalez
Arianna Gonzalez is a graduate of the University of Missouri in Columbia and a former student intern at the State Historical Society of Missouri.
![Ted Drewes Frozen Custard on Chippewa Street, which was once part of Route 66 in St. Louis. [Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo by Philip Leara]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2025-02/1.-ted-drewes-frozen-custard.jpg?itok=UVmkKaBl "Ted Drewes Frozen Custard on Chippewa Street, which was once part of Route 66 in St. Louis. [Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo by Philip Leara]")
Ted Drewes Frozen Custard
When pundits make lists of the foods most associated with St. Louis, they often include such cuisine as toasted ravioli, pork steaks, pizza with Provel cheese, and, for sweet tooths, gooey butter cake and frozen-custard concretes.