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U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66) is a former east–west United States Numbered Highway, running from Santa Monica, California to Chicago, Illinois. In Missouri, the highway ran from downtown St. Louis at the Mississippi River to the Kansas state line west of Joplin. The highway was originally Route 14 from St. Louis to Joplin and Route 1F from ...
Then: Rolla to Springfield, Missouri. A large portion of Route 66 overlaps with the northern route of the Trail of Tears, along which some 12,000 Native Americans were forcibly, often fatally ...
Rolla (/ ˈ r ɒ l ə /) is a city in, and the county seat of, Phelps County, Missouri, United States. [4] Its population in the 2020 United States Census was 19,943. [ 5 ] It is approximately midway between St. Louis and Springfield along I-44 .
Alternate U.S. Route 66 was a designation to preserve the next-to-last routing of U.S. 66 from Pasadena, California to Los Angeles, California, when the signage for U.S. 66 was transferred to the Arroyo Seco Parkway (also known as the Pasadena Freeway, which alignment lasted from 1938 to 1964, when Alternate U.S. 66 was eliminated as well as Historic Arroyo Seco Parkway into SR 11, and became ...
The National Bank of Rolla Building was opened in March 1931 at 8th and Pine Streets in Rolla, Missouri, midway between St. Louis and Springfield.Because of its architectural character and its importance in the life of the city and history of U.S. Route 66, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
About 30 minutes west of Rolla is a large-format metal Route 66 Shield outside of the 1903 Route 66 Courthouse Museum at 303 Historic Route 66 East in Waynesville, which features displays on the ...
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Old town Rolla was located along Main Street near the Courthouse. The business district moved to Pine Street in the late 19th century. Following the Union defeat at Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861, the Union Army fell back to Rolla and began building an earthen fort on a hill alongside present Highway 63 about a mile from the Courthouse.