Just in time for the tourist season, a new display showcasing the Laclede County Route 66 Wall of Fame was installed Saturday at the same location as the original display, just outside the entrance to the Route 66 Museum at the Lebanon-Laclede County Library.

UPDATED APRIL 12: Here’s an updated list of where you can pick up your free copy of the 2023 Laclede County Route 66 Guide & Map. The 48-page, full-color magazine — now in its sixth year — is a partnership between the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society and the Laclede County Record.  

Four years after moving onto Route 66, Laclede County Elks Lodge #2557 plans to become active in promoting The Mother Road, David Miller, past exalted ruler, told the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society board Tuesday. 

January 9th marked the 20th birthday of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society — the day the State of Missouri approved our application to be a nonprofit corporation. We celebrate that birthday today.

The Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society grew out of a festival in Lebanon celebrating the 75th birthday of Route 66 on Sept. 8, 2001. That first Route 66 Festival was the idea of Bill Wheeler, then the event coordinator for the Kenneth E. Cowan Civic Center, and a local amateur-radio club.