Here are a few scenes of Laclede County businesses and landmarks along Route 66 during the highway's heyday. The Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society welcomes additional historic photos for this website. Please send jpgs to lebanonroute66@gmail.com.
Five officers and members of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society spoke Thursday about Route 66 and its impact on the community, past and present, to the Ozark Studies class at Lebanon High School.
"The Route 66 Toybus" was the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society's entry in Saturday's Lebanon Christmas Parade, which had the theme, "A Toyland Christmas." For the third year, the Route 66 Society decorated a 1947 GM Flxibile—that's the spelling on the nameplate— bus owned by President…
More than 400 well-wishers toured The Manor House Inn, the one-time Lenz Homotel of Route 66 fame, the afternoon of Oct. 9 as the new owners and the Lebanon community celebrated its grand opening following eight months of remodeling and restoration. "You'd be hard-pressed to find something t…
An estimated 2,500 attended Saturday activities at the 2018 Lebanon Route 66 Festival in Boswell Park. A parade and cruise-in of antique, classic and custom cars, music by four bands, a variety of food selections, craft and memorabilia dealers, kids' games and drawings for prizes ranging fro…
About 100 antique, classic and custom vehicles -- even an old Greyhound Bus -- participated in Saturday's Lebanon Route 66 Festival parade. The vehicles lined up in the Lebanon Industrial Park and drove down Route 66 to Route 66-themed Boswell Park. Janet McAllister was grand marshal in her …
The first night of the 2018 Lebanon Route 66 Festival was a rousing success with about 200 people and more than 60 antique, classic and custom vehicles participating in the festivities at the Munger Moss Motel. Jess McEntire and America's Route 66 Band performed much of the evening. Business…
Eleven members of Lebanon's Sunbonnet Garden Club heard a presentation by Leland Townsend, a board member of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society, Thursday afternoon (May 24) about the recently completed Route 66 Mural Project in Boswell Park. Townsend was assisted by Jason Parnell of…
A Mural Dedication and Donor Recognition Ceremony for the third and final Route 66 mural in Boswell Park was held Sunday, May 6.
If you missed seeing us promote Route 66 in Lebanon and Laclede County on Fidelity Cable Channel 6, here's the Route 66 segment from the current Lebanon-REDI Report, courtesy of Brian P. Thompson, CEO of Lebanon Regional Economic Development Inc.
If you missed seeing us promote Route 66 in Lebanon and Laclede County on Fidelity Cable Channel 6, here's the Route 66 segment from the current Lebanon-REDI Report, courtesy of Brian P. Thompson, CEO of Lebanon Regional Economic Development Inc.
About 90 vintage vehicles, including hearses, funeral coaches, ambulances and limousines from as far as New Brunswick, Canada, plus local collector cars and trucks were on public display Saturday, July 22 at the Cowan Civic Center as part of The Professional Car Society's four-day meeting in…
Members of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society Festival Committee meet this morning at Boswell Park to finalize plans for this weekend's Lebanon Route 66 Festival.
Drone footage of flooding on April 30, 2017, from Mid Missouri Aerial.
Bill Jones, president of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society, and Gary Sosniecki, vice president, presented a program on the Route 66 Mural Project April 10 to 18 members of the Lebanon PEO meeting at the First Christian Church. Jones and Sosniecki are available to present the 45-min…
Paul Whitehill, owner of Whitehill Enterprises of Joplin, the mural contractor, speaks at the unveiling ceremony Feb. 18 for the first Route 66 mural.
Route 66 Society Vice President Gary Sosniecki introduces John Shelton, director of Lebanon Parks and Recreation, at the Feb. 18 unveiling of the first mural.
Bruce Owen, a descendant of the Nelson family, speaks at the unveiling ceremony Feb. 18 for the first Route 66 mural.
Route 66 Society Vice President Gary Sosniecki introduces Bruce Owen, a descendant of the Nelson family, to speak at the unveiling ceremony Feb. 18 for the first Route 66 mural.
Laclede County Presiding Commissioner Danny Rhoads speaks at the unveiling ceremony Feb. 18 for the first Route 66 mural.
The first of three Route 66 murals for Lebanon’s Route 66-themed Boswell Park was unveiled Feb. 18 in a ceremony hosted by the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society in partnership with the Lebanon Parks and Recreation Department.
Ceremonial first tiles were placed the morning of Feb. 10 on the first of three Route 66 murals being erected in Lebanon's Boswell Park, which is being upgraded with a Route 66 theme.
Documentary presented by "Roamin' Rich" Dinkela at the annual meeting of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society.
More than 50 Route 66 enthusiasts attended the annual membership meeting of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society on Jan. 23 at the Lebanon-Laclede County Library. Bill Jones presided.
Work is proceeding Nov. 21, 2016, on Route 66-themed additions to Boswell Park in Lebanon, including pedestals for the three murals depicting local Route 66 scenes and the recreation of the historic fountain from Nelson's Dream Village.
Professional photographer and Route 66 enthusiast Jackie Welborn shot these photos of the the 1947 GM Flexible Bus owned by society President Bill Jones when it was parked outside the Munger Moss Motel in Lebanon.
The Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society had a big presence Nov. 19, 2016, in the Lebanon Christmas Parade, promoting the Route 66 mural project with a "broken down" vintage bus and a caravan of classic cars.
June 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the Ozark Trail, the predecessor to Route 66. It was headline news in June 1917 when Lebanon was selected to be on the Ozark Trail, but, unfortunately, the joy was short-lived. These articles tell the story of the coming and the going of the Ozark Tra…
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