Route 66 Cuba, Missouri  

Route 66 is the historic road that runs from the West at Santa Monica, California and ends in the East at Chicago, Illinois. It was used from 1926 through 1985 until it was officially closed down. The length of the “Mother Road” is 2,448 miles. At that time in history, it connected the Midwest to the West. Of course, Arizona has a large chunk of Route 66 running through it.   

Cuba, Missouri is a wonderful little town to visit on Route 66. They have really done a wonderful job at restoring the Mother Road and all of the little business along the road. They have a plethora of museums, motels, cafes, and service stations that have been restored.  

“Weir on 66” is a restaurant in Cuba, Missouri. It was formally a Philips 66 service station and used car lot that was built in 1932. In 1968 it was turned into a Mobil gas station. The Wallis family started the restoration of the building in 2001 through a route 66 preservation grant. Ray Harvey painted the service bay doors with Bill Wallis the original owner and a 75th anniversary tribute to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.  Then in 2016 the Weir family opened up a restaurant and called it “Weir on 66”.  We had lunch there, burgers and fries, very delicious and worth a stop. 

Cuba Missouri is known as “Mural City” One of the murals we visited (pictured below) was A.J. Barnett the Bank President and his Model T. 

Actress Bette Davis celebrating her visit to Cuba 

Harry Truman when he was just a Senator campaigning in Cuba (pictured below) 

Amelia Earhart made an emergency landing in Cuba in 1928 

That is just a short list of murals 

The Route 66 Rocker was on our next stop, it once was the worlds largest rocker, now it’s the largest rocker on route 66. It’s a great road side attraction to stop at.  (also pictured below) 

Photo credit Grady Butler
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