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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="060785a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Official Kansas Historic Route 66 Association </B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Official Kansas Historic Route 66 Associ"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div>  <A HREF="about_us.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U>About Us</U></A>  /  <A HREF="mission_of_rt_66_association.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mission"><U>Mission</U></A>  /  <A HREF="contact_us.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A>  /  <A HREF="membership.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership"><U>Membership</U></A>  /  <A HREF="news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>News</U></A>  /  <A HREF="local_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Local Events"><U>Events</U></A>  /  <A HREF="history_of_the_route.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History"><U>History</U></A>  /  <A HREF="newsletter.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Newsletter"><U>Newsletter</U></A>  /  <A HREF="trivia.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Trivia"><U>Trivia</U></A>  /  <A HREF="preservation.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preservation"><U>Preservation</U></A>  /  <A HREF="related_rt_66_links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A>  /  <A HREF="web_awards.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Awards"><U>Awards</U></A>  /  <A HREF="virtual_tour_kansas_route_66.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual Tour"><U>Virtual Tou</U></A>r  / <A HREF="sponsors.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sponsors"><U>Sponsors</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="061d2b03.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="17dc57f0.jpg" border=0 width="197" height="127" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Peeling painted signs on the old buildings in town of Galena, reveal advertising from the past.  These ghosted signs are still visible today.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>About Us</I></div> <div> Association Officers </div> <div> President:  Earl Staton (620-856-5708) </div> <div> Vice Pres:  Sam Weaver  </div> <div> Secretary:  Gabe Nicols  </div> <div> Treasurer/Membership:  <A HREF="mailto:matalbot@usd404.k12.ks.us " TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:matalbot@usd404.k12.ks.us "><U>Mary Ann Talbot</U></A> (620-856-3086) </div> <div> News Editor:  Deanne Binns</div> <bR> <div>                 </div> <div> <B>Association Board Members</B></div> <div> <I>Earl Staton</I></div> <div> <I>Sam Weaver</I></div> <div> <I>Gabe Nicols</I></div> <div> <I>Mary Ann Talbot</I></div> <div> <I>Deann Binns</I></div> <div> <B>Dennis Burke</B></div> <div> <B>Richard Graue</B></div> <div> <B>Mike Pendleton</B></div> <div> <B>Dean Walker</B></div> <bR> <div> Meetings </div> <div> Kansas Historic Route 66 Association Meetings are held the 1st Thursday before the 2nd Saturday of each month at 7:00 pm in the Baxter Springs Kansas Heritage Center and Museum located at 740 East Avenue Baxter Springs, Kansas. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Historical Information and Photo Credits:</B> Without the following this site would not be a reality</div> <bR> <div> <B>"Route 66: Across 1930's Kansas" </B><I><B>Kansas: A Guide to the Sunflower State</B></I><I>, compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Kansas, 1940.</I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I> </I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> Michael Wallis, <B>ROUTE 66: The Mother Road, </B>Published 1990</div> <bR> <div> Marian Clark, <B>The Route 66 Cookbook,</B> </div> <div> WITH INTRODUCTION BY MICHAEL WALLIS, Published 1993</div> <bR> <div> Kansas Route 66 Association Members</div> <bR> <div> Baxter Springs Historical Museum and Heritage Center</div> <bR> <div> MJ Watkins, Baxter Springs, KS, Photos</div> <bR> <div> Crown Me Productions for web design & development</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="1432c100.png" border=0 width="300" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>Copyright © 2000-2007  Crown Me Productions. All rights reserved</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Narrow" ><I> </I></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:kshistoricrt66@crownmeproductions.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:kshistoricrt66@crownmeproductions"><U><I>kshistoricrt66@crownmeproductions.com</I></U></A></div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-439/Route66.mid" autostart="true" hidden="true">  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>