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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="180b4920.jpg" border=0 width="180" height="146" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Built as a private home in 1902, it was sold to the Joplin Country Club in 1905 for $1500. The Club became the social center of the area.  With the depression, hard times hit and the club was sold in 1932.  It was used as a boating club until it opened as a restaurant in 1952.  </B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>News</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>What's Happen'n On the Route</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>November 2007 Route 66 Events</U></B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>December 2007 Route 66 Events</U></B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <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-443/Route66.mid" autostart="true" hidden="true">  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>