Preservation

<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="18ec5830.jpg" border=0 width="197" height="131" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Old cottage style Phillips 66 Filling Station along Route 66 in Baxter Springs</B></div> <div> <I><B>Placed on National Register of Historic Places</B></I></div> <div> <I><B> <a href="HTMLobj-526/http___www.cr.nps.gov_rt66_HistSig_KansasContext.pdf"><u>Resources of KS RT 66</u> </a>  </B></I></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Preservation</I></div> <div> <I><B>Historic Phillips 66 Gas Station Saved by Baxter Springs Historical Society</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="10a20d80.jpg" border=0 width="288" height="216" ALT="Photo by MJ Watkins" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The Baxter Springs Historical Society has received a grant to turn the gas station along Historic Route 66 in Baxter Springs into a welcme center for the Famed Highway.  The National Park Service Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program awarded the society a $26,202 grant to restor the old gas station's exterior and provide heating and air conditioning.  </FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="20cfaa70.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="167" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I><B>Placed on National Register of Historic Places</B></I></div> <div> Phyllis Abbott and Dean Auman, of the Baxter Springs</div> <div> Historical Society, talk about plans to turn the former</div> <div> Phillips 66 gas station into a welcome center on</div> <div> historic Route 66.  </div> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-525/http___www.joplinglobe.pdf"><u>The Joplin Globe News Article</u> </a>  </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>              </B></I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1a384910.jpg" border=0 width="132" height="145" ALT="Photo by MJ Watkins" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The Baxter Springs  station was built in 1930 and is "one of the classic cottage-style Phillips stations".    It was run by Burl Chubb in the 1940's and 1950's and by Ray Parsons in the late 1950's and 1960's.  It has been plassed on the National Registor of Historic Places.</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-474/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="500" height="40">  </div> <div> Between Riverton and Baxter Springs, lies the old concrete truss "<B>Rainbow Bridge</B>."  In it's day, a nearby cider stand served drivers of the route.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0f7f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALT="Photo by MJ Watkins" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> This classy historic Marsh Arch "Rainbow Bridge" was built in 1923. Though much smaller than the old Spring River Bridge, this beautiful old bridge did survive, and is today, the only one still standing on Route 66.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0f9f4480.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="328" ALT="Photo by MJ Watkins" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Not only does this bridge make a great photo opportunity, you can still drive over it! Take the time to stop for a while and enjoy the view from this historic bridge.  </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0fbf4440.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="324" ALT="Photo by MJ Watkins" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I><B>Rainbow Arch Bridge Placed on National Register of Historic Places on 3-10-83</B></I> </div> <bR> <div> Through the efforts of the Kansas Historic Route 66 Association this historic bridge was saved and restored. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0fdf4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALT="Photo by MJ Watkins" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> The bridge was completely refurbished and preserved in 1994 in a joint effort between the Route 66 Association and the Cherokee County Commission.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0fff4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALT="Photo by MJ Watkins" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>  </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. 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