Kansas - shortest part of Route 66
Driving through Kansas resembles flight, because The Mother Road - Route 66is only 13.2 miles long here. However, while Route 66 is so short here, it is not uninteresting. This part of Route 66was completely replaced the new U.S. Hwy system after 1987.
Advance warning: “Obviously, everyone takes care for themselves in America. If you lost and need to ask the way, so I had the hint from the taxi driver in Chicago, Il. He advised to me do not stop in unofficial places. He meant any public business, gas station, restaurant, etc. Although I tried to ask some people on the street, he warned me about that, but I never get helpful advice. I did not feel comfortable from the people of the street and they usually were unpleasant. The only who were always willing to help me, were white people. Color people, Negroes and Asians deliberately not help me or say I do not know. I'm not racist, but if your own experience the same like me, you reach the same result. Their attitude talks for themselves.”
City of Galena is the first stop on Mother Road - Route 66in Kansas. It's a nice little town with depopulated long Main Street, as indeed everywhere in America. There is a famous Kanotex gas station operated and owned by 4 women at the beginning of the Galena City. The business is ahead on your left side when you enter the City. Originally calls "4 Women on the Route 66". You can find gift shop and Drive-Inn inside. Gas station was refused. Originally there was service station instead of actual Drive-Inn where you can eat really good hamburgers and cheeseburgers. I had a Cheese and it was the Best Cheeseburger in America.
If you have seen The Cars movie you can find behind the Gas station one of the hero actor, the old rusty lever-jack truck.
Continue through Riverton, home of Kansas Route 66 Association. Unfortunately I did not stop here. Further along Mother Road - Route 66is located March Curve Bridge - Rainbow Bridge from 1923 near the town of Brusch Creek. In the middle of the bridge is well-established Route 66 sign painted on the Road. I recommend stopping here…
Baxter Springs is the last town on Mother Road - Route 66 in Kansas, where Crowell Bank Office (1870) was robbed by Jesse James and his partner Cole Younger in 1876. Than was robbed the other bank in the Baxter Springs City by Henry Starr. It was National Bank of Baxter Springs and than the Bank building was changed to Bill Murphy’s restaurant.
Well, now you can look forward to the other state… go ahead to Oklahoma.
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