Along 66, May, 2020: The Boots Court in Carthage Up for Sale

MAY 14--  Boots Court in Carthage, Missouri, officially put up for sale.  Price is $210,000 (a whole lot more reasonable than the $1 million+ price for the Blue wallow Motel in Tucumcari, N.M.)

The historic and wonderfully renovated place is at 107 S. Garrison Avenue.  Co-owner Deborah Harvey says the sale comes as a result of that coronavirus thing.

Boots Court was built in 1939 by Arthur Boots (hence the name).  Clark Gable stayed there several times.  It became the Boots Motel in the 1950s

The new owners have restored the place to its 1940s appearance, including a radio in every room, sorry, no TV sets.  They bought the place in 2011 and reopened in 2012.

It is a unique place and in our early years on 66, we'd drive by it and always said we wanted to stay there some time, but no way with how run down it was and its clientele at the time.  We even once took a ride through it and with the looks we got, wished we hadn't.

We did stay there a few years ago and it was a great experience.  This is when noted folk artist Lowell Davis erected his "Welcome to Carthage sign with the cop car behind it right next to the Boots.  That was quite the experience in itself.

Plus, I always wanted to sit in one of those classic old chairs out front of the place.

Well, hoping things change and they can keep it, but if it does sell, here's hoping the new owners will continue.

Lovin' the Boots.  RoadBoot