From The Route-66.com.
This, of course, was where Helen Jackson was born and grew up. She was regarded as the Last Civil War Widow.
Some Niangua Route 66 attractions:
Oak Vale Park (cafe, cabins, gas station)
Niangua Filling Station (1930s)
Rockhaven restaurant, cafe, filling station.
Abbylee Court and its iconic sign.
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History of Niangua
The name Niangua comes from a stream that runs close to it and was named after the Osage word for "bear."
The area was surveyed in 1870 by the South Pacific Railroad Co. and shortly after John J, Redmond built the first general store. Shortly after that, the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad reached the area and built a station there, six miles north of Marshfield.
The post office opened the same year and was named Niangua.
Route 66 was created in 1926 and passed just west of the town.
--RoadDog
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