3652 State Highway CC (Old Route 66)
About .3 miles south of Niangua Junction to your left, or eastern side of the road there is what once was a cafe, service station and campground. Two cabins are still standing
Built in 1932, it was also known as Carpenter's Camp. The one floor building with a steep pitched gable roof is a typical example of a Craftsman-style cabin with local rock foundation wall.
Fred and Margaret Carpenter bought the place in 1936 and opened a Skelley gas station with a cafe. In 1939, they sold it to Florence Onstott who renamed it Oak Vale Park and switched to Sinclair Gas and added cabins. It later changed hands several times until it became a private residence which it is today.
Rittenhouse mentioned it as "Oak Vale Court with gas and cafe."
--RoadDog
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