NOVEMBER 10
Boots Court Motel in Carthage changes owners, will open next spring after the rest of the rooms are restored.
Debye Harvey was one of the motel's co-owners along with her sister for the past decade and said the place was sold back in September. She said she sold it because she is 72 and had run the place for ten years. Route 66ers and Carthage owe her and her sister a big debt of gratitude. The place had become so derelict that it was almost demolished in the early 2000s.
Liz and I once took a ride back to the rear of the place once and kind of feared for our lives. It was not a very welcoming situation.
The Boots was built in 1939 by Arthur Boots. Actor Clark Gable stayed there several times during cross country trips to his native Ohio. He always rented Room #6.
The plan is to reopen it in March.
--RoadDog
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