November 28, 2008 Kansas City Tribune "US-24: Historic Highway in Kansas City Region" by William Worley.
Kansas City is not all railroads and interstates. There are also quite a few numbered US highways coming through the area: 24, 40, 50, 69 and 71.
US-71 is the old Jefferson Highway running from Minneapolis to New Orleans.
The National Old Trails Road (NOTR) entered KC east of US-24 and exited on US-50N, now US-561.
Harry Truman was once president of the NOTR and presided over the dedication of 12 Madonna of the Trail statues along the NOTR, each featuring a pioneer woman with babe in arm and a small boy clinging to her skirt and honored the courage and determination of these women. This was a joint effort by the NOTR and Daughters of the Revolution.
Hitting the Highway. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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