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Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Niangua, Missouri's Route 66 Attractions-- Part 1: Name and History

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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