JULY 7
A dive into the history of the defunct Rock City on You Tube channel called Gateway Explorer.
The Rock City Cafe that once stood along Route 66 in Eureka, Missouri, (outside St. Louis). was built in 1933 by Ed LaMarr on a hill at the edge of Times Beach along the 1932 alignment of Route 66.
It was operated by Luther "Ambrose" Keeton who expanded it to include a gas station and tourist cabins. It was once called the Ozark Motel.
Stones from it were quarried from Babler State Park by 40-50 members of the CCC. The place was very popular until bypassed by I-44 in the 1950s.
In 1957, the whole place was demoslished and the land sat vacant until this past spring when the Byerly RVs cleared the land for an expansion of their parking lot.
--RoadDog
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