OCTOBER 11
Owner puts historic Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri, up for sale.
Owner Connie Echols plans to retire.
Robert W. and Margaret Martin bought the land on which the motel would be built in 1934. They hired Leo Friesehan to construct they cabins from native stone hauled in by local farmers.
Pauline and Hallie Robertson ran i8t from 1965 to 1980 when Hallie died. Pauline married Harold Armstrong and they ran it until her death in 2003. Harold died in 2008. (We stayed at the motel during their time of owning it.)
The Armstrongs, right up until the last day they ran it, charged less than $20 a night for a room. (I questioned them on that price when we stayed there for $16.)
UPDATE: Asking price for the Wagon Wheel is $1.75 million.
A big thanks to Connie for all the work she has done to fix this place up. It was kind of down-at-the-tooth when we stayed there. Much nicer the most recent time.
--RoadDog
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