Historic Route 66 - Riverton, Kansas

Historic Route 66

Get your kicks while traveling Route 66 through Kansas
"The Mother Road"

Previous page Galena, Riverton, Baxter Springs .

DX Service station in historic Route 66

Entering Baxter Springs on Historic Route 66, the Route will turn east onto 3rd Street and return to US-69 Alternate. now named Military Avenue. Turn right as the two roads remain the same through the Baxter Springs business district and most of the way to the State Line.

Phillips 66 staion on Route 66 to be visitors' center
1930 Phillips 66 Gas Station being restored to open as the Baxter Springs visitor center in October of 2007.

In downtown Baxter Springs along Route 66, you will find small plaques explaining the history of the buildings, which include banks and businesses robbed by such infamous robbers as Bonny & Clyde, Henry Star, Jesse James and Cole Younger. The Cafe on the Route shares the old Crowell Bank building with the Little Brick Inn bread & breakfast.

Cafe on the Route on Historic Route 66.
Cafe on the Route is in the Crowell Bank building which was robbed by Jesse James.

Across the Historic Route 66 to the north is a full sized mural of the longhorn cattle drive. Bilke's Western Museum occupies the second floor of the building. And across Route 66 is the former location of Bill Murphey's Restaurant, this building housed a bank robbed by Jesse James and Cole Younger in 1876.

Cattle Drive mural at Bilke's Western Museum
Longhorn cattle drive mural on the side of Bilke's Western Museum..

Former location of Bill Murphey's Restaurant, which was a Route 66 favorite.

Historic Route 66 in Kansas
Galena   Galena 2   Riverton   Baxter Springs
4 Women on the Route   Galena Mining and Historical Museum
Eisler Brothers Store   Cafe on the Route   Baxter Springs Heritage Center

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