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Baxter Springs, KS

Heading west Baxter Springs is the last town on the 13.2 mile stretch of old Route 66 in Kansas, but there is a lot to see here!

Field of Dreams
8933 SE 50th St.
This is the Don Karnes "Field of Dreams" Stadium, named for a local high school coach who made his dream come true with ... read more

Historic 1923 Box Culvert
Route 66 at N. 10th St.
One of five historic 1923 culverts between the Rainbow Bridge and Baxter Springs that are part of a 2.1 mile section ... read more

Side Trip: Go north about 1/4 mile on Alt 69, from the intersection with Willow Avenue. The park is on the west side of the road.

Military Park
(About) 103 N. Military Ave.
This little Civil War related park is across the road from the Baxter Springs High School. The historic marker is enclosed by a low wall ... read more

Back On 66: Exit the park and head south into Baxter Springs.

Fort Blair Historic Battlefield Site
7th & Route 66 (Willow Ave.)
Fort Blair consisted on a blockhouse & a few cabins surrounded by breastworks built in the summer of 1863 ... read more

Heritage Center and Museum
740 East Ave.
The exhibits show the various stages of life in Baxter Springs from the Osage Indian, Civil War, Cowtown & the mining eras ... read more

1866 School Site
SW Corner 8th & Military Ave.
This was the site of the 1st school in Baxter Springs. It was a subscription school ... read more

Kansas Route 66 Visitors Center
940 Military Ave.
The Route 66 Visitor Center was built in 1930 for the Independent Oil and Gas Station but became a ... read more

Johnston Public Library
210 W. 10th St.
1 block west of the visitor center on 10th. In 1904 Peter Johnston died leaving $5,000.00 to the town to be used for a new public library. ... read more

IOOF / Baxter Drug Bldg.
1000 Military Ave.
The ca. 1900 IOOF Hall building replaced the 1868 Bischosberger Hotel and Restaurant here. . More recently it's been the ... read more

Oppermans Saddle Shop
1034 Military Ave.
A Harness and Saddle shop operated here for over 50 years from 1871 to 1924. This is the original building with a new ... read more

1910 Baxter State Bank Building
1034 Military Ave.
The Baxter State Bank was formed in 1905 and by 1910 it had become successful enough that it needed ... read more

Baxter National Bank
1036 Military Ave.
This 1910 building was built for the Baxter State Bank which remained here until 1975 ... read more

Cattle Drive Mural
1041 Military Ave.
The Longhorn Cattle Drive Mural was created by John Gibbons in 1991. It is located on 11th Street at Military Ave. (Route 66) ... read more

Former Dent Grocery Building
1100 Military Ave.
J. A. Dent operated a grocery and dry goods store in this building from 1895 to 1912. It became the Quality Store about ... read more

1870 Crowell Bank Building
1101 Military Ave.
The Cafe on the Route occupied the first floor and the Little Brick Inn was on the second floor ... read more

1870s Grist Mill & Feed Store
1112 Military
This 1870s building still features it's original facade and has been used by various business since the 1870s ... read more

Soda Fountain Sign
1128 Military Ave.
This very cool neon sign adorns the front of the Bill Abernathy Memorial Lifetime Learning Center ... read more

Ritz Theater
1145 N. Military Ave.
The Ritz theater is in its second incarnation at the same location. It opened here in 1926 and again in ... read more

American National Bank
1201 Military Ave.
The 1995 frieze by artist Paula Collins on the Bank wall depicts the city's history ... read more

Twilight Drive-In Site
3146 Military Ave. (Route 66) S.
Ruins on the east side of the road just south of Baxter Springs. Louis Stein opened the Twilite Dirve-In on June 11, 1953 with ... read more

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