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Missouri's Haunted Route 66

Author : Janice Tremeear

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 136 pages

File Size : 19,42 MB

Release : 2012-05-15

Category : History

ISBN : 1614234221

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Ride shotgun with the author of Haunted Ozarks on this scary road trip across Missouri’s stretch of the “Main Street of America.” Alongside the nostalgic appeal of Route 66 lurk ghostly roadside hitchhikers, the Goatman of Rolla, amusement park spirits, the Civil War–dead, and the shadows thrown by the mighty Thunderbird. Spanning three hundred dangerously curving miles, the stretch of the Mother Road in Missouri earned the title of “Bloody 66,” and some of its stopping places are marked by equally grim history. The Lemp Mansion saw family members commit suicide one by one. Springfield’s Pythian Castle was an orphanage before becoming a military hospital and housing World War II prisoners of war. Follow Janice Tremeear as she takes a detour down Zombie Road, peers into the matter of the Joplin Spook Light and even stays overnight in Missouri’s most haunted locations to discover what makes the Show Me State such a lively place for the dead.



Haunted Jefferson City

Author : Janice Tremeear

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 115 pages

File Size : 14,81 MB

Release : 2012-09-11

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 1614236771

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Missouri's state capital groans beneath the burden of its haunted heritage, from the shadow people of Native American folklore to Boogie Man Bill, Missouri's wild child. The muddy river waters hide the shifting graves of steamboat crews, like the one that went down with the Montana, and the savage scars of the Civil War still linger on the land. Join Janice Tremeear for the fascinating history behind Jefferson City's most chilling tales, including a visit to the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, where the vicious festered for 170 years.



Missouri's Wicked Route 66

Author : Lisa Livingston-Martin

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 153 pages

File Size : 50,53 MB

Release : 2013-04-16

Category : History

ISBN : 1614238715

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Tracing Route 66 through Missouri represents one of America's favorite exercises in nostalgia, but a discerning glance among the roadside weeds reveals the kind of sordid history that doesn't appear on postcards. Along with vintage cars and picnic baskets, Route 66 was a conduit humming with contraband and crackling with the gunplay of folks like Bonnie and Clyde, Jesse James and the Young brothers. It was also the preferred byway of lynch mobs, murderous hitchhikers and mad scientists. Stop in at places like the Devil's Elbow and the Steffleback Bordello on this trip through the more treacherous twists of the Mother Road.



Ghost Towns of Route 66

Author : Jim Hinckley

Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA

Page : 163 pages

File Size : 45,65 MB

Release : 2011-06-09

Category : Travel

ISBN : 1610602471

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Explore the mystery and beauty of historic ghost towns from Illinois to California with this gorgeously illustrated guide to America’s favorite highway. The quintessential boom-and-bust highway of the American West, Route 66 once hosted a thriving array of boom towns built around oil wells, railroad stops, cattle ranches, resorts, stagecoach stops, and gold mines. Join Route 66 expert Jim Hinckley as he tours more than twenty-five ghost towns, rich in stories and history, complemented by gorgeous sepia-tone and color photography by Kerrick James. Also includes directions and travel tips for your ghost-town explorations along Route 66.



Civil War Ghosts of Southwest Missouri

Author : Lisa Livingston-Martin

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 156 pages

File Size : 40,17 MB

Release : 2018-09-03

Category : History

ISBN : 1614237441

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For southwest Missouri, the Civil War was an unparalleled period of violence, sorrow and anger. As the torches burned the physical landscape, the depredations inflicted were also scorched upon the psyche of the people who lived through fires. Survey Carthage's battlefield for stubborn holdouts or hold vigil at the Kendrick House for innocent bystanders who were swept up into the stratagems of bushwhackers and guerrillas. Meet the Bloody Spikes, Rotten Johnny Reb and scores more figures from the region's past who continue to trouble its present.



Haunted America

Author : Michael Norman

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 420 pages

File Size : 18,6 MB

Release : 2007-09-18

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 9780765319678

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Contains over seventy tales of ghostly hauntings from each of the fifty United States and Canada.



Route 66 in Missouri

Author : Joe Sonderman

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 1 pages

File Size : 21,18 MB

Release : 2019

Category : Antiques & Collectibles

ISBN : 1467102660

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Route 66 is the "Main Street of America," heralded in song and popular culture. It took a maze of different routes through St. Louis before slashing diagonally across the "Show-Me State" through the beauty of the Ozarks. In between, there are classic motels, diners, tourist traps, and gas stations bathed in flashing and whirling neon lights. Natural wonders include crystal-clear streams, majestic bluffs, and wondrous caverns. Roadside marketers concocted legends about Jesse James, painted advertisements on barns, lived with deadly snakes, or offered curios such as pottery and handwoven baskets. That spirit is alive today at the Wagon Wheel and the Munger-Moss, the Mule, Meramec Caverns, and Ted Drewes Frozen Custard, just to name a few. Their stories are included here.



Haunted Joplin

Author : Lisa Livingston-Martin

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 163 pages

File Size : 32,93 MB

Release : 2012-09-11

Category : History

ISBN : 1614236844

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From Native American societies to the Civil War to the crime spree of Bonnie and Clyde, Joplin’s history leaves spirited legends in its wake . . . The barrier between Joplin’s boisterous past and its present is as flimsy as a swinging saloon door. Lisa Livingston-Martin kicks it wide open in this ghostly history. In her expert company, tour a hotel with a reputation made from equal parts opulence and tragedy. Visit that house of horrors, the Stefflebeck Bordello, where guests regularly got the axe and were disposed of in mine shafts. Navigate through angry lynch mobs and vengeful patrols of Civil War spirits. Catch a glimpse of Bonnie and Clyde. Keep your wits about you—it’s haunted Joplin. Includes photos! “There may be as many non-living residents of Joplin as there are live ones, according to Haunted Joplin.” —The Morning Sun



Haunted Carthage, Missouri

Author : Lisa Livingston-Martin

Publisher : Haunted America

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 17,48 MB

Release : 2013

Category : History

ISBN : 9781626192041

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"Explore the haunted history of Carthage, Missouri"--



Haunted Ozarks

Author : Janice Tremeear

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 176 pages

File Size : 26,35 MB

Release : 2011-08-16

Category : History

ISBN : 1625841736

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The hills have scares in this haunted history of the Ozark Mountains from the paranormal investigator and author of Missouri’s Haunted Route 66. Tourists flock to the Ozarks region every year to dip their paddles in the pure waters of its wilderness, or to lose themselves in the happy bustle of its theme parks. But the serene hills and hollows often hide something darker. The Civil War and the Trail of Tears left their marks on the region, as did the James-Younger Gang and the Baldknobbers. Ghosts linger in resorts and penitentiaries, while UFO’s and buried treasure rest in uneasy graves. Those startled by seeing a hellhound run through their backyard, however, might also catch a glimpse of author Janice Tremeear and her team of researchers in hot pursuit of the mysteries of the Ozarks.