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Plus clean, unique restrooms! The 1951 blue Hudson Hornet 'Doc' parked there is a popular photo-op for Route 66 travelers! Today, it offers Route 66 curios, artwork for the Gearhead and a place to gather to share stories. The official ribbon cutting was held on June 17, 2023, culminating five-year's worth of renovation and restoration. In April of 2021 a neon lighting celebration was held. The station closed shortly after 2000, but renovations were begun by Aaron Perry in 2018. The building was constructed out of native stone in 1939, and served Route 66 travelers for decades under the ownership of Logan Thompson. Gearhead Curios is located at 520 South Main Street (Route 66 and Jefferson Highway) in Galena in a restored Texaco filling station. 'In 2001, members of the community joined with the Chamber of Commerce to donate a block of the downtown Route 66 main street to construct a park for everyone to enjoy.' Located at the corner of Main Street and Westėth Street (Route 66) Greetings from Galena, Kansas, on Historic Route 66 More about Galena at the Travel Kansas Website Today, it is a popular destination for Route 66 road trippers! Travelers have a variety of shops and restaurants to choose from and a number of attractions to enjoy from the International Harvester boom truck that was the inspiration for the character “Mater” in Disney’s Cars to Schermerhorn Park and the Southeast Kansas Nature Center. The “Mother Road” continues to bring visitors to the community today. It was the first major city on Route 66 that travelers passed through westbound from Joplin to Tulsa. Galena, Kansas was settled in 1877 and is the oldest mining town in Southeast Kansas. Map of Historic Route 66 through Galena, Riverton and Baxter Springs in KansasĬlick the map for an interactive routing map

Gearhead Curios in a restored Texaco gas station.

The Buick of the Radiator Springs Sheriff.Cars on the Route in Galena - Restored Kan-O-Tex service station.From there it entered Commerce, Oklahoma, and headed southwest through Miami, Alton, Chelsea and Claremore and Tulsa.Īlthough the Route through Kansas is short, there are a number of attractions for Mother Road travelers, such as the following in Galena: It traveled through Galena, Riverton and Baxter Springs. The route through Kansas was the shortest of all the states, only about 13 miles. As Route 66 left Joplin, Missouri, it was only a short distance westbound to the Kansas border.