Shellys Route 66 Cafe Cuba MO DSC05554
by Greg Kluempers
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Shellys Route 66 Cafe Cuba MO DSC05554
Artist
Greg Kluempers
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Photograph - Photography
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Cuba was platted in 1857 when it was certain the railroad would be extended to that point. It was named after the island of Cuba.[7]
President Harry S. Truman visited Cuba during a tour of U.S. Route 66. He surveyed the property that would eventually become Indian Hills Lake. Indian Hills Lake was originally known as "Indian Head Lake" because the skull of a Native American was found during excavation.
Bette Davis and Amelia Earhart also visited the town. Their visits are commemorated in the Viva Cuba Mural Project.
Cuba was designated as the Route 66 Mural City by the Missouri legislature in recognition of Viva Cuba's Outdoor Mural Project. The beautification group consulted with Michelle Loughery, a Canadian muralist who helped create the vision and two of the murals. The group commissioned twelve outdoor murals along the Route 66 corridor. Interstate 44 now runs through Cuba.
Cuba was also the site of the first Adopt a Highway program in the Missouri.
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