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Title: National Old Trails Road - Missouri Section
Post by: Route66Fan on September 13, 2020, 01:17:16 PM
I'm working on mapping out the Missouri section of the "National Old Trails Road" from Kansas City, MO to St. Louis, MO, using "Volume 5" of the "1918 Official Automobile Blue Book". As of this post, I've mapped out the part from Kansas City, MO to Lexington, MO. The map can be found here. (https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1XQBDhouWclkMgkVKyqdM3TY78AsAWeXk&usp=sharing/)
Title: Re: National Old Trails Road - Missouri Section
Post by: Route66Fan on September 14, 2020, 09:42:47 AM
I've just finished the route between Lexington, MO & Marshall, MO.
Title: Re: National Old Trails Road - Missouri Section
Post by: Route66Fan on September 15, 2020, 05:03:41 AM
The route between Marshall, MO & Boonville, MO is now up.
Title: Re: National Old Trails Road - Missouri Section
Post by: Route66Fan on September 15, 2020, 02:55:55 PM
The section from Boonville, MO to Columbia, MO is complete.
Title: Re: National Old Trails Road - Missouri Section
Post by: Route66Fan on September 16, 2020, 08:37:13 AM
I just finished the rest of the route from Columbia, MO to St. Louis, MO. I had a hard time figuring out the route between Williamsburg, MO, thru Mineola, MO, to Danville, MO. The part from New Florence, MO to St. Louis, MO, follows the same route as the "North Missouri Cross State Highway", so I just reused the map data for that route.
Title: Re: National Old Trails Road - Missouri Section
Post by: edwaleni on September 16, 2020, 10:35:19 AM
Does the trails map tell you where the Boonville ferry was and how much they charged?

Also I noticed the road out of Boonville is called "Santa Fe Trail Road"
Title: Re: National Old Trails Road - Missouri Section
Post by: dcharlie on September 16, 2020, 11:26:50 AM
Nice map!  Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: National Old Trails Road - Missouri Section
Post by: Route66Fan on September 16, 2020, 01:18:48 PM
Quote from: edwaleni on September 16, 2020, 10:35:19 AM
Does the trails map tell you where the Boonville ferry was and how much they charged?

Also I noticed the road out of Boonville is called "Santa Fe Trail Road"
I didn't use the trails map, just the 1918 Official Automobile Blue Book. The "Blue Book" only roughly gave directions as to where the ferry was located, which is where the "Isle of Capri Casino" is now. There was no mention of how much the ferry charged, although another ferry up the Missouri River, at Glasgow, MO, charged $1.00. I think that the "Old Boonville Bridge" was already built by the time the auto trail map was printed.

The Santa Fe Trail Road follows the Old Santa Fe Trail, which started across the Missouri River in Franklin, MO.
Title: Re: National Old Trails Road - Missouri Section
Post by: Route66Fan on October 02, 2020, 07:40:23 AM
Here is an article from the November 20, issue of the The Columbia Evening Missourian that mentions a change in crossings on the Missouri River from Boonville, MO to Rocheport, MO.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Fuc%3Fid%3D1NIO4tSWWvfmh9eyl_Zwdn_DGHBkyYeVl&hash=85f38c4b771f27e674735e2228738dfc9b65a541)
I think the rerouting may be the road that goes through Overton, MO.