Historic Route 66 - Hooker Cut, Missouri
Channel: Dan Maxwell
Date: 2023-07-23

As WW II raged overseas, the Army created a training camp in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri. It was named Fort Leonard Wood. The construction of the fort required a large workforce and building materials. Route 66 was used to move people and freight to the area but was narrow and snaked around the Ozark hills. The solution later would be known as the 1943 to 1977 Four-Lane Route 66 alignment! I made my 1st trip on this alignment in late May of 2023.