KETC-TV in St. Louis produced a good segment about the Route 66 town of Cuba, Mo., and its dozen murals.
The remarkable thing is the murals aren’t simply decorative. They represent real events and real people. Listen to the man get emotional as he tells about the Cuba men who went off to war, and his infamous encounter with actress Bette Davis at a local diner in 1948.
We’ve been traveling Route 66 since 2000, and it’s been amazing to watch Cuba’s transformation. It now calls itself “Mural City.”
For more about Cuba’s murals, go here.
Those would be really fun to see some day.
My husband and I did see all the murals in August of 2006, except for the last one that was just finished. It’s a beautiful, quaint little town and the murals make you feel you are in a long forgotten time. The town of Cuba has indeed something to be proud of and it’s a great tourist attraction. I can speak from experience!