A Route 66 historical display that mimics the original Boots Drive-In restaurant in Carthage, Mo., is being installed now at the iconic Jasper County Courthouse in Carthage, reports the Joplin Globe.
At 18 feet wide and 13 feet tall, the display is a representation of the front of the former drive-in that will hold artifacts from the Mother Road. Members of the Jasper County Commission and the county’s courthouse preservation committee selected the design, which Wiseman developed and built. Funding for the project comes from a federal highway grant, administered by the Missouri Department of Transportation. […]
The exhibit will include full-size artifacts, including a gasoline pump and air pump. There also will be a flat-screen television that will show slides of Route 66 history.
You can see part of the display here. This is what the original Boots Drive-In looked like. More elements to the display will be added later, said the curator.
