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| Powers Museum |
The Powers Museum is located at 1617 West Oak Street (Historic Route 66) on the westside of Carthage, Missouri. This section of road also was known as the Jefferson Highway (c.1915-1926). The museum's location was the site of the Taylor Tourist Park, later known as the Park Motor Court & Cafe.
Our neighbor across the street is Municipal Park, built during the mid-1930s through various public works projects of the federal government. Among the park's facilities is a golf course, swimming pool, tennis courts, skating rink, picnic areas, Kiwanis Kiddieland, Carthage Saddle Club Arena and the Jasper County 4-H Fairgrounds. Carl Lewton Stadium on the park's west edge was the home to the KOM Baseball League in which Mickey Mantle got his start as a player for the Independence (KS) Yankees.
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Other historical points of interest on Carthage's westside include the 1906 Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Monunment in historic Park Cemetery (at Baker and Oak) and the first local memorial to the Battle of Carthage, the 1905 monument in Oak Hill Cemetery (south of Oak on Oak Hill Road).
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Carthage is situated in the southwest corner of Missouri near both the Kansas and Oklahoma borders, and historically was known as the northern gateway to the Missouri Ozarks. The town is conveniently located around the intersection of Interstate 44 and Highway 71. See below for a map of the town and driving directions.
Click here to request Carthage Convention & Visitors Bureau's current tourism brochure or the new historical guide to Carthage, or visit the Carthage Convention & Visitors Bureau Web site.
PDF file of historical guide now available online
Click here for a printable version of this map.
Note: West Central Ave from 71 Bypass east to Garrison is now signed MO 571. The highway west of the 71 Bypass at Central is now signed MO 171 (and goes into Webb City).
Driving
Directions
If driving from north (US 71) or south (US71 or MO 59), take first
Carthage exit (signed for Garrison Avenue) and follow Garrison to Oak
Street (Municipal Hall & Braum's Ice Cream). Turn west and follow
Oak Street to Museum.
If driving from I-44 either west or east, exit at US 71 and follow directions above for approaching from southern direction on US 71.
If driving from US 71 Business from the west, exit at Oak Street and follow pass Municipal Park until you see museum on left.
If driving from Old Route 66 (MO 96) from the east, turn south (left) at Garrison and turn west (right) at Oak Street.
If driving west on MO 96 (from Kansas), do not exit onto US 71 Business/Mo 96 near Carthage, but follow road and it will become Oak Street. Drive pass Park, museum is on left.
Copyright © 2008 Powers Museum
1617 West Oak • P.O. Box 593 • Carthage, MO 64836
e-mail:infonow@powersmuseum.com
| phone: 417-358-2667
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