Stay updated with breaking news from John t woodruff. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
missouri, we took a driving tour museumcity with history on the square executive director john sellers. we re driving around the in springfield. and this public square is interesting. it s designed with the streets it in the center of each side, which is kind of rare. the corners.in but it was designed by one of the founders of springfield, campbell, who came here in 1830 with his family and wanted this to be the county designated newly greene county of southwest donated 50 acres of land and the city sold 48 acres to get enough money for the courthouse and these two town remain, the county square. they built the courthouse in the center of the square and that became the side of greene county s county seat. and kind of got things started 1835 and 1838, the city was chartered. it all came about because what by now whicho go is an historical marker in the on what sa building called water street. the reason it s called water is was thethis intersection of several native a ....
this burgeoning building of automobiles in every small town. the demand to be able to open a map and go from place to place was so strong that the government said we are going to start this deal of numbered highways. as theield is known birthplace of route 66. man namedield had a john t roadworks. he was an absolute genius at marketing and making things happen. he was one of the committee of people pushing for the silent. highway. they wanted the number to be 60. then, through politicking with the governor of kentucky, that changedas strange and that number went to another road. john t. woodruff got together with some of the other people in the committee and came up with the idea of 66. asking sent a telegram that they be given the number 66. history.is , iconic inoute 66 music and folklore. we feel like we are the birthplace because the meeting and telegram were sent from our city. how did woodruff get so involved in the establishment. he was a tremendous visiona ....