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Springfield Celebrates Route 66 Centennial Year With New Attractions and Experiences

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Springfield Celebrates Route 66 Centennial Year With New Attractions and Experiences

Karee Blunt
Updated Jul 23, 2026

In the 1930s, more than 200,000 people traveled Route 66 to escape drought, debt and hardship. A century later, travelers follow the same highway for strikingly different reasons: nostalgia, history and the chance to experience one of America's most iconic roads.

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Route 66 sign in Springfield, MO

Updated Jul 23, 2026

Photo Credit: Karee Blunt

Obituaries

Obituary: David Reed

Updated May 6, 2021

David Paul Reed passed away April, 20, 2021, at RiverBend Sacred Heart Medical Center in Springfield, Ore. David was born May, 29, 1947, in Ho…

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Jane Sheppard Merydith

Nov 20, 2018

Jane Sheppard Merydith, age 93, of Springfield, Ore., passed away peacefully on Nov. 7, 2018. She was born to Ruth Jordan Sheppard and William…

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James Alba Lacock

Updated Aug 27, 2020

James "Jim" Alva Lacock, 78, passed away peacefully Sept. 14, 2017. He was born Sept. 30, 1938, in Salem, Ore. He was the third of five childr…

Obituaries

Edwin Marshall and Cleo Inez Modisette

Jul 19, 2016

Edwin Marshall Modisette was born Jan. 20, 1918, in McAlester, Okla., and passed away July 16, 2016, in Springfield, Ore. Cleo Inez Modisette …

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Officer shoots woman at Oregon gas station

STEVEN DUBOIS, Associated Press
Updated Aug 27, 2020

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon woman was shot by police Thursday after pointing a replica handgun at them following a car chase, authorities said.

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Police: Ore. man died after fight outside 7-Eleven

Updated Aug 27, 2020

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Eugene police say a 23-year-old man who died Wednesday after being found unconscious in a downtown alley had been in a fight earlier that morning.

Obituaries

Virginia Clara Cunningham

Aug 12, 2014

Virginia Clara Cunningham, 91, died peacefully Aug. 1, 2014, at Gateway Gardens in Eugene, Ore.

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Service announcement for Feb. 5

Feb 4, 2014

Anna Crockett

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Springfield Celebrates Route 66 Centennial Year With New Attractions and Experiences

Route 66 sign in Springfield, MO

Obituary: David Reed

Jane Sheppard Merydith

James Alba Lacock

Edwin Marshall and Cleo Inez Modisette

Officer shoots woman at Oregon gas station

Police: Ore. man died after fight outside 7-Eleven

Virginia Clara Cunningham

Service announcement for Feb. 5

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