Villa Ridge, MO – Gardenway Motel
A billborad announces the hotel. It is still operational and offers short and long-term guests affordable accommodations.
Address: 2958 Highway 100 in Villa Ridge, Missouri.
Villa Ridge – Sunset Motel
The Sunset Motel opened in 1940 with 12 rooms. Since then, not much was updated. The first renovation started in 2009. The hotel is still opened. There you can rent rooms and cabins.
Address: 427 Highway AT, Villa Ridge, MO
Stanton – Stanton Motel
This small hotel is located off Interstate 44, on the other side of the Jesse James Museum. When we were there in 2013, it seemed still in operation.
Address: North Service Road W, Stanton, MO
Stanton – Delta Motel
The Delta Motel is closed and in state of decay. It is located at the Jesse James and Toy Museum on Route 44 in 66/Interstate Stanton. The campground, which once belonged to the hotel is still open.
Address: 42420 S. Service Road, Stanton, MO
Cuba – Wagon Wheel Motel
The Wagon Wheel Cabins was built in 1935 in the chaotic times of the Depression. After the dust storms (dust bowl) destroyed millions of acres of land.
Robert W. & Margaret Martin were the first owners of the Wagon Wheel Cabins, they bought the land 1934. Since 2009 Connie Echols owns the motel. She completely updated it.
Website
Address: East Washington Boulevard, Cuba, Missouri
Lebanon – Munger Moss Motel
Since 1971 the Hotel is operated by Ramona and Bon Lehman. The original Munger Moss was a a BBQ at the Big Piney River at Devil’s Elbow. In the late 1930s and early 1940s a couple named Munger ran the sandwich shop. When Mr. Munger died, his widow married Emmett Moss. Since then, the sandwich shop has been called “HENCE Munger Moss” .
Sometime in the 60s, the family Hudson took over the diner. It was well known, but when the 4-lane Hwy was bulit, the shop was cut off from traffic. The Hudson’s quickly found a new place for their shop. They bought a piece of land in Lebanon, where they opened “Munger Moss BBQ”.
Across the street were 4 Cabins named “Green Gables” and a small motel called “Rock Court”. The Hudsons bought both, and opened the hotel in 1945. 1946, the Munger Moss Hotel was reopened. It now belongs to Bob and Ramona Lehman.
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Address: 1336 East Route 66, Lebanon, MO