Does the Route 66 World’s Largest Rocking Chair Rock?

When people hear about the Fanning 66  Outpost’s Guinness World’s Largest Rocking Chair, they often ask if it rocks. The answer is that for safety reasons the Route 66 rocking chair does not rock. At 26,500 pounds, can you imagine having that giant piece of furniture rock on your foot? But… On August 18, 2008, [...]

William Tell never saw anything like this…

Another in Viva Cuba’s 2010 series about other attractions in Cuba, MO to combine with a trip to see the murals… William Tell was a legendary Swiss folk hero who was forced to shoot an apple from his son’s head with a crossbow.  Later, Rossini composed the William Tell Overture. The finale provided background music for [...]

Are you ready?

Cuba Fest 2009 is on the way…October 17-18… A 1904-style Trolley, Apple Butter, Crafts, Music, Cemetery Tour, Great Food, the list goes on and on… Viva Cuba received this Cuba Fest activity card in an email today. The Tri-C organization, a service organization of busy Cuba women, organizes this event each year.  Many businesses and [...]

Cuba, MO fourth graders show-off their history…

Cuba, MO fourth graders know their history. On Friday, May 15, Viva Cuba Members Jill Barnett and Jane Reed joined two busloads of  Crawford County R-II fourth graders and their teachers on a bus tour. The Viva Cuba members narrated the stories behind the murals as the big yellow bus toured the town along the [...]

18 Things To Do in Cuba, MO

Bette Davis, Harry Truman, and Amelia Earhart visited Cuba MO, why don’t you? Attractions and Activities to enjoy while visiting Cuba, MO… 1. 12 Outdoor Murals Get a brochure at the Visitor Center 2.  History Museum/Veterans Memorial/Public Library at Recklein Commons on Smith Street 3. Antique Malls/Resale Shops 4. Specialty Shops 5. Cruise Historic Route [...]

We painted them…and they came…

It is not unusual to see visitors to town carrying cameras and mural brochures as they walk the streets of Cuba along the Route 66 corridor looking at the murals. A Viva Cuba member pauses in her flower planting to give visitor directions to a mural. And there was the Corvette Car Club that drove each [...]