Updates from Cuba, Missouri Route 66 Mural City…videos, murals, magazines, and more

AMELIA EARHART DVD Finally, after looking for the Amelia DVD about flyer Amelia Earhart for awhile, my husband ran across it at Mace’s Grocery and brought it home. It was an enjoyable movie that dealt with Earhart’s (Hilary Swank) conflict between her marketing duties to fund her aviation projects and her desire to spend her time [...]

Coming October 23…Amelia returns!

Amelia Earhart first visited Cuba, Missouri 81 years ago.  Soon she will return to the Cuba area–with a little help from Hollywood. According to a Muskogee Times Democrat newspaper article, on  September 4, 1928, Amelia Earhart came to Cuba.  The article said that she left Scott Field in Belleville, Illinois in her 1927 Avro Avian [...]

Cuba, Missouri fourth graders show-off their history…

Cuba, Missouri 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 [...]

20 Things to do in Cuba, Missouri…Route 66 Mural City…or maybe more

Cuba, Missouri is a year-round destination with many attractions and events.