The famous Hooker Cut on the Route 66 alignment. The highway passes through a mountainous section where second-growth oaks are dwarfed by the few primeval giants lumbering men have left Tourists used to arrive by train to neighboring Crocker or Jerome and lodge here to enjoy nature. He added that it was 2 miles west of Clementine and that it was on a "stretch of divided highway, built during World War II to facilitate traffic to Fort-Leonard Wood, which is nearby.
The road is an engineering triumph and truly a joy to the traveler. Ghost Town There is no longer a town at Hooker, the original settlement located on the north curve of Teardrop Rd.
And it died when I was realigned in , cutting Teardrop Rd. Hooker Trivia There was a basket and furniture workshop in Hooker, and travelers stopped to buy the white oak strip baskets.
The two lane road curves to the left away from I and becomes a four lane highway. This is the Route 66 alignment built to Ft. The old road runs along the hill to the north of the freeway, concealed by the trees. Map with location. Their son Sterling also managed it but when the four lane alignment bypassed them, he relocated the business to the new highway. He had a store with cabins and camping.
When the road was again bypassed -now by I being relocated in further west, he moved to I and MO Vintage postcard of Sterling Hillbilly Store, by www. Click on image for Street View As you can see in the images above, the gabled house is the same, and the "red water pump" to the right in the postcard is still there, now painted white.
