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From: Mike Flannigan <>
Subject: Re: [MOJASPER] Grey Hound Race Track/Joplin
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 10:08:04 -0500
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That racetrack still shows on some maps in this area:
http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=37.13602&lon=-94.51441&datum=NAD27&s=50&size=l


Mike


On Sun, 4 Sep 2005, wrote:

> Stone's Corner is about 4 miles NORTH of Joplin on North Main Road. The
> race track was about 1/2 mile south of Stone's Corner on the right side
> of the street as you were heading for downtown Joplin. The next major
> street south of Stone's Corner as you head for Joplin is now called
> Fountain Road. The ice cream/later honky-tonk building on the NW corner
> of Fountain Road and N. Main Street was called The Fountain and in it's
> hey day had a very beautiful neon fountain out in front. I was a
> car-hop and soda-jerk there from Sep 41 to June 42 making the grand
> salary of 5 cents an hour!!!
>John

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