Baxter Springs

Baxter Springs population 4250, is a city on historic Route 66 in Southeastern Kansas. During the US Civil War, it briefly hosted a US fortress (Fort Baxter, aka Fort Blair, abandoned 1863) and was the site of the Baxter Springs Massacre battle.

Baxter Springs Halal Travel Guide

The area from Joplin, Missouri through Galena (Kansas) | Galena, Riverton and Baxter Springs, Kansas to Miami (Oklahoma)#Picher|Picher, Oklahoma was lead and zinc mining country, extracting galena (lead sulphide) ore until the 1960s. The closure of the mines, followed by the bypassing of US Route 66 by Interstate highways, led to a decline in the local economy and a drop in local population.

As mining was never permitted within the Baxter Springs city limits and the town escaped the ecological damage which turned nearby Picher into a ghost town. The original motels and campgrounds which served motorists on the dozen miles of US Route 66 in Kansas are now gone, but portions of the city's Route 66 legacy live on to attract visitors today.

Travel to Baxter Springs

Baxter Springs Independent Oil and Gas Service Station - Route 66 visitor info US 66.svg|14px Baxter Springs is accessible by motorcar on the former US Route 66, where it is sixteen miles (22 km) west of Joplin, Missouri. There is no local transit service.

I-44.svg|14px When Interstate 44 bypassed Route 66, it avoided Kansas entirely by crossing directly from Missouri to Oklahoma. To get back to Route 66 (Alternate US 69) from I-44, exit to US Route 400 at the Missouri state line and drive 8 miles (13 km) west to Baxter Springs.

Get Around in Baxter Springs

GPS 37.023056|-94.734722

What to See

• Baxter Springs Heritage Center and Museum 740 East Ave 37.028016,-94.733395 ☎ +1 620 856-2385 Opening Hours: April 23-Oct 31: Tuesday - Saturday 10:30AM Monday - 4:30PM; Sunday 1PM Monday - 4:30PM. Nov 1-Apr 22: Saturday 10:30AM Monday - 4:30PM; Sunday 1PM Monday - 4:30PM Local history including Quantrill's Battle & Massacre, US Civil War, both world wars and the retail main street in the 1870s and 1930s, a Lincoln school room, US Route 66 and the local tri-state mining neighborhood, native and black American history. Souvenir shop.

• Baxter Springs Independent Oil and Gas Service Station 940 Military Ave 37.025833,-94.734722 ☎ +1 620 856-2066 Baxter Springs Independent Oil and Gas Service Station -QQQQQQQ This 1930s service station dispensed first Independent Oil and Gas and later Phillips Petroleum; the building was restored in 2007 as the Kansas Route 66 Visitor Center.

• Soldiers' Lot, Baxter Springs City Cemetery US 166 West 37.032258,-94.769806 miles 2 west of US 66 - A place of burial and Civil War memorial for those who fought in the 1863 Battle of Baxter Springs.

Top Travel Tips

• Cowtown Days - Annual summer festival with entertainment, arts and craft fair, gospel music, contests and a vehicle show.

Shopping

Baxter Springs Soda Fountain - Baxter Springs soda fountain

• Carol's Flea Market and Appraisals 1141 Military Ave. 37.023932,-94.735706 ☎ +1 620 856-5570 Antiques and Route 66 memorabilia.

Halal Restaurants & Food in Baxter Springs

• Baxter Springs Smokehouse - 2320 Military Ave 37.011742,-94.735732 ☎ +1 620 856-3287 Opening Hours: 11AM Monday - 8PM wkdays, 7AM Monday - 8PM wkends $6-14 Smoked meats, Steaks, burgers, sandwiches and seafood, takeout.

• Chili Willy's 2327 Military Ave. 37.011125,-94.736383 ☎ +1 620 856-3833 Opening Hours: Monday, Tu, Thursday - Saturday 7AM Monday - 8PM; West 7AM Monday - 2PM; Sunday 6AM Monday - 10AM Lunches $5-10
• El Cabrito 2135 Military Ave 37.013991,-94.736375 ☎ +1 620-856-3733 Mexican, steakhouse.

• Route 66 Soda Fountain 1136 Military Ave 37.023917,-94.734946 ☎ +1 620 856-5520* Weston's Route 66 Café 1737 Military 37.017626,-94.736164 ☎ +1 620-856-4414 Rebuilt/reopened after an April 27, 2014 EF2 tornado hit.

Ramadan in Baxter Springs

Ramadan 2025 in Baxter Springs

Ramadan concludes with the festival of Eid al-Fitr, which may last several days, usually three in most countries.

The next Ramadan shall be from Friday, 28 February 2025 to Saturday, 29 March 2025

The next Eid al-Adha shall be on Friday, 6 June 2025

The next day of Raʾs al-Sana shall be on Thursday, 26 June 2025

The next day for Mawlid al-Nabī shall be on Monday, 15 - 16 September 2025

Muslim Friendly Hotels

Rainbow Marsh Bridge - Rainbow bridge near Riverton

• Baxter Inn 2451 Military Ave 37.009448,-94.736936 ☎ +1 620 856-2106* Riverside Park - ?page=riverside-park-on-spring-river US Route 166, south side, at east edge of Baxter Springs - ☎ +1 620 856-2112 +1 620 856-5483 $5/tent, $10/RV Park with local campground on Spring River. Fishing, boat ramp, RV electrical hook-up, shelter houses, tables, grills and rest rooms. Contact the Baxter Springs Police Department (121 West 11th St.) for a permit to camp.

Nearby

Riverton

Eisler's in Riverton, KS - Eisler Brothers Country Store

An unincorporated Route 66 community, population 930, at what is now the junction of K-66 and U.S. Route 69 Alternate.

• Eisler Brothers Country Store - 7109 Southeast Oriole Lane, Riverton - ☎ +1 620 848-3330 1925 country store with groceries, produce, flowers, deli sandwiches, souvenirs and memorabilia. One of the stops on Pixar's US 66 research trip for Radiator Springs|2006 film "Cars", where Route 66 Association president Dean Walker showed the film's makers his ability to twist his feet around 180° and walk backwards. (The corresponding character in the animated film, a rusty tow truck, teaches how to drive backwards.) According to route 66 historian and guide Michael Wallis, "As luck would have it, we had just eaten a sandwiches at the Eisler Brothers when we met Dean, He was proud as punch to show them his exorcist feet and regale them with stories of the Ghost Light."

• Rainbow Bridge | Brush Creek - two miles west of Riverton on former US Route 66 - Sole surviving single-span concrete Marsh arch bridge on Route 66. Built in 1923.

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