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• GAY PARA, A ROUTE 66 LANDMARK THAT HOLDS A UNIQUE SPOT OZARKS HISTORY
• GAY PARA, A ROUTE 66 LANDMARK THAT HOLDS A UNIQUE SPOT IN OZARKS HISTORY
• EVERTON, MISSOURI: GAY PARA ROUTE 66 SCLAIR STATN
• ROUTE 66: GARY’S GAY PARA
• ROUTE 66: SCLAIR GAY PARA, A GAS STATN OUT OF TIME
• GAY PARA SCLAIR STATN
• GAY PARA
• GAY PARA SCLAIR GAS STATN
• GARY'S GAY PARA
• GAY PARA SCLAIR – PARIS SPRGS JUNCTN
• GARY’S GAY PARA
• GARY'S GAY PARA
• GAY CHIGO
• CHIGO GAY BARS
• GAY PARA SCLAIR GAS STATN

GAY PARA, A ROUTE 66 LANDMARK THAT HOLDS A UNIQUE SPOT OZARKS HISTORY

Gay Para is a lol landmark for Route 66 enthiasts.

Gay Para was the feature of the July 2021 Ozarks Alive: Time Capsule episo on KSMU.

GAY PARA, A ROUTE 66 LANDMARK THAT HOLDS A UNIQUE SPOT IN OZARKS HISTORY

But one memory liv on the form of an old-fashned Sclair service statn lled Gay Para, loted some 20-some wt of the Queen small, lorful statn, adorned wh vtage dér, is tly a sign of the tim. ” Those are the words of Gee Bowick, who liv at Gay Para wh his partner, Barbara Barn.

They ntue a legacy that began around a century ago, when the statn was opened by Fred and Gay Mason the 1920s.

EVERTON, MISSOURI: GAY PARA ROUTE 66 SCLAIR STATN

Gee Bowick pots to a photo of Fred and Gay Mason, who opened the statn the 1920s. Most thgs remaed the same after Gee and Barbara moved om the East Coast to take over Gay Para.

“That’s the same hoe that Fred and Gay Mason lived , that’s the same hoe that Gary and Lena Turner lived , and now ’s where Barbara and I live, ” says Gee. For more rmatn about Gay Para, click here. “That’s the same hoe that Fred and Gay Mason lived , that’s the same hoe that Gary and Lena Turner lived , and now ’s where Barbara and I live, ” says vantage pot giv the uple a unique opportuny to bee acquated wh many people across cultural l.

This property is lled Gay Para, ” the late Gary Turner said 2012, wh his signature gravelly voice. “It was built by Gay and Fred Mason.

ROUTE 66: GARY’S GAY PARA

Gay Para was named after Gay. But you only see Gay’s name up there, so she’s probably more equal than Fred was.

”The origal Gay Para was built around 1930 Paris Sprgs, alongsi Route md that “Para” is not exactly “equal” Spanish (more likely Italian), and that Para may very well have been an old place name for this part of ral Missouri about 20- wt of Sprgfield. That was Gay Mason’s dream hoe. Th was born the lotn for the new Gay Para statn, now vised year-round by 66 travelers.

The path wouldn’t be anythg whout the people, ’” Rich relled ’s generosy love, iendship, and food at Gay Para, though, were owed large part to his formative years as a picker, wh his fay tryg to survive poverty.

ROUTE 66: SCLAIR GAY PARA, A GAS STATN OUT OF TIME

Meanwhile, the future of Gary’s Gay Para was very Para, Part 2The Gay Para statn sat quiet repose for months followg Lena’s ath. Worse yet, vandals started claimg some of the many antique signs and artifacts that ma Gay Para one of the most popular and unique roadsi attractns on scrib what happened durg this perd: “The statn sat empty….

”Gary Turner’s impact on Route 66 has been noted by many, particularly the people and muni nearby Gay Para Missouri. ”Today, Gay Para has been given a new lease on life.

Gay Para looks much the same as always did, perhaps a ltle neater and tidier plac where Barb has left her fgerprts, but the vibe is no is no such thg as a 15-mute vis to Gay Para, wh or whout Gary. You fet the heat, the humidy, the fli, bee this is the day’s premier event, and this is not the typil Missouri ont lghed aloud, “If you’re a hurry and you stop at Gay Para, you’re trouble! If you’re a te open road traveler, then Gary Turner and Gay Para were ma for you.

GAY PARA SCLAIR STATN

Visor Tips and News About Gay Para Route 66 Sclair StatnReports and tips om visors and Roadsi Ameri mobile tipsters. Gay Para Route 66 Sclair StatnThis was a lovely spot of nostalgia -- old timey rs and relics, and a lovely proprietor.

Gay Para Route 66 Sclair StatnSadly, Gary Turner, proprietor of The Gay Para service statn, passed away January 2015.

Gay Para Route 66 Sclair Statn, Everton, Missouri. It’s barely five o’clock and the sun is not that low yet, reflectg a pleasant warmth off the metal piec all around —Old gas statn pumps and Ford tck remnants, ancient license plat and signs wh such clean letterg that read: Kendall Motor Oil, Drk Lime Cola Double Size 5 Cents, Coal Oil, and then, Gay Para, Established 1934. Fred Watson named the jumble of art gas statns after his wife Gay, and over the years, beme one of the favore stops along Route 66.

GAY PARA

Different rtrants, hotels, and gas statns bee statns all their own—jt like Gay Para.

” Gary’s passn for Gay Para shows the re he tak wh every old r his lawn, and wh the personal attentn he giv every one of his guts. “Gay Para? Today, part two as we foc on a mt-see on the route, the Sclair Gay Para gas also: The History of Route 66, the Mother Road of AmeriOne n only image what the service statns on Route 66 looked like the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.

Fortunately, a stop at the Sclair Gay Para do better than that; tak back to the heart of that perd.

GAY PARA SCLAIR GAS STATN

Sclair Gay Para. In 1934, a gas statn lled Sclair Gay Para appeared on Route 66. Its founr, Fred Mason, named honour of his wife, Gay.

GARY'S GAY PARA

Normally, the story of Gay Para would have end there. Classic r ridg at the Sclair Gay Para gas statn.

GAY PARA SCLAIR – PARIS SPRGS JUNCTN

The place would still be regnized as the Sclair Gay Para, but also as Gary's Gay Para.

GARY’S GAY PARA

Our msage was French, but there are msag many languag on the fence; visors to the Sclair Gay Para e om all over the world, lerally.

GARY'S GAY PARA

Gay Para Sclair Statn. The origal Gay Para Sclair and garage were owned by Gay & Fred. Gay Para shows a Packard ss outsi of Gary’s Sclair statn near Halltown/Paris Sprgs, Missouri, wag s turn for repairs.

GAY CHIGO

Gay Para shows Gary’s Gay Para Paris Sprgs, Missouri. Built by Fred and Gay Mason the 1930s, this statn has long been a mastay on Route 66. Normally such a fire would be the end of the bs, but not the Gay Para!

Provg that hard work and termatn always mak the difference, today the Gay Para is full of life and receivg visors. The Gay Para Sclair Gas Statn Ash Grove, Missouri is reprentative of so many plac along the Mother Road.

CHIGO GAY BARS

It no longer offers lodgg, mechanic servic, or even gas, but is filled wh memorabilia some of origal to the Gay Para and some of llected om other parts of the Route 66. The Gay Para never would have been on our ratg list if we had jt experienced through pictur.

It wasn’t until we started discsg what we wanted to do the dg room that the visn for the Gay Para really me about. Gay Para beme the perfect place to recreate.

The Garage of the Gay Para is “bricked” wh unpatterned ston on the outsi, and si probably has darked planked walls.

GAY PARA SCLAIR GAS STATN

We also need to add the more generic advertisg signs that were prevalent at the Gay Paria and other plac.