Big Chief Roadhouse, Pond, Wildwood

Pond was long a good place to stop for travelers heading west from St. Louis. While the earlier Pond Hotel served the travelers of the 19th Century, the Big Chief Hotel provided more elaborate lodgings for the new automobile travelers passing through the area.

Spanish Colonial Revival in style, which is obviously not native to Missouri, the hotel predicted the oftentimes unique and eccentric hotels lining the original Route 66.

Oak Grove Cemetery Entrance

The entrance to the cemetery is guarded by a tall Doric column and a Spanish Revival guardhouse.