French explorers first make contact with the powerful Osage Nation in Missouri in 1670.
In 1900 Cuba was a very prosperous community.
A. J. Barnett, prominent banker and mayor of Cuba in 1922, brought the first electric light system to Cuba.
In September of 1922 weather concerns forced Amelia Earhart to land in Cuba and spend the night.
In 1948 Bette Davis stopped for the night in Cuba as she traveled Route 66.
Senator Harry S. Truman speaks at the County Fair in Cuba during his 1940 reelection campaign.
And just down the road from Cuba in Fanning…
The Second Largest Rocking Chair in the U.S. The largest is in Casey, Illinois. It is a wonder what these communities along Old Route 66 will do to attract visitors.
Wanderers in Wonder 
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