Welcome to
Baxter Springs
Baxter Springs is the last Kansas Route 66 town before crossing into Oklahoma — and home to Cafe on the Route, housed in the 1876 bank that Jesse James reportedly robbed.
The restored 1930 Phillips 66 cottage-style station is the most photographed historic gas station on Kansas Route 66, and the Baxter Springs Heritage Center & Museum tells both Route 66 and Civil War history.
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Baxter Springs Heritage Center & Museum
The definitive interpretation of Baxter Springs' three eras — cattle drives, Civil War, and Route 66
Restored Phillips 66 Cottage-Style Gas Station
The 1930s cottage-style filling station that anchors Baxter Springs' Route 66 streetscape
Baxter Springs Heritage Center and Museum
Two-floor regional museum covering Route 66, Civil War history, and the cattle-drive era that made Baxter Springs the first cow town of Kansas
Independent Oil and Gas Phillips 66 Station
Restored 1930 cottage-style Phillips 66 service station, now a free Route 66 museum and the most photographed building in Baxter Springs
Baxter Springs National Cemetery
One of the smallest national cemeteries in the United States, holding Union dead from the 1863 Baxter Springs Massacre and later veterans
Tips for Visiting Baxter Springs
Cafe on the Route is in the 1876 Jesse James bank — closed Mondays.
The 1930 Phillips 66 cottage station is a free Route 66 mini-museum, open weekend hours.
Baxter Springs Heritage Center & Museum is free — Civil War battle site plus Route 66 history.