Missouri Pacific
I-44 Passes Through Rural Missouri, Rural America
As you head from the Atlantic Ocean toward the great Pacific, you may drive along Interstate 44 through Missouri. Why so notable? The interstate begins in St. Louis, the gateway to the West. In St. Louis, the unmistakable Arch dominates the landscape as if to beckon travelers toward a new life. But life in Missouri remains rural and uncomplicated.
Departing the big city, I-44 then takes you past towns like Rolla, Springfield, and Joplin. In each of these areas – and dozens more just a little bit smaller but no less proud – the people of the communities determine their own destinies. They define where they live and how they live, and they proudly share their lives with each other, sitting on the numerous front porches all across the state.
Currently, there are 58,000 houses for sale in the entire state of Missouri along with thousands of condos, farms, and multi-family homes. By far, St. Louis offers the most homes now available with over 10,000 for sale. Perhaps one of the most notable homes in St Louis is a log home listed at almost $300,000. The 2200 square foot house is situated on 5 acres of beautiful acreage. It has three bedrooms, two baths and a completely updated, modern kitchen. But the best part may be the long welcoming front porch on which to enjoy the cool summer nights or a cup of coffee in the early morning.
As you leave the St. Louis area, you can drive along I-44 which skirts along forested conservation areas, it passes military installations like Fort Leonard Hood where soldiers serve their country unflinchingly, and eventually ends just outside of Joplin. All along the route, houses average about $150,000. Overall, homes in the state have remained steady – some areas show real estate values increasing, while other places how a decrease in home values.
But if you want to find yourself in Springfield, a more private style front porch can be found in a home near the campus of Missouri State University. The 1000 square foot house to which it’s attached is listed at $59,000 and has two bedrooms and one bathroom. The porch has brick halfway up, but is open to allow cool breezes from three feet to the roofline.
For $147,000, a traditional pizza-delivery only kind of porch can be found in Rolla. The two-story house itself is a four bedroom, two and a half bath traditional home with over 2200 spacious square feet. The carpet needs updated, but the unfinished basement could be a real boost to buyers seeking a lot of space for an affordable price.
Finally, in Joplin, Missouri is a piece of real estate listed at under $100,000 that has three bedrooms, one and a half baths, and a an old-fashioned front porch that hearkens to the days of neighbors talking over a glass of iced lemonade. The porch overlooks a shaded yard, but inside the house is bright and sunny.
Traveling along I-44 and stopping by to enjoy a porch chat with the people from the Show-Me state should be easily accomplished in this long, beautiful state.
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Tyco Stock Car – Missouri Pacific (CL #99L) $3.00 |
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o scale Missouri Pacific Railroad MoPac billboard Structure MTH Lionel Atlas $15.00 |
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Roundhouse Missouri Pacific “Mo-Pac Eagle” Combination Door 50′ Box Car, Kadee’s $7.90 |
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HO Scale MISSOURI PACIFIC “COLORADO EAGLE” (MOPAC) 8 car Passenger Set IHC New $169.95 |
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Northern Pacific Flyer, Missouri River Bridge Sterographic View Card RAILROAD $20.00 |
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Missouri Pacific #9581 0-6-0 ‘Switcher’ Type Steam Locomotive BW Film Negative $2.00 |
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Map 1900 Missouri Pacific Railroad $15.70 |
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MICRO-TRAINS Nscale 2 BAY HOPPER IN MISSOURI PACIFIC MP #705735 $12.50 |
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110 Negative. Missouri Pacific RR 4-6-2 Steam #6426 No Little Rock AR 1946 $0.99 |
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MATCHCOVER–MISSOURI PACIFIC $0.99 |
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MATCHCOVER–MISSOURI PACIFIC #2 $0.99 |
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Texas Pacific & Missouri Pacific Railroad Joint Breakfast Menu from 1968 $9.99 |
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Missouri Pacific Railroad Breakfast Menu from 1968 $7.99 |
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1953 Missouri Pacific Lines: Mo-Pac’s Colorado Eagle, Print Ad $6.00 |
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Missouri Pacific #5344 4-8-2 ‘Mountain’ Type Steam Locomotive BW Film Negative $6.95 |
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RAILROAD RAILWAY BADGE STICKERS ~ NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI PACIFIC RR LINES MINT! $42.50 |
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VAN BUREN ARKANSAS MISSOURI PACIFIC IRON MOUNTAIN RAILROAD DEPOT TRAIN POSTCARD $29.99 |
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LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS MISSOURI PACIFIC RR RAILROAD DEPOT TRAIN STATION POSTCARD $18.99 |
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HO Roundhouse 50′ Auto Box Car – Missouri Pacific RR #85864 NIB RTR $15.00 |
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LEES SUMMIT MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD DEPOT TRAIN STATION VINTAGE POSTCARD 1907 $49.99 |
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1907 WARRENSBURG MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD DEPOT TRAIN STATION VINTAGE POSTCARD $49.99 |
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PLEASANT HILL MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD DEPOT TRAIN STATION VINTAGE POSTCARD $49.99 |
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ATLAS MISSOURI PACIFIC – TEXAS & PACIFIC FREIGHT 6-PACK $109.99 |
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1935 MISSOURI PACIFIC LINES RAILROAD TIME TABLE $5.00 |
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1940s Matchbook Cover Missouri Pacific Railroad Eagles $16.99 |
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MISSOURI PACIFIC TRAIN ORDERS (24) WAGONER, OKLAHOMA 1979-1985. $8.99 |
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MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD PAPERWEIGHT ST. LEUIS MO. BUILDING $9.99 |
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MISSOURI PACIFIC TRAIN ORDERS (23) TEXARKANA, TEXAS 1976-1983. $8.99 |
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USA Trains Missouri Pacific Box Car R-1957 New never run on track $65.00 |
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USA Trains Missouri Pacific Box Car R-1957 New never run on track $65.00 |
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MISSOURI PACIFIC TRAIN ORDERS (22) VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS 1977-1981. $8.99 |
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NIB ACCURAIL HO SCALE MISSOURI PACIFIC 40′ 6 PANEL WOOD BOX # 7105 $6.99 |
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VINTAGE SOUVENIR VIEWS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS CARDS 1950 ROUTE 66 PACIFIC DAM $2.99 |
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Lionel 9724 Missouri Pacific Box Car New $19.99 |
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American Flyer Cattle Car # 929 Missouri Pacific $39.99 |
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MP Missouri Pacific GP28 2000 Original Slide $1.99 |
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MP Missouri Pacific U23B 4501 Original Slide $1.99 |
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old MISSOURI PACIFIC LINES RR RAILROAD ARGUSVILLE ND BEN BUSH FARM 1/3 QT BOTTLE $20.50 |
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Mantua Missouri Pacific Cattle Car 54117 NOT&M metal frame and trucks $0.99 |
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Associated Hobby Manfacturer’s Inc…Missouri Pacific 0-8-0 Switcher…L-5084 $0.99 |
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HO Scale Life-Like Proto 1000 Missouri Pacific Powered Diesl Engine #4104 Repair $14.20 |
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VINTAGE MISSOURI CAPITOL JEFFERSON CITY OLD PACIFIC HOTEL 2 SIDED SIGN $298.50 |
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1952 Johns-Manville Ad: Missouri Pacific Railroad Freight Station St Louis MO $4.00 |
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LIONEL 6-9219 MISSOURI PACIFIC OPERATING BOX CAR…MIB $40.00 |
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MOPAC Modern – Rubber Stamp #2167 MP Missouri Pacific $5.49 |
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MISSOURI PACIFIC B-23-7 #4515 4×5 DIESEL NEGATIVE $5.00 |
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MISSOURI PACIFIC B-23-7 #4854 4×5 DIESEL NEGATIVE $5.00 |
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St.Louis,Missouri Letterhead Missouri Pacific RR 1921 $15.00 |
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MOPAC President’s Letter 1958 Russell Dearmont Missouri Pacific Railroad $7.00 |
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HO SCALE MISSOURI PACIFIC MP 34′ OLD-TIME FREIGHT BOXCAR #7407 by POCHER/AHM NR $2.25 |
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RAILROAD SLIDE MISSOURI PACIFIC (MOPAC) SD40-2 3287 KIRKWOOD MO 6 1986 $3.99 |
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MISSOURI PACIFIC LINES MOPAC RAILROAD TIMETABLE SEPTEMBER 3, 1967 TIMETABLE $8.00 |
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1952 Train Radio – Missouri Pacific Lines Railroad Ad $9.99 |
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1950 Missouri Pacific Railroad Route of Eagles Print-Ad $9.99 |
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Rivarossi 1930s Era Roomette, Missouri Pacific, Colorado Eagle, 635-2748 $25.49 |
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2 x Athearn RTR EMD GP50 Missouri Pacific #3500 and #3517 $94.00 |
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HO TRAIN MISSOURI PACIFIC GE B23-7 B30-7 LOCOMOTIVE $59.99 |
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1869 map of Pacific, Missouri $29.99 |
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1870 Map of South Pacific Rail Road Co of Missouri. $29.99 |
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N scale MICRO TRAINS 40′ Plug Door boxcar/ MISSOURI PACIFIC road #96022/New21030 $14.99 |
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Athearn HO MISSOURI PACIFIC”ROUTE of EAGLES” COAL HOPPERS W/LOADS $69.95 |
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Vintage TYCO NIB HO Scale Orange Missouri Pacific Stock Car With Tyco Box 312 A $11.99 |
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Missouri Pacific Lines Pin New $0.99 |
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Missouri Pacific Mo Pac Railroad Wrench $55.00 |
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MISSOURI PACIFIC LINES ROUTE OF THE EAGLES TIMETABLE SCHEDULE $0.99 |
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MISSOURI PACIFIC LINES ROUTE OF THE EAGLES TIMETABLE SCHEDULE 1965 $0.99 |
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1944 Presstite Engineering Ad: MoPac Missouri Pacific Railroad Box Car $7.00 |
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1950 MISSOURI PACIFIC RR Lines~route of the EAGLES $8.24 |
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OLD VTG MISSOURI PACIFIC LINES AMERICAN RAILWAY O SCALE WOOD PASSENGER CAR $9.99 |
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SEDALIA MISSOURI MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD DEPOT TRAIN STATION 1909 SSS POSTCARD $39.99 |
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UNION PACIFIC R.R. MISSOURI RIVER BRIDGE COUNCIL BLUFFS AND OMAHA, NE 1915 $29.99 |
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Brand New (NOS) M.T.H. Missouri Pacific Box Car #20-93008- O Scale with box $19.99 |
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Missouri Pacific Railroad Cap $4.99 |
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MTL #24220 40′ Boxcar Missouri Pacific #Herb-1 “Herbie” $20.90 |
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MISSOURI PACIFIC R.R. /EAGLES GRAPHIC-MATCHBOOK COVER ADVERTISING-OLD VINTAGE $6.99 |
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MISSOURI PACIFIC, MOPAC, DARK BLUE DIESEL SWITCHER, HO SCALE DECALS, L-121 $5.00 |
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Missouri Pacific 60ft wood deck flat car by Intermountian $10.50 |
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N scale MICROTRAIN 40′ boxcar/MISSOURI PACIFIC “Herbie” $24.99 |
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ESTATE-TYCO 312A Stock Car- Missouri Pacific- HO Scale in Original Box $6.00 |
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Missouri Pacific 4 Window Cupola Caboose #1231 HO Scale by Tyco / Mantua $12.74 |
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Missouri Pacific Lines Railroad Matchbook $3.99 |
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1940′S MISSOURI PACIFIC EMPLOYEE PHOTOS RAILROADS RR LT $17.50 |
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Missouri Pacific Depot Little Rock Arkansas PC 1930 $4.99 |
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Bowser HO #11032 (3 pk)70 Ton Offset Hop- Missouri Pacific (MI)#6278, 6274, 6276 $38.97 |
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Funaro F&C 6143 MP MISSOURI PACIFIC 45′ Panel Side Steel Gondola 1-PIECE BODY $44.99 |
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Atlas Missouri Pacific (I-GN) #17144 ‘32 ARA Boxcar N Scale Freight Car $27.99 ‘32 ARA Box Missouri Pacific I-GN 17144 N… |
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Athearn G4352 HO 50′ PC&F Ext Post Box w/10′6 Door, MP/UP #2 Missouri Pacific Genesis $29.95 Full underbody details including complete brake rigging Completely detailed full cushion underframe Separately applied wire grab irons and etched end platforms 70-Ton roller bearing trucks with rotating bearing caps Machined RP25 profile metal wheels McHenry semi-scale knuckle couplers Now with hand applied weathering… |
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Lewis And Clark Part Two: From The Missouri Breaks To The Pacific $8.99 … |
