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Little Dixie Highway of the Great River Road
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3/28/2025 Back on the road, we pulled off for a photo of the sign for the Little Dixie Highway of the Great River Road (LDH), the only
section of GRR in MO. Like the MGR, this is a specially designated section. In Louisiana, MO (like THAT didn’t cause confusion), we stopped for two murals (LDH) a block apart:
“The mural illustrates [Zebulon] Pike during his exploration of the upper Mississippi River and his exploration across the Great Plains to the Rocky Mountains. Pike County Missouri was named for Zebulon Pike in 1818.”
“The mural depicts the east entrance to Louisiana via U.S. Highway 54 over the Mississippi River on the Champ Clark Bridge. The Delta Queen paddle wheel steamship is approaching the bridge heading downstream from the north. The leopard frog is simply a whimsical addition as is the painter on the ladder.”
A look along the byway ...
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... with the byway sign
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First mural ...
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... in Louisiana ...
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... with Zebulon Pike
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Old Zeb
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Is that Pike's Peak?
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Another nice detail
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Second mural ...
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... in Louisiana ...
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... of the Mississippi ...
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... and Delta Queen
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