In 1941, O.E. Carter and Ed Lawson erected a prefabricated gas station on Route 66 west of the Frisco Railroad overpass known as "the Subway." Many truckers had to let the air out of their tires or detour around the 13-foot-5-inch bridge, and westbound truckers then stopped at the station to refill their tires. In 1950, Carter and Lawson added a café building and moved their operations there from Lebanon. The café, which included a small gift shop, and station closed sometime after four-lane New Route 66, now Interstate 44, opened in 1957. The Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society restored the cafe's exterior in 2018-19 with financial assistance from property owner Gary McMillan, and the building's letters were hand-painted by Young Signs of Lebanon.