Jay Dix Station Tenders - Columbia, MO
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 38° 54.934 W 092° 24.059
15S E 551931 N 4307577
Kind of neat in a city park....
Waymark Code: WM1201J
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2020
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County of tender: Boone County
Location of tender: Scott Blvd, Jay Dix Station, city park nex t to basketball court, Columbia
Dedicated: May 3, 2015

This was once the boarding area for cattle ... loading them on cattle cars for market in Chicago and Kansas City.

When the railroad ceased and the tracks became the Katy Trail State Park, this was a parking lot for the trail head. In 2002 the area was named for the local ME, Dr. Jay Dix.
In 2009, the county and city got together and decided to make this trail head a park.

Done, and dedicated in May 2015, and still named for the ME, it is a neat park, and trail head. Has an exercise area, basketball court, and a mountain bike skills course.... as well as the bicycle travel on the Katy Trail...

TYPE: Abstract

OTHER:
The tender is a railroad crossing standard, and a former crowd control gate for loading passenger trains converted into a bicycle tender.

AMMENITIES: Dedicated bike paths

NEARBY: Other (describe below)

OTHER (What else is nearby?): City Park, and trail head to the Katy Trail State Park

How much do you pay for gasoline?: 2.00 (listed in local currency)

Did you ride your bike to get here?: No

IF NO, WHY NOT? (just kidding): I live 75 miles away and came here for a medical appointment at the VA hospital

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