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This past summer I spent two weeks exploring US 50 from Kansas to California. I received several requests to go the other direction, and while I'm not able to go all the way to Maryland I did check out the section through Missouri. This first part through Western Missouri goes from Kansas City to Jefferson City. There are a lot of really interesting small towns and some fascinating history here!
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0:00 Intro
0:35 Kansas City to Warrensburg
3:59 Warrensburg to Sedalia
7:14 Sedalia to Jefferson City
11:35 Outtakes
Music
Sunshine - The Mini Vandals
The Engagement - Silent Partner
Lost & Found - Dan Lebowitz

[@rosiemcnaughton9933]

One of the best videos yet. I don't know much about Missouri, but this looks like beautiful country! It's nice to see that most of the towns have either grown or are at least holding their population steady. I really like Sedalia. Thanks for another great trip. Looking forward to the next one.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Wow, thank you very much! Much appreciated!

[@my67falcon]

Lee's Summit has been one of my favorite towns in Missouri since I first got stationed at Whiteman AFB in 1992. Warrensburg (Johnson County) is the home of Old Drum, or as more widely known, Man's Best Friend. The modern push mower was also invented in Warrensburg.

[@aliceevans3357]

I've always liked Missouri. Fun fact: Missouri is #3 on the list of Cival War battles. Arkansas is 7th, Oklahoma is 12th, Kansas is 18th. Thank you for including a little history of the towns, I like doing further research on some of them. I want to thank you for the time and effort you put in to bring us great videos all year. I appreciate them and look forward to the road trips each week. Praying GOD'S richest blessings for you. Have a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year! 🌟

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Aww that’s nice of you to say! A lot of these small towns have a lot more history than I can squeeze into a few seconds here and there. Hope you have a great holiday as well!

[@kaymerry369]

Interesting area. nice country towns and interesting bits of history about railroad during civil war. Enjoyed . Confidence look of little guy in the road brought a smile. Thanks.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Haha yes he wasn’t worried about me 😂😂 Thanks!

[@jeanoltvedt]

FYI, 50 highway was expanded to four lanes from KC to accommodate all the traffic heading down to the Lake of the Ozarks, usually for the weekend but also for vacation. Go to Tipton and turn south! You'll get there. The history of the lake and the growth of all the small towns down there is interesting too.

[@JodysJourney]

How fun. I grew up in Centertown, went to high school in Jefferson City, college in Warrensburg, and my first newspaper job was in California, so I spent the first third of my life on Highway 50. So glad you took the old route. ❤️😊

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Nice! Neat towns for sure!

[@ronalddailey5208]

Well done. Thanks for showing us rural Missouri

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Eastern Missouri Thursday!

[@jr2no160]

We just did a back and forth on US 50 between KC and Defiance, back in October. It was nice reestablishing our respective relationship with traveling the route in our home state. I was surprised with how much is four lane divided hwy to Sedalia.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Agreed!

[@papabear562]

That was really cool. Lots of small towns/ghost towns along the way. Really beautiful landscapes. Thanks!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you 😊

[@juanitagarcia958]

Awesome trip! Merry Christmas 🎄

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Merry Christmas to you as well 😊

[@ronfullerton3162]

Merry Christmas everyone! It is fun to imagine our host sitting by his Christmas tree with his Santa hat on opening his presents. But you know he is probably out there on the highways and byways creating more great videos.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

A little of both 😉

[@robertodebeers2551]

This is a part of the lower Midwest that I'm not familiar with at all. Love these little farm towns on the "old highway."

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

It’s an interesting area to explore!

[@gregoryanderson6550]

I have driven US 50 from Lee Summit to the end of US 50 in Maryland, I Bi passed Cincinnati and Washington DC.

[@terriquotskuyva4594]

Wow Missouri looks so beautiful with a lot of small towns . Love it!!!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

It is! 😊

[@bsmith8943]

Mo has alot of beautiful small towns.

[@Summit2012]

Unfortunately, I am old enough to remember when 50 went through most of those small towns instead of around... Kinda sad to see what happened to some (at least some of the businesses) after the bypass went in. Happened on other old highways as well.

[@jamesalias595]

I left Sedalia in the 1980's to join the military. I am surprised Warrensburg is as big as Sedalia. Knob Noster is just as ugly as I remembered it, but has a nice state park. Near Otterville is where Jessie James robbed a train. Glad that Tipton still has the 8 ball. I lived temporarily in Centertown as a child, looks the same almost. Lived in Elston too, it was never on highway 50, but much of old Elston is gone. St Martins used to be what we called a wide spot in the road, totally different now. From St Martins the next spot would have been Apache Flats, not sure why it was called that but it had the House of Bargins. Then next was Jefferson City where I was born. Things have changed in the last 40 years.

[@julieschossow9315]

Merry Christmas and thank you.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Same to you!

[@juliogonzales5441]

Thanks for taking us with you..your videos are gold...Merry Christmas 🎄 😊

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

That’s very nice of you to say! Thanks you and same to you!

[@daniellilienkamp5202]

The last few times I’ve driven across Missouri on Highway 50, I traveled the four lane part as much as possible. It’s definitely faster, but you miss a lot by skipping the towns the road was built to connect. Your video reminded me of the trips I took through there in the early 1980s.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Fun trip!

[@sueelliott3206]

I really enjoy seeing all of these small towns. They all seems to be pretty clean. Looking forward to part 2. Thanks for sharing and Happy Holidays!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Yeah I was pleasantly surprised by most of them! Thanks you too!

[@LM79453]

I look forward to each video and each is better than the last. Merry Christmas ⛄

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Wow, thank you! Same to you!

[@johncjacobs6175]

Really enjoy ur travels my wife and I have done many of routes u have but watching ur travels Ic we missed a few time to hit the road with help from ur videos thanks and keep them coming

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Awesome thanks so much! Enjoy your travels as well!

[@wayniebotts8366]

I too live in Wichita KS, I really enjoy the content of your videos, be safe and Merry Christmas 🎄

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you very much! You too!

[@seanirby8838]

Wonderful video! Living in Central Missouri and enjoying a good day trip, I've gone from the Kansas border to the Illinois border on U.S. 50 a couple of times, and I've spent a good amount of time at the Amish and Mennonite stores in the area around Tipton and Centertown. Thank you for showing us through each of these little towns and unincorporated communities, and I can hardly wait until you do 50 east of Jefferson City, as one of the towns just off 50 (Owensville) is where I lived when I was a kid.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Lots of interesting little towns that direction! Unfortunately I didn’t go through Owensville as it was a little off US 50 but I went to all the other ones near it!

[@billiegutierrez2506]

They sure have a lot of neat towns in Missouri thank you for taking us along. Have a merry Christmas stay safe.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Same to you!!

[@rgreed20081]

Oddly the dog which cause you to stop may have been the Town Sheriff. 😆

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Truth! 😂😂

[@Partzman23]

I am from Southeast Mo and have been to Sedalia for the county fair years ago. I ryde a Can-Am Spyder RTL and this US50 would be a great ryde to do across Mo. Thanks for sharing this video with us. Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Artie

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Sedalia is definitely an interesting town! Thank you and same to you!

[@shelliecollier7017]

Nice video. I'm with you about liking the little towns. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks, you too!

[@rossbryan6102]

AS A VERY YOUNG LAD OUR FAMILIES LONG DISTANCE TRIP WERE FROM OUR FARM TO JEFFERSONTOWN KENTUCKY, TO VISIT MY DADS PARENTS! THIS WAS A 560 MILE TRIP TAKEN AT CHRISTMAS TIME, EVERY 3/4 YEARS! WE WOULD LEAVE HOME AND TAKE MARTIN CITY ROAD,/ KS HIWAY 150/135 th TO HIGHWAY 50 AT LONE JACK MO TO ST LOUIS, US50 ACROSS ILLINOIS AND INDIANA TO VINCENNES INDIANA, THEN PICK US 150 TO LOUISVILLE KY. IN THOSE DAYS THERE WAS ALWAYS A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN ST LOUIS AND MUCH STOP AND GO! IN THESE DAYS THE INTERSTATES WERE NOT EVEN A DREAM THEN! ONE TRIP, FOR A CHANGE OF PACE, DAD TOOK HIGHWAY US 40 KANSAS CITY TO ST LOUIS. IT WAS A BETTER ROAD, BUT MORE TRAFFIC, AND, UNFORTUNATELY WE STILL HAD TO NAVIGATE THROUGH ST LOUIS, ALSO! IT WAS NICE SEEING THE PORTIONS OF OLD US 50 AS I REMEMBER THEM!! THE OLD ROUTE FROM OLATHE TO LONE JACK WAS A POPULAR ROUTING TO THOSE WANTING TO GO EAST OF KANSAS CITY WITHOUT GOING THROUGH DOWNTOWN KC! WITH THE BUILDING OF I-435 AND I-470 THIS SHORT CUT EAST WAS MADE OBSOLETE AND NEARLY FORGOTTEN TODAY!!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Great post - lots of wondering memories and information!

[@onrycodger]

I hope you have an awesome Christmas and safe travels until next time. Thumbs up 👍

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you very much! Same to you!!

[@pamelacrowe4971]

Thanks for bringing us with you. Merry Christmas!!!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Happy holidays! Thanks for all the support!

[@nascarsteve]

my hometown of Lee's Summit featured! Definitely recognized downtown before you even mentioned it was LS.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Great town! Nice downtown area!

[@peterselten500]

Hi john merry xmas thanks for all the tours . Cheers mate🇦🇺

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Happy holidays down under!!

[@mariakettlehut7399]

My home state ! Merry Christmas

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! I enjoyed visiting your state!

[@stevemccoy8138]

Great tour, have a MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 😊

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! You too!

[@stevekeller7428]

I enjoyed this very much Thank you! I would like to hear more about some of the smaller towns and how they got their beginning. But a wonderful video Thank you.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Yeah this video is more of a quick drive down the road 😊

[@Summit2012]

Can't drive through Tipton without giving a mention to the Dutch Bakery and bulk food store. Probably the best in the state!

[@bertholini2810]

Very nice. I'll bet you get something nice as a present. Be good, be safe !

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I spent my money to travel to Key West 😂

[@bertholini2810]

I have to laugh..... so, you did get a nice present (have a good time). Be good, be safe !@@TravelwithaWiseguy

[@tinman7130]

Lots of great public building in this video. Enormous monuments to a by gone era of public works and community pride. Great music selection. In Tipton did you drive around to the back of that water tower just to say you found yourself behind the eight ball?

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Hahaha 😂😂 thank you for a year of laughs!

[@ashleyschackart85]

Another Great Video

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks again!

[@travis303]

It's really funny sometimes how some of these towns got their names, whether they be from misspelling (Lee's Summit) or just a single tree like Lone Jack and Elm. It's like the settlers were trying to come up with a name and somebody was like "well, there's an Elm tree over there, guess we could call it Elm" 🤣

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I agree - that’s always why I include it 😊 some of them are pretty hilarious 😂

[@bglrj]

I lived 3 years in Lee's Summit. My friend lived just off US 50 near Lone Jack and told me that when she moved there, her neighbor warned her not to drive down the nearby county road on Friday nights so as to avoid the Ku Klux Klan meetings.

[@larryclark4791]

I find it unusual what some of the towns are named after. There are some really old towns in Missouri.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

It’s always fascinating to me as well! And the further east you go the older it gets!

[@jamesbednar8625]

Awesome video!!! Whenever I travel to Fort Leonard Wood, MO, for whatever reasons, I usually travel US HWY 50 from the KCKS/MO area to Sedalia, MO, then acquire US HWY 65 south. Took a few trips on US HWY 50 east myself during this past summer when going to The Lake of the Ozarks - beautiful route and small towns. Anyway, just about a mile or so outside Otterville, MO, there is a nice little historical monument dedicated to a train robbery by the James Gang. Whiteman Air Force Base was named in honor of 2LT George Whiteman who is considered to be the 1st American pilot SHOT DOWN and killed during WWII by enemy action. He was killed during the Pearl Harbor attack.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! And thank you for the added information!

[@melissaroscher1080]

Went to University in Warrensburg

[@dennisdemoro3519]

You missed Old Drum Statue in Warrensburg! Merry Christmas.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I actually did go over to the statue and film it, but when I was editing it was difficult to tell the story with how the video was flowing. It’s a great story!

[@deborahross9974]

Went through the towns too fast for me. I enjoy it when you get out and explore the towns. I know you didn't have the time. Sure seemed like you were in a hurry. The train behind you in Sedalia was interesting but you didn't check it out. I'm surprised that there is so much of old Highway 50 left to travel on because there's not much of the old route 66 anymore. Thank you. God bless.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Yes these vlogs on a long road trip are going to be like that. Impossible to stop and explore every town as I would prefer. This is on my way to Florida so lots of driving ahead. I got as close as I could to the train but you couldn’t go up on it.

[@user-gc2op6mc7y]

Great video brother, what state do you have planned for the next 10 smallest town video? I’m just in love with those but I love you and all of your videos, and also merry Christmas John! 🌁❄️

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Working on Florida but it won’t be released for a couple months.

[@travis303]

I always wonder why some towns decide to change name. I mean why was Elkton so terrible that they felt they needed to change it to Otterville?

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I feel like usually it has to do with ego or trying to convince the railroad to come through. Other times it’s just plan odd 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@TiredMomma]

I hope you got to enjoy the fresh ice cream from Central Dairy 🍨🍦 in Jeff City. In Union, I'd recommend taking a break to eat at the White Rose Cafe if you'd like. I believe it is now the oldest restaurant in Union.

[@TiredMomma]

And Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays too 🎄

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Didn’t get to stop long at Union but it was a neat town to check out!

[@makmebad1]

Come on you blew past the fact Jesse James stopped a train in Otterville and robbed it. LOL

[@bryanwiley7345]

Are you from the KC area then?

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Wichita

[@bryanwiley7345]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy right on, I'm from Ft. Scott originally