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Big Chief Restaurant

1928 establishments in MissouriNational Register of Historic Places in St. Louis County, MissouriRestaurants established in 1928Restaurants in MissouriRestaurants on the National Register of Historic Places
Tourist attractions in St. LouisU.S. Route 66 in Missouri
Big Chief Restaurant
Big Chief Restaurant

Big Chief Restaurant, located at 17352 Manchester Road in Wildwood, Missouri, currently operates under the name Big Chief Roadhouse. It was also formerly known as Big Chief Highway Hotel and Big Chief Dakota Grill. The restaurant opened in 1928 as part of a tourist camp that included overnight accommodations for travelers on the newly opened U.S. Route 66 in Pond, Missouri, now incorporated within Wildwood. After the highway was later routed to bypass Pond, the business struggled to survive, operating as housing for government employees during World War II. Eventually the cabins were demolished, and the restaurant was used for other business operations. It was reopened as a restaurant in the 1990s.

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Rockwoods Reservation
Rockwoods Reservation

Rockwoods Reservation is a 1,843 acres (746 ha) state forest and wildlife conservation area in St. Louis County, Missouri. It was established in 1938, making it one of the oldest Missouri Department of Conservation areas. Being located close to a major urban area and in a rapidly developing suburban area increases its significance as a nature reserve. Rockwoods supports a diverse array of native plant and animal life and contains geologically interesting rock formations and ecologically important springs and caves. Rockwoods Reservation is not a pristine wilderness untouched by human hands, however; remnants of extensive former limestone, clay and gravel quarrying operations are hidden in the dense second growth hardwood forest. Most of the original forest was clearcut to feed lime kilns. Rockwoods Reservation adjoins St. Louis County's 1,724 acres (698 ha) Greensfelder County Park to the south, which itself abuts the state's 1,388 acres (562 ha) Rockwoods Range Conservation Area. Taken together, these three parcels constitute a contiguous green belt of almost 5,000 acres (2,000 ha). The 14.5-mile (23.3 km) Greenrock Trail is a hiking trail that crosses all three areas with one terminus in Rockwoods Reservation. There are six trails in Rockwoods Reservation: Wildlife Habitat Discovery Trail 0.1 miles (0.16 km) Rock Quarry Trail - 2.2 miles (3.5 km) Trail Among the Trees - 1.5 miles (2.4 km) Lime Kiln Trail - 3.2 miles (5.1 km) Green Rock Trail - 3.6 miles (5.8 km) of the trail's 14.5 miles (23.3 km) Turkey Ridge Trail - 2 miles (3.2 km)