Phillipsburg, MO: Bigfoot Was Here Women's Tri-Blend Tee

Part of Our Route 66 Everytown Collection | Phillipsburg Edition

Phillipsburg, Missouri: Bigfoot Was Here

Phillipsburg packs a lot of Route 66 into a small Missouri village: a 1930 Texaco, a low railroad underpass known as the "Subway" and two painted Meramec Caverns barns.

Peek into Phillipsburg, the Ozarks village where a Bigfoot report on I-44 joined painted barns and a low underpass, in a soft women's tri-blend tee made for Mother Road folklore fans.

Part of the Route 66 Everytown Collection: one tee for every town that ever called the road home. Start with Phillipsburg, then collect the entire route.

T-Shirt Details & Features

• Next Level 6710 women's tri-blend tee with a slim, feminine fit (see size chart in product image gallery)
• 50% polyester, 25% combed ring-spun cotton, 25% rayon for a soft, lightweight drape
• Crew neck with a tear-away label for comfort
• Available in sizes S–2XL
• Printed in the USA
• Free U.S. shipping on orders of $25 or more, applied automatically!

About Phillipsburg, Missouri: Wire Road, Barns and a Bigfoot Report

Phillipsburg is a village in Laclede County, and Wikipedia lists 164 residents in the 2020 census. A post office opened in 1871 and took the name of local merchant Rufus Phillips. The Phillipsburg Route 66 guide says the surname traces back to the Greek Philippos, "lover of horses." The old Wire Road from St. Louis to Springfield passed nearby, and Route 66 followed it from 1926, running about 0.4 miles west of the railway station. In the early 1950s the highway became a four-lane expressway, now I-44, that bypassed the village completely.

Plenty of the old road remains. The guide lists the 1930 Twin Oaks cabins and Texaco, the low Frisco railroad underpass nicknamed the "Subway" and Carter & Lawson's Underpass Cafe, opened in 1941. Two barns painted with Meramec Caverns ads, a promotion by Lester B. Dill, stand along the route. Redmon's Candy calls itself the world's largest gift store.

Then came Christmas 2014. Sasquatch Chronicles published a couple's account, names withheld, of a large dark figure about seven feet tall striding across eastbound I-44 about three or four miles past the Phillipsburg exit at about 7:05 p.m. on December 23. They said a pickup driver also braked. The report was never confirmed, and the guide simply notes that Bigfoot was reported here at Christmas 2014. Whether you believe it or not, the story fits a village where the road itself was once rerouted.

Keep rolling along Route 66 with our unisex tees for Caffeyville and Lebanon to the east or Conway and Niangua to the west. Prefer a classic fit? Pick up our unisex Bigfoot Was Here tee.

Care Instructions

• Machine wash: cold (max 86°F / 30°C)
• Tumble dry: low heat
• Non-chlorine bleach as needed
• Iron: low heat
• Do NOT dry clean

Bring a piece of Phillipsburg home. Wear a piece of the Mother Road's history. Add this tee to your cart, then explore every Missouri town on Route 66.