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- Joplin, MO is a city in southwest Missouri that started life as a mining boomtown at the end of the 19th century.
- It is located on Route 66 and is a starting point for tourists driving along this historic road.
- A great place to learn about the city’s rough past as a mining town is the Joplin Museum Complex, with a range of exhibits that include some unique rocks, a tooth of a wooly mammoth, and an exhibit on the robbers Bonnie and Clyde, who spent some time in the city in 1933.
- Nature lovers will enjoy Grand Falls, which spills down 12 feet into a pool popular for swimming and fishing.
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