They were probably there at one time. Choctaw Bingo came out about 20 years ago. Sounds like the guy wrote about what he saw, like the Big Indian Smokeshop with the neon smoke rings and the Macdonalds on the overpass
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I went there today. Baxter Springs wasn't he'll raising at 9 am when I got there. Checked out the rainbow Bridge (photos later). The Biker Bar was a motorcycle repair shop and the lingered store moved to Joplin (per wikipedia).
Picher looked just like Google Street view. Dismal.
Didn't stop.
Rode to Miami where'd I'd had enough and fumbled for a $1.25 for the Will Roger's Turnpike back to Joplin and then springfield.