WEST PLAINS, Mo. — The billboard towers on private land above Route 63, but it essentially acts as the public welcome sign for this city of about 10,000 nestled in the Ozarks. Raised on a hill that guards the town’s main entrance, it depicts a cartoonlike drawing of Barack Obama wearing a turban above a message that has shaped many visitors’ impressions of West Plains.

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Racing 08: Little Hope in a Little Town

by dyadmin, The Daily Yonder
October 30, 2008

<h1>Racing 08: Little Hope in a Little Town</h1> <p class="byline">by dyadmin, The Daily Yonder <br />October 30, 2008</p> <p>WEST PLAINS, Mo. — The billboard towers on private land above Route 63, but it essentially acts as the public welcome sign for this city of about 10,000 nestled in the Ozarks. Raised on a hill that guards the town's main entrance, it depicts a cartoonlike drawing of Barack Obama wearing a turban above a message that has shaped many visitors' impressions of West Plains.</p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://dailyyonder.com/racing-08-little-hope-little-town/2008/10/30/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://dailyyonder.com">The Daily Yonder</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/dailyyonder.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-dy-wordmark-favicon.png?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://dailyyonder.com/?republication-pixel=true&post=1726&ga=UA-6858528-1" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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