Fanning is an

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in western

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, United States. It lies along former

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, now

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ZZ, four miles southwest of

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. Fanning is also home to the world's second largest rocking chair, located outside of the Fanning 66 Outpost.
Fanning Route 66 Outpost website A post office called Fanning was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1953. Fanning is named for John Fanning (1821-1906), originally of

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Pioneer Days on The Frisco Sixty-four Years Ago. The Frisco Employees Magazine. September 1928. Vol 12 No 5 page 6 John Fanning was the founding railway section foreman beginning in the mid-19th century when the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (Frisco) was first built through the region. His home, which still stands in Fanning, was for many decades the railway station, church, post office, and social center of the community.

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