[1][2] This name was retained after the business was sold to Pete and Jesse Hudson in 1945,[3] relocated to the former Chicken Shanty site in Lebanon in September 1945 and expanded with tourist cabins in 1946.

The lodgings were originally constructed as a 14-room cabin court, an early motel-like accommodation in which each pair of rooms stood as a free-standing building with carports in the middle.

[3] When U.S. Route 66 was upgrade to a four-lane highway in 1957 and ultimately bypassed by the parallel Interstate 44 in Missouri, all small independent motorist-oriented businesses were adversely affected to varying degrees.

While freeway construction represented disruption, the Munger Moss remained in continuous operation as an independent local motel and added 26 more units in 1961.

[6] In 2010, its neon signage was restored using a $10300 National Park Service matching grant as part of larger US route 66 historic corridor preservation efforts.