On Main Street west of 4th Street, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
This Classical Revival Style structure was built by prominent businessman J.A.J. Aderton as a family home. The architecture transitions from the orderly Federal Style (1780-1830) to the decorative Italianate buildings of the Victorian Era . . . — — Map (db m311626) HM
On Main Street at 5th street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
This home was built in 1845, by J. A. Aderton, one of Arrow Rocks early business owners with a mercantile occupying the historic boardwalk. It is a Federal Era transitional to Italianate structure. In the movie Tom Sawyer, filmed in the . . . — — Map (db m315389) HM
On Main Street at 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Commemorating the services rendered Missouri Masonry by Anthony O'Sullivan
Born 1805 Died 1866
A workman that needed not to be ashamed.
A resident of this town (1841-1852), he was initiated in Arrow Rock Lodge No. 55 A.F. & A.M. May . . . — — Map (db m315391) HM
On Main Street east of 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west.
At the Arrow Rock State Park entrance stands this pioneer town as a memorial to the Boon's Lick Country and the expanding frontier. In the 24-acre park are Arrow Rock Tavern, built by Joseph Huston, ca. 1834, for travelers on the Santa Fe Trail, . . . — — Map (db m246742) HM
On Main Street east of 4th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Arrow Rock
has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
under the provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
This site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating or illustrating
the history of . . . — — Map (db m246746) HM
You are standing on the Arrow Rock bluff, where the Missouri River formerly made a bend. For generations, the Missouri River served as the great water highway of the West.
The Arrow Rock bluff was a significant landmark for American Indians, . . . — — Map (db m246859) HM
On Missouri Route TT 0.8 miles west of Route 41, on the right when traveling west.
Cemeteries are hallowed places, they connect us to our past, to those who have given us life. Perhaps you are here today to pay honor to one of your ancestors, or to ponder the question, "What kind of people have called Arrow Rock home?"
Were . . . — — Map (db m246755) HM
On Historic River Landing Trail near Park Drive, on the left when traveling east.
Developing a Town:
The Missouri River, a conduit of commerce and transportation, drove the development of Arrow Rock. So important was the river that Burton Lawless, one of the founders of the town that would become Arrow Rock, guaranteed . . . — — Map (db m246947) HM
On Spring Drive at 3rd Street, on the left when traveling west on Spring Drive.
Early Santa Fe trading expeditions used this watering stop after leaving Franklin and crossing the Missouri River. Burton Lawless donated it to the town in 1829. The WPA started improvements in 1934. — — Map (db m246753) HM
On Missouri Route 41 north of Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
John Bingham acquired this parcel of land from the United States government in 1828. The uncle of Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham was a co-founder of Arrow Rock. The existing house and barn date to 1870. The remaining 10 acres is the last of . . . — — Map (db m246743) HM
On Van Buren Street west of 1st Street, on the right when traveling east.
This stone jail replaced an earlier one made of logs. Only one prisoner was ever jailed here, and when his hollering kept the neighbors awake, he was released. — — Map (db m246749) HM
On High Street at 1st Street, on the right when traveling west on High Street.
Excavated in 2015 by a team of archaeologists from Missouri State University led by Dr. Neal H. Lopinot, Director of the Center for Archaeological Research, and Dustin A. Thompson, Project Supervisor.
The house was built ca. 1850 1870 and . . . — — Map (db m315386) HM
On Main Street east of 8th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Dr. William Price (b. 1812, d. 1865) began his practice here in 1835 and built this two-story federal style house about that time. Slave quarters and stables once stood to the rear. Price married Mary Ellen Sappington (b. 1819, d. 1904) the daughter . . . — — Map (db m246738) HM
On High Street east of 1st Street, on the right when traveling east.
George Caleb Bingham Home
has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
under the provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
This site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating or illustrating . . . — — Map (db m246744) HM
On Main Street at 1st Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Moving goods between the Main Street business district of Arrow Rock and the riverfront warehouses required wagons to negotiate the long, steep grade of First Street. A shorter commercial route linking Main Street directly to the wharf was . . . — — Map (db m246860) HM
On Main Street west of 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east.
You are visiting Arrow Rock's signature building, the J. Huston Tavern, sometimes known as the "old tavern" or "Arrow Rock Tavern."
Joseph Huston of Virginia settled in the area in 1819 and was one of the town commissioners. In November of . . . — — Map (db m246752) HM
On High Street east of 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west.
Dr. John Sappington (1776-1856) brought quinine to this malarious community and to the travelers on the Santa Fe Trail. He wrote the first medical book west of the Mississippi and established the Sappington School Fund, which has aided over 13,000 . . . — — Map (db m246754) HM
On Missouri Route 41 at Visitors Center Drive, on the left when traveling north on Missouri Route 41.
The Lawless House
D Lawless and his wife Martha Anne Dawson Lawless built this Queen Anne style farmhouse in 1903. They had been raising their family of eleven girls and one son in the log home of his father, Burton Lawless, just south of . . . — — Map (db m246748) HM
On High Street east of 1st Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition passed under this bluff early on June 9, 1804. Capt. William Clark noted in his journal: "3 1/2 Ms. [miles] to a pt. on the S.S. [starboard side] opposite the Commencement of the 1st Prairie, Called Prairie of the . . . — — Map (db m246823) HM
On Main Street at 4th Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
When William Becknell's pioneer trading expedition crossed the Missouri River at the Arrow Rock Ferry on September 1, 1821, the site emerged as the gateway for western travel and commerce on what's known as the Santa Fe National Historic Trail. . . . — — Map (db m246740) HM
On Jefferson Ave. at Arrow Street on Jefferson Ave..
We etch these names in granite to stand against time... in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice and to all veterans of Saline County who served in war and peace — — Map (db m89830) WM
On East Eastwood Street at Osage Drive, on the right when traveling east on East Eastwood Street.
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this replica of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
loyalty
40th . . . — — Map (db m89551)
On North Jefferson Avenue at East North Street, on the left when traveling north on North Jefferson Avenue.
Daughters of the American Revolution in honor to Revolutionary Soldiers in Saline County, Missouri Elijah Arthur Isham Brown Benjamin Chambers Benjamin Cooper Joel Copeland Jean Estelquay David Jones Joshua Roberts . . . — — Map (db m216802) HM WM
On Missouri Route H west of County Route 217, on the right when traveling west.
Organized in 1824 as "the Jonesboro Methodist Congregation," this is the oldest Methodist Church in Saline County. Early preachers were Jesse Green and Justinian Williams who were also cabinet-makers. George Caleb Bingham (later famous genre . . . — — Map (db m246875) HM
This is one of the oldest churches in Saline County. It was organized about 1825, with nine founding members. "Zoar", appropriately means "little" (Genesis 19:22). The first church building was erected in 1831, of logs, in the Hardeman . . . — — Map (db m246873) HM
On Missouri Route TT west of Blackwater Drive (County Route 237), on the right when traveling north.
"Prairie Park" was built between 1845 and 1849 by William Breathitt Sappington and his wife Mary Mildred Breathitt Sappington. It is one of the finest surviving examples of nineteenth century Greek Revival architecture in rural Missouri and was a . . . — — Map (db m247018) HM
On Missouri Route TT 0.5 miles east of Route AA, on the right when traveling south.
One of the earliest schools in Saline County. Land donated by Andrew Brownlee and teacher's salary paid by Dr. Sappington. First building was made of logs in early 19th century. Present building constructed in 1933 and operated until 1953. — — Map (db m246868) HM
The 1860 census shows 15,000 people living in Saline county, 5,000 of whom were enslaved African Americans. The collapse of the hemp market and emancipation in 1865 resulted in many African Americans leaving farms and plantations. Many "freedmen" . . . — — Map (db m247019) HM
This cemetery has existed since at least 1856. At first set aside as a burial ground for enslaved individuals, members of the Arrow Rock African American community continued to use it after emancipation in 1865 and into the 21st century. The . . . — — Map (db m247026) HM
Near Missouri Route AA Spur 0.5 miles south of Route AA.
Established by Dr. John Sappington prior to 1831. Buried here are Dr. and Mrs. John Sappington, family members and two Missouri Governors: Gov. C. F. Jackson and Gov. M.M. Marmaduke, with their wives, who were daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Sappington. . . . — — Map (db m246863) HM
On Missouri Route AA Spur 0.5 miles south of Route AA, on the right when traveling south.
Sappington Cemetery is the burial place for Dr. John and Jane Sappington, patriarch and matriarch of one of Missouri's most influential families before the American Civil War (1861-1865). The 111 burials in this cemetery are direct or extended . . . — — Map (db m246864) HM
On Missouri Route AA north of County Route 216, on the right when traveling south.
Oral tradition says that prior to 1856, Dr. John Sappington, pioneer Arrow Rock physician, gave approximately two acres of land to Emanuel Banks, a long time and highly regarded servant, to be used as a cemetery.
Since the mid-nineteenth . . . — — Map (db m247027) HM
This cemetery has served the African American community of Arrow Rock for more than 150 years. Most communities in Missouri had designated cemeteries for African American burials, continuing the practice of segregation. In oral history passed down . . . — — Map (db m247020) HM
On Missouri Route TT west of Pin Oak Lane, on the right when traveling south.
Saunders Townsend (1787-1876) was one of the first settlers in the Arrow Rock neighborhood, having arrived in the Lamine Township from Kentucky in 1819. A slave owner, he became one of the largest land owners in the area, having received land grants . . . — — Map (db m246867) HM
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
and loyalty
40th . . . — — Map (db m89547)
