On Missouri Route 161 at Boonslick Road, on the right when traveling east on State Route 161.
You are standing on the site of the Danville Female Academy, and at your front is the sole surviving building of the Academy, the chapel and dormitory.
The Female Academy was founded in 1853 by the Reverend James H. Robinson at a time when . . . — — Map (db m42744) HM
On Missouri Route 161 at Boonslick Road, on the right when traveling east on State Route 161.
Missouri achieved statehood in 1821 as a result of the famous "Missouri Compromise." It was decreed that Missouri be admitted as a slave state, but thereafter no state north of the 36º 30' North latitude in the Louisiana Territory would be . . . — — Map (db m44280) HM
