Stories tagged "Arrow Rock": 6
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Missouri's Little Dixie African American History Tour
Pennytown was established as an autonomous township and historic Black hamlet located southeast of Marshall, Missouri in Saline County. This hamlet was extremely unique for the time period. Most of its residents were previously enslaved, and its…
Missouri's Little Dixie African American History Tour
Brown's Chapel Free Will Baptist Church was constructed around 1869 in the north part of town by the Black members of Arrow Rock. The first minister was John Brown, for whom the chapel was named along with the fraternal lodge down the road. In…
Missouri's Little Dixie African American History Tour
Brown's Lodge #22 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons was one of four lodge halls that were built by the African American community in Arrow Rock around 1887. The lodge was named for the first minister to lead the African American Baptists…
Missouri's Little Dixie African American History Tour
Oak Grove, also known as the George A. Murrell House, is located in Saline County, Missouri, just outside the city of Napton. It is a traditional home in the Greek Revival style, constructed in 1854. The outbuildings that once surrounded the house,…
Missouri's Little Dixie African American History Tour
As William Clark put it back in 1804, the location where Arrow Rock would eventually be founded would be a "handsome spot for a town." In 1829, sitting on the bluff of the Missouri River, the town of Arrow Rock was born. Migration to the…
Missouri's Little Dixie African American History Tour
Each of the places along this historic tour takes one through the important locations of African American history as this group progressed from enslaved people into 'freedom' in Saline County, Missouri. As you will see, when slavery…