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History · Arrow Rock

Arrow Rock’s history is
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The public archives hold just one old photo of Arrow Rock. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1old images & papers
7historic places
17recent photos
Old house, 1900 · Library of Congress

The story

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Arrow Rock was the name of a prominent flint-bearing bluff on the Missouri River. The name first appeared on a French map from 1732 as "Pierre a Fleche", meaning "Rock of Arrows". Edwin James on the 1819 Yellowstone Expedition wrote, "Arrow Rock is so called from its having been formerly resorted to by neighboring Indians for the stone used to point their arrows." The two dominant Native American tribes in the area encountered by French traders early in the 18th century were the Missouria and the Osage.

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Timeline

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1900Old houseLOC
1910–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Arrow Rock’s history is told.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewOld house, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people from Arrow Rock

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C. H. ScottC. H. ScottPolitics & Law
By decade

Arrow Rock, decade by decade

1900s1 item
Old houseLOCOld house1900
1910s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today17 photos
Carriage Stone and Hitching Post at this HouseCommonsCarriage Stone and Hitching Post at this House2013Brick SidewalkCommonsBrick Sidewalk2013Boot ScraperCommonsBoot Scraper2013Bank inCommonsBank in2013Arrow Rock, MOCommonsArrow Rock, MO2013Arrow Rock's Limestone GuttersCommonsArrow Rock's Limestone Gutters2013Arrow Rock Village HallCommonsArrow Rock Village Hall2013Arrow Rock Lodge No. 55CommonsArrow Rock Lodge No. 552013Arrow Rock HomeCommonsArrow Rock Home20131st and MainCommons1st and Main2013New directional signCommonsNew directional sign2012Map of Trail P5310482MapMap of Trail P53104822012Lisbon Chute Big Muddy NWRCommonsLisbon Chute Big Muddy NWR2011Rsgranne - Cats cats cats! (Arrow Rock, Missouri, 20050703) 03 (by-sa)CommonsRsgranne - Cats cats cats! (Arrow Rock, Missouri, 20050703)…2005Group of cats circle around catfoodCommonsGroup of cats circle around catfood2005MOMap-doton-Arrow RockCommonsMOMap-doton-Arrow Rock2004Arrow Rock Missouri Main Street July 4, 2013CommonsArrow Rock Missouri Main Street July 4, 20132004
National Register of Historic Places

7 historic places in Arrow Rock

7 places in Arrow Rock are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. 2 are National Historic Landmarks, the highest tier, which fewer than 3% of listings reach.

#33
In Missouriby listings · most towns there have none
7places listed4 buildings · 1 district · 2 other
2National Historic LandmarksArrow Rock + 1 more
20historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1966first listedArrow Rock · newest: Arrow Rock State Historic Site Bridge, 1985

Where they are

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Arrow RockGeorge Caleb Bingham HouseArrow Rock TavernArrow Rock State Historic Site Grave ShelterArrow Rock State Historic Site Lookout ShelterArrow Rock State Historic Site Open ShelterArrow Rock State Historic Site Bridge
BuildingsDistrictsStructuresBigger dot = landmark

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966. Arrow Rock’s busiest decade was the 1980s.
LandmarkListed 1966Arrow RockDistrictExploration/Settlement LandmarkListed 1966George Caleb Bingham HouseBuilt 1837ArtListed 1972Arrow Rock TavernBuildingTransportationListed 1985Arrow Rock State Historic Site Grave ShelterBuilt 1935RecreationPoliticsArchitectureListed 1985Arrow Rock State Historic Site Lookout ShelterBuilt 1937RecreationPoliticsArchitectureListed 1985Arrow Rock State Historic Site Open ShelterBuilt 1937RecreationPoliticsArchitectureListed 1985Arrow Rock State Historic Site BridgeBuilt 1937Landscape designRecreationPolitics
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Old house (1900) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Blackwater📜 Nelson📜 Franklin📜 New Franklin

From Wikimedia Commons (17) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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