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SHARING THE MISSOURI LEGACY
Celebrating 65 Years of Historic Preservation and Education!
We're thrilled to announce a milestone anniversary for the Friends of Arrow Rock—65 years of dedication to historic preservation and education! Like the blue sapphire, the traditional symbol of the 65th anniversary, together we shine with the resilience and beauty...
The Importance of Place
The Active Care and Maintenance of a Place and Its Natural, Cultural, and Social Fabric The idea of “Placekeeping” expressed in the following essay is core to the ideals that make Arrow Rock such a unique and attractive locale. Past Friends of Arrow Rock Executive...
Will Success Spoil Arrow Rock?
How Hollywood Inspired Local Preservation The filming of Tom Sawyer back in 1972 could have spelled the end of something very special in Arrow Rock,” Friends of Arrow Rock Historic Preservation Consultant Marty Selby says. “There were doomsday predictions of our...
Hollywood Finds “Hannibal”
Fifty Years Ago, Arrow Rock Went to the Movies In April of 1971, seasoned Hollywood production men Chico Day and Bill Venegas embarked on a location scouting trip through the American Midwest in search of a location for the planned Arthur P. Jacobs widescreen musical...