The original storm gutters built by enslaved workers

ID: 485 ~ Date: 2021

This file appears in: Missouri's Little Dixie African American History Tour

The original storm gutters built by enslaved workers — Photo by Kayla Gorrell

This file appears in: Missouri's Little Dixie African American History Tour

Missouri's Little Dixie African American History Tour

By University of Central Missouri Department of History, Kayla Gorrell

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…