Arrow Rock Big Spring - Arrow Rock, Missouri
Posted by: BruceS
N 39° 04.065 W 092° 56.673
15S E 504796 N 4324296
Important spring along the Santa Fe Trail in Arrow Rock, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WM340Y
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/05/2008
Views: 23
From Missouri - A Guide to the "Show Me" State -
Tour 1 - Arrow Rock section:
ARROW ROCK SPRING provided a water supply for Indian tribes, travelers to
the Far West, and early villagers.
Big Spring in Arrow Rock was important along the Santa Fe Trail in the
1820's. The travelers starting in Franklin would ferry across the Missouri
River at Arrow Rock and filled their water barrels at this spring before
heading further west along the trail. The development of the spring house
was done during the Great Depression by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
The spring continues to flow.