ARROW ROCK; Where Wheels Started West
Marshall, MO: Doyle Stationary Co, 1963. First edition. Staplebound wraps. 8vo. Unpaginated. Stapled wraps. Profusely illustrated brief history of Arrow Rock, MO. for generations a significant landmark on the Missouri River for Native Americans, explorers, and early westward travelers. This flint-bearing, high limestone bluff first appeared on a 1732 French map as “pierre a fleche,” literally translated as “rock of arrows.” Archaeological evidence shows that for nearly 12,000 years indigenous cultures used the Arrow Rock bluff as a manufacturing site for flint tools and weapons. Address of Mr. & Mrs. Henry Hamilton is written of the bottom of the front cover. Very Good / No dust jacket. Item #21445
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