Home Schooled Students: Learn About 19th Century Missouri Life

First posted on 05-14-2008

Students can learn about 19th century life at the Home School Days event at Arrow Rock State Historic Site in Arrow Rock on Wednesday, May 21. Sponsored by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Friends of Arrow Rock Inc., the event runs from 9 a.m. to noon. It is open to home school families.

Students and accompanying adults will learn about daily activities of the inhabitants of the Boonslick area, where Arrow Rock was founded in 1829. There will be six stations, including some that will provide hand-on experience, to rotate between. These stations will include Indian flint tools and flintknapping, a demonstration of loading and firing a flintlock rifle, a visit to the 1834 Huston Store, making marbles and candles and tours of the 1875 John P. Sites Gunshop and 1875 Sites home. Check-in is from 9 to 10 a.m. at the site’s visitor center followed by the rotation between stations from 10 a.m. to noon. An Arrow Rock orientation video will be shown at 9:30 a.m. and again at noon.

Reservations for this event are required and can be made by calling the historic site at 660-837-3330 between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. A fee of $4 per student ages kindergarten and up will be charged; one adult per family will be admitted free. Other adults will be charged $4 each.

Arrow Rock State Historic Site is located in Arrow Rock on Highway 41 in Saline County. For more information, contact Arrow Rock State Historic Site at 660-837-3330 or the Missouri Department of Natural Resources toll free at 800-334-6946 (voice) or 800-379-2419 (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf). For more information about state parks and historic sites, visit the Web at http://www.mostateparks.com.