Arrow Rock's Old Tavern

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Title: Arrow Rock's Old Tavern
Creator(s): St. Louis Globe Democrat
Date: 1946-09-29
Content Type: picture
Geographic Area: Arrow Rock
Time Period: 1940-1949
Description: Image shows Arrow Rock's Old Tavern, which is one of the country's most historic inns. The bricks used in the building were fashioned and burned on the site by slaves belonging to Joseph Huston, founder of the inn. A dangling rope over desk in the lobby pulls old steamboat bell on roof (note cupola over it), a dinner bell that for more than a century has summoned guests to meals.
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