John Girt Photography: You Need To Change Your Feed - we have moved

John Girt Photography: You Need To Change Your Feed - we have moved: "Our new blog site is at blog.johngirtphotography.com , or you can use the shorter URL blog.jandmg.com . You will find a complete set of..."

You Need To Change Your Feed - we have moved

Our new blog site is at blog.johngirtphotography.com, or you can use the shorter URL blog.jandmg.com.


You will find a complete set of all previous blogs there. If you wish to change your curent feed, the replacement link will be blog.jandmg.com/wp-rss.php, blog.jandmg.com/wp-rss2.php, or blog.jandmg.com/wp-atom.php depending on your reader.


Hope to see you all there.


BTW Peculiar is a small town south of Kansas City just off US Highway 71. Apparently it was so-named by a Washington bureaucrat when the Postmaster of the yet un-named settlement reported that 'nothing peculiar happens here.'

Missouri Photo Trip 4 - Arrow Rock

 

Arrow Rock is a charming community in Central Missouri containing a State Historic Site and Park focussing on its 1830's buildings and surrounding old homes. It is not a museum but an active settlement with several hundred residents.

This photo, taken in 2008 in Arrow Rock, drew comments at my recent exhibition that led me to return on June 29, 2011 to take more pictures. 

Arrow Rock is only a few miles from Boonville and within an easy day trip from Kansas City or Columbia, Missouri. It is close to passing holiday-makers on I70, but it does not receive the visitors that it deserves. This is especially true this time of year when its residences are fringed with splendid flowers and its old trees are in full, fresh leaf.

Arrow Rock boasts a reconstructed 1830's Court House - the first shot below shows the view from The Bench - and quite a large Tavern that serves good lunches and evening meals. 

The shops on the Boardwalk sell drinks and antiques, there is a charming Post Office and an active theatre. The State of Missouri runs an informative Visitors' Center, and the route to the village is well posted on and from Interstate 70 and other highways. 

I have tried to capture the place in a new photo album on my Images of the MidWest website (click here). You will find other photos as well as the ones shown here. 

Include a visit to Arrow Rock on a trip through Central Missouri, you will not be disappointed.

Even the style and setting of the Jail is charming.

Click here to visit the Village of Arrow Rock's website