RURAL HERITAGE DRIVING TRAILS

GREENE COUNTY, MISSOURI

Trail No. 3, Northwest

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                1. First Christian Church of Ash Grove
                    2. Berry Cemetery
                    3. Nathan Boone Cabin and Homestead
                    4. Nathan Boone Historic State Park
                    5. Highline Trail
                    6. Frisco Highline Trail
                    7. Phenix Quarry Historical District
                    8. Gilmore Octagonal Barn
                    9. Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
                    10. RWS James Barham Grave
                    11. Flat Rock School
                    12. Frisco Highline Trail Corridor
                    13. John Looney Gravesite with slave burials
                    14. Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church
                    15. Willey School
                    16. Murray Cemetery
                    17. Schuyler School
                    18. David Murray Homestead
                    19. Glidewell School
                    20. Flint Hill School
                    21. Ebenezer First United Methodist Church
 

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Turn left (west) on Highway F.  After about three miles turn left (west) on FR 80 and when you come to the Sac River valley you will be driving through the 560 acres originally owned by the Leeper family. Leeper Spring and cabin are on the south side east of the river. [Note: the opening for the Cave of Abdullah (which extends up past Ash Grove) is about 1/2 mile north up the river on private land. This cave was marked on the original U.S. Government survey plat map as "an interesting curiosity".] Continue west and turn right at the "T" intersection, going north on FR 1 which is on the Dade/Greene county line. Turn right (east) on FR 74 and follow this through Stanton Farms which extended into Dade County. The original  Hawkins log cabin (which was in Dade County) has been moved and is on the north side of FR 74.

Follow FR 74 and turn left (west) on FR68 which goes over the cut for the railroad tracks. It was during the construction of this cut for the railroad that the limestone was discovered which led to the formation of Ash Grove White Lime Company in 1882. Turn around at FRs 9 and 68, cross over the railroad, and take FR 74 to the left. The remaining buildings and water column from the lime company will be on the left. You will follow along the side of the railroad spur roadbed. Berry Cemetery (Holy Resurrection Cemetery) is on the north side at 14617 West FR 74. This cemetery is on the National Register of Historic Places and was set aside in 1875 for the burial of "slaves, paupers and Indians." The Berry Farm, est. 1872, is Greene County's only African-American Missouri Century Farm. The Ash Grove Colored School has been torn down and is on this farm awaiting reassembly. Father Moses Berry's Unexpected Joy Orthodox Christian Church is on this farm as you continue east.

Berry Cemetery

   

(click here to see Berry Missouri Century Farm)

FR 74 will become Woodbine Street. Follow it to Frazer Road. Turn left (north) and Frazer Road and after crossing the railroad tracks turn right (east) on Highway 160 and follow this highway and the railroad tracks into Ash Grove. At the "Y" keep right on Main Street. The triangular area between Gordon Farm Supply company and the MFA was the location of the railroad roundhouse-turntable which was used by both the Frisco and the Kansas City Clinton & Springfield ("Leaky Roof") railroads. The depot was located on the south side of Main Street past Mill Street between the railroad and just before a short section of track which still shows on both sides of the street-all that remains of the Leaky Roof Railroad as it joined the Frisco. The Gulf "Leaky Roof" Railroad ran from Ash Grove to Kansas City by way of Phenix Quarry, Clinton and Deepwater and was a passenger and freightline.

The City of Ash Grove was established in 1853 by Joseph  Kimbrough, and originally known as "Kimbrough".  Continue east to the 4-way stop.  The Ozarks Afro-American Heritage Museum is located at 107 Main in the first permanent home of the Bank of Ash Grove (1884-1932).  The Bank of Ash Grove is the oldest bank in Greene County.  The Ash Grove Library is at this corner in the building which housed the Ash Grove Commonwealth, Green County's oldest newspaper. At the 4-way stop you will turn left (north) on Highway F. [Note 2:  First Baptist Church of Ash Grove, est. 1859, is on East Walker Street, one block east and then one block south of this 4-way stop.]  [Barham House, now a community house, is located at 310 Parkway in the Ash Grove City Park.] 

Continue north on Highway F to the intersection with Highway 160/V.  The First Christian Church of Ash Grove (circa 1886) is on the left.   This church is representative of church construction of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 

First Christian Church of Ash Grove

Note historic Clair’s C-Station on the northeast corner of this intersection and has many photos and other memorabilia of Ash Grove on its walls.

Continue north on Highway V toward Walnut Grove. After leaving the city limits, the William E. Hosman Farm is at 7322 North Highway V.  This farm was part of Nathan Boone's original land and Mr. Hosman is a Boone descendant through Nathan's daughter, Mary.

 Nathan Boone Cabin and Homestead

Nathan Boone Cabin and Homestead                   

Nathan Boone Historic State Park

Nathan Boone Historic State Park       

 

It is about two miles to the Nathan Boone Cabin and Homestead, a Missouri State Historic Site.  Nathan Boone was a noted surveyor, legislator, soldier, fourth son of Daniel Boone and one of the first settlers in this area, coming with his family in the 1830s.  He built the double-pen dogtrot log house in 1837.  On this farm are the graves (to the north of the house) of Nathan, his wife Olive van Bibber Boone, and her mother who lived to be 104.

Continue north on Highway V past the Nathan Boone Historic State Park to FR 36. 

Turn left (west) onto FR 36 and follow it to FR 21.  Turn right (north) onto FR 21 and continue to FR34.  McBee School, District #18 (formerly Holder School) is the center portion of the barn on the northwest corner of this intersection. 

Turn left (west) onto FR 34 to FR 5.  Turn right (north) onto FR 5 and continue north through the Missouri Century Farm of Willis Leeper, established in 1839. Leeper Cemetery is on this farm, as was a school at one time.  Hugh Leeper brought his family and sons to Greene County in the early 1830s and the Leeper family patented over 3,000 acres in Greene and Polk County.  They were wheat farmers and hauled their wheat to Boonville to sell.  Leeper Prairie was named after this family. 

Turn right (east) onto FR 28 and go east to its intersection with FR 21.  Concord Baptist Church, established in 1873, is on the northeast corner of this intersection.  Drive past the church and turn around just east of the church to go west on FR 28.  Turn right (north) onto FR 21 to Highway U.  Turn left (west) onto Highway U to 14910 West Highway U, the James Cooksey Missouri Century Farm

Turn around at the Cooksey Farm and backtrack east on Highway U.  [Note:  Flint Hill School #1 was at the intersection of Highway U and FR 17.]  Continue east on Highway U which becomes Highway V toward Walnut Grove.  The McMehan Missouri Century Farm is on the north side across the road from the Walnut Grove city limit sign.  The farmhouse burned and was not replaced.  Miller Holstein Dairy Farm is across the highway on the south.  Continue east on Highway V. Walnut Grove United Methodist Church, established in 1870, is on the right (south) side. 

Continue to the intersection of Highways V, BB, and 123 in Walnut Grove.  This town was originally called Beef Neck and then Possum Trot after the Civil War. Continue east on Highway B (Main Street) through the Walnut Grove Historic District.  The First Christian Church of Walnut Grove is on the left at 301 East Main Street, established in 1871.  The house just east of the church is the parsonage.  This church congregation purchased the old Presbyterian Church at 326 East Main which is now First Christian Church’s Fellowship & Youth Center at Main and Elm Streets. Walnut Grove Cemetery is on the south side of Main Street (Highway BB).  Continue east on Highway BB, crossing the Highline Trail and going through the Creed Farms and Fortner Dairy (on the south side of the road) to FR 61.  Grant Cemetery is located at this intersection. 

Turn left (north) onto FR 61 and drive to FR 2.  Turn left (west) onto FR 2 and you will go past Hawk Missouri Century Farm (established in 1833) of Isaac Looney and his descendants. A large portion of this farm is in Polk County.  Looney Cemetery is just east of the Hawk Farmhouse.  Isaac Looney and his family are buried here.  Continue west on FR 2 to FR 51.  Turn left (south) onto FR 51 and cross the Frisco Highline Trail (Note:  This area was the location of Buckley (1880), a railroad village (Buckley lane still exists.).  Continue on to the intersection at Highway BB.  Turn right (west) onto Highway BB and drive through Walnut Grove (Main Street). 

Notice the two-story red brick old Homer Looney Home just west of the First Christian Church Homer and Elmah Looney were the first people married in this church.  The Looney families were early pioneers who came to Greene County and patented over 2,000 acres of land in the 1830s.  Jesse Looney, brother of Isaac, was among those who made the first run on the Oregon Trail in 1842 (taking along a quart of apple seeds) and established what became the oldest farm in the northwest, an early stagecoach stop.

At the stop sign at Highway 123, turn left (south) onto Highway 123.  The large red brick First Baptist Church of Walnut Grove, est. 1904, is on the west side of the highway.  Take FR 43 south at the “Y” (Hwy. 123 veers left and you can see the remains of a Leaky Roof Railroad trestle a short distance east) and continue south on FR 43. Green Lawn Cemetery is on the west side and many pioneer settlers of the Walnut Grove area are buried here as well as Phenix Quarry workers. Follow FR 43 and the Leaky Roof railroad (bed on the left-notice the remains of the trestles and the kiln) to FR 28 then jog east a short distance on FR 28 (the Leaky Roof Railroad ran through this area) to FR 45. 

Turn right (south) onto FR 45 and follow it and the Leaky Roof railroad bed (now on the right) to the Phenix Quarry Historical District, which originally contained 1400 acres.  FR 45 will take you past the main entrance to Phenix (established about 1890) and some of the stone buildings that were once a part of this ghost town.  Phenix was a "company town", probably unique in Greene County.  An estimated 250 to 400 people worked there during the 1920s quarry's peak production period.  Its Kiel Hall had a library, 500-seat auditorium for the Phenix Orchestra, movies; railroad depot; a Methodist Church; power plant; schoolhouse; sidewalks; a large pond on which people ice skated in the winters; an organized social program and a church with a full time minister. The railway ran from Phenix south to Ash Grove.  Stone quarried here was used in many buildings throughout Missouri including the Missouri State Capitol; the Greene County Historic Court House and Social Security Building; Springfield's First & Calvary Presbyterian Church; Hill, Siceluff and Carrington halls, and McDonald Hall & Arena on the Missouri State University campus.  This is still an active quarry, surrounded by "No Trespassing" signs

Phenix Quarry Historical District

                                   

Continue on FR 45 to the “T” intersection with FR 48.  Turn right (south) onto FR 48 and stay left at the "Y" either (1) if you want to go completely around the Phenix Quarry area, continue on FR 48 up the hill, turn right (north) on FR 43, right (east) on FR 34 and right (south) on FR 45 to go past the main entrance of Phenix, at the intersection with FR 45 turn right and go back to the "Y" or (2) Stay left at the Y intersection and continue left on FR 43 to FR 39.  Turn right (west) on FR 39 which will wind around.  As FR 39 turns south the Leaky Roof railroad bed will be on the left side. Take time to notice the several interesting rock culverts under the railroad bed through this area as well as the locations of the old railroad trestles. At the intersection with FR 64 turn right (west).  Kelly Cemetery  and Kelly Church  will be on FR 64 east of the intersection.  Kelly School has been moved to Ash Grove and is used as the OACAC Headstart building.

Continue right on FR 64, cross Kelly Creek and the Ruth Williams Missouri Century Farm, est. 1845, is the pink house on the right.  Farther west, the Max King Missouri Century Farm, est. 1860, is on the left.  Turn left (south) on FR 33 to Highway 160.  Turn left (east) on Highway 160 to FR 53.  Turn right (south) on FR 53.  The Keith Missouri Century Farm, est. 1878, is on the west side.  Keith Loft is on this farm.  Turn left (east) on FR 94 and then left (north) on FR 61 and go through the Missouri Conservation Area and past the Dalton Shooting Range and archery range to Highway 160.

Turn right (east) on Highway 160. The Gilmore Octagonal Barn is at 10731 West Highway 160 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, built in 1880, and probably the earliest polygonal or round barn in Missouri.  Jade Hill Farm will be on the right.

Gilmore Octagonal Barn

                   

At the intersection of Highway 160/UU turn right (south) onto UU to FR 76.  Then turn left (east) onto FR 76 to FR 75.  Next, turn right (south) onto FR 75 to the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, est. 1838, the oldest Baptist Church in Greene County (and still without indoor plumbing), on the left.  At the time this church was built, the road from Cave Springs to Little Bois D’Arc ran to the east in front of the church.  This church has two front doors (one for men, one for women).  The pews inside were constructed in 1845 with handmade square nails.  The men sat on one side of the aisle and the women on the other.

Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church

(click here to see Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church interior)

(click here to see the History of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church)

On the right (west) side of the road (FR 75) in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is the Grave of Revolutionary War Soldier James Barham.  From the Cemetery gate, his grave is diagonally southwest by a pine tree.  James Barham served under General Nathaniel Greene and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.  He came to Greene County in 1846.  His daughter, Phoebe Tatum, was one of the founders of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.  He died in his 101st year, one of five remaining veterans of the War of the Revolution.  The Barham Coat of Arms on the reverse of his stone dates back to the 12th Century to one of the English knights who assassinated the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket.

Grave of Revolutionary War Soldier James Barham

    

(click here to see the Dedication of RWS James Barham)

This dedication led to the discovering of Revolutionary War Soldier William Freeman's Grave

Continue south on FR 75 which will wind around and turn back west as FR 84.  Pickering Mill, also known as Tipton Mill, built in 1880 but no longer standing, was on the hill south of the bridge going over Clear Creek.  (The millstones are in the yard and front porch of the Postal House at 9574 West FR 84.).  Continuing west on FR 84, Flat Rock School will be on your right. 

Flat Rock School

Continue west on FR 84 to Highway UU.  Turn right onto UU to Highway 160.  Turn right (east) onto Hwy. 160.  [Note:  Yocum School was on the northwest corner of the intersection of Highway 160 and FR 69.]  After about 4 miles and at the intersection of Highway 160 and Highway 123, turn left (north) onto Hwy. 123.  Continue on Highway 123 about a mile to FR 81 and turn right onto FR 81 toward Cave Spring.  At this point you will cross the Frisco Highline Trail Corridor (Frisco Railway, Springfield to Kansas City via Bolivar).  The Frisco train was chartered in 1849 by the Missouri State Legislature.  President Harry Truman rode the rail from Springfield to Bolivar in 1948.  This is a biking and horseback riding trail managed by Ozark Greenways.

Take an immediate right (east) onto FR 64 and go past the Corlett Dairy Farm.  The John Looney Gravesite with Slave Burials is east of the new farmhouse in a field on the north side but cannot be seen from the road.  This gravesite is on private property and permission should be requested from the Corlett family before entering.

John Looney Gravesite with Slave Burials

(click here to see the History of John Looney)

Continue east on FR 64 to FR 91.  Turn right (south) on FR 91 to FR 68.  Waterloo School is inside the house on the northeast corner of this intersection. [Note: The Wadlow Missouri Century Farm (1838) is just east of this intersection.]

Turn right (west) onto FR 68 and cross the Frisco Highline Trail.  Go to the intersection of FR 68 and Highway 123.  Turn right onto Highway 123 and continue to FR 81 .  Turn right (north) onto FR 81, cross the Frisco Highline Trail and continue toward the town of Cave Spring.  After passing by FR 60, on your left you will see the Frank Farmer Missouri Century Farm, established in 1857.  The old school for "colored" students is within the house on the right at 8240 North FR 81.  [Note:  The Murray Young Missouri Century Farm, est. 1871, is at 8406 North Creek Lane, east of FR 81 on FR 52.] 

Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church (est. 1837), with its cemetery, is at 8375 N FR 81. The first floor of this building functioned as a school with the church on the second floor, and has been used as a community meeting place. [Note:  The building across the road east of the church was a general store, established about 1847 by Albert Staley.]

Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church

(click here to see Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church interior)

(click here to see the History of Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church)

Continue north on FR 81 (AC) to FR 42.  Turn right (east) onto FR 42.  The Julian Cemetery is on the north side of FR 42 (surrounded by trees) in a field just east of the farmhouse at 8369 West FR 42.  Continue on FR 42 to FR 93.  Turn left (north) onto FR 93, cross FR 34 and continue north to FR 22.  Turn right (east) onto FR 22, past Roan Rose Ranch and Rose Arena to Highway Z. The town of Sacville was at this location.  The general store on the north is all that is left of this ghost town.

Turn right (south) onto Highway Z.  Rose Hill Baptist Church, est. 1876, with Rose Hill cemetery is at 9903 North Highway Z.  There is a veterans’ memorial around the flagpole in the cemetery.  Continue south on Highway Z to FR 44 toward Willard.

(click here to see the History of Rose Hill Baptist Church)

Willey School, District #27, is on the southeast corner of the intersection of Z Highway and FR 44.  It was built in 1894 by Charles and Luther Willey who operated a steam-powered mill in Willard. Willey School consolidated with Willard in 1923 and closed in 1943.

Willey School

The two Staley Missouri Century Farms, established in 1860, are on both sides of the highway (Z). Continue south on Highway Z toward Willard. The Wesley Cemetery, established in 1920, is on theF right as you get closer to Willard.

Continue South on Highway Z, cross Business US 160 and turn right (west) on Willey Street.  Cross Highway 160 and take an immediate left (south) on FR 195. You will go through two Crighton Missouri Century Farms.  At the T-intersection with FR 84 and on the southeast you will see Greenwade Farm which was the home of  New York Yankees baseball scout Tom Greenwade.  Turn right (west) on FR 84. The Haun/Crighton House dating from 1876 (with barn and windmill) is the first house on the right (north) side.  Follow FR 84 as it goes past Miller Farm and winds around west.

Turn right (north) on FR 85 for about a mile.  Gilmore Cemetery is just north of the first house on the right.  Gilmore Spring is at the bottom of the hill inside the curve of FR 85.  (James Gilmore made 5 trips from Tennessee to "spy out" the land in Greene County before returning with his family to this spring in 1835).  Turn around at the triangle with FR 76 and go back to  FR 84.  Turn left (east) on FR 84 about 1/4 mile and turn right (south) on FR 87.  There is  a springhouse built into the hill on the right just after crossing the creek.  Turn left (east) on FR 94 and stay left at the Y with FR 91.  This road will go through Greenwade Farms with a large lake on the north side of the road.

Turn left (north) on FR 88.  Murray Cemetery, established about 1845, and a major burying place for Confederate dead after the battle of Wilson's Creek, is on the left.  Continue east on FR 88 to Highway AB. 

Murray Cemetery

       

Turn left (north) on AB (Hughes Cemetery will be on the right side of the road) to Business 160.  Turn right (east) on US Highway 160 to Highway O (caution light).  Turn left (north) on Highway O and follow it as it turns east through Willard.

The old apple barn on the right just past Miller Road and before Willard Elementary School is all that is left of Miller Orchards which covered several hundred acres.  After Gilmore Lane (white fences on the left) and just before the new bridge over the Sac River was the village of Bethesda and the present highway goes through what was the center of that "ghost town".  In the late 1880s it was thought the springs here had healing qualities.  There was a large park on the west side of the river and a spring in the bluff just before the bridge.   The town was platted for 200 homes, has a mill, post office and a general store, and this was the first resort/spa in this area.  However, the springs were determined not to have any mineral value and with the building of the railroad through the present town of Willard, Bethesda ceased to exist.

Turn right (south) on FR 117 and follow it to the "T" intersection with FR 82.  Union Point School was in the southeast quadrant of this intersection and the children of Bethesda walked to this school and nick-named it "Bleak Hill". [Walnut Springs Church and cemetery was one mile on FR 82; however, the church has been torn down.]

Turn left (east) on FR 82 to FR 125.  Turn right on FR 125 which will wind around through land which belonged to the Knox family.  Knox Cave (later called Percy's Cave and now known as Fantastic Caverns) is on the east side of FR 125 in a large park-like setting.  Continue on to FR 94.

Turn right (east) onto FR 94 to Schuyler School, District #60, at the northeast corner of FR 125 and FR 94.  The original structure was built in 1905 with a second room added in 1940s.  Reorganized as part of Willard R-II in 1950s and sold in 1983 to become Schuyler Community Center. 

Schuyler School

Continue east on FR 94 toward Highway 13 (Fantastic Caverns Road). DO NOT SPEED ON THIS TWISTY UP AND DOWN ROAD.  Continue east and cross Highway 13 (a divided highway) to the “T” intersection with FR 141 (Old Highway 13). 

Turn left and go north on FR 141 and you will be on what at one time was the road for the Butterfield Overland Stage route.  The rock house on the left at 4453 North FR 141 was built by Albert Schmitt as a replacement for the original two-story home which burned. There was a well in front of this house and next to the road and the well’s water was used by travelers (and their animals) long before the road became a highway. Continue north on FR 141.

Notice the sign showing the location of the new Springfield-Greene County David C. Murray Park on the right.  This land was part of the David Murray Missouri Century Farm (1867).  The house for the David Murray Homestead can be seen on the hill on the right about midway between the two bridges and at 4897 North Farm Road 141.  This property was settled by David Murray in 1867 and the Italianate Vernacular style home was built in 1870 and is in unusually good condition with very little deterioration of integrity.   David Murray’s descendants still live in this home.

David Murray Homestead

Continue north on FR 141.  Turn right (east) on FR 76  about .3 mile and on the north side at 2359 West FR 76 (and hiding in a large red brick home) is Glidewell School, District #42, which was built in 1948 as a replacement structure for the school first built in the 1890s. Harry S. Truman visited this school in 1958.  Glidewell was known as Mullins (or Mullings) during the 1890s.  Turn around, return to FR 141. 

Glidewell School

Turn right and continue north on FR 141. The green barn and house on the right at 6120 North FR 141 was originally the farm of a brother to the Mr. Evans who operated Evans Station (a mile north) on the Butterfield Stage Route.  Continue north a short distance to Austin Lane/Highway O.  [Note:  If you continued north on FR 141 about one mile to the end, then on your right (east) would be where Evans Station was located on the Butterfield Stage Route]. Turn left (west) on Highway O a short distance to Highway 13.  [The headquarters for the George Carden International Circus are one mile west of Highway 13 on Highway O.]

Turn right (north) on Highway 13 and go to Highway WW/FR 60.  Turn left (west) on FR 60 and then immediately take the outer road (FR 137) north. This road will turn west as FR 50 and go past Robberson Prairie Baptist Church (est. 1913)  and cemetery.  This church was originally a one room structure named for the Greene County pioneer family Robberson with their seven sons and seven daughters. FR 50 will turn back left (south) as FR 133.  Follow this road to FR 54. Turn right (west) on FR 54.  Continue on FR 54 about two miles to the intersection of FR 123 and FR 54. 

Flint Hill School, District #29 was built in 1902 to replace Nebo School which operated until 1878.  The first school was built in 1857 west of the present school.   Reorganized and included as part of Willard R-II, this school was sold in 1949 to Ike Hill, and then to the Flint Hill Extension Club [founded in 1934 as a Busy Bee Club] in 1958.  [Note:  Friendship Church, established in 1850, is at 5724 West FR 54, two miles west of Flint Hill School.  No longer used as a church, this building has reverted back to the landowner.] 

Flint Hill School

At Flint Hill School, turn right (north) on FR 123.  Ross Chapel (1896), no longer standing, was down the lane at 8705 North FR 123.  You can drive down this lane (which led to Ross Chapel) now locally known as “Bear Hollow” to see the tree stumps which have been transformed into bears (and eagles) by the current owner, Keith Gregory, a noted woodcutter.  Follow FR 123 north, crossing over FR44.  Cox Farm is on the left (west side).  Follow FR 123 to FR 34, turn left (west) on FR 34 and go through the James V. Trantham Missouri Century Farm (est. 1840).  Turn left on Fr 115 to see the bears at the other two Trantham dairy farms, 11029 North FR 115 and 9886 North FR 115.  

Turn left (east) on FR 36 to FR 123.  Turn right (south) on FR 123 to FR 44. Turn left (east) on FR 44 and go past Lone Star Baptist Church. (This Church was established in 1840; however the church property was taken by the Springfield landfill and a new church was built at this location.)

(click here to see the History of Lone Star Baptist Church)

Continue to the junction with Highway 13—a divided highway.  Turn right (south) on Highway 13.  From Highway 13 south, turn left (east) at FR 56 (Sign points to Ebenezer).  [The large farm on the right at this intersection was formerly known as Daisy Dell Golden Guernsey Farm Dairy.]  Continue east on FR 56 to Ebenezer.

Ebenezer United Methodist Church is located at 1795 West FR 56 and was established in 1831.  This church has an American Revolutionary War Bi-Centennial marker which gives a history of this area.  The present building, over 100 years old, is believed to be the oldest Methodist Church west of the Mississippi River in continuous existence at the same location.  Ebenezer was the location for Methodist camp meetings from 1836 to 1908 as well as a high school established in 1846, followed by Southwest Missouri College in 1849. 

Ebenezer United Methodist Church

Continue driving past the church and the road will turn east, go across FR 145 to FR 153.  Turn right (south) on FR 153 to State Highway WW and take a left (east).

 

Trail No. 3 is approximately 106 miles and takes about 4-3/4 hours to drive without stops.

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