The first white settler
in Arcadia Valley was Ephraim Stout in 1805. The first ironworks in
Missouri and west of the Mississippi River was erected along Stout's
Creek near Lake Killarney.
Many places in Arcadia
Valley have been widely recognized for their historical
significance and
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placed on the National
Register of Historic Places. They include Iron County Courthouse
and Gazebo,
the Sheriff's House, St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Ironton, and
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran
Church and Fort Davidson in Pilot Knob.
The Fort Davidson State Historic
Site in Pilot Knob
is a visible reminder of one of the bloodiest
battles fought in Missouri during the Civil War. More than 1,000 men
were wounded or killed, most of them Confederates, when Confederate
General Sterling Price threw 12,000 men against the earthen fort
containing about 1,000 Union soldiers under Brigadier General Thomas
Ewing, Jr. on September 27, 1864. Every three years, the Reenactment
of the Battle of Pilot Knob is scheduled on or near the actual date
of the original battle.
The Arcadia Valley Academy was built in 1846 as a Methodist High
School, it served as a Union hospital during the Civil War. In 1877
the Ursuline nuns purchased the school and turned it into a girls
school, which operated until 1970, then as a convent until 1985. It
has become a living antique, on the historic register as a historic
district. The architecture is some of the most beautiful in Missouri.
The Chapel has some of the most beautiful stained glass windows in the
world.
Historic attractions also
include Dillard Mill Historic Site and Missouri Mines State Historic
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