The Boonslick Historical Society will host three special events this year. They are:

Tour of historic Rivercene Mansion, Old Franklin, August 16, beginning at 2 p.m. Located across from the historic Missouri River town of Boonville is the elegant mansion Rivercene. The historic home is a large Second Empire stylized house, a rare, early example of the Victorian mansard, baroque revival style of architecture. It was built in 1869 for steamboat captain Joseph Beeler Kinney. The architect for the house was G.W. Osborn.

A presentation by Dr. Tim Baumann, “From Enslavement to Jim Crow: An Archaeological Perspective of African American Life in Missouri’s Little Dixie.” September 7, beginning at 2 p.m. The event is being held jointly with the South Howard County Historical Society at its Museum, New Franklin business Square.

Boonslick Historical Society Fall Meeting, being held jointly with the Boone’s Lick Road Association, November 2, beginning at 4:30 P.m., at Nelson Memorial United Methodist Church, Boonville.

Crossings: Women on the Santa Fe Trail special presentation: Historian and author Dr. Frances Levine in a discussion of her book and the Santa Fe Trail, moderated by Dr. Tim Carson, a member of the

Boone’s Lick Road Association Board of Directors. A book sale and signing will follow the presentation. The occasion will be a fall banquet held jointly by the Boonslick Historical Association and the Boone’s Lick Road Association, founded to promote national recognition of the historic Boone’s Lick Road as a historic trail.

Reservations and pre-payment for the dinner will be required. More information of this will be provided to members of both organizations between now and early fall.