The village in the woods

Missouri · USA · Hotel

Eight houses back in the trees, and one large building at the front that people take for the lobby. Every window is boarded but one, and there are.

There is an old settlement of eight houses in the woods near Excelsior Springs, Missouri, said locally to have been a hotel. The largest building, visible from the road, is taken for the lobby.

Every window is boarded up except one, and in that window there is a set of children's handprints.

It is also said locally that these were quarters for enslaved people during the Civil War.

Missouri was a slave state, and it stayed in the Union while sending men to both armies. People were held and sold in this county. Whether these particular buildings were used that way is a question the county deeds could answer, and local memory about such things is often more accurate than the paperwork.

Excelsior Springs was a mineral water resort, which explains the hotel.

The site is private property.

FAQ

Hvor ligger The village in the woods?

The village in the woods ligger i Missouri, USA.