St. Charles in St. Charles County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

323 & 329 North Main

St. Charles Coal & Ice

— 1890 • Bettie Miller —

323 & 329 North Main Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 7, 2018

1. 323 & 329 North Main Marker

Inscription. In 1909, the St. Charles Coal & Ice Company made and delivered "artificial ice" for twenty-five to forty cents per hundredweight. If the customer "desired heat instead of cold," they delivered coal for three dollars a ton. Residents of St. Charles burned 60,000 tons of coal that year. St. Charles Coal & Ice was located in St. Charles over its lifetime.

Erected 2011 by Historic Downtown Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1909.

Location. 38° 47.011′ N, 90° 28.818′ W. Marker is in St. Charles, Missouri, in St. Charles County. It is on North Main Street south of Adams Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 323 North Main Street, Saint Charles MO 63301, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Missouri River Corridor

and in Greater St. Louis.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western

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Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 319 North Main (a few steps from this marker); 324 North Main (a few steps from this marker); 330 North Main (a few steps from this marker); 334 North Main (a few steps from this marker); 311 North Main (within shouting distance of this marker); 340 North Main (within shouting distance of this marker); 343 North Main (within shouting distance of this marker); 308 North Main (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Charles.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 7, 2018

2. 323 & 329 North Main Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 25, 2019. It was originally submitted on October 14, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 398 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 14, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.