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

1850’s Smokehouse

Photographed by Thomas Smith, October 21, 2025

1. 1850’s Smokehouse Marker

Inscription.
This smokehouse was originally built on the Treisch farmstead by Ernst A. Treisch and family, who were German immigrants from Saxony. (Common day Germany).

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1850.

Location. 38° 42.995′ N, 90° 38.954′ W. Marker is in Weldon Spring, Missouri, in St. Charles County. It is on Independence Road near Nancy Lane, on the left when traveling south. By Weldon Spring City Hall. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Saint Charles MO 63304, 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 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.

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least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: What is the White Globe Over the Trees? (approx. 2 miles away); Prairie Lake (approx. 2.4 miles away); Missouri Research Park and Vicinity (approx. 2.4 miles away); Missouri River Greenway - Monarch-Chesterfield Levee Trail (approx. 2.7 miles away); Weldon Spring Conservation Area and Wetlands (approx. 2.7 miles away); Busch Greenway - Trail to Missouri Research Park (approx. 2.8 miles away); "TNT" (approx. 2.9 miles away); Pecan Legacy Park (approx. 3.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Weldon Spring.

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Photographed by Thomas Smith, October 21, 2025

2. 1850’s Smokehouse and marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 22, 2025, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 87 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 22, 2025, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.