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Historical Markers and War Memorials in St. Charles County, Missouri
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On Public Street south of Water Street, on the right when traveling south.
From Augusta to Dutzow along Katy Trail State Park is 7.70 miles. Augusta has a strong German heritage like many other lower Missouri River towns. This area has several wineries open to the public. Founded in 1836, Augusta has preserved . . . — — Map (db m133204) HM
On Public Street south of Water Street, on the right when traveling south.
Katy Trail State Park runs for 5.70 miles from Augusta to Matson. The first four miles are away from roads, and trail users can enjoy the farm landscape and bottomland forest of the Missouri River floodplain, lined by increasingly taller bluffs. . . . — — Map (db m133202) HM
On Walnut Street west of Public Street, on the right when traveling west. Reported unreadable.
September 8, 1881, the "St. Charles "Democrat" reported that Dr. Hampson Strother Clay intended to become a physician in Augusta. Before locating in Augusta, Dr. Clay, an 1873 graduate of the Missouri Medical College, had lived in Darst Bottom where . . . — — Map (db m133208) HM
On Public Street south of Water Street, on the left when traveling north.
When we think of American wine, California comes to mind, and perhaps Oregon, Washington or New York. But Missouri? Ja, absolutely. German immigrants settling on the lower Missouri River, and later, Italians coming to the St. James area, brought . . . — — Map (db m133207) HM
On State Highway 94 at Darst Bottom Road, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 94.
Around the time of the Civil War, southwestern St. Charles County was a rural and isolated community. By 1888, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad negotiated to extend its line through the region. As the railroad moved in, two towns sprung up . . . — — Map (db m133233) HM
On State Highway 94 at Darst Bottom Road, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 94.
Known as "Sycamore School", the first public school in Defiance was organized around 1881. Located in the floodplains of Darst Bottom, this one-room schoolhouse provided first-through eighth-grade instruction to students living within a . . . — — Map (db m133234) HM
On Lucille Avenue east of Alice Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Daniel Boone and his fellow travelers—his sons' and daughters' families, other relations, friends and family slaves—came to Missouri in 1799. Boone was 65 years old and already famous in America and Europe, thanks to his . . . — — Map (db m133211) HM
On Lucille Avenue west of Missouri Highway 94, on the right when traveling west.
Katy Trail State Park runs for 5.70 miles from Matson to Augusta, Tavern Bluffs, seen across the river, were the scene of a dramatic episode from the Lewis and Clark Expedition: on May 23, 1804, Capt. Meriwether Lewis fell 20 feet before . . . — — Map (db m133210) HM
Near Lucille Avenue west of Missouri Highway 94, on the right when traveling west.
From Matson to Weldon Spring is 4.6 miles, one of the shortest distances between trailheads in Katy Trail State Park. Defiance, at milepost 58.9, is less than two miles from Matson. It received its name after preventing Matson from having the . . . — — Map (db m133209) HM
On Lucille Avenue west of Highway 94 (Missouri Route 94), on the left when traveling west.
The Boone Trace was an important westward trail for American settlers. The Boone Trace probably followed a trail used by American Indians. In the early 1800s it was used by Daniel Boone's sons Nathan and Daniel Morgan Boone. For travel to the Boon . . . — — Map (db m133212) HM
Near River View Drive 0.1 miles north of Le Sieur Street, on the right when traveling north.
Forts and block houses 1799
Forts and block houses built
on this site to protect white
settlers from Indians and
afterwards used in War of 1812
— — Map (db m141011) HM
Near River View Drive 0.1 miles north of Le Sieur Street, in the median.
Back in 1951, raging flood waters threatened to destroy Portage des Sioux. The community pulled together and prayed to Mary, who was given the title, Our Lady of the Rivers. The flood waters receded and the community was saved. This shrine is . . . — — Map (db m140002) HM
On River View Drive just north of Le Sieur Street, on the right when traveling north.
In 1815 representatives of
Indian tribes arrived in
several thousand canoes to
negotiate a peace treaty
with the white settlers
— — Map (db m140966) HM
Near River View Drive 0.1 miles north of Le Sieur Street, on the left when traveling north.
Arrived from France on mission
to convert the Indians and
established first school
west of the Mississippi in
St. Charles County
— — Map (db m140970) HM
On North Main Street north of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north.
In 1886, seventeen-year-old John Adam Schreiber stoked the fire, wound the clock by climbing up and straddling the vault door, filled in for the cashier at lunch, and slept in the bank as the night watchman. He became the bank President in 1922. He . . . — — Map (db m124836) HM
On Jefferson Street west of North 10th Street, on the right when traveling east.
This "castlelike" abode built in 1895 is in style, Richardsonian Romanesque—an innovatively modified amalgamation of both Romanesque and Byzantine features. The interior is an architectural equivalent to the exterior, combining aesthetics . . . — — Map (db m133252) HM
On South Main Street south of Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north.
The city's two-story brick Market House, at this location, had outdoor scales and indoor stalls for selling meat and produce. City office were on the second floor. This building served as city hall from 1886 to 1979. In 1886, the city fathers . . . — — Map (db m124833) HM
On North Main Street north of Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north.
Meyer Jewelry was founded in 1834 by Ludwig Meyer, a clockmaker from the Kingdom of Hanover. His family continued in the jewelry business until 1966. During all those years, the clock that Meyer had made in Germany and brought with him aboard the . . . — — Map (db m124851) HM
On Jefferson Street west of North 10th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Joseph and Genevieve Stoltz built this house as their residence in 1884. Stoltz was the proprietor of the Central House Hotel and Saloon on Main Street in St. Charles.
This home features a hand-painted fireplace imported from Germany, sliding . . . — — Map (db m133251) HM
On Jefferson Street east of Kingshighway (Missouri Highway 94), on the right when traveling east.
Built in the late 1800's, this Country Victorian home retains many of the attributes of the period.
Using balloon framed construction, the exterior finish includes a tin roof and wood siding with square head nails, and bubble glass windows . . . — — Map (db m133250) HM
On Jefferson Street east of Kingshighway (Missouri Highway 94), on the right when traveling east.
This Queen Anne cottage was built in 1904 for Fred W. Eisner. In the early 1920's, Paul Draudt and his wife Lottie owned the house. Mrs. Daudt was President of the National Bank of Commerce on Main Street.
In 1955, the home was purchased on the . . . — — Map (db m133249) HM
On South Main Street south of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north.
Built by F. W. Gatzweiler and remodeled by his son Charles, this building has been home to such diverse businesses as Union Electric Light and Power, St. Charles Business College, The Cosmos Monitor newspaper office, and Mary Gatzweiler's Elegant . . . — — Map (db m124834) HM
On North Main Street north of Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north.
"Like many of the better people of St Charles County, Henry B. Denker is a native of Hanover." Henry Denker served as Mayor of St. Charles, V.P. of the Union Saving Bank, and President of the St. Charles [Railroad] Car Company; he also owned . . . — — Map (db m124852) HM
On Jefferson Street east of Kingshighway (Missouri Highway 94), on the right when traveling east.
This home was built between 1890-1900 by Christian Bode for his brother, John J. Bode, owner of the St. Charles Demokrat. The newspaper was established in 1852 and was published in German. The St. Charles Demokrat affiliated itself . . . — — Map (db m133248) HM
On South Main Street south of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north.
Sophia and Julius Quade continued the tin manufactory business that her father, Frederick Buschman, began in 1850. Sophia Quade purchased this property in 1876 for $4309 from her mother who stipulated that the property be "for her [daughters's] . . . — — Map (db m124835) HM
On Jefferson Street east of Kingshighway (Missouri Highway 94), on the right when traveling east.
This home was built in 1964 by the William Wolter family for the sum of $3,300.00 and remained in the family until 1980. The house is of Folk Victorian design with a stone foundation. The roof is a gable and hip design with overhanging eaves. The . . . — — Map (db m133247) HM
On South Main Street south of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north.
When John Platz built this building in 1863 for his grocery and his daughter's dressmaking shop, he actually owned only half of his north wall and only half of his south wall. The practice of sharing walls was not usual in St. Charles, and these . . . — — Map (db m124831) HM
On South Main Street at Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north on South Main Street.
The "Queen of Main Street" was built by the Odd Fellows Hall Association in 1878 on the site of the city's former Concert Hall which had been destroyed by a tornado in 1876. Banks were important tenants; they were very visibly the center of the . . . — — Map (db m124832) HM
On South Main Street north of Madison Street, on the left when traveling north.
"The first term of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the District of St. Charles was held on the first Tuesday in January, 1805, in the house of Dr. Antoine Reynal on the site of the present courthouse." The "present" courthouse of . . . — — Map (db m124826) HM
On North Main Street north of Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north.
The old three-story brick City Hotel that served the city from 1852-1907 was replaced by the new St. Charles Savings Bank Building in 1908. The bank incorporated in 1867 and continues today as the First State Bank. — — Map (db m124853) HM
On North Main Street north of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north.
Before the Civil war, this was the cabinet shop of George Baumann, a young German cabinetmaker. By 1906, it had become the St. Charles Steam Laundry. "Of course a laundry is a washhouse, but when you take into consideration the fact that the St. . . . — — Map (db m124854) HM
On South Main Street south of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north.
Behind this 1914 Art Deco tile and marble facade is one of the oldest buildings on the street, the Masonic Hall. The lodge held its last meeting on July 17, 1861. "About this time [1861], we came under the dark Cloud of War between the North and . . . — — Map (db m124830) HM
On North Main Street north of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north.
This was the site of one of three flourishing mills on North Main during the second half of the 19th century. St. Charles County produced over a million bushels of wheat in 1879. The old mill was closed in 1896, and the building was rebuilt as a . . . — — Map (db m124855) HM
On South Main Street north of Madison Street, on the right when traveling north.
In the 1860s, A. R. Huning's Dry Goods store occupied the street level of this shop, and Goebel's Photography occupied the second floor. Rudolph Henry Goebel, a German immigrant, photographed St. Charles and her citizens from 1856 to 1916.
In . . . — — Map (db m124829) HM
On South Main Street at Madison Street, on the right when traveling west on South Main Street.
An earlier two-story structure, known as the Old Benne Building built by Joseph C. Easton circa 1840, was replaced by this building in 1882. The new Second Empire /Italianate building with its parade balcony and bracketed cornices and pediments was . . . — — Map (db m124825) HM
On North Main Street north of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north.
A river ferry operated from the east bank of this block in the early 19th century. In order for a man to claim the lost whiskey in an 1820 advertisement, he had to prove ownership and pay the ferryman for the ad, "Found: Barrel of Whiskey, Chauvin's . . . — — Map (db m124859) HM
On North Main Street north of Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north.
Emil Weil bought two brick buildings on this site that were joined with a common wall that separated a tailor shop from a meat market. When Weil raised the old buildings to rebuild, he kept the functionality of the common wall, which separated his . . . — — Map (db m124856) HM
On North 6th Street north of Lewis Street, on the left when traveling north.
1834
John and Herman Wilke arrived from Hanover, Germany.
1850's
John and Herman established successful farms in Portage Des Sioux Township, now Orchard Farms.
1860's
John and Herman both served for the Union during the Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m133256) HM
On North 6th Street at Franklin Street, on the right when traveling north on North 6th Street.
1830 - Part of Nathan Boone's survey of the Commons.
1835 - Part of Andrew Wilson's 999 year lease of the Commons ground.
1876 - Census of St. CHarles Township lists the family of Henry Kroetter (farmer) and wife Catharine and six . . . — — Map (db m133264) HM
On North 6th Street north of Franklin Street, on the right when traveling north.
1830 - Part of lot 11 Nathan Boone's survey of the Commons.
1835 - Part of Dr. Wilson's subdivision of the commons.
1900 - Lot was purchased by Joseph H. Etling and his wife Anna (nee Broeckelmann). Joseph was a carpenter who . . . — — Map (db m133265) HM
On North Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
Francis Oberkoetter, a prosperous shoe manufacturer from Hanover, Germany, built this Italianate "Oberkoetter Business House" building in 1867. His son-in-law operated the Mackenzie Hotel and Dining Room on the second floor. After becoming owner of . . . — — Map (db m124857) HM
On North Main Street south of Monroe Street, on the right when traveling north.
"John Schulze, Sanitary Plumber: Plumbing, Gas-fitting, and Sewering, Hot water heating for dwelling houses a specialty." St. Charles City Directory, 1912.
John Schulze did plumbing work to modernize St. Charles including sewering & . . . — — Map (db m124860) HM
On North Main Street south of Monroe Street, on the right when traveling north.
The St. Charles Lighting Company was organized in 1871. By the next year, it had doubled its business, burning 10,000 bushels of gas-grade coal to supply 135 private customers and 59 city street lamps. "Do not think for one minute that gas is a . . . — — Map (db m124861) HM
On North Main Street south of Monroe Street, on the left when traveling north.
Over the years, this Italianate building was home to The Demokrat, a German language newspaper; the Gustave Hucker Bakery; and the Charles E. Meyer Pharmacy and Ice Cream Parlor. J. H. and W. A. Bode, who owned The Demokrat from 1864 to 1916, . . . — — Map (db m124862) HM
On North Main Street south of Monroe Street, on the left when traveling north.
German shoemaker Valentine Zerr leased this building to the Bell Telephone Co. for $40 per month from 1909 to 1928. Local and long-distance calls were connected manually on the switchboard. Operators were required to have a good voice and good . . . — — Map (db m124863) HM
On North Main Street south of Monroe Street, on the right when traveling north.
Dr. Albin Morgner rented this former three-story building to his son-in-law A. R. Huning for $1100 a year. Huning Dry Goods operated continuously in St. Charles on North Main Street from 1860 until 1998.
In the late 1940's and 1950's this . . . — — Map (db m124869) HM
On North Main Street south of Monroe Street, on the left when traveling north.
The decorative facade, with elaborate stone window surrounds and stone quoining, invites comparison to the fancy sugar pastries and candies sold here from 1879 to 1909 by Henry Pfeiffer, a confectioner from Braunschweig, Germany.
Henry . . . — — Map (db m124864) HM
On North Main Street south of Monroe Street, on the right when traveling north.
This 1906 Renaissance Revival building with its Italianate pressed metal ornamentation at the windows and cornice replaced the burned out Central Mill built in 1866 and the old Constitutional Presbyterian Church built in 1845. Rechtern bought the . . . — — Map (db m124868) HM
On North Main Street south of Monroe Street, on the left.
Ahmann's Newsstand and the Quality Hat Shop shared this double-front building in 1903. The Craftsman/Art Deco yellow glazed brick facade was added in 1934 when the newsstand expanded. The building may date to 1865. — — Map (db m124865) HM
On North Main Street south of Monroe Street, on the left when traveling north.
Thro & Company Clothing, formerly a 137 N. Main (shown above), has been owned and managed by the Thro family since 1898 when Jean Baptiste Thro, Sr., and his nephew Jean Baptist Thro, Jr., founded the clothing store. J.D. Thro, Senior's Unlce . . . — — Map (db m124866) HM
On North Main Street south of Monroe Street, on the right when traveling north.
This Italianate building with elaborate wood bracketed cornices has been described as a "structure unsurpassed in the quality of dignity." It has been home to Walter's Jewelry since 1935. From 1906 until 1935, Edward Schubert, pianist, composer and . . . — — Map (db m124867) HM
On North Main Street north of Monroe Street, on the right when traveling north.
"Mr. Murry, the melodious and congenial proprietor of the Electric, has spared no time or money to make the Electric a place of entertainment and amusement to all who would kill time and troubles in a most enjoyable manner." One popular movie . . . — — Map (db m124872) HM
On North Main Street north of Monroe Street, on the right when traveling north.
Longtime tobacco man, North Carolinian Silas Wright, owned the St. Charles Tobacco Company. By 1900, tobacco manufacturing had become a science. Wright flavored his company's plug and twist tobacco with licorice and other spices.
Built in 1898 . . . — — Map (db m124873) HM
On North Main Street north of Monroe Street, on the left when traveling north.
The railroad brought touring companies including vaudeville shows, to the opera houses of America. The 1902 production of Uncle Tom's Cabin required two sixty-five foot special cars for the lavish sets and costumes. Tickets were twenty-five, . . . — — Map (db m124874) HM
On North Main Street north of Monroe Street, on the left when traveling north.
Henry Brocker was a house decorator, sign painter, and artist from Prussia. He specialized not only in wallpapering, but also graining, a technique that imitated expensive wood, and calcimining, a special whitewash for plastered ceilings. Brocker . . . — — Map (db m124876) HM
On North Main Street south of Adams Street, on the left when traveling north.
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 . . . — — Map (db m124877) HM
On North Main Street south of Adams Street, on the right when traveling north.
The pantaloon skirt on display in the window created a crowd. Bloomers, introduced in the 1850s, were loose fitting trousers worn by women under a mid-calf length skirt. Pantaloons, introduced at the turn of the century, were worn without skirts, . . . — — Map (db m124878) HM
On North Main Street south of Adams Street, on the right when traveling north.
The first coal-powered incandescent light company in St. Charles started operation in 1894. Service was available evenings and nights only. Who needed electric lights during the day? Eventually, daytime service was made available so that customers . . . — — Map (db m124882) HM
On North Main Street south of Adams Street, on the right when traveling north.
When Bavarian brewmaster Jacob Moerschel owned this building, he rented it out as a saloon. Moerschel's White Pearl muenchner, and lager and beers were served, "manufactured directly therefrom the coolness and clearness of the nectar of the . . . — — Map (db m124879) HM
On North Main Street south of Monroe Street, on the right when traveling north.
Many hotels opened and closed in St. Charles during the railroad boom of the 1870s and 1880s. the Galt Hotel and saloon survived the railroad boom, Prohibition, the Great Depression, a tornado, and a runaway railroad car. — — Map (db m124880) HM
On North Main Street south of Adams Street, on the left when traveling north.
Highway bridge construction in 1903 and 1904 was delayed by ice, flood, a river current change, misrouted iron shipments, and a suit for damages filed by the owners of the three buildings on respective corners of North Main and Adams Streets. Dr. J. . . . — — Map (db m124881) HM
On North Main Street at Clark Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
During Prohibition, Moses Bowlen O'Bannon rented the two-story brick Green Tree Tavern from former brewer Charles Schibi. O'Bannon sold soft drinks and had a license to operate two billiard tables from 1921 until 1930. O'Bannon born in 1873, the son . . . — — Map (db m124883) HM
On North 6th Street north of Lewis Street, on the right when traveling north.
In 1830, still in the afterglow of the Louisiana Purchase, Nathan Boone was contracted to survey the lands of Missouri that would be recognized as St. Charles. By 1835, this plot resided within Andrew Wilson's subdivision. The first person . . . — — Map (db m133258) HM
On Jefferson Street west of South 7th Street, on the right when traveling east.
This picturesque house, built in 1938, has an asymmetrical design consistent with the architectural style of a Cotswald Cottage. It features many charming details including the steep, gabled roof, original lead diamond windows, and arched . . . — — Map (db m133255) HM
On Jefferson Street east of South 9th Street, on the right when traveling east.
This the Henry Ehlmann House, probably built in 1873. Situated very close to the street, this 1½-story brick Federal style house has a side-gabled roof trimmed with an entablature having a cornice with corbelled brick dentils and an architrave . . . — — Map (db m133254) HM
On Jefferson Street east of South 9th Street, on the right when traveling east.
This home was built concurrently with construction of buildings for the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.
In 1943 it was acquired from Emma Wilke by Allie & Bertie Becker under the somewhat unusual consideration of loyalty, friendship, love and . . . — — Map (db m133253) HM
On South Main Street north of Boone's Lick Road, on the right when traveling north.
[Top plaque:]
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
circa 1769
[Bottom plaque:]
A Designated
Historic Landmark . . . — — Map (db m124809) HM
On Boone's Lick Road west of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling east.
A variety of wagons used the trails during the westward migration. The Conestoga wagon was the most durable. It was built in the Pennsylvania Valley between 1750-1840. Prairie schooners and covered farm wagons were also used, pulled by horses, oxen . . . — — Map (db m124888) HM
Near South River Road east of Hemsath Road. Reported unreadable.
Rolling Along the Katy Trail
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT) railroad rolled along this route from 1870 to 1988. Locomotives of every era traveled here, tracing the path of the Missouri River, from the early, wood-burning steam engines, . . . — — Map (db m150851) HM
On North 6th Street north of Decatur Street, on the right when traveling north.
1830 - Part of Nathan Boone's survey of the Commons.
1837 - Part of Andrew Wilson's 999 years lease of the Common ground.
1870 - Lot number 6 of Boone's survey block 9 was subdivided between R. B. Fraysier and A. H. Edwards. . . . — — Map (db m133261) HM
1830 - Part of Nathan Boone's survey of the Commons.
1835 - Part of Andrew Wilson's Subdivision of the Commons.
1898 - Herman H. Hackman Jr., early dry goods merchant with Kuhlman - Hackman, and his wife Laura, purchased this lot from . . . — — Map (db m133259) HM
On North 6th Street north of Decatur Street, on the left when traveling north.
1830 - Part of the Nathan Boone survey of the Commons.
1835 - Lot 13 of the Riggs Subdivision
1904 - The three houses (709 - 713 - 717) were built at or about this time. They originally were identical. The style is Victorian Folk with . . . — — Map (db m133260) HM
On North 6th Street north of Franklin Street, on the right when traveling north.
1830 - Part of Nathan Boone's survey of the Commons
1837 - Part of Andrew Wilson's lease of the Commons.
1868 - Gustav - Paul was born to Wilhelm and Charlotte Paul.
1901 - Gustav A. Paul paid $2.50 tax on 50' x 140' lot for five . . . — — Map (db m133266) HM
On North 6th Street north of Franklin Street, on the left when traveling north.
1830 - Part of Nathan Boone's survey of the Commons.
1835 - Included in lease of the Commons by Andrew Wilson.
1939 - Easement for sewer recorded.
The house is believed to have been built at this time as well as the look-a-likes to . . . — — Map (db m133262) HM
On North 6th Street north of Lewis Street, on the right when traveling north.
1830
Part of Nathan Boone's survey of the Commons.
1857
Part of Jeremiah Fletcher Riggs Subdivision.
1867
Part of John Wilke's property. (Alley to Lewis) He was a Civil War veteran and bought 603 N. 6th Street.
1902
Henry . . . — — Map (db m133257) HM
On Boone's Lick Road east of South 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Paule managed the Western House hotel at Boone's Licke and South Main. This was their first home. Edward Paule was the proprietor of the Monroe House, a boarding house and saloon at Third and Chauncey. He also served as mayor of . . . — — Map (db m124806) HM
On Boone's Lick Road west of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Ezra Overall owned this property and may have built this home. He was a local attorney and land speculator, selling dozens of properties. He sold this property to Frederick Maerklin. This building is a good example of a "single German" one story . . . — — Map (db m124804) HM
On South Main Street south of Perry Street, on the right when traveling north.
Named Farmer's Tavern by innkeeper John Frazier on premises originally owned by Alexander McNair, first Governor of Missouri who had a 27 vat tannery at rear of property. Popular hostelry favored by early legislators and officials when St. Charles . . . — — Map (db m124816) HM
On South Main Street north of Perry Street, on the right when traveling south.
Oldest existing brick church north of the Missouri River. Built of hand-made bricks with walls 18 inches thick.
Records establish that Mrs. Catherine Collier built this church in 1831. It was used by her Methodist Episcopal Congregation . . . — — Map (db m124887) HM
On North 2nd Street (State Highway 94) just south of Lawrence Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Frenchtown neighborhood of Saint Charles owes its name and its most distinctive architecture to early French-Canadian settlers. The neighborhood has been the home of Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable, founder of Chicago who died here in 1818; Mother . . . — — Map (db m150944) HM
On South Main Street at Pike Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
This building was erected by Peter Glenday from Scotland. Jacob Zeisler, a German immigrant, made this his residence in 1867. Jacob was the proprietor of a successful soda water factory which occupied the two buildings directly behind this one. . . . — — Map (db m124817) HM
On North 2nd Street (State Highway 94) just north of Wilkinson Street, on the right when traveling north.
North 2nd Street Shops
North Second Street was a bustling thriving commercial district. Butchers, bakers, tinsmiths and saddle makers all had shops on the street; many lived above them on the second floor. Farmers brought their grain to the . . . — — Map (db m150983) HM
On South Main Street north of Pike Street, on the right when traveling north.
Joseph Chancellier arrived with the first settlers of St Louis in 1764. He laid claim to property along St Charles riverfront and then orally conveyed it to the Roman Catholic Church in the 1780's.
In May 1804, Lewis and Clark visited "this . . . — — Map (db m124819) HM
On South Main Street south of First Capitol Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Served as first duly appointed Postmaster during the time that St. Charles was the State Capitol and performed his postal duties from here. Jeremiah and his brother Seth were joint owners in a botanical garden west of the city. They manufactured and . . . — — Map (db m124820) HM
On South Main Street south of First Capitol Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Built in 1808. Celia Ann French, Dr. Millington's niece married Elijah Lovejoy, first martyr of the free press in the United States. He was almost lynched here but escaped to Alton, Ill. Was murdered there in 1837. — — Map (db m124824) HM
On South Main Street south of McDonough Street, on the right when traveling north.
"Nor North, nor South, nor East, nor West
But part of each, of each the best"
Upon this block number twenty was located the headquarters of the two Spanish commandants for thee District of St. Charles.
Louis Blanchette . . . — — Map (db m124810) HM
Near Olive Street 0.1 miles east of North 2nd Street (State Highway 94), on the left when traveling east.
The Missouri River has been flooding ever since it was created by massive glaciers melting at the end of the last ice age 10,000 years ago. In recorded history, the greatest Missouri River flood struck St. Charles in August 1993, after heavy . . . — — Map (db m150984) HM
First permanent settlement on the Missouri River, known as Les Petites Cotes (Fr. Little Hills) until after dedication of Church of St. Charles Borromeo, 1791. Though 1780 is given as date of founding French-Canadian Louis Blanchette first settled . . . — — Map (db m138183) HM
On North 2nd Street (State Highway 94) at Clark Street (State Highway 94), on the left when traveling north on North 2nd Street.
(left plaque:)
Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, Pioneer Missionary of the Society of the Sacred Heart, came to St. Charles from France and founded the first free school west of the Mississippi on this site in 1818.
(right . . . — — Map (db m140764) HM
Near Olive Street east of North 2nd Street (State Highway 94).
What The Ecopark Is
Before the 1993 Missouri River flood a small neighborhood occupied the St. Charles Ecopark site. After the flood this area was removed from development. The park is now gradually returning to nature. Gravel trails connect . . . — — Map (db m150926) HM
On South Main Street south of First Capitol Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Stone Building
circa 1820
Residence and business of Sir Walter Rice, served at various times as County Surveyor, Recorder of Deeds, Justice of the Peace and Postmaster.
Brick Building
circa 1848
Original site of frame . . . — — Map (db m124821) HM
On South Main Street south of First Capitol Drive, on the right when traveling north.
The Burlington stone used to construct these buildings was quarried from within this city block. Built by Thomas Lindsey, a founder of the first Presbyterian church in St. Charles. — — Map (db m124822) HM
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