They’re doing some great things out in St. Charles County. Yes, I know you might be really surprised to hear me say that, but it’s true. Let’s head out to the historic town of Cottleville (where yes, they were still repairing some damage from the unrelenting severe storms that have hit our region this spring),…
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The Staircase and the Swimming Pool
It was warming up so we went back out in the area that was cleared for the Weldon Spring Munitions Plant during World War II in St. Charles County. After exploring this staircase, we came across this concrete box of undetermined use. Does anyone know what this could be? Old fence lines survive, as well….
Eldorado Estates
Near Mid Rivers Mall we came upon the neatest trailer park, complete with a stone entryway with the name, Eldorado. The clubhouse is the Spanish Revival style, and there is a bridge over a creek in back to some basketball courts. It was well kept, and it shows that these parks are scattered throughout the…
Mid Rivers Mall
Continuing our examination of the concept of the “shopping mall,” we visited Mid Rivers Mall, located at the intersection of Interstate 70 and Mid Rivers Mall Drive. The mall is doing fine, but it’s not doing great. There are four hundred thousand people located within four or five miles of the mall, and they are…
Former Klondike Silica Quarry
Heading out towards to Augusta, there is an amazing St. Charles County park that encompasses the old Klondike Sandstone or Silica Quarry. Originally owned by German immigrant Wilhelm Engelage, the property was purchased by the Tavern Rock Sand Company in 1898, which first had to blow off the top 85 feet of bedrock before the…
Historic Farmstead, Route 94, Eastern St. Charles County
This farmstead along Highway 94 in the eastern “peninsula” portion of St. Charles County has several interesting buildings. The first one is the historic Greek Revival farmhouse, perhaps from the 1860s or thereabouts. There’s a nice barn that is collapsing, but the real interesting feature is below: it appears to be a grain silo, but…
Melvin Price Locks and Dam
Who doesn’t like a giant dam? Melvin Price Locks and Dam opened on October 10, 1989, replacing the aging Lock and Dam No. 26, which had major structural deficiencies. Dams have been getting the photographic treatment since at least Margaret Bourke White, which you can see here. The dam is so massive that it is…
Edward “Ted” and Pat Jones-Confluence Point State Park
I completed the trifecta of visiting all three of the corners of the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers two Saturdays ago when we visited Edward “Ted” and Pat Jones-Confluence Point State Park at the furthest eastern edge of St. Charles County. Looking across the Mississippi River, you can spot the tower in Hartford…
A Couple of Houses, St. Charles County
Dorris Keeven-Franke recommended a couple of cool old houses out in St. Charles County that are worth showing. The first one, located in northern St. Charles City, is the Thomas Lindsey House, built by slaves in the 1830s. The second house is located a ways away in Dardenne Prairie near 364 in the middle of…
North Benton Avenue, St. Charles
I looked at Fifth Street back in May of 2019 in St. Charles, and this time we went one block to the northwest, in what was the former St. Charles Commons, to North Benton Street. The houses reflect the wide variety of architectural styles of the Nineteenth Century as the city moved up from the…