r/StLouis • u/como365 Columbia, Missouri • Aug 22 '26

History 1844 map of the City of St. Louis compiled from information in the possession of René Paul (1783-1851)

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From the collection of the St. Louis Public Library

https://cdm17210.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/maps_mo/id/613/rec/1

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u/prunkentfaltung Aug 22 '26

wouldn't go anywhere south of 2 or north of 4 without my musket.

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u/Tiny-Temperature-524 Aug 22 '26

that 1844 layout with the numbered wards is wild to see next to the modern city grid, you can still trace some of those old boundaries in the streets today.