1909 Map of Weingarten

About this map

Ste Genevieve serves as the focal point of this 1907 survey, situated where the St Louis and San Francisco RR skirts the banks of the Mississippi River near Moro Island. The landscape transitions from the river bottoms to the rolling Beckett Hills, revealing an early 20th-century economy tied to both the land and the rails. Traces of historical transport routes are prominent, including the Illinois Plank Road and the Ste Genevieve and Ironton Road, which connected isolated settlements like New Offenburg and Weingarten.