Plat maps were used extensively in the research of this website and the article "Segregated Education in St. Louis African American Schools."
The notation "Colored People Cem.y" on an 1870 map refers to Quinette Cemetery, now thought to be the oldest Black cemetery west of the Mississippi River. 
This map shows three cemeteries within a few blocks of each other, including one on the future site of Benton Park. Note McHose & English's Cave below City Cemetery.
Several women are listed as landowners in this detail of an 1862 map of the Jamestown area in north St. Louis County.
This 1884 map shows the location of the future Sportsman's Park in north St. Louis, labeled here as "Base Ball Park."
This detail from an 1896 topographical map of St. Louis shows the River des Peres meandering through Forest Park. It would later be buried underground in a massive Depression-era public works project.
This detail of a plat map from 1909 shows the position of a German Lutheran church, school, and orphanage and the surrounding neighborhood in Des Peres, Missouri.
