Fenton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Fenton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Due to its proximity to fertile land and the Meramec River, the Fenton area has been inhabited for over 900 years. The earliest proof of ancient dwellers was excavated from the "Fenton Mounds", two conical earthen burial mounds located near the southwestern border of Fenton. Diagnostic pottery shards from the mounds indicate they date from the Mississippian times, A.D. 1050 - 1400. In 2001, the mounds were leveled for construction of a Walmart Supercenter.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Fenton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fenton’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBicycle party resting in Fenton, …, 1897: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Fenton
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Fenton, decade by decade
1980s
CommonsFEMA - 34491 - Residents fill sandbags in Missouri2008
CommonsFEMA - 34490 - Residents fill sandbags in Missouri2008
CommonsFEMA - 34489 - Residents fill sandbags in Missouri2008
CommonsFEMA - 34488 - Residents fill sandbags in Missouri2008
CommonsFEMA - 34487 - Residents prepare sandbags for flooding prot…2008
CommonsFEMA - 34486 - Residents prepare sandbags to protect proper…2008
CommonsFEMA - 34485 - Residents fill sandbags in Missouri2008
CommonsFEMA - 34484 - Residents in Missouri sandbag a bank of the …2008
CommonsFEMA - 34483 - Residents preparing sand bags in Missouri2008
CommonsMOMap-doton-Fenton2004Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Bicycle party resting in Fenton, Missouri, 12 September 1897 (1897) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.