Oglesby Lake #1 - Oglesby Park, Foristell, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 50.182 W 090° 56.112
15S E 679214 N 4300644
"Our new lake at Oglesby Park, which is catch and release for now. We stocked that in July 2022 and it’s developing very nicely. In two years, that lake is going to be phenomenal.” - SCCMO
Waymark Code: WM1C3FE
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/27/2025
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County of dam: St. Charles County
Location of dam: Meyer Rd, Oglesby Park, Foristell
Built 2020
Catch and Release until 2023
Boats are NOT allowed on this lake
The lake was dug and the damn built for this lake. Originally planned for a 8 acre lake, but was expanded to the now 12 acres in surface area.
There is another one, actually a pond, that was the original farm pond and was not built when the park was created, but has been stocked.
The dam is a dirt dam, compacted and layered to meat the standards of the US Army Corps of Engineers standards.
The dam is man make, the lake was left for mother nature to fill, and she did a fine job.
"Construction of a new park at a record pace of 90 days. Built roads, five parking areas, destination playground, three pavilions, three composting restroom facilities, a relocated history one-room school house, a 12-acre lake and outfall, and walking trails within approximately 200 acres." ~
Kuesel
This park is named after a former slave and who was the original owner of this property. A small history of Ben Oglesby:
"The 199-acre park is named after one of the property’s early owners, Benjamin Oglesby. Oglesby was born a slave in 1825 in Bedford, Va., and was brought to Missouri in 1837 at the age of 12 by his owner, Marshall Bird. He worked on a farm near present-day I-70 and Highway W in the Foristell/Wentzville area. In 1864, at the age of 39, Oglesby fled captivity of Bird and enlisted in the Union Army in St. Charles. His wife and children remained in captivity while he went through basic training in St. Louis to eventually fight for their freedom. Oglesby was assigned to the 56th United States Colored Infantry and was honorably discharged in 1865.
"After the Civil War, according to the 1870 census, Oglesby, his wife, Martha and their six children—Medora, Samuel, Oskar, Bell, Albert, and Charlie—worked on a farm in Hickory Grove Township in Warren County. In 1871, he purchased 146 acres of land in Foristell. He financed the property through a $2,000 Deed of Trust and paid off the property six years later.
"Oglesby farmed the land for 30 years. His wife died in 1900, and he died in 1901. He is buried in Smith Chapel Cemetery, a mile from his farm. The Oglesby children owned the property through the mid-1900s." ~ St. Charles County