Dossier 1153Historic SiteMedium 62

Ogelsby Park

St. Louis, Missouri2801 W Meyer Rd1 min readFile amended October 2, 2026Directions

A historic site in St. Louis, Missouri, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Ogelsby Park is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. It sits in the archive under dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.

Archive note: 3 conflicting records

Status

Operating

Access

Open to public

Designation

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing

Coordinates

38.636, -90.245 · Approximate (city centroid)

County

St. Charles

NPS public listing access field: Yes. This is a listing snapshot; current arrangements still require confirmation.

Signal: cold trace

Is Ogelsby Park haunted?

No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.

Dark History Historic Sites

The record — long form

Oglesby Park is the returned — the 'fled '64' that's the enlistment made, the '56th USCT' that's the freedom fought. The 'wife stayed' is the cost — the 'family captive' that's the risk's weight, the 'fought for theirs' that's the motive held. The '146 acres' is the bought — the '1871' that's the deed signed, the 'paid in six' that's the loan killed.

The 'Douglass school' is the moved — the 'one-room' that's the replica kept, the 'named for orator' that's the hope taught. The '30 descendants' is the honored — the 'council chambers' that's the naming attended, the 'guiding moment' that's the great-granddaughter's word. Oglesby's is the circle — the 'enslaved on land' that's the start, the 'owned the land' that's the end.

The file keeps Oglesby: the enlistment flight, the bought acres, the schoolhouse moved, and the circle closed.

Oglesby Park is the archive's Missouri file — the farm the slave came back to own.

Why this file matters

Oglesby Park is the archive's Missouri file — where the enslaved man returned as owner.

A park keeps its owner — the file's suggestion being that Oglesby's hold is the circle: the 'fled to fight' that's the '64 break, the '146 bought' that's the return made, and the 'same land' that's the arc closed.

Two accounts on file

Short Description

On file

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Also reported

The park—where the freedom story is marked.

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

Historic Designation

On file

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing

Also reported

NPS Network to Freedom

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

Research Notes

On file

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 47M002, source row 739. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.

Also reported

UGRR enrichment wave 4; VERIFY task auto-queued.

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

Documented history

NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. The record appears in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.
Verified historyNational Park Service
Ogelsby Park is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.
Verified historyNational Park Service