Photo Friday: Maxwelton Race Track

. His narrative accompanying this postcard: “Pennsylvania & St. Charles Rock Road; a cemetery today. ‘History Stories of Wellston, People, Places and Transportation,’ here. Maxwelton Race Track and Wellston, Missouri, when Easton Ave. and St. Charles Rock Road were Hwy 61 and Hwy 40 through St. Louis to St. Charles, MO. Maxwelton Race Track on the St. Charles Rock Road at Pennsylvania Avenue was a St. Louis County, Missouri site for Horse Races, later Barney Oldfield and Ralph de Palma Auto Races, later Wellston Kennel Club Greyhound Races, Later a hangout for “Dinty” Colbert of Willie Eagan’s Rats Gang. And in the ’40s a great abandoned landmark for young boys to explore.” –Stefene Russell