I had some pancakes for breakfast this morning. Considering how hungry I was at the time, those pancakes quickly disappeared. This post tells the story of some other “pancakes” that quickly disappeared in East Perry County. On March 9, 1876, 140 years ago today, Julius Ernst Pfannkuchen was born. Pfannkuchen is German for pancake. Julius … More The Pancakes Disappear
It makes me happy to have enough time in my busy morning to stop at the Old Bank Coffee Shop in Altenburg. Owner, Lindy Roth makes me a special coffee concoction that can only make a good day better. I stopped to order coffee cakes for the East Perry County Cultural Alliance meeting coming up … More We started the day in the right way!
In the course of my research on the members of the first students at the Log Cabin College, I sometimes refer to the children of those first students as their second generation. On March 8, 1984, the last of the second generation, Marie Brackman, died in Puyallup, Washington. Her story is an amazing one. Here … More Last of the Second Generation: A Story of Two Maries
Rev. Paul Gotthilf Loeber, pictured lower middle) died on March 7, 1960. His father and grandfather were Lutheran pastors. His grandfather, Gotthold, was the first pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. His father, Christoph Heinrich, was the second pastor of Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. His son, Paul Edward Loeber was a chaplain during … More Perpetual Pastors
The Research Crew at the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum have been asked to solve a mystery. We were contacted by a gentleman from Nebraska from the Gieringer family. For some reason, the pictured confirmation certificate was given to him by his uncle. What he does not understand is why the confirmation certificate of Meta … More Can You Solve This Mangels Mystery?
I had two appointments in Cape Girardeau this morning and an afternoon of “Butchering Exhibit” planning in Altenburg. While checking in at the History Center for the 1st Uptown Jackson Chamber Coffee in through the door walks Troy Wayne Poteete, Chief Justice of the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court and Executive Director of the Trail of Tears … More Oh, the People We Meet in a Day
On March 1, 1916, one hundred years ago, Rev. Ernst Gustav Hermann Miessler (pictured above) died in Chicago, Illinois. He is known for his missionary work among the Chippewa Indians in central Michigan. His first wife, Johanna Pinkepank Miessler, is buried in the Bethany Lutheran Indian Cemetery. She died in 1857. Rev. Miessler changed professions … More Missionary in Michigan
