Today is the winter solstice. It is a day that has to do with solar positioning. It is also a day which is exactly eight months away from a total solar eclipse coming to Perry County on August 21, 2017. I must admit that I couldn’t find one of my regular topics for our blog … More Solar Soothsaying
A special congratulations to our museum docent, Eunice Schlichting. She just received her Master’s of Information and Library Science degree from the Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Way to go Eunice! Eunice is a valuable member of our team providing much support to me from her years of professional museum experience at The Putnam. I am so … More Celebrating One of Our Own
In 1845, a Mueller married a Mueller. Johann Christian Friedrich “Ziegel” Mueller married Justine Mueller. Johann was living in Altenburg. Justine had been living in Paitzdorf (later Uniontown). After they were married, this couple was blessed with several children. The first of these, Maria Wilhelmina Mueller, was born on December 19, 1846. All in all, … More A Multitude of Marias
What a beautiful evening of music at Trinity Lutheran, Altenburg. My husband, Doc and I had a wonderful Christmas experience at the choir concert. The pipe organ and piano experience alone-by Tyson Wunderlich-was magnificent. This small but powerful choir has such a rich and rehearsed sound. Add to that, some of my favorite people … More Tidings of Comfort and Joy
When I got married in 1989, I immediately became the step-father of three girls. Then as they got married and started having children, our first four grandchildren were girls. Then we finally had a boy enter the family. Today, we found out that we have been blessed with another granddaughter who was born this morning. … More Surrounded by Good Lookin’ Women
Today’s story is not really connected to Perry County, Missouri, but it is one which tells an interesting story about an LCMS church and an LCMS President. And it’s about Christmas. I am going to let the story be told by other people today. I will do that by providing links to other sites on … More The Church Christmas Tree
The last child born to Andreas and Caroline (Anders) Estel was born on December 16, 1843 in Altenburg. His name was Philipp Samuel Estel. When Philipp was eight years old, his twelve year old brother, Elias, died in a horse-drawn wagon accident a day after Philipp’s birthday, December 17, 1851. I would think that a … More A Jacob Preacher with Perry Roots
I had the most wonderful afternoon and evening at the Lutheran Heritage Center today. It was the first evening of the Christmas Country Church Tour. We hosted 370 guests. They enjoyed our more than 50 themed trees created by our magnificent volunteer team. It is one of the delights of my life to design this … More Christmas Country Church Tour 2016
Yesterday’s blog post brought about some lively discussion, especially with regard to this black and white photograph which supposedly showed Santa. So today, after becoming much more informed regarding the character shown in this photo, we will discuss this matter more thoroughly. Yesterday afternoon, we received a phone call from Rev. Roger Moldenhauer, a dear … More Nick or Knecht?
We located some more photographs that show Perry County Christmas decorations. As I look at these photos, I cannot help but think that the absence of the technology to produce color photographs really doesn’t do the Christmas season justice. Normally, I love looking at the old black and white photos. They add a sense of … More Black and White Christmas
