Today is the one year anniversary of one of the “most read” posts we have published on this blog. It was simply titled, The Mud. It was an article that told the history of a local establishment which at the time of its writing was called the Mississippi Mud Saloon. Over the years, this building … More Return of “The Mud”
August 30th was the birthday of a judge. On this day in 1867, Adolph Gottfried Schmidt was born. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, Missouri and was probably one of the last baptisms to take place in the 1845 church before the dedication of the new church later in 1867. Today would … More Here Comes the Judge
A while back a story was written about a Kieninger family that had four boys who I affectionately called the 4 K’s in the post titled, This Pitcher Had 4 K’s. Today’s birthday girl married one of the 4 K’s. The girl’s name was Margaret Leimbach, and she was born on August 29, 1914. She … More One of the Kieninger Kids
The father in this photograph, Frank Burroughs, was one of four Burroughs children who were “let out” by their mother around 1864. After her husband died as a result of an injury while fighting in the Civil War, Sara Jane Burroughs remarried a man by the name of Donald. However, this man also died by … More A Band of Burroughs…..And Burroughs in the Band
Charles Richard Nennert has contributed much to the preservation of Perry County history. Many of his photographs and stories are still available to us at our museum. C.R. was a Lutheran schoolteacher by trade, but when he retired, he returned to his roots, living in Perry County. He had a passion for making sure the … More Uncle Bob’s River Job
Today’s main characters will give me the opportunity to highlight once again a small group of people who became part of the Gesellschaft in 1839. This group has come to be known as the St. Louis Group, or as they are called in Zion on the Mississippi…..”Additions in St. Louis”. This group was made up … More Holschen in Motion
August 25, 1865 was the birthday of Dorothea Weinhold. Now, before I get myself into deep, deep trouble, let me say that this is not the same Dorothy Weinhold who is one of our faithful docents here at the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum. Today’s birthday girl was the daughter of Joseph and Marie (Bretscher) … More Another Wittenberg Musician
I had to change boats in midstream today. I was leaning toward doing a story on a girl who was born on this day whose surname was Dietzfeldinger. Now how can you resist a story about a name like that? But I am going to. Instead, other local events have caused me to do a … More Charles Weber x 2
As I looked at the name of today’s main character, I realized that one of his names is one that was not commonly given to baby boys in this area. That name is David. This name is certainly one which has been given to many American children over the years. It is also a Bible … More Herr Harnagel
I choose to share one more post about the Great American Eclipse that is now a part of the history books. The media have done an outstanding job of sharing magnificent photos and videos taken by some very talented people who really knew what they were doing. As for me here in Perry County, I … More Eclipse: A Perry County Barn Perspective
