Flowing through Time: Wittenberg, Tower Rock & the Mississippi River We’re delighted to announce the opening of our new exhibit Flowing through Time: Wittenberg, Tower Rock & the Mississippi River. Come in and see displays depicting life on the Mississippi River through the years. Highlights include artifacts and pictures from Wittenberg, a photographic exhibition of … More New Exhibit
The birthday of Marie Bodenschatz leads us to this story about one of Friedrich Florian “The Face” Petzoldt’s sons. I know I have writen about a few other sons of “The Face” on this blog before, and certainly stories of many of his grandchildren, but somehow the story of Adolph Petzoldt, his 3rd son, has … More One of “The Face” Petzoldt’s Boys
Today’s birthday boy is August Heinrich Thieret, weho was born on July 10, 1878. That makes today his 146th birthday. There was another August Thieret who was born in Perry County in 1875 who was discussed in the fairly recent post titled, Arnsberg Records Discovery. The parents of today’s birthday boy were Martin and Julia … More August Thieret – St. Louis Bed Maker
I will be highlighting the story of a Lutheran pastor today, but I only located this story because his wife would be celebrating her Bicentennial Birthday today. However, I am going to begin with the Lutheran pastor. Emil Julius Moritz Wege was born on January 28, 1801 in Lauben, Germany. I was unable to determine … More Pioneer Pastor in Cole Camp
Ervin Julius Schneider was born on July 8, 1899, making today his 125th birthday. Ervin was the youngest child of Emil and Theresia (Meyr) Schneider. The Schneider’s had been members of Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells, but when the new congregation, Zion Lutheran Church, was established in Pocahontas, they became members of that church. … More Grand Tower Power Pair
A buddy of mine, Scott Staub, spent his career teaching at a Lutheran school in Woodburn, Indiana. Just down the road from his school is a little place known as Gar Creek. Seven years ago, I published the attached story about a couple from Perry County who ended up living in Gar Creek for most … More Return to Gar Creek, Indiana
I will be attempting to tell the story of John Christian Kassel today. Plenty of Kassel’s have populated the areas of East Perry County and also Cape Girardeau County over the years, and I believe John Christian Kassel was one of the original Kassel’s to show up on the scene around here. John Christian Kassel … More John Kassel – Civil War Fife Player
I will be on the road back to Altenburg today, which will be followed by several days that involve hosting grandchildren at our home. That means I may have to do a bit less writing during that time. Grandchildren are higher on my priority list than blog-writing. I found this post that was written just … More Grandma Bergmann’s 175th Anniversary
I am out of town, and our museum is closed today, so I am going to share an old post again. This one was originally intended to be posted on the Fouth of July in 2018, but there were some glitches that made that impossible. This post was written by our friend, Fred Eggers, who … More A Civil War Story – July 4, 1863
The Board of Directors for the Perry County Lutheran Historical Society, which operates the Lutheran Heritage Center & Musuem, has voted to offer the position of Museum Director to Denise Hellwege. After her prayerful consideration, she has now accepted that position, and yesterday was her first day on the job. Denise is now added to … More Willkommen to Our New Museum Director
