Reading Room Mysteries

Pictured clockwise are Lynn Degenhardt, Carolyn Schirmer, Charles Rauh, and Gerard Fiehler.  (photo by Warren Schmidt) Who was married to Magdelina Buenger Mueller?   Well, we know it was Christian Mueller, but not the Christian Mueller that we had documented in our library.  Lutheran Heritage Center research teamers:  Lynn, Carolyn, and Gerard got to the bottom … More Reading Room Mysteries

The Clyde Arrives in St. Louis

  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/The_Levee_or_Landing%2C_St._Louis%2C_Missouri.jpg The photo shows the St. Louis landing in 1857 On February 9, 1839, the steamboat Clyde arrived in St. Louis, Missouri with about 140 passengers from Germany.  These German Lutherans had traveled across the Atlantic Ocean aboard the Johann Georg before boarding the Clyde in New Orleans.  Two Lutheran pastors aboard this boat … More The Clyde Arrives in St. Louis