We are entertaining two grandchildren at the Schmidt house these days, and today we have planned little trip to a place called Elephant Rocks which is located just outside the city of Pilot Knob, Missouri. Since I will not have much time to do research today, I choose to tell the story of a little … More Immanuel Lutheran Church, Pilot Knob
Concordia Historical Institute states that Jacob Gönner (after this I will spell it Goenner) was born on May 11, 1807. We here at the Lutheran Heritage Center have a lot of records, but none of them record his birthday. CHI must know something that we do not. On the other hand, I am guessing that … More Finally a Paid Professor
***Thanks to Fred Eggers for his contribution of this article today. Fred, in addition to being our local expert on the Farrar area, has developed a great interest in finding information in the old Der Lutheraner publications that we have at our museum. This post is a result of that interest. Just two days ago … More The Other Altenburg Debate
Since it is Easter Sunday and we have grandchildren in town, I just did not have the time (or the energy) to research a new topic for today. However, I do have some photos I have taken the last few days here around my home and around East Perry County. Maybe they can give you … More Easter Greetings from East Perry County
An event took place on this day that had a great impact on the immigrants here in Perry County, but also had results which are evidenced today throughout the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. And that event occurred here in Altenburg (although I still argue that it took place in Dresden, Missouri and should be called the … More The Altenburg Debate: Who Won?
Today would have been the 131st birthday of Dr. Edward Lottes, who served the East Perry County area as a dentist for over 50 years. He was born on February 1, 1886. Because he was in the profession of dentistry in an era when there was not much available to deal with the pain involved … More The Dreaded Doc Lottes
Any credit for today’s blog post should go to Gerard Fiehler, a vital member of our Research Crew. Gerard is not a writer and never wants any credit, but he is an important contributor to almost every post that is written on this blog. Yesterday, Gerard pointed out to me that our museum has photographs … More Ice Storm – 1930
Dresden, Germany was the home of Johann Samuel and Friederika Guenther. On December 4, 1831, a baby was born to this couple by the name of Martin. Before Martin was born, there were three other siblings…..Louise, born in 1808, Gotthold, born in 1811, and Immanuel, born in 1830. The fact that Immanuel was born 19 … More December 4th – A Seminary Holiday?
October 29 was the birthday of Johann Andreas Friedrich Wilhelm Mueller. He was born in 1825. His initials are often used when identifying him, and since he became a pastor, he was called Rev. J.A.F.W. Mueller. Over the years, his family started referring to him as “Alphabet” Mueller. We at our museum also use this … More Happy Birthday, Alphabet
Christoph Heinrich Loeber was born on October 11, 1828 in Germany. During those really formative years before becoming a teenager, the times around his birthday were times of great transition. In 1838, when Christoph was turning ten years old, his family was about to go through the most drastic change to occur in his lifetime. … More Growing Up in the Midst of Change
