I have another confession to make today. My main goal in writing posts for this blog is to preserve the stories of people and places that are associated with the history of East Perry County and a few other surrounding areas. However, I also have special interest in preserving stories that are connected to my … More A Mourning Mother
Today would have been the 85th anniversary of Oscar and Lorna (Schmidt) Schlimpert. I called them Uncle Ossie and Aunt Lorna. Here is the marriage license for this couple. Several posts have been written about people in this Schlimpert family. Oscar was the son of Jacob and Caroline (Boeger) Schlimpert. In fact, Oscar was the … More Uncle Ossie – Aunt Lorna
Right now, Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna, and Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown are all being served by pastors who first had been Lutheran teachers before entering the ministry. This is not a new phenomenon in the Lutheran church. Back when the Log Cabin College was built, its three main … More Teacher to Pastor
I am going to get a little personal with our story today. When I was a boy growing up in St. Louis, we would regularly visit Perry County because my father was born and raised in Wittenberg, and we had plenty of family here. One of the families we would visit when we were here … More Serving Her Family Faithfully
Another building is undergoing a transition in downtown Altenburg. Before I say anything about what is going on there, allow me to do what I do much better……talk about its history. The building shown above was once owned and operated by Martin H. Mueller. In the 1900 census, he is described as a tinner (a.k.a. … More A Building in Transition
