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Category: Regional History

Posted on January 3, 2020

“Bridges are a monument to progress.” -Joseph Straus

Old Appleton Bridge is a historic Pratt Truss Iron Bridge located at Old Appleton, Cape Girardeau County and Perry County, Missouri. It was built in 1879, and consists of a wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt through truss main span. It rests on limestone block masonry piers. The total length of the bridge is 161 feet. It …

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Posted on November 2, 2018July 18, 2019

Perry County Courthouse

The greatest need of Perry County, when it was created from the Ste. Genevieve District in 1821 was a courthouse. Although there were a few small areas where groups of people lived, there were no towns in the county where a courthouse could be built. Bernard Layton gave the county 51 acres of his 640-acre …

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Posted on November 2, 2018July 18, 2019

Die Kleine Schule (The Little School)

Concordia Lutheran Church of Frohna, Missouri built the Little School in 1898. It was a day school where the children of the parish were taught “reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic” as well as religion. For the most part, children in the primary grades were taught in this building. Prior to the construction of this school, a …

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Posted on October 10, 2016July 18, 2019

Diaries: Fingerprints of History

Once in a blue moon a treasure surfaces that was never intended to be read by more than its author. A writer that wrote for the enjoyment of his or hers’ own pleasure. Diaries are a family heirloom that sometime only benefits the writer’s heirs, but once in a blue moon an individual will sit …

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Posted on October 10, 2016July 18, 2019

Map to the Past: Historical Inventory Map

Spring is closer than you think, and that means many of us thaw out, get out and travel the county roads in search of the smallest evidence of schools, churches, and homesteads long forgotten. If you are one of these travelers, you may be interested in a special map supplied by the Perry County Historical …

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Posted on October 10, 2016July 18, 2019

The Dirt on Menfro

Perry County was organized May 21, 1821 and named after the naval war hero of 1812, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. But it was before that when some of our earliest settlers were already laying down farming roots in Perry County soil. Levi Wiggins was one of many people to request a land grant in Perry …

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