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Liver and Onions and Tower Rock

Thursday was a pretty productive day. Back in 2013, I wrote about finding Keith Robinson’s Boy Scout canteen. Mother kept bugging me, “When is that boy going to come by and pick it up?” Keith, my go-to...

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2015 Altenburg Christmas Trees

The Altenburg Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum has brought back their ever-popular Christmas tree display. The museum has undergone some major renovations to make more room for genealogical...

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Old Bank Coffee Shop Opens

There’s a new place to catch breakfast in Altenburg. The Old Bank Coffee Shop, located in the tiny Bank of Altenburg, opened on Veterans Day Mother Lindy Roth and daughter Anna Roth share a laugh...

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Perry County’s Old Burnt Mill

A couple of weeks ago, a member of the Old, Abandoned and Interesting Places – Missouri Facebook group posted a photo of Old Burnt Mill in Perry county. It didn’t sound familiar to me, and none of my...

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Silver Dollar Tavern Kaput

A reader sent a message this morning, “Ken, as I drove down 61 this morning, something was missing. I think the Silver Dollar Tavern has been razed.” I needed to get an oil change and run some other...

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A Matter of Time

When Road Warriorette Anne and I drove by this barn on MO C on the way to Altenburg in the summer of 2013, I knew it was just a matter of time before gravity won. Being taken apart While I was enjoying...

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Luther’s Chapel Cemetery

Road Warriorette Shari and I headed up Hwy 61 to check out some antique stores. After finding a couple of likely prospects closed, we started driving roads at random until stumbled across this...

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Clouds Over Tower Rock

If it’s Wednesday night, that means it’s Liver & Onions night at The Mississippi Mud Tavern in Altenburg. Buddy Gerard and I usually top off the evening with a trip down to Tower Rock to check on...

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St. Joseph Catholic Church

Shortly after Road Warriorette Shari and I photographed Luther’s Chapel Cemetery in Perry County’s Union Township, we turned into Apple Creek to explore St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery. Click on...

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Lillian Fiehler – 11/16/1929 – 11/2/2018

Lillian Fiehler 11-17-2010 Tiny Altenburg said goodbye to one of its best-known members on Wednesday, November 7, 2018. Lillian (Schilling) Fiehler was a long-time resident of the town of 352, a member...

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