historic perry county

A tour of historic Perry County, MO - the area where the Saxon Lutherans first settled in 1839.



the spot where the Saxons hit a rock and were stranded in the middle of the MississippiRiver..



Wittenberg - the very first settlement established by the Saxon Lutherans in Perry County.
Not much there now due to the flooding of the mighty Mississippi ...



Trinity Lutheran in Altenburg



the first school built in in Altenburg in 1839