With great anticipation, Missouri will experience another total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. Much like the Great American Eclipse in 2017 communities across the path are planning local events to promote what is unique, historical, and special about where they live within the path. This total solar eclipse will highlight many rural towns and cities located in the Ozarks of Missouri which is unique in its own right. One such city is Perryville, Missouri which was also in the path of totality in 2017. Perry County documented visitors from thirty-six states and seventeen countries that traveled to their public viewing areas to witness the total solar eclipse and they are excited to welcome them back again in 2024. Perryville along with multiple other cities, towns, and communities have … [Read more...] about Treasures Beyond the Eclipse Diamond Ring!
Perryville Welcomes Outdoor Classrooms April 8th
There is no doubt that if you live in or near the path of a total solar eclipse sharing that unique experience with your students is an undeniable educational opportunity. The 2017 Great American Eclipse proved that as thousands of students and educators traveled to get within the path to experience two minutes and forty seconds of totality in Perryville, Missouri. The April 8, 2024, Great North American Eclipse will give educators an even greater opportunity to educate and inspire the next generation of teachers, scientists, and astronauts with over three minutes 47 seconds this time. Located eighty miles south of St. Louis, Perryville is welcoming schools again as they plan their fieldtrips to venture within the path of totality for another fun and inspirational day of solar education. … [Read more...] about Perryville Welcomes Outdoor Classrooms April 8th
Annular Eclipse Coming this Fall!
As we prepare for the Great North American Eclipse on April 8, 2024, we mustn’t forget that Perry County, including 49 continental U.S. states will experience at least a partial eclipse, as will most of Canada and all countries in Central and South America this year, on Saturday, October 14, 2023. This celestial event will give eclipse chasers the opportunity to witness the Ring of Fire for those within its path. Starting in Oregon midmorning at 9:03 am Pacific Time and exiting out Texas by 12:03 pm Central Time. To be within its 125-mile-wide path you must travel to Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, or Texas. But don’t be discouraged if you can’t travel as many in the U.S. will not. Although, Annular Solar Eclipses are exciting they do not have the “WOW” factor that a Total Solar … [Read more...] about Annular Eclipse Coming this Fall!
Can You See Me Now?
Perry County Missouri has the rare opportunity to be within the path of totality and experience not only the Great American Total Solar Eclipse of 2017 but also the upcoming Great North American Total Solar Eclipse of 2024. Eclipses are not rare, but to be within the path of totality twice in seven years is! As part of our eclipse planning for such an event, we wanted to have something lasting for our community to look back at as a remembrance of those celestial events that passed over us. Perry County Heritage Tourism Director, Trish Erzfeld had the idea of creating an oversized pair of eclipse glasses for her community. This structure would be a piece of metal art for one of their local parks, but it would also be functional meaning the lenses of the glasses would be outfitted with the … [Read more...] about Can You See Me Now?
Eclipse Expo 2024!
I hope you were able to join us at the Missouri Eclipse Expo last month at the Show-Me Center. It was a fantastic introduction for some and a great refresher course for those of us who have previous eclipse experience. In 2017, Perryville focused a lot on educating our community so that everyone could understand what was special about the eclipse and the expo had some great interactive stations and national speakers who were experts in their fields that revisited a lot of what we experienced during the 2017 total solar eclipse. Understanding eclipses brings more excitement and enjoyment to the day much like being at a sports event and knowing the rules and having the playbook. To understand them more translates into enjoying them more. You'll Get It! The main event in a total solar … [Read more...] about Eclipse Expo 2024!
Totally Ready To Do Totality Again!
After Perryville, Missouri had the exciting experience of witnessing two minutes and forty seconds of totality during the total solar eclipse in 2017 there is no doubt that seven short years later we are excited to di it all over again! On April 8, 2024, Perry County will experience four minutes and five seconds in the most eastern part of the county. Locals have already started making plans for viewing events on their lawns and at their farms for friends and family members. Acquaintances that were made and friendships that developed in 2017 are making plans to return in 2024. While there are only a few hotel rooms left, some local farmers will be creating primitive camping for eclipse chasers wanting to spend the night under the stars. Located eighty miles south of St. Louis the local … [Read more...] about Totally Ready To Do Totality Again!
Pathway 2 The Promiseland
Embark on a customized tour featuring heroic immigration stories and the Faiths that saved them. Travel throughout Perry County's beautiful countryside visiting these remarkable houses of worship built by our earliest pioneers. Hear their diverse accounts of immigration, see their humble beginnings, understand their quests for religious freedom and new beginnings. Travel with these brave pioneers and experience this culturally rich and unique tour of faith in the heartland, in Perry County, Missouri. Lutheran Heritage Museum & Log Cabin 75 Church Street, Altenburg, Missouri In 1838, 700 Saxon Germans left their homes, farms, businesses and all they knew behind to embark on a dangerous sea voyage to America. See where they found their land of opportunity, rebuilt their lives and … [Read more...] about Pathway 2 The Promiseland
Year End Review: 2018
We have been working so hard, we wanted to share some really big accomplishments for the Perry County Tourism office during 2018. We wanted to make it short and sweet… but let’s face it the list is LONG! Check them out! Earned two awards from the Missouri Department of Tourism! Innovator Award :: awarded to Perry County Heritage Tourism by the Missouri Division of Tourism at the 2018 Governor's Conference on Tourism. Perryville and Perry County's efforts during the Great American Eclipse were recognized with this year's Innovator award. What a great way to celebrate Perryville and Perry County's significance on this event and the impact we have made locally and around the world. Rising Star Award :: awarded to Trish Erzfeld, Perry County Tourism Director by the Missouri Division of … [Read more...] about Year End Review: 2018
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 number of other buildings were used by the congregation. One of these was the log cabin dwelling on the Bergt farm which is now a part of the Saxon Lutheran Memorial located just a short distance north and east of the Little School on Saxon Memorial Drive. The Rev. Christian H. Loeber taught school in this log cabin in 1850 and 1851. This building is one of the oldest existing buildings used as a parish day school in the Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod. From 1851-1854 … [Read more...] about Die Kleine Schule (The Little School)
