Archaeology of the Sappington, Concord, Sunset Hills, Meramec River area

The Sunset Hills Historical Society (SHHS) meeting on Monday evening, May 21, 2018, will be a program that will feature the archaeology of the Sappington/Sunset Hills area. Anthropologist Rachel Murphy Azzara has a degree in anthropology from Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville, and has worked in the field for the Illinois Department of Transportation. She…

The Dig at Sappington House – 2018

Students: application for the dig is still open Students interested in applying should contact SCHS President, Stephen Hanpeter at 314-918-1617, or schs.webmanager@gmail.com, or Sappington House Resident Manager Sally Cakouros at 314-822-8171. Make inquiries and apply by Tuesday, May 8. The student experience
 The high school student archaeological dig at Sappington House is an experience of…

International Archaeology Day – Oct 21

International Archaeology Day at Sappington House Saturday, October 21, 10 am – 2 pm   Free! Schedule of attractions On the grounds, 11:15 – 12 noon, Lindbergh middle school Fiddlers in colonial costume In the library 10:30 am, Perry Whitaker, Mississippi River Paddler, tells his experiences of finding Native-American artifacts as he canoes the waterways 12:00…

Country Craft Festival – Historic Sappington House Park.

Country Craft Festival. At Historic Sappington House Park. Thomas Sappington House park is an escape from urban concrete to a refreshing green retreat. Sappington House, located at 1015 S. Sappington Road 63126, is sponsoring an outdoor Summertime Country Craft Festival including talented vendors as well as folkways artisans on Saturday and Sunday, July 22, and…

Student presentations at White Haven Nov 20

November 20, Sunday at 2:00 pm Reports on the archaeological dig at Sappington House by the students; their experiences and their findings. At long last, the student diggers speak. They reveal all; findings, experiences, insights, and research too. Muffled since the June dig at Sappington house, the student diggers finally come forward in a tell-all moment.…