January 12, Thursday, 7:00 pm. See evening agenda below. Please note that the date for this event is on a different night than the traditional night. This SCHS general meeting will be held on a Thursday night. Notice the venue will be at the Sperreng Middle School on Tesson Ferry Road at Concord School Road.…
See the artifacts from the archaeological dig at Sappington House “What did the students find in the dig at Sappington House?” is the question most often asked about the dig. You can see now on display at the US Grant National Historic Site, a sampling of the almost 1000 artifacts found. The exhibit is open…
Audubon presentation and tour of Audubon exhibit Audubon presentation on Thursday evening, Oct 27 We are all familiar with the bird paintings of John Audubon (1785-1851). What we don’t know about his work and how he did it may surprise some. On Thursday, October 27, Tom Reh of the Mercantile Library will talk on JJ…
“Weird Tales of Love, Art, Baseball and Madness” by Bev Schuetz Friday, September 9, 2:00 pm at Grant’s View Library in auditorium September 9, Friday, 2:00 pm “Weird Tales of Love, Art, Baseball and Madness” by Bev Schuetz SCHS Daytime presentation at Grant’s View Branch library This unique talk will include a variety of amazing…
“The “Outhouse Program” is a tongue-in-cheek survey of an aspect of our ancestors’ lives which has with few exceptions been unfairly overlooked in the history books. We aim to help set the record straight about this fascinating subject, discussing among other things design, construction, placement in relationship to other buildings, plants strategically located nearby, and…
This summer of 2016, SCHS and the Sappington-Concord area are experiencing a mother lode of the Mother Road, Route 66. The Missouri History Museum opened its exhibit, “Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis.” The South County Times did a front page article featuring the exhibit on July 1st. In adition, SCHS is having two…
The dig at Sappington House was featured on the front page of the South County Times, June 10, 2016 issue. Focusing largely on the Lindbergh High School group of students and their teacher, Ashley Lock, the article shows the dig experience as educational for the students and a contribution to the history of the South…
Day five finds at the dig at Sappington House Unit one: Pig bones and pig incisor, chisel Work at unit one
See information about Memorial Day 2017. The late Patriot Guard Rider, Mark Schoeder honored at Memorial Day ceremony 2016. Co-Chair, Carl Spinner, honored for his many years of service. The ceremony, placing of the wreath, Rachel Nieters – vocalist, the honor guard presents the colors. Attendees in beautiful weather. The LHS Marching Band…
The DIG-it-yourself archaeology tent is next to the Sappington house entrance garden. Do hands-on activities yourself, or guide your kids and grand kids through the activities. Dig up the artifacts like a real archaeologist. Clean them. Describe them. Try to explain them. All the while, you are doing what a like a real archaeologist does.…
Picnic Saturday… …at the dig at Sappington House. Bring your family, friends, kids, grand kids, blanket, lawn chairs. Oh, and bring your food and snacks. You will want to stay all day… at the dig at Sappington House. See the excavations live and in progress! See the displays. Do the hands-on activities for all ages.…
Finds of day two, included at unit two, the guys group by the library in the paw paw patch, some more pieces of brick, a nail, some cinders, a piece of ceramic, a huge root that was hard to work around. Unit one, the girls next to the cottage included, some more pieces of brick,…
Come to the dig at Sappington House to see the high school kids dig. Also hear some speakers talk on topics related to archaeology and local history. The talks will be held in the Library of Americana which is just behind the Sappington House and next to dig site unit two. The library is air…
