The July meeting of the Sunset Hills Historical Society will feature local Sunset Hills resident and Route 66 aficionado Phil Denton on Monday, July 23, 2018 at 7 PM at the Sunset Hills City Hall. Denton has presented his Route 66 information to the Sunset Hills Historical Society before, but this updated presentation is entitled…
The June meeting of the Sunset Hills Historical Society (SHHS) will feature award-winning Missouri author Ross Malone on Monday, June 25, 2018, at 7 PM at the Sunset Hills City Hall, 3939 South Lindbergh Blvd. Malone has taught in Missouri for over thirty years, and since retiring has worked as a radio host, published more…
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…
Earth Day Festival at Sunset Hills Saturday, April 14th – 9:30am-1:00pm Sunset Hills Community Center 3915 S. Lindbergh The Sunset Hills Earth Day Event is Saturday, April 14. Stop by for a Meet and Greet with fellow members of the Historical Society. Copies of the Sunset Hills history book will be available free to current…
Monday, March 26, 2018 The Sunset Hills Historical Society (SHHS) will offer a heritage program that will feature Tim Wahlig, whose family belongs to a select group of founding fathers. The meeting is open to the public on Monday, March 26, 2018 at 7 PM at the Sunset Hills City Hall. “What an honor to…
Monday, February 26 at 7 PM Sunset Hills City Hall, 3939 Lindbergh Boulevard The Sunset Hills Historical Society invites the public to a program that will feature Larry Franke from St. Louis County Library’s Department of History and Genealogy. As a Reference Librarian at the Headquarters of the St. Louis County Library, Franke has become…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sunset Hills & Sappington Concord Historical Societies Together Present an Evening with Dan O’Neill, Sports Writer and Author of When the Blues Go Marching In Sunset Hills, MO – December 1, 2017— In a first-time partnership of the Sunset Hills Historical Society (SHHS) and the Sappington Concord Historical Society (SCHS), the public…
January 31 – Presentation by Dan O’Neill about 50 years of St. Louis Blues history February 26 – Larry Franke from St. Louis County Library about genealogy research March 26 – Tim Wahlig about Wahlig Dairy April 14 – Earth Day Festival at Sunset Hills May 21 – Rachel Azzara about Sappington House Dig and…
January 31, 2018, Wednesday at 7:00 pm presentation and book signing at the… …Sunset Hills Community Center, “When the Blues Go Marching In: An Illustrated Timeline of St. Louis Blues Hockey” by Dan O’Neill, long-time sports columnist and feature writer at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Sunset Hills Community Center located behind the Sunset Hills City Hall…
The May 22 meeting of the Sunset Hills Historical Society will feature a presentation focused on the Civil War and the Battle of Vicksburg by Park Ranger Shawn Williams. “May 22nd was actually the day that Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant made an attack against the Confederate lines at Vicksburg that convinced him to resort…
Local author Joe Sonderman The March 27, 2017 meeting of the Sunset Hills Historical Society will feature a presentation about Route 66 by local author Joe Sonderman. As editor of the Route 66 Association of Missouri’s Show Me Route 66 magazine, Sonderman will talk about Route 66 and its connection to Sunset Hills and Watson…
At the February meeting of the Sunset Hills Historical Society, our own City Alderman from Ward 4, Mark Colombo, will share his passion for Civil War history and some of his collectibles from that era. As an amateur history enthusiast, he was intrigued by the amount of Civil War-era historical events that occurred here in…
On Monday, January 23 at 7 pm the Historical Society will honor local history buffs and historical society founders, Morris “Butch” and Linda Thomas. Butch and Linda have been members of the historical society since its inception in 1991. Through the years, Butch has served as President and Linda as Secretary, and is the current…
