On July 27th, 2021, 14 members of the Millstadt Historical Society toured the Red Bud Area Museum. Our hosts were Charles & Maggie Ratz and Jane Lucht.
The Red Bud Area Museum initiative started in 2011 with final opening to the public the following year. There are over 4,000 items donated to the Museum and 50 volunteers help serve as host and hostess (pre-covid). After the general background, the group viewed the entry Parlor where the host called out various items of interest. From there, they split into two groups to view each of the other rooms. Rooms were categorized and labeled as: Housewife’s Haven, Our Heroes & Saloon, Red Bud Memorabilia, Archives & More, Kids Through the Years, Down on the Farm, and Vintage Boutique. The categorization was a clever way to best display the overwhelming amount of vintage items. They also viewed the upstairs floor used for Events. As its name implies, items were from Red Bud as well as Randolph & area counties. It was a great tour.
The Red Bud Area Museum initiative started in 2011 with final opening to the public the following year. There are over 4,000 items donated to the Museum and 50 volunteers help serve as host and hostess (pre-covid). After the general background, the group viewed the entry Parlor where the host called out various items of interest. From there, they split into two groups to view each of the other rooms. Rooms were categorized and labeled as: Housewife’s Haven, Our Heroes & Saloon, Red Bud Memorabilia, Archives & More, Kids Through the Years, Down on the Farm, and Vintage Boutique. The categorization was a clever way to best display the overwhelming amount of vintage items. They also viewed the upstairs floor used for Events. As its name implies, items were from Red Bud as well as Randolph & area counties. It was a great tour.
The Millstadt Historical Society members toured the St Clair County Historical Museum on June 27, 2017, which was led by Will Shannon, IV, Curator for the museum. The tour was completed in a room featuring educational memorabilia from the Belleville area. One item of particular interest was a penmanship book used by Henry Tegtmeier, a mid-19th century resident of Millstadt.
On June 25, 2019 Annie Rieken hosted the Millstadt Historical Society to a tour of the Henke-Buck Homestead in Waterloo, circa 1845. Below are sample photos of the tour.
