Robert Earl Hughes was a tall, wall-eyed country boy who grew up in Missouri who became the heaviest human being alive, tipping the scales at over 1,041 pounds—that is, until July 10, 1958, when he was laid low by the... Continue Reading →
![1894 or so - John and Elizabeth [Feitz] Dietrich family](https://historicbremen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/54073-1894-or-so-john-and-elizabeth-feitz-dietrich-family.jpg?w=1400)
We welcomed the donation of the Erma [Dietrich] Cook collection of Dietrich family photographs and documents recently. These were preserved and donated by Gary and Joyce Clyde of Seattle, Washington, who cared for Erma in the final two decades of... Continue Reading →
In February, members of the Huff family visited the History Center and reviewed family research with this author. We found census and obituary documents, viewed family photos in our collection and theirs, and uncovered numerous articles in the archives of... Continue Reading →
In 2016, Mary Ellen Kauffman and Miriam Hochstetler gave a talk at the history center on their lives growing up in the Amish community and their later interactions with them. https://youtu.be/94Pz5Kry1sI
About 1850, Jacob BN Klinger (1819-1894) was elected surveyor of Marshall county, a post he would hold for 12 years. He engaged his much younger brother, Jeremiah M "Jerry" Klinger (1835-1911) to join him, and the two proceeded to survey... Continue Reading →
In 2010, Al Suttor gave a History Chat on the history of the Bremen Bible Church, which began in Bremen in 1924 as the Apostolic Christian Church. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJWEa4y7Rj8 Click any image to view a larger version. [flickr_tags user_id="133138807@N08" tags="Bremen-bible-church"]
Grove Walter (1888-1945) was, in his youth, a baseball and fishing enthusiast and (with his father Frank) a pool hall and then confectionery proprietor. He married Nellie Ranstead and ran a dress shop in town. He eventually became proprietor of... Continue Reading →
A small collection of photos was recently gifted to this author from a second cousin, and it includes a terrific picture of my great-great-grandparents' in front of their log cabin. I've occasionally remarked that Historic Bremen has no photos of... Continue Reading →
The August meeting of the Historic Bremen board took place at the home of Dick Kares, who graciously entertained the board with a tour of his collection of Bremen memorabilia collected over many years. Click the icons on the image... Continue Reading →
Among the attendees of the reunion of the class of 1967 who visited the Bremen History Center on Saturday was Bob Cirillo, whose family left Bremen in 1957. He reconnected with people he hadn't seen since third grade, and was... Continue Reading →
Dean Kimble, son of Walter and Bertha [Dettbrenner] Kimble, gave a wonderful talk in 2009 on growing up in Bremen in the 1920s and 30s. Among other things, he talked about his grandfather, blacksmith August Dettbrenner, as well as his... Continue Reading →
After World War 2, it was common to compile a book of those in the community who served in the war, both to record and commemorate their service, and to celebrate the sacrifice of those who didn't return. German township... Continue Reading →
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