The History of St. John’s Lutheran Church
Frank Ferguson
January 18, 2013
Present Church
Johann & Augusta Justine (Kennig) Kintopf
Johann & Augusta (Kintopf) Rehfeld
Julius & Emily (Kennig) KaneppelCouple on the left
Valentine & Caroline Husong
Michael & Bertha Kienitz
Casper & Margaret Louise Duennerman
Entrance Gate
Vinyl White Fence at Entrance (view from south)
Veterans Memorial
Wooden Cross
Unmarked Graves
Pergola & Directory
Directory (view from south)
New Steel Fence Around 3 Sides
Church in 1915
Church in 1915 Interior
Smithwick Methodist Community Church
Remodeled 1952
Remodeled Interior 1952
New Church 1969 Maverick Junction
History of Fall River Viewpoint
“May the Lord himself who is our source of peace give you peace at all times and in every way.”
Wishing Well Kiosk
Gazebo
Chapel
Walkway
Historical Marker
“The eight mile long Fall River, winding through Fall
River Canyon after the joining of Cold and Hot Brook
streams above the city of Hot Springs, tumbles below over an outcropping of sandstone falling about 50 feet to from
Fall River Falls, as viewed from the gazebo.”
View from Fall River
View from Fall River Road
St John’s from its humble beginnings in the late 1800s has endured many trials
over the years.
Some congregations may have given up when their first new church
was locked up for four years, but St Johns, who will celebrate its 120th year in 2016,
has been a strong, viable church in providing its members with the
word of God as its foremost goal.