Smithwick Cemetery History by Frank Ferguson

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.