A recent acquisition provides us with a snapshot of Pulaskifield life in 1905. Taken just days before Christmas, the photo provides a glimpse of the faces of children destined to become our forefathers: What will Santa bring this year?
Category: Cultural Traditions
The Jaskinia Family History
We recently came across a family history published by Thomas Sajwaj, a descendant of Jan Jaskinia (1834-1907). His exacting methodology and personal insights in researching his Jaskinia family in Poland and America provide even diehard researchers with wonderful tools and understanding of an often difficult task. The Jaskinia family arrived in America and followed a path […]
The Taste of Poland
Grandma’s anything-made-in-the-kitchen is a moment of delight everyone wishes to pass on to those who follow. To cook like your babcia, you have to have her recipes. Guarded, prized more highly than gold, recipes often were lost with the generation they fed. Here we present a few of our favorite go-to web sites where you, […]
Past And Present
Earle “Mr. Earle” Staponski (1926-1995) was a renaissance man. Born in Pulaskifield, he wore many hats during his life, from farmer to soldier, State Representative, mayor, author, educator, husband, father, principal, historian and so much more. His love of family and community bettered everything and everyone he touched, and he touched many, many lives. […]
Uczta
Uczta (Polish: celebratory feast) festivals have long been a tradition of the Sts. Peter and Paul Church congregation. Its parishioners, traditionally Polish, used the fall harvest festival as a fundraiser for the church. The practice began informally in Pulaskifield as a cultural celebration of the late summer harvest at the turn of the century. It […]
Polish Influence and Contribution to Southwest Missouri
Found in the archives of the Lawrence County Historical Society located in the 3rd floor archives at the Lawrence County Courthouse, Mt. Vernon, Missouri, the following unattributed typewritten essay, likely written in the 1930’s, describes the lives of citizens of Polish descent growing up in rural Pierce City: In this day when Dumb Polack stories […]
