The Story In The PictureThe Picture In the Story An old photograph hung on the wall of the Moloski home in Kansas for decades, its origins steeped in family history. The image was of Pulaskifield; of Sts. Peter & Paul Church, the parsonage across the street and the nunnery next-door, taken from the hillside […]
Category: Local History
Fred Gasser’s 1904 St. Mary’s School Workbook
Fred Gasser’s Spring 1904 Workbook Also see Fred’s post card from home. Acquired online, this workbook provides a momentary slice in the life of Frederick Joseph Gasser, born 1891. At the age of 12, he writes of his home, his family, Father Thomas, disease and “Intertainment”. His dictation and letter writing speak of the day […]
St. Mary’s School ~1915 Older Class
Older Class Recent acquisitions by the Society include two St. Mary’s School class photos from ~1915. The older class is seen below, followed by the colorized and indexed view: Class Index: And the colorized and indexed version: Right-click and choose “open in new tab” for maximum size.
St. Mary’s School ~1915 Younger Class
Younger Class Recent acquisitions by the Society include two St. Mary’s School class photos from ~1915. The younger class is seen below, followed by the colorized and indexed view: The original (above) and the back with written index (below) Color corrected and re-indexed: Right-click and choose “open in new tab” for maximum size.
Henneman School Class Photo 1905
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?
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 […]
Earth, Wind and Fire
Threatened by glaciers, hidden by hills and blessed with water, Pulaskifield exists in a unique location. Why is internet and cellular connectivity so hard? Hills. Why is it so tough to grow a crop? Sea sediments. What comes in abundance? Water. We live in a post-Mississippian region. Roughly 330 million years ago, during the Paleozoic […]
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 […]
Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery
A future project for the Society will be to create a linked interface to provide life details for those interred in the cemetery, providing a digital voice to those who can no longer speak for themselves.
