Today in History (February 1): 1839 Dr. C. F. W. Walther arrived in St. Louis this month, and shortly afterward took charge of the pastorate at Dresden and Johannisberg in Perry County, Missouri; he lent active support to the founding of the log- cabin college in Altenburg and for a time served as instructor; the sad task of unmasking the leader of the Saxon emigrants, Martin Stephan, fell to his lot, and it was he who, in the ensuing confusion, brought light and peace to the disturbed consciences of the people 1845 Baylor University was founded in Independence, Texas, under Baptist sponsorship; first known as the Texas Baptist Educational Society, it was moved to Waco in 1866 where it consolidated with Waco University and adopted the present name of Baylor 1850 William Keller Frick, professor, pastor, president of English Evangelical Lutheran Synod of the Northwest, born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1863 During February, G. Adolf T. F. Hoenecker, Wisconsin Synod leader, arrived in America 1937 During the month, the church in Germany was required to receive state sanction for its activities; resistors were jailed 1963 Lutheran Free Church (an American denomination with Norwegian roots) merged with The American Lutheran Church; the resulting group had a total membership of nearly 2.5 million; a conservative minority of Lutheran Free churches did not choose to merge and formed the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404