The Choctaw Railroad (Rock Island) donated 40 acres of the land to the community for the construction of a church. The Saint Boniface parish consisted mostly of immigrants from Germany, Switzerland, and Ireland. Family names included Hampel, Lipsmeyer, Miller, Nagel, Nutt, Olles, Rump, Siefker, McNulty, Straessle, and Volpert. One of the monks from Subiaco came down the Arkansas River to serve the community. Over time, not only was the church built, but a school, rectory, and a Sisters house, house took care of and educated the children. This house was connected to the church with a covered walkway. In 1906 the Sisters house caught fire and both buildings were destroyed except for the high altar. The new church was designed by Oswald Miller, a parishioner, and built that year. To this day, the bells placed in the steeple are still tolled by hand every Sunday. arkansasties/Perry/Structures/StBoniface/StBoniface.htm
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