St. Henry has changed little since it was first platted in 1872, a hamlet nestled between other established communities on the line between Dubois and Spencer counties. Most of the original family names continue and community members still identify strongly with farming and the Catholic church.
During a recent turtle soup party with family and friends on her farm, Ellen Jochem showed off her 14th grandchild, Seth Striegel, who was born in September.
The Jochem family of St. Henry have been butching hogs for more than 100 years.
Monica Steckler, 2, of St. Henry, enjoyed a sucker at the Heinrichsdorf Fesitival in June but was willing to give a lick or two to Amber Tretter, a 3-month-old who was in the arms of her grandmother, Norma Blackgrove, of Huntingburg.
St. Henry has one of the most active 4-H clubs in Dubois County and Ethan Schwoeppe, 9, is among the members. During the 4-H Fair in July, Ethan resting on Peach Pie, won a grand champion and two reserve champion ribbons.
Martina Luebbehusen is 86 but still hauls wood for her stove, cares for her chickens and shells corn by hand. Her prayer book is always within reach.
Beth Jochem, 11, helped her cousin, Kelli Jochem, 11, look like a presentable angel for last year's St. Henry Catholic Church live nativity pageant.
Bells sound from the St. Henry Church three times a day and when Floyd Schwinghammer, pictured, isn't available to sound the bells, his son, Tom, will pull the ropes.l
In October, a small gathering of men met at the horseshoe pits near the Bungalow Bar for a tournament.