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History Journal

The German Heritage of Carroll County, Iowa
by David Reineke

Table of Contents
 Preface & Introduction
   
Chapter One
Early County History and First German Settlers
Conrad Geiselhart Albert Brutsche
L. Sherrie Henry J. P. Mueller
Charles F. Buss Further Development of the County

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Chapter Two
Page One: The Founding of Kniest Township and Mount Carmel

John I. Blair & The Railroad

Lambert Kniest & Heinrich Baumhover

Life on the Frontier

Businesses

The New Colony

Farming

Kniest & Baumhover

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Page Two: Who Were the Other Early Settlers?
Peter & Katharina Berger Richard Maria Ricke
Bernhard & Gertrude VonNahme Sebastian & Anna Maria Bruch
Joseph & Elizabeth Wiewel Good Times & Bad Through the Years
Anton & Maria Meis Entertainment
Christian & Margaretha Loeffelholz The Silver Anniversary Celebration
Continued Growth A New Century
Conclusion  

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Chapter Three
The Germans of Carroll City

Part One:  Early Years in Carroll City, 1867-1879
Carroll City's Early German Businesses Death of Lambert Kniest
Early Business Life in Carroll City Early German Social & Religious Life
Early Catholic Church The Carroll Fire of 1879
The Founding of the Carroll Schuetzenverein  

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Chapter Four
The German Settlement of Roselle Township
Early Years & the First Settlers Frontier Hardships
Continued Growth During the 1870's German Traditions & Culture in Roselle Township
Continued Growth of Hillsdale Growth of the Catholic Church in Hillsdale
The German Settlement of Halbur Roselle Township in the early Twentieth Century
Conculsion  
   

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Chapter Fourteen
Page One: The German Press in Carroll County
Der Carroll Demokrat Der Manning Herold
Die Ostfriesische Nachrichten Die Germania
Other Area Papers  

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Page Two: Carroll County's German Newspapermen
John G. Burkhardt Alois Becker
Joseph M. Dunck Rev. Lubke Huendling
Bertold Krause Peter Rix
Clemence A. Bohnenkamp Conculsion

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Page updated July 3, 2020

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