HOLLANDERS OF IOWA

BY
JACOB VAN DER ZEE

PUBLISHED AT IOWA CITY IOWA IN 1912 THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA

Submitted by Gayle Harper

Contents

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INTRODUCTION 1-14
I  EARLY DUTCH SETTLEMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES  15-24
II  DUTCH IMMIGRATION AFTER 1664  25-29
III  HOLLAND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY  30-36
IV  WHY DUTCH EMIGRANTS TURNED TO AMERICA  37-41
V  THE JOURNEY TO AMERICA  42-47
VI  FROM BALTIMORE TO ST LOUIS IN 1847 48-53
VII  THE RECEPTION OF SCHOLTE AND THE DUTCH IN AMERICA  54-56
VIII  THE CHOICE OF A HOME IN IOWA 57-64
IX  THE ARRIVAL OF THE HOLLANDERS IN IOWA 65-69
X  MARION COUNTY AND ITS FARMS IN 1847 70-72
XI  THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DUTCH COMMUNITY 73-81
XII  YEARS OF PRIVATION AND SUBSEQUENT RELIEF 82-85
XIII  HOPES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS 86-93
XIV  EARLY PROMOTION OF IMMIGRATION TO PELLA  91-100
XV  TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF DUTCH IMMIGRATION TO IOWA 101-105
XVI  PROSPERITY AT PELLA  106-114
XVII  ENCOURAGEMENT OF DUTCH IMMIGRATION BY THE STATE  115-121
XVIII  A BEE-HIVE READY FOR SWARMING 122-126
XIX  THE INVESTIGATION OF NORTHWESTERN IOWA IN 1869 157-131
XX  THE CHOICE OF SIOUX COUNTY  132-135
XXI  A GLIMPSE OF SIOUX COUNTY IN 1869 136-139
XXII  THE PLATTING OF ORANGE CITY 140-149
XXIII  HENRY HOSPERS AND IMMIGRATION TO SIOUX COUNTY 150-159
XXIV  LOCUST RAVAGES AND YEARS OF HARDSHIP 160-178
XXV  TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF GROWTH IN THE ORANGE CITY COLONY  179-191
XXVI  THE EXPANSION OF THE DUTCH ELEMENT IN IOWA  192-207
XXVII  POLITICAL BEGINNINGS AMONG THE HOLLANDERS IN MARION COUNTY 208-218
XXVIII  PARTICIPATION BY THE HOLLANDERS IN ELECTIONS 219-234
XXIX  POLITICS IN SIOUX COUNTY 235-244
XXX  THE DUTCH PRESS IN IOWA  245-255
XXXI  PIONEER SCHOOLS AMONG THE HOLLANDERS 256-265
XXXII  CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS 266-270
XXXIII  PUBLIC AND HIGH SCHOOLS 271-275
XXXIV  CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF IOWA 276-279
XXXV  NORTHWESTERN CLASSICAL ACADEMY 280-286
XXXVI  EARLY RELIGIOUS LIFE AMONG THE HOLLANDERS IN IOWA 287-293
XXXVII  THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH IN IOWA 294-304
XXXVIII  THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH IN IOWA 305-309
XXXIX  RELIGIOUS LIFE OF THE HOLLANDERS IN 1910 310-316
XL  COMMUNITY LIFE AMONG THE HOLLANDERS IN IOWA 317-338
APPENDIX A.-LETTER FROM HENDRIK BARENDREGT TO H. P. SCHOLTE 339-348
APPENDIX B.-THE ATTITUDE OF THE HOLLANDERS OF IOWA DURING THE BOER WAR 349-362
APPENDIX C.-THE DUTCH LANGUAGE 363-368
NOTES AND REFERENCES (These have been moved to each chapter) 369-428
INDEX 429-453

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PORTRAIT OF HENRY PETER SCHOLTE                                frontispiece

PORTRAIT OF HENRY HOSPERS                                              opposite page 150

 
 
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