Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-07

while we NAV regret that our forefathers
lost the privilege Of this great honor, yet we
can rejoice that our own State gave por-
ton ofits territory for the purpose and that
we may pride ourselves on having what Is
TO be the most magnificent city in the
world as part Of our own territory. There
are many other German towns in the
United States which are curious and sug-
gestive. as showing the influence OF Ger-
mans in America.
DID NOT FANCY NEW ENGLAND.
II appears that our progenitors never
took very well TO the New England States.
Their laws were not rs liberal as those
in other parts Of the country. but
in l7iI a colony OF Germans started
Maine by invitation of its Governor.
and under the leadership OF Ger
man merchant from Boston named waldo
thew founded a colony and named II Wal
derburg NOW Marlborough, IN honor OF
Mr.. Waldo, who was the cause of their
coming, and later their benefactor; ana
FIVE years later these people took up arms
broke out between England ana france
they organized company under command
of their preacher, Johannes Dlmer, WALDO
commanding a regiment, and one OF thc
counties of the State ~ named after nm.
Frankfort, on the kennebec, was set
(as Friend Henighausen, TO whom | am
under obligations, says is a significant
name). In 1927 the church service IN
Marlborough was still kept upin German.
In the great State of New York, whose
first settlers were the Dutch. these were
! strongly reinforced by the Germans. ana
in 17IO we find ten ship-loads OF German
immigrants driven from nome arriving
at one time in New York. The Schoharie
and Mohawk valleys were settled by them,
and their descendants are living there TO-
day.
MARYLAND had some Germans as early as
1860, and later they populated Frederick
county. In 17f8 German was brewing
beer. another sold it; one was an alderman
more was made q city, 1t had among the
first aldermen three Germans.
In December, 17l0, there landed in North
| Carolina. AT the junction OF the Neuse ana
French rivers. $50 German and Swiss lmmi-
| grants in two ships under the leader
| ship Of Christopher Grasitenfreld, SWISS,
aud named their city Newborn, after
his birthplace, Bern, owltzerlana' An
other settlement of Germans was mace
| ON Yadkin river. called Buffalo-Creek set
| Element and exists TO this day. And as
| early az 1865 we find German named
| Peter Fabian took part in an expedition TO
| explore South Carolina. In November,
| 1852 40 German and Swiss arrived under
| Peter Perry, and founded Perrysburg, on
| the Savannah. Ayear after 200 men came to
strengthen this colony, and another colony
was formed on the Edisto river. In l742
| the silk industry was inaugurated by them.
| In 17A2 Germans also made settlement at
| 81 Ouinn's Island. In f75 the Germans
of Charleston organized military COM
pany. the "Deutsche FusIlere" German
| fusileers), which company Is III existence
at this day, and have performed valiant
services whenever called upon.
GEORGIA.
In March, 1874, the first organized Cor
man colony came to Georgia from SalZ-
burg, Austria. where the Professionals were
not tolerated. They left their homes
by the thousands, and the Georgia colo
nists came in the ship Purysburg, and on
their arrival in Savannah they were well
received by the entire population AND
salute of cannon. They found already set
tied there some Germans. and among them
twelve Jewish families, and | may add here
that the city of Savannah to-day mas
large class of German citizens who are IN
Auential. honored, and respected; that
they comprise the leading business-frms
of that prosperous city; that the same
warm-hearted, genial hospitality when
greeted the first colony that arrived there
still exists and thata German Is to-day the
mayor of that city.
LOUISIANA.
In 17l7 about 1900 immigrants from the
suffering Palatnate landed near Mobile,
Ala. but numbers being killed out by
fever and terrible hardships, the survivors
settled opposite New Orleans, where they
have flourished and have since added TO
the wealth and prosperity of that flourish
ing city.
TEXAS.
At the time when Texas still belonged
TO Mexico we find German colonies there.
In 1925 they founded q settlement or the
Colorado river, which was the most ex-
posed post of white settlers, and they
suffered very much from the Indians. New
Brumfels is another German settlemeht,
| founded in 1874, and the German language
| is mostly used there TO this day.
| KENTUCKY.
In 1855 Johannes Tanner settled with
| hls family about twenty miles below
where Cincinnati now stands. His two
sons were stolen by the Indians. He was
a bunker, and some other Dunkers from
Pennsylvania followed him and settled
there. The news of the fertile lands
they had found soon induced other emil
grants to follow, and thus many Germans
| found their way into that State. In 1903
a colony from Virginia settled where the
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OHIO.
The first German in Ohio of any note
was German Pole Anton Sadowsky. Be
| fore 1928 he had trading post on the south
side of Lake Erie where the Sanduskyriver
| (named after him) empties into the lake.
| The great State Of Ohio with its magnif-
cent cities is largely built up by Germans,
who have added to their prosperity and
wealth.
| will not detain you TO give an account
| of the Germans in the newer States, as
that is modern history and familiar to all,
| and of how they have flocked III vast num-
beers to the States of Illinois, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and other
western and northwestern States. Will not
| dwell upon the rapidity with which those
| States have been developed, or enumerate
what magnificent cities have been erected,
and which are in great measure due to the
thrift. enterprise, and energy OF German
| immigrants, for we find them first and
foremost in everything that tends to make
those States great, whether IN agricul-
tural pursuits, manufacturing enter
| prises, mineral DEVELOPMENT, or the
| cultivation of the arts and sciences. We
can go TO the great State of Cali
fornia, where the German pioneer Suter
went in 1888 from Mexico with some Ger
man comrades over the Rocky Mountains
INTO California and established colony on
the Sacramento river which he called New
Hevetia now Sacramento City.
The Mexican Governor gave him clti-
GEMS rights and title TO all the lands occu-
pied, and made him commander on the
northern boundary.
Lester afterwards took sides with the
United States in the Mexican war, and rem
dered valuable service too our Government.
| VIRGINIA.
will not dwell upon the settlement of
Germans in this State, as the ground has
been fully covered by my worthy cola
borer in his German Grafton in a much
ADLER and more succinct manner than |
could hope to do, but for the benefit of
our English-speaking friends who probably
could not understand all of friend Schu-
RIGHTS Grafton 1 will say that the first
organized settlement was made in I7i4,
at Germania, ON the Rappahannock,
under the auspices of Governor Spots
wood, and from an interesting sketch
written by my friend DIR. G. Watson
James Ito whom l am under special
| ohlioation for data furnished mel L