The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-06
viii Celebrate Today the 2lSth An.
niYerSary
or THE LANDING ON THESE SHORES
or the First German Coiony--Ceiebration
at Turner Hall viii Commence at
8 O'Clock in the Morning.

Houston This year the observance will he
less elaborate In its character than usual
owing to the fact that the German citizens
of Houston are reserylng their resources
this year for the celebration In the early
spring Of the biennial Saongerfest; but the
day will be observed, nevertheless, by a
celebration Mt Turner hail that will com
saence at s a. m with tue following pro-
gram:
Festival march Hcindel.
Overture, Iampa. Harold.
Selection. BOCaccio Suppc.
Das Deutschc Lied Kniwad.
Houston Sncngerbund
Prologue-Miss Z, DoGring.
Pofpourrl, German songs-Hermann the
Cheruskcr
Tabieaux -"Armnins"
Lorelcy- Ncswedle.
TableauN Queen Louise and Napoleon"
Songs from home Jungmann.
TahleauN 1.-The Unitcrs of Germany"
Tablcaux Columbia aud Gcrmnuia'
America MY Country, 'Tis of Thee"
The children viii take possession OF. the
han after the execution of TINS program
and the festivities viii conclude with
grand BAH at night
~
Aa October C. 1853, Franz Daniel Pas
torlus, an attorney from Frankford on the
Main, brought his first colony Of thirteen
families from Krishclm IN the Palatlnatc,
Germany, to Philadelphia, and they found
ed and settled Germantown.
These thirteen families from Krishcm
were the first Germans who left their coun-
try with the purpose to cmigrntc to this
country, but they were not the first Ger
mans who came here. There is abundant
proof that many Germans came With the
Dutch and with the Swcdcs before Penn
sylynnia aud Philadelphia were settled by
natloualitics as belonging TO them. 1t is an
historical fact that Peter Minuit or MIN
wit. who was the hr5t Dutch governor of
New Amsterdam NOW New York; was
German, and 1t Is also a fact that the
founder Of the first Swedish colony on the
Delaware was born Ia Germany This was
Governor John PHutz, the German noble
man, Johann PWntz OF BuchAu. who hnd
a command under the Swedish King, Gus
tavus Adolphus, In the fearful war Of thir-
~ years In Germany.
Printz came to the Delaware with Swcd-
ish colonSts and many Grrmnus In 1917,
and founded the first Swedish colony on
that river lie resided for certain time
on glnicum island, that little island In the
Delaware above Chester, whore our now
deserted LaZlrcttu is located. The place
where Philadelphia now eIands belonged to
that Swedish colony, and mere also were
many Germans among the coionists. When
William Penn came In possession OF this
part of the country he recognized the value
Of these German colonists and among the
nine members of the first provincial coun
ell appointed by him for his agent ana Gov
ernor William Markham were the two
Germans, Robert W0da or Hnds and otto
!, Brecht Koch. From what point these two
mon came Is not known but we md their
names under the fac-simile Of q declaration
Of faith and obligation given by the mem
bers OF that provincial council to William
Markham on August 3, l0Sl.. This fac
silnic can be found In the old house of VIII
liam Penn, now standing near Girard ave-
In
of these two Germans are written IN Ger
man characters, good proof Of their ma
tiOnallty.
{ut ali Germans who came TO this coun-
try with the Dutch and the Swedes before
Pastorius, lost their German character
among the people with whom they imnl-
grated and therefore the citizens Of Ger
man extraction are entirely Justified In con
sidering only the landing of the thlfteoh
families from kriShcim as the commence
lnent of the German immigration 10 thls
country.
William Penn himself had been in Ger
many twice, and his visits Induced these
families to come to this new province of
Pennsylvania. William Penn went To Ger
many in 1871, ana then again IN 1919, To
bring consolation to a certain class OF his
religious friends, ana Mt the same time
TO make propaganda for the new sect of the
Friends. After the close OF the war of
thirty years there were only three religious
crceds recognized In Gcumgnythe Cath
olcs, the Iutheraps and the Reformed, All
men not belonging TO one of these crceds
strength OF the different sects, after that
war, constantly increased there were
thousands Of religious prosecutions all over
Germany. The sufferiuGs of the prosecuted
people created n general feeling Of pity In
England. and this was the origin OF vii.
diam Penns visits to Germany. After the
emigration from Germany to this country
began religious prosecutions were stlll for
nearly a century the principal reason for
the continuance OF that emigration, After
Penn had taken possession Of pennsyivnuin
he Of course thought Of his German friends.
and Induced them 30 emlgrate To the new
world, The first response TO his invitation
In this behalf was the formation Of the
Frankford company, Il society OF some rich
friends OF Penn In frankfort on the Main
who concluded To purchase land In penu-
HyNapia. They bought In all $4,000 acres,
but with the exception oc Franz Daniel
Pastorius none Of the members OF this com
pany ever came 10 this country When
grated 10 PENNSYLVANIA. he was nude the
agent and the commissioner Of that Frank
ford company.
Pastotns became the leader OF marty
OF Inhabitants Of Krisheim, In which place
Penn had been short time IN August
1879. mixing many good friends thCrr
country for the sake of religious Inert
with Penn, and HIS connection with thf
Frankford Land company put thcmscIve,
In communication with pastorlus and IA,
undertook TO guide these CmigraaS Il