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==German== | ==German== | ||
Keokuk, Burlington, Muscatine, Davenport, Lyons, and Dubuque were destination settlements for Germans. | Keokuk, Burlington, Muscatine, Davenport, Lyons, and Dubuque were destination settlements for Germans. | ||
*[http://www.feefhs.org/links/other/jf-iager/iager-90.html The Oldest Germans of Iowa - 1895] | |||
====Amana Colonies==== | ====Amana Colonies==== | ||
In 1841 the German Government was getting extremely intolerant of the [http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/amana/ccm.htm Inspirationist congregations] so they sent men to America to find them a new area to colonize. They settled first in close to Buffalo, New York in a community they called Ebenezer. Needing a more secluded area, they eventually settled in the fertile land of Iowa along the Iowa river, [http://amanacolonies.com/pages/about-amana-colonies/history.php Amana Colonies] In 1855 the first village, Amana, was laid set up. Six more villages had been established by 1863. <ref> [http://www.amanaheritage.org/history.html Amana Heritage] </ref> | In 1841 the German Government was getting extremely intolerant of the [http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/amana/ccm.htm Inspirationist congregations] so they sent men to America to find them a new area to colonize. They settled first in close to Buffalo, New York in a community they called Ebenezer. Needing a more secluded area, they eventually settled in the fertile land of Iowa along the Iowa river, [http://amanacolonies.com/pages/about-amana-colonies/history.php Amana Colonies] In 1855 the first village, Amana, was laid set up. Six more villages had been established by 1863. <ref> [http://www.amanaheritage.org/history.html Amana Heritage] </ref> | ||