German Heritage in the Big Apple
Castle Garden, Port of Entry
Savannah honors its German Heritage
Frankenmuth, German town in Michigan,1845
Ephrata Cloister,Pensylvania, German Settlers 1732
Leavenworth, Bavarian Town in the state of Washingon
New Glarus,Swiss town in Wisconsin,1845
New Ulm, Minnesota, 1854
Germans in Omaha, Nebraska,1854
Who where the Pensylvania Dutch?
Pennsylvania Hex signs
Jeans and Fashion, Levi Strauss
Jamestown, Germans have been there 400 year
Immigration from around the world, incl.Germans
Germans in America, very good We Are 43 Million Strong, German Ancestry
Germans in American, Chronology
Citizenship Index, St. Louis, 1841-1847
Germans in New Orleans
German Americans in Indianapolis, 1840-1918
Germans settled in the state of Maine, 1742
Milwaukee History, Germania Building sold
Milwaukee, Turner Hall
Harnischfeger, Henry, Manufacturer
More about Harnischfeger, Henry
Brosius, George, Gymnast, Turner
Pfister, Charles Friederick, Newspaper publisher
Migration from Holstein to Iowa & Nebraska
Krysler, Walter, Automobiles, German &
English
Thomas Nast,Artist, (Santa Claus, Civil War)
Vonnegut, Kurt, Writer, Slaughterhouse 5,
I am a Germ, Americ. Kurt Vonnegut
Schmitz, Bruno, Architect
Emeli Berliner,
Inventor of phonograph
Fokker, Antony, Airplanes
Boas, Franz, Anthropologist
Boehler, Peter, Marovian Bishop
Rudolph, Arthur, rocket scientist
Damrosch, Walter Johannes, Conductor
Foss, Lucas, Conductor
Donner Brothers, leader of ill fated wagon train
A German American Cronology,
Heinz, John Henry, Food Processor, Ketchup
German American Museums and Historical Sites
Hermann, Missouri, wine country
Hermann Sons Lodge,or Sons of Hermann
Hermann Sons, Monument, New Ulm, Mi
Herman Sons in California
Austrian Protestants in Georgia, 1730s
Georgia Salzburger Society,founded 1925
Adam Treutlin, first Governor of Georgia,
German Settlement in Missouri, 1836
The German American Studies, An Evolution of a Discipline
The German American Trycentennial
Melchior Muehlenberg, Father of Lutherism in America
Declaration of Independence, first published in German
Germans protested against Slavery, 1688
Peter Zenger, defended the Freedom of the Press, 1734
American Census, 1990
American Debt to German Education, Benj. Weeler, President of UC, 1916
Proclamation, German Day, President Ronald Reagan, 1987
Labor Day, Why the first Monday of Sept, and not on the May first?
May Day, born in the USA. sadly forgotten here
Living conditiions in Germany, 1830s - 1880s
Weyerhaeuser, Friederick, Timer king
Charles Steinmetz, Inventor
Steinway, Piano builder
More than a 1000 people drowned in NY harbour,1904
The Hessians and the Revolutionary War
Christopher Ludwig, Baker, Revolutionary War
Washington's Bodyguards were German
Peter Minuit,born in Wesel, bought Manhattan for $24.
Roebling, John August, Builder of the Blooklyn Bridge
Jacob Leisler, 1640 Frankfurt,1691 New York,
Wagner, Robert Ferdinand, and Son, Senator & Major
Francis Lieber, creator of the Encyclopedea American
Karl Schurz, a 48ter, campaigned for Lincoln
Karl Schurz, Gravesite, in Tarrytown, NY
Abraham Jacobi, founder of Amrican Pediatrics
Konrad Nies, German American Poet,
Theodore Geisler, Dr. Seuss
Friedrich Hecker, Humen Rights Activist, 48
Nimitz, Chester, Admiral,
The Covered Wagon, made by Pennsylvania Germans
The Kentucky Rifle, German origion
The New York Staatszeitung, Newspaper since 1834
Ottendorf Oswald, Newspaper man
Anna Ottendorfer, Newspaper woman
The Star-Spaengled Banner in German, 1890
The Saur Bible, first bible printed in the US, 1743, German
Beck's Beer, German American Connection
Bettina von Arnim and the American Connection
Mathilde Anneke, a prominent German American Women
Molly Pitcher, Revolutionary War
First Germans at Jamestown, 1608
Adler, Felix, educator
Joseph Pulitcer, Journalist, 1847 - 1911
Adler, Robert, TV Remote Control
Steuben, Friederick William, Am. Revolution
Steuben Parade, New York City, 2005, German
Steuben writes Drill Manual
Astor, John Jacob, at one time richest man in USA
Altgeld, John Peter, Governor
Cluss, Adolf, Architect in Washington DC.(a 48ter)
Schneider, John, Brewmaster,Autobiography
Prang, Louis, Father of the Christmas card
Germans in Hawaii, second half of the 19th century
Otto von Kotzebue, Sea Captain
Hackfeld, a German Company during World War I
Hawaiian Botanist, Dr. W. Hillebrand
Flower of Hawaii, Opertta, Paul Abraham
Berghof Restaurant in Chicago will close after 107 years
Schickel, William, Architect
Br. Adrian Wewer, Builder of Churches,
Kahn, Albert, Architect, Industrial
Jahn, Helmut, Architect, Airport Chicago,+
The Golde Plough Tavern, Oldest house in New York City
German Colonial,Cookes House
Christian Metz, Amana Leader
Bausch & Lomb, since 1853
The Heurich Mansion, Washingon DC, for sale
Who invented the Telephone?
Maytag, Frederick Louis
American Press, regarding German Music, 1883
Dr. Seuss, Writer of Children Books
The Oscar, Hollywood's Trophy
America's first Kindergarten, 1856
Letter by Mr. Schurz, founder of Kindergarten
Baade, Walter, Astronemer
Heckmann,Otto Hermann, Astronomer
Leuschner, Armin, Astronomer
Schwarzchild, Martin, Astrophysicist
Auwers, Arthur, Astronomer
Wolf,Maximillian, Astronemer
Berliner, Emili, Inventor
Binnig, Karl Gerd, Inventor
Berlitz,Maximillian, Berllitz School
Bethe, Hans Albrecht,Physicist
Bloch, Ernest, Musician
Boas, Franz, Anthropologist
Boehler, Peter, Moravian Bishop
Boetticher, Otto, Lithographer
Wernher von Braun, Rocket Scientist
Carnap, Rudolf, Philosopher
Hammerstein, Oscar, Composer
Damrosch, Walter Johannes, Composer, Conductor
Dietrich, Marlene, Actress
Donner, Georg, Wagontrain
Frasch, Herman, Chemist for Standard Oil
Meier, Guggeheim, from Switzerland
Keller, Cornelius, fromSwitzerland,
Sutro, Adolph, Mining
Sutro, Cliffhouse, San Francisco
Babe Ruth, Baseball Player
Lou Gehrig, Baseball Player
German by one vote ??
Francis Lieber,
Sequoia, the Forest & Endlicher
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