Old Forestville and the Saxon Colony

Author(s): Edward J. Wahla

Year: 1965

Summary

This story of Forestville's beginnings and the subsequent arrival of the German colony of settlers in 1873 is drawn from many sources. Not the least of these were the reminiscences and observations of an old friend, Ferdinand Schaff, who is 93 years old at this writing. This account is an attempt to cover the village's most active period of growth, from 1871 to 1885. Fortunately, events of this period were well publicized in one really early county newspaper, The Lexington Jeffersonian.

Cite this Record

Old Forestville and the Saxon Colony. Edward J. Wahla. 1965 ( tDAR id: 393050) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8B27W7S

Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican • German Immigrants

Investigation Types
Ethnohistoric Research • Historic Background Research

General
Colonial History • Colonization • Euroamericans • European Settlement • German Immigrants

Geographic Keywords
Forestville, MI • Michigan (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • United States of America (Country)

Temporal Keywords
Historic

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1871 to 1885

Spatial Coverage

min long: -82.623; min lat: 43.654 ; max long: -82.6; max lat: 43.671 ;

Notes

Administration Note: A digital copy of this document has been made available in tDAR thanks to the assistance of Edward J Wahla's daughter, Marianne Holt, and his grandson, Jerome Wahla.

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This resource is a pre-print version of the book, which is believed to be self-published by Mr. Wahla. A digital copy of this document has been made available in tDAR thanks to the assistance of Edward J Wahla's daughter, Marianne Holt, and his grandson, Jerome Wahla.