Germans were the largest ethnic group to settle in Wisconsin and Manitowoc County during the 19th century. German surnames are common. Stories of Germans leaving family and friends, trans-Atlantic ...

The festival was termed 'a successful affair' and included about 250 delegates from across the state of Wisconsin participating.

Anne Gorsuch and Diane Koenker (Cornell University Press, 2006), 266-280. “The Story of German Settlement in the Forests and on the Prairies of Wisconsin,” in Heike Bungert, Cora Lee Kluge, and Robert ...