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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticPloog, Randy
Title, AnalyticMy Grandfather, Johann Ploog (1870-1953)
Journal TitleInfoblatt
Date of PublicationFall 2022
Volume ID37
Issue ID3
Location in Work8-9, ill.
AbstractDescribes how Johann Ploog came from Elpersbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein, to Iowa in 1892 in a "passage for labor" agreement with Ernst Heinrich Struve (1827-1900). Ploog worked off his obligation to Struve at the latter's sawmill in Hauntown, Iowa.
NotesGerman American Heritage Center, Davenport, Iowa
MKI AnnotationElpersbuettel / Elpersbuttel
Call NumberMKI Periodicals
MKI TermsEmigration and Immigration (Europe-US)/ Schlewsig-Holstein/ German Americans -- Iowa