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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Freitag, Duane H.//Robert A. Elmer |
| Title, Analytic | The Planting of New Bilten |
| Journal Title | Swiss American Historical Society Review |
| Date of Publication | Feb. 2008 |
| Volume ID | 44 |
| Issue ID | 1 |
| Location in Work | 3-44, ill. |
| ISSN | 0883-4814 |
| Abstract | Almost forgotten now, the farming region of New Bilten in Wisconsin's Green County was once a pivotal part of the Swiss immigrant community there and deeply intertwined in the founding of the states' renowned cheese-making industry. The regions is centered in a valley south of New Glarus once known as the Biltental (Bilten valley), where more than a dozen families from the Canton Glarus village of the same name settled as a group in July of 1847. Includes details on the emigration of the estimated 16 families (70 people) who came to Wisconsin, the early years establishing farms, interactions between the Swiss and the Yankees, the Civil War and the beginning of the cheese industry, and family details. Family names include: Becker, Elmer, Wittenwyler, Luchsinger, Blum, Lienhard, Scharer, Pfaendler, Schmidter, Laager, Hefti, Wollschlegel, Oswald, Salmen, Knobel, Stuessi, Kundert, Marti, Walliser, Schuler, Kaderli, and Zweifel. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Swiss Americans/ 19th century/ Switzerland/ Emigration and immigration (Europe-US)/ Swiss Americans -- Wisconsin/ Wisconsin -- Green County |