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FormatBook Chapter
Author, AnalyticSaenger, Ulrich
Title, AnalyticBefore Cross Plains: The Immigrants from Cologne Bay
Author, MonographicBungert, Heike//Kluge, Cora Lee//Ostergren, Robert C.
Title, MonographicWisconsin German Land and Life
Place of PublicationMadison, Wis.
PublisherMax Kade Institute for German-American Studies
Date of Publication2006
Location in Work37-55, ill.
AbstractExamines the situation of farmers in the Cologne Bay (Koelner Bucht) before their emigration to Cross Plains, Wisconsin, looking at geographic and climatic conditions, the ways and means of farming, and the size of landholdings. "In order to provide a more detailed view, a typical village is portrayed, and the landholdings of individual families there are analyzed."
Call NumberMKI F590 G3 W573 2006
MKI TermsGeography/ Wisconsin/ Farm life/ Land ethic/ Agriculture/ German Americans -- Wisconsin/ Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ Wisconsin -- Dane County/ Cross Plains (Wis.)