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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Elmer, Robert A.//Freitag, Duane H. |
| Title, Analytic | Niklaus Duerst's Journey |
| Journal Title | Swiss American Historical Society Review |
| Date of Publication | June 2005 |
| Volume ID | 41 |
| Issue ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | 6-42, ill. |
| ISSN | 0883-4814 |
| Abstract | A notebook kept by one of the two men who selected the site for the Swiss colony of New Glarus in Wisconsin has been located [at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin in Madison] and translated from German, providing additional insight into a unique story of Swiss immigration. . . . The small collection of memos and financial accounts belonged to Niklaus Duerst, a 48-year-old appeals judge from Canton Glarus, Switzerland. Duerst, along with 29-year-old blacksmith Fridolin Streiff, was selected by the Emigration Society of the Canton of Glarus to travel to the United States in 1845 and scour what is now known as the Upper Midwest for land for a proposed settlement. |
| Notes | Dürst |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Swiss Americans/ 19th century/ Immigrants, Swiss/ Swiss Americans -- Wisconsin/ New Glarus (Wis.)/ Duerst, Niklaus/ German Americans -- Wisconsin |