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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | [Knopp, Ken] |
| Title, Analytic | A German State in the New World: The Adelsverein's Texas Colonization Scheme, 1842-1847 |
| Journal Title | The Journal (German-Texan Heritage Society) |
| Date of Publication | Summer 2004 |
| Volume ID | 26 |
| Issue ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | 163-171 |
| Language or Document Type | English |
| ISSN | 0730-3106 |
| Abstract | Lists members in the Adelsverein with brief biographies; discusses the "dream of a German state"; describes the role two German Texan leaders, Jacob Kuechler of Friedrichsburg and Eduard Degener of Sisterdale, played in a plan to have the State of West Texas secede from the Confederate States of America; and lists interesting provisions of that proposed state's constitution. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | German Americans -- Texas/ Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ Texas/ Settlements/ 19th century/ Civil War, 1861-1865 -- German Americans/ Politics |