Carroll County Immigration, 1879

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Posted By: David Reineke (email)
Date: 12/24/2005 at 20:07:18

I translated the following article from Der Carroll Demokrat, a German-language newspaper published in Carroll, Iowa, between about 1874 and 1920. It was originally published on Friday, 31 October 1879. Any information in brackets or notes at the end are my own explanations. It reads as follows:

It might be of great interest to our German farmers to learn that immigration into this county is increasing daily. During the last week alone, 29 farms were sold to people who will settle on them next spring. Two-thirds of these belong to the German element. And nowhere is the ground more suitable for agriculture than right in this and the surrounding counties.