On January 30, 1839, the riverboat Knickerbocker arrived in St. Louis.  Included in the passenger list was the family of Georg Joachim Schmidt.  Joachim, his wife Maria, and children, Gottwerth (4 years old) and Magdalena (1 year old), had started their journey in Bremerhaven, Germany in November of 1838.  They came from the town of … Continue reading Arrival of the Knickerbocker