The story I tell today comes from two entirely different directions. It begins in Jacob, Illinois, meanders through Perry County for a short time, and moves up to St. Louis. A spouse’s life begins in Tennesseee, makes its way to Vancouver, Washington, and that life, too, ends up in St. Louis where these two individuals … More Steamboat Mate’s Daughter to Submarine Chaser’s Wife
The author of today’s post is once again Fred Eggers. He is an outstanding researcher and has written this story with connections to his own family. It is a fascinating tale of a man’s survival during the calamity of a steamboat burning on the Mississippi River. This account also contains information that is important in … More The Perilous Journey of Some Early Lamstedt Immigrants
Once in a while, I discover that two familiar events happened on the same day. I have to tell the story of two of those today. One event was the landing of a boat; the other a landing of a ship. One event took place fairly close by in St. Louis; the other took place … More Dual Landings
Today, I will use the fact that the steamboat, Knickerbocker, arrived in St. Louis, Missouri, on January 30, 1839, carrying a load of Saxon immigrants who were part of the Gesellschaft, as a springboard for another story. On the PBS website, there is a page which includes a timeline corresponding to one of their productions … More Mud Clerk on the Knickerbocker
Seventy-eight days after departing Bremerhaven, Germany, the first members of the Gesellschaft arrived by steamboat in St. Louis, Missouri. They had voyaged across the Atlantic Ocean aboard the Copernicus to New Orleans, Louisiana, and then had traveled up the Mississippi aboard the steamboat, Rienzi. Now, on January 19, 1839, they had finally arrived at that … More The First Stephanites Arrive in St. Louis
The first ship that was part of the Gesellschaft, the Copernicus, arrived in New Orleans on December 31, 1838. What they would experience there would both amaze them and disgust them. Arriving on New Year’s Eve would add to that experience. As a result of the Louisiana Purchase, the American flag would first be flown … More New Year’s Eve in New Orleans
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/The_Levee_or_Landing%2C_St._Louis%2C_Missouri.jpg The photo shows the St. Louis landing in 1857 On February 9, 1839, the steamboat Clyde arrived in St. Louis, Missouri with about 140 passengers from Germany. These German Lutherans had traveled across the Atlantic Ocean aboard the Johann Georg before boarding the Clyde in New Orleans. Two Lutheran pastors aboard this boat … More The Clyde Arrives in St. Louis
