German-speaking immigrants have been coming to Arkansas since the territorial period; not only did most of them make a home here, they often thrived. Today, however, I am writing about one of those Germans who did not succeed and returned to the German state of Baden.
German-speaking immigrants have been coming to Arkansas since the territorial period; not only did most of them make a home here, they often thrived. Today, however, I am writing about one of those Germans who did not succeed and returned to the German state of Baden.
A few weeks ago I wrote about Arkansas' participation in the 1876 U.S. centennial celebration in Philadelphia, the first national exhibition in which Arkansas participated, replete with an appealing and unusual exhibit building. The success of the centennial fair spawned a number of regional fairs in which Arkansas exhibited, but did not have a building.