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"Westward the Star of Empire Takes its Course" |
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- banner on the railroad car that carried German settlers from Chicago to the Colorado Territories in 1870 |
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Excerpt from the book "Experiments in Colorado Colinization" : |
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In view of the fact that agriculture had not kept pace with the feverish rush of the seekers after the mineral resources of Colorado Territories, Carl Wulsten, a citizen of Chicago, conceived the plan of organizing in the city, a society of farmers, mechanics and laborers, who with their wives and families would go to the great undeveloped West and enter upon the work of tilling the soil and setting up villages. Departing Chicago were two hundred and fifty Germans with the banner of the RR car reading: "Westward the Star of Empire Takes its Course - German Colonization Society of Fremont County, Colorado Territory, Organized at Chicago, Aug 24, 1869, Carl Wulsten, President; Albert Phillip, Secretary; and T. Merten, Treasurer under the auspices of the National Land Company." Freight cars were provided for livestock, food, agricultural implements, and machinery for sawmill, gristmill and guns with ammunition. |
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The WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY SETTLERS as Frank Schick (1890 Westcliffe, CO) remembers his great-aunt Juliana (Schick) KOHL telling him:
(It would appear that only the head of the household is listed here) |
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The WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY SETTLERS as researched by Raymond M. Beckner. |
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ACKLEBEIN, Otto
ACKLEBEIN, August
CHETELAT
DEITZ, Albert
ELZE, Robert
ELZE, Gotliep
ETZEL, Tony
ETZEL Jacob
ESSER
EIKELMANN, Robert
FALKENBERG, John
FIGGE
GOSCHEN, Heinrich
GOSCHEN, Louis
HENJES, Wilhelm
HOLTMAN, John
HAHNSSEN, Henry
HAHNSSEN, Herman |
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VILOSE, Auguste
KOHL, Frederich
HAMLEN, Theodor
KNOPMAN,George
KOCH, John
ACKELBEIN, W.
AELEY, F.
ARP, P.
BEHRENS, A.
BOEDEKER, G.
CLAUDIUS, M.
CONRANDTS, W.
DIETZ, F.
DYENFURTH, R.
DUENOW, F.
FALKENBERG, P.
FRANK, A.
GRUNOMANN, Herr |
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GUTH, Auguste
HARTBAUER, G.
HARTKNOCH, H.
HAUPT, M.
HEINLEIN,Teodor
HENJES, W.
HANSEL, H.
HERRMAN
HILLMAN, J.
NIELSEN, E.
OGROSKE, G.
PHILIPP, Albert
RASH
HOOK, A.
RICHTER, E.
RIESTER, C.
RUPP, Herr |
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HAHNSSEN, Pete
HAHNSSEN, Pete (no relation)
HARTBAUER, Gerhardt
HUGG, Frantz
HIRCH
HEIN, Kuhn
HEIN, Johann
HEINEMANN
HYNES
JESKE, Rudolph
JAUCH, Johann
KNUTH, Wilhelm
KNUTH, Johann
DUHNRATH, Karson
KELLING, Wilhelm
KELLING, Charles
KELLING, Frantz |
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RUFF, Herr
SCHLOTZ
SCHOPP, Adolph
SCHOTT, M.
JANKE, H.
JESKE, F.
JESKE, Rudolphe
KAES, C.
KATZENSTEIN, H.
KELLING, W. (or KEHLING or KEELING)
KETTLER, H.
KLIMDREN, H.
KLOSE, A.
KNUTH, F.
KNUTH, Wolfe
KOCH, Frederich
KOCH, John |
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KETTLER, Heinrich
KOCH, Frederick Albert
KATZENSTEIN, A
KOHL, Frederich
KIRCHOFF, Johann
KUEHN, Frederich
KOPPE, Joseph
KOPPE, August
KOPPE, Anton
KOPPE
KLOTZ, Kasper
KUSTER, Wilhelm
LANZENDORFF, Charles
LOCHE
MENZEL, Johann
MENZEL, Edward
MENZEL, August |
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KOHL, F.
KOSSMAN, Rolphe
KUHNRATH, Conrad
LANZENDORFER, Herr
LEHRER
MENZEL, Auguste
MERTEN, T.
MERTEN, A.
MERTEN, George
MESEKE
MEYER, R.
OELRICH, C.
OHLSEN, P.
PIROTH, Frederich
RISCHE, Auguste
RIEDEL, E.
RIESTER, A.
WULSTEN, Carl
RUPS, A.
SCHILLERBERG
SCHLUETER
SCHULTS, F.
SCHWARZ, A.
TAPPERT
VAHLDICK
VOSS, C.
WESSELS, R.
WILMERS, L.
STREHLO, T.
TASSENDORF
VOLLERT
WERHAN, C.
WILMERS, J. |
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MENZEL, George
MERTEN, T.
MAYER, Johann
NEERMAN, Heinrich
OGROESKE, Emil
PIROTH
PHILLIPS, Johann
SCHULTZ, Charles
SCHULTZ, Wilhelm
SCHNEIDER, Kuhn
STEINMIER
STROEHLKE
VORHRIETER
VAHLDIECK, Wilhelm
WOLFF, Louie
WOLFF, Robert
WITCHER
WULSTEN, Carl |
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MISCELLANEUS: |
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One member of the Colony said the Colony was also known as the Lost Colony as many people scattered or died the first year. Winters were severe, snowdrifts hemmed them in and they lived in tents while cabins were built. The first crop had a late freeze and ... supply.
-Frank Schick (1890 Westcliffe, CO) |
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Frederich KOHL is my direct ancestor. He was a blacksmith, farmer and machinist. He came to America from Germany with his father, Philipp, and five brothers and sisters, Katherine, Joseph, Philip, and Theresa c.1848. Philipp died in a cholera epidemic in Chicago in 1850 and the children were split up between orphanages and neighbors. I do not know where Frederich went, but he enters the records again on October 2, 1864 when he enlists to serve in Co. A-13 Illinois Cavalry. Shortly after the war was over, he met Juliana P. SCHICK and they were married by a Justice of the Peace in Chicago, IL. They started their family and then in 1870 they joined the "German Colonization Societ" and moved to Colorado. They settled and farmed a ranch near Westcliffe, CO and continued adding to their family. On April 22, 1901 they sold the Westcliffe Ranch to Neville McKellar and moved to Aztec, New Mexico. Both Frederich and Juliana are buried in the Aztec Cemetery in Aztec, New Mexico. |
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Apparently Juliana Schick's sister, Rosa Maria Schick, went with Frederich and Juliana KOHL from Chicago to Colorado. She married ??? Schick (no relation). Their son, John Schick married Mary Hiltman in Westcliffe, Colorado on April 28, 1889. Their son, Frank Schick, was born in Westcliffe, Colorado on July 4, 1890. (This is the Frank Schick who provided these records) |
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Theresa Kohl, Frederich's sister, also went to Colorado. She was married to George T. Merten, who was either Treasurer or Secretary of the National Land Company, depending on which source you believe. George and Theresa had two daughters. According to family history, George Merten "left the family in 1877". Theresa then married John Ashcroft. He was a miner in Aspen and Tincup Colorado. It is said that John came from northern England ... when he was 14. He came around Cape Horn to see San Francisco and worked in the ... Grass Valley and Nevada City as a "trip boy". |
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Another record in the Brewer Family compiled by ?? says that the Colony was headed by:
Carl Wulsten, President
George Merten, Secretary
Albert Koch, Treasurer
Frederich Kohl, Lieutenant
John Hiltmann, Lieutenant
Rudolph Jeske, Lieutenant |
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SURNAMES RELATED TO FREDERICH KOHL:
KOHL, SCHICK, MERTEN, ASHCROFT, BLAIR, CHILES, HILTMAN, DEMICELL,
SIDFORD, SAGE, CASTLE, CARRIC, FLAGER, FRANK, ZINGHEIM, KISSELL,
REILLY, THOMAS, RIVIERE, BREWER, HUNDLEY, GUNDERSON, McKELVEY,
GREGORY, DAWSON, ROBERTS, HUNT, BRAISER, ARCHER, DUANE,
GROSS, BRECKENRIDGE, SOMERVILLE |
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