German Pioneers On The American Frontier PDF Download

This work consists of a collection of articles translated from German, which originally appeared in the well-known nineteenth century German-American historical journal, Der Deutshe Pionier, published in Cincinnati by the German Pioneer Society, and which was edited for the greater part of its existence by H.A. Rattermann. This work concentrates on the pre-1848, or pioneer period, of Kentucky's German heritage. Rattermann's articles include: the German Pioneers, the Early Settlers, In and Around Lexington, the Battle at Blue Lick, Lexington's First Germans, the Blue Grass Region, and Settlement in the Blue Grass Region. Additional articles discuss the Ohio River Valley areas of Newport, Florence, Covington, and Louisville.