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From a small village in Lippe-Detmold called Langenholzhausen, a colony of 112 people immigrated to the Wisconsin wilderness in the summer of 1847. The colony was escaping harsh and cruel conditions in Lippe-Detmold, Germany. Little did the people in the colony realize that hardships would continue with them all along their journey. Their ship was overcrowded and fostered disease. The ship landed in Quebec instead of the planned destination of New York City. Land agents in Milwaukee Wisconsin talked the colony into buying land in the Wisconsin wilderness instead of the planned destination of Iowa. Death in the colony followed every segment of their journey. The colony from Langenholzhausen eventually carved a settlement in east central Wisconsin called the Town of Herman in Sheboygan County. In the next generation, many of the Lippers bought land in Clark County in northwest Wisconsin and expanded the colony. Many of their descendents remain in both areas today. Drawing from several references, here is their story |
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