Nov. 14, 2007
Robert Frizzell
Robert Frizzell, director of libraries, recently spoke at the German Culture Center at the University of Missouri-St. Louis about his new book, "Independent Immigrants: A Settlement of Hanoverian Germans in Western Missouri" (University of Missouri Press).
Covering the period between 1838 and the early 1890s, "Independent Immigrants" describes the exodus of a large group of farm families to Lafayette County, Mo., from what is now the north German state of Lower Saxony.
The community centered around the town of Concordia -- located near Frizzell's boyhood home -- and eventually grew to include settlements in the adjoining counties of Saline, Pettis and Johnson.
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