Author: Julie LeClerc KnoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : French
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
The Dufour Saga, 1796-1942
Author: Julie LeClerc KnoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : French
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Indiana Wine
Author: James L. ButlerPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253000583
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
"During election years in the early 1800s, touring politicians would often stop at Vevay in an effort to gather votes. On one such occasion the governor, Jonathan Jennings, was visiting Vevay with his entourage. They all stopped at Father Morerod's home to taste some of his wine. The governor and one or two others from abroad, being unaccustomed to wine, became considerably befuddled, as did some of the 'Vevay boys.' The way back to town was blocked by a large growth of dog fennel, a yellow flowering weed. The politicians passed through this field wearing white trousers and shirts. In their confused condition they soon emerged and presented to the townsfolk an amusing spectacle of the governor and fellow dignitaries wearing yellow pants and yellow spotted vests." -- From Indiana Wine: A History John James Dufour arrived in America in 1796, looking for land for a colony of 'vinedressers.' They first settled in Kentucky, but then purchased land in the Indiana Territory on the north bank of the Ohio River. Here, in the town they called Vevay, the Swiss winegrowers successfully produced America's first commercial wines. In Indiana Wine, a richly anecdotal history of wine production in Indiana, James L. and John J. Butler relate a vintage story of early triumph, followed by precipitous decline, and ending in present-day success. Though the economic decline of the 1820s ended the first flowering of Indiana vineyards, John James Dufour continued his work, and in 1826 he published the first book written about American grape growing and winemaking. Thereafter the heart of America's wine production was centered near Cincinnati, Ohio. That industry collapsed in the 1870s, but small wineries could still be found scattered across southern Indiana. With the coming of Prohibition, the idea of Indiana wine was lost. It was not until the passing of the "Small Winery" law in 1971 that winemaking began anew in the state. Today some 25 wineries, large and small, produce a wide variety of Indiana wine.
Genealogies in the Library of Congress
Author: Marion J. KaminkowPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806316697
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.
Hidden Treasures
Author: Lori Lee TriplettPublisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1617458082
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
One hundred spectacular antique quilts from one of the largest, privately held quilt and textile collections in the world. Turn back time with color photos and insightful essays about America’s quilting past! Admire one hundred antique quilts and textiles you’ve never seen before, curated from the remarkable Poos Collection. Flip through the pages to find a wide range of styles in pre-Civil War quilting—elaborate hand piecing and appliqué, signature quilts, wholecloth beauties, cutout chintz, and intarsia, plus the only known example of an American pictorial war quilt. An invaluable resource to America’s quilt history, the Poos Collection shares its classic, one-of-a-kind quilts. Admire one hundred colorful artifacts from the priceless Poos Collection Read insights and information on the history behind the quilts Relax and feast your eyes on these pre-1860 quilts, including album, wool, paper-pieced, white-on-white wholecloth, red and green, indigo, and chintz quilts
Envisioning New Switzerland: A Founding Document for the Swiss Colonists at Vevay, Indiana
Author: Ellen StepletonPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1609621492
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
During one of the most tumultuous decades in Swiss history, a small group of Vaudois republicans chose to secure their children's familial, cultural and spiritual patrimony by relocating to the New World. In April 1800, at Le Chenit in the Vall?e de Joux, five families framed a compact to organize a communal settlement in the Northwest Territory. Recently discovered, their pact is presented here in its original French and in English translation, along with an accompanying letter; additionally, another letter and an English translation of the compact as prepared by Jean Jaques Dufour in 1801 is supplied. Dufour is considered a founding father of American viticulture, and the Swiss settlers at Vevay, Indiana the first to succeed as commercial winemakers in the territorial United States. Scholars interested in founding documents, early American communes, commercial enterprises, cultural assimilation, and Swiss history in the Napoleonic era may find these documents intriguing.
Montgomery Co, IN
Author: Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1681624974
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1773
Book Description
424 pages including index, history of the county and the towns in it, businesses, churches, families and organizations, lots of b/w illustrations
Indiana History Bulletin
Author: Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2230
Book Description
Includes Part 1, Books, Group 1, Nos. 1-12 (1940-1943)
Genealogies in the Library of Congress
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
Indiana Quarterly Magazine of History
Author: Logan EsareyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description