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WHERE WE COME FROM Jim Hahn has done extensive research into the German ancestors on both his paternal side, Hahn, and his maternal side, Schneckloth. He compiled the information and photos into two books. EASTERN IOWA FARMER PHOTO / NANCY MAYFIELD specifically the Probstei neighborhood, which shared a name with their hometown in Germany. Germany accounted for the largest immigrant group in Iowa from the mid- 1800s well into the 20th Century. Before 1830, Eastern Iowa was home to Native American tribes – mainly Sacs and Foxes. After the Blackhawk War, the federal government acquired the land as part of the Blackhawk Purchase. Settlers began to cross the Mississippi from the east, coming from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Illinois and Indiana, said Frank Yoder, a historian who teaches at the University of Iowa. Land, about $1.25 an acre in the 1840s and 1850s, was a good investment. “Those early folks were really footloose. They didn’t want to stay in one place very long. They moved to points west. And when they moved, they were usually replaced by immigrants,” Yoder said. German immigrants were among the first to arrive in the area. They were followed by people from Wales, Bohemia, Norway, Ireland, Sweden and more. Iowa offered immigrants something not readily available at home – land, said Jeff EASTERN IOWA FARMER PHOTO / CONTRIBUTED The first annual reunion of the Wiese-Schneckloth families was June 10, 1928. It drew quite a crowd of extended family members. 46 EASTERN IOWA FARMER | SPRING 2024 eifarmer.com
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