The question remains: once arriving in the US, how did the Folkerts and the Flessners end up in Iowa? The Flessners ended up in Illinois, in the Chicago area, specifically Golden, Illinois, before ending up in Iowa. How did that happen? The answer will surprise you. It surprised me.
Google german immigrants Golden Illinois.
Golden,
Illinois, is just east of the Mississippi River, east of the Kansas
state line, north of St Louis, and midway between St Louis and
Davenport, Iowa.
How the Ostfriesland immigrants made it to Golden, Illinois.
- a 14-week journey or longer
- began in Bremerhaven, Germany
- by ship to New Orleans or by ship to New York
- if to New Orleans:
- riverboat up the Mississippi River to Quincy
- Golden was thirty miles east of Quincy, the county seat of Adams County, the westernmost county of Illinois
- a two-day journey by wagon from Quincy on the Mississippi, east to Golden
- if to New York City
- rail to Chicago
- rail to Golden
Geography of Golden -- Thomasboro:
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