Dutch in Wisconsin Communities
- Cedar Grove, Wisconsin- 150 Years of Dutch-American Tradition
by Richard Dykstra and Pat Premo -- 236 pages. Softcover -- $22.00
Sheboygan County Historical Society - 518 Water Street - Sheboygan Falls WI 53085
This 150th commemorative volume of the village of Cedar Grove, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin was published in 1997. It is a great all-in-one history of Cedar Grove, Wisconsin. - Cheese Factories of Sheboygan County
by Edwin Fisher -- 189 pages. Softcover -- $20.00
Sheboygan County Historical Society - 518 Water Street - Sheboygan Falls WI 53085
The cheese industry has been very important to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin since the 1870s. This is a history of the industry in the county. It is divided by townships and lists some 210 different factories that existed over time. It deals with cheese making in the home, the development of cheese factories, factories and their locations, cheese makers, the cheese making season, tools and equipment, the growth of the industry, cheese exchanges, types of cheese and much more. - History of Schools in Town of Lima
by Ione Heinen, 1998 -- 321 pages. Hardcover -- $40.00
Sheboygan County Historical Society - 518 Water Street - Sheboygan Falls WI 53085
Town of Lima is located in southeastern Sheboygan County, WI. Mainly settled by the Dutch, this book highlights Dye Road School, Lima Center, Gibbsville, Horace Mann, Hingham, Banner, Ourtown and Hillcrest schools. This book begins with a brief history of the Town of Lima and an 1889 plat map then carries through to Fall 1996. The various contributors cover each school district with an in depth text and a delightfully rich quantity of photographs of school buildings, students and staff. Included also are sections on reunions, budgets and stats, a general index as well as an index to the plat map. - History of Schools in the Village of Oostburg
by Oostburg Historical Society -- $23.00.
Sheboygan County Historical Society - 518 Water Street - Sheboygan Falls WI 53085
Oostburg, Wisconsin is a small settlement of Dutch immigrant origin in south central Sheboygan County. This history, done by avid local historians to preserve some of the past., will hopefully provide memories and enlighten readers to the hard work and dedication of of the early pioneers. - Oostburg, Wisconsin, Haven of Hope in a New Land
by June VerVelde and Ione Heinen -- 385 pages. Softcover -- $25.00.
Sheboygan County Historical Society - 518 Water Street - Sheboygan Falls WI 53085
This book covers Oostburg school history from 1899-2005. A great timeline gives the reader a wonderful overview of what happened educationally and socially in Oostburg, Wisconsin. - Out of the Phoenix
by Descendants of Survivors -- 60 pages. Softcover -- $3.00.
Sheboygan County Historical Society - 518 Water Street - Sheboygan Falls WI 53085
On November 20, 1847, the propeller ship, Phoenix, caught fire and burned to the water line off the shore of Sheboygan in Lake Michigan. She carried about 175 Dutch immigrants, many of whom perished that horrible day. The survivors carried on, settling in Cedar Grove, Oostburg, Gibbsville, Sheboygan and Manitowoc. This book is a tribute to those lost and the survivors. It is a remembrance of the tragedy, 150 years later. - Phoenix, The Fateful Journey - Tragedy, Survival and Heroism
by Textor, John
Sanderling Press; 1st edition (January 30, 2006) ISBN-10: 097737100X
$23.95 – godutch.com - $15.61 amazon.com
Immigrating to America involved a perilous trip across the Atlantic. That inland travel could be extremely dangerous is aptly described in John Textor’s well-researched historical novel Phoenix, The Fateful Journey. Within sight of their Sheyboygan destination, hundreds of people, mostly Dutch, perished on Lake Michigan. In total, less then fifty, about thirty Dutch, survived the ordeal. Particularly the Dutch communities of Winterswijk, Aalten, Enter, Wish/Varsseveld were hard hit with casualties in one of the most horrifying ship disasters in the history of immigration. The book Phoenix is more than just about a horrible disaster. It foremost describes common folks from small Dutch communities looking for freedom and opportunity in the New World. It is a testimonial to those who survived against all odds, and who went on to resume their daily lives. The book closes with a section on some Dutch-born survivors, and lists the other passengers mostly by name and originHardcover with jacket, illustrated historical novel, passenger list with places of origin, and historical context of maritime disasters., 240 pages, Hardcover. - Dutch Chicago - A History of the Hollanders in the Windy City
by Swierenga, Robert P
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company (November 2002) ISBN-10: 0802813119
$49.95 – godutch.com - $36.30 – amazon.com
The story of the Dutch in Chicago until now largely has been below the radar screen of historians. The dean of Dutch American historians in his latest book has lifted the veil on an amazing community which now numbers in excess of 250,000. Whereas most Dutch groups in Chicago assimilated into the American culture around them, the Dutch Reformed settled into a few distinct enclaves - the Old West Side, Englewood, Roseland and South Holland - where they stuck together, and build an infrastructure of churches, schools, societies, and shops that enabled them to live from cradle to grave within their own communities. The closest the Chicago Dutch came to farming was owning horses which the entrepreneurial types used in their businesses, particularly garbage hauling and vegetable gardening and peddling. Business always was picking up for them. In jobs that Americans despised, the Dutch saw opportunities, eventually monopolizing the disposal business not just in Chicago but across the nation. The author also covers those groups that assimilated. "This brilliant chronicle of a unique ethnic enclave is as much a tribute to the overlooked Dutch contingent of the Windy City as a monument of historical scholarship." - Hans Krabbendam, Roosevelt Study Center. 250 photos and illustrations, appendixes detailing garbage and hauling industries, bibliography, index., 857 pages, Hardcover.