Swiss Pioneers of Southeastern Ohio
Thode, Ernest Ernest Thode recently discovered a 989-page book published in 1822 in Germany that related the story of the unlikely immigration to America in 1819 of an assortment of Swiss ranging from highest nobility to the poorest class. The Gall/Tisher group, which ultimately established a permanent Swiss settlement in Monroe County, Ohio, was sponsored by a private commission led by Ludwig Gall. "Swiss Pioneers of Southeastern Ohio" will appeal not only...