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Author : Perret Dufour
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Indiana
ISBN : CHI:16959721
Author : Paul R. Wonning
Publisher : Mossy Feet Books
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Switzerland County has its origins in the original wine making Swiss immigrants that migrated into the Ohio River Valley in the early Nineteenth Century. These families were an important part of United States wine making history, as they produced the first commercial wines in the nation. New Switzerland The immigrants named their principal town Vevay, after the Swiss town from which most of them originated. The industrious settlers soon turned the hills and valleys of their new settlement, often called New Switzerland, into productive farms and vineyards. Hay Farming Blight ruined the vines and as wine making declined, Switzerland County became a major hay farming region. Hay presses turned out huge quantities of hay to feed the horses that were vital to the agriculture and transportation needs of the era. Switzerland county indiana, vevay indiana, wine making history, new switzerland, indiana history, hay farming, hay press machine
Author : Vevay (Ind.). High school. Class of 1913. [from old catalog]
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1913
Category : Switzerland County (Ind.)
ISBN : OCLC:1041476887
Author : Perret Dufour
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2000-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 083282903X
Author : Ind High School Class of 1913 Vevay
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019874163
This short history of Switzerland County offers a concise and engaging look at the people and events that shaped this important region. With clear prose and a wealth of detail, the authors provide a fascinating glimpse into the history of this corner of Indiana. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Perret Dufour
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1556130929
The Swiss Colony on the Ohio River at Vevay, in what is now Switzerland County, Indiana, was founded by French-speaking Swiss citizens from the commune of Chateland, district of Vevay, Canton de Vaud, Switzerland, in the early 1800s. The founder of the settlement was John James Dufour who had first come to America in 1796 in search of lands for vineyards. He first purchased lands near Lexington, Kentucky, and subsequently in Indiana. The Kentucky settlement failed after a few years, but the Indiana vineyard flourished and became a major factor in the development of Switzerland County. This volume contains a history of this interesting chapter in American history as written by Perret Dufour. He was born in 1807 at the Kentucky vineyard, the son of John Francis Dufour who was the brother of John James Dufour, founder of these settlements. Perret removed to the Indiana community with his family at the age of two and remained there until his death in 1884. Perret's history is of special value because he was an eye-witness and/or participant to much of what he records. This volume is not limited to the Swiss families, but contains extensive mentions of other settlers, and provides a substantial history of the entire county.
Author : Ellen Stepleton
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781609621490
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.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : IND:30000103443218
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1330 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Dearborn County (Ind.)
ISBN : WISC:89072942634
Author : Tina Lyons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1387188542
This volume includes abstracts from Switzerland County, Indiana Probate Order Book B (1837-1843) and Order Book C (1843-1849). The abstracts include every name and estate action found in the probate books.
Author : Tina Lyons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1387188488
This book contains abstracts from the following Switzerland County, Indiana probate record books: Order Book 1, November 1814 to September 1824 ; Complete Record Book A, September 1829 to November 1834 ; Order Book A, May 1831 to May 1837. - page i
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Switzerland County (Ind.)
ISBN : WISC:89067932384
Author : James L. Butler,John J. Butler
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2001-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0253000580
"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.
Author : Allan K. Nickell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Soil surveys
ISBN : UCR:31210008085761
Author : Ellyn R. Kern,Switzerland County Historical Society (Ind.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1998-10-01
Category : Cemeteries
ISBN : 0942124014
Listing of all known cemeteries in Switzerland County, IN arranged by township. Includes some historical anecdotes, an addendum which adds some transcriptions to those of Wanda Morford's book of transcriptions, six maps, ten photo.
