John Baptist Bauer and Johan Wilhelm Gausman met in St Mary’s in either 1850 or 1851. This is the first of many to come. Travel to this isolated area in the mid 1800s is coming soon.
Apr 25·edited Apr 25Liked by Rainey Mitchell (L.E.E)
Fascinating history of these two men! My own family immigrated from Germany. Many names in our family tree are redundant, and I always wondered the reason why? My uncle tried to explain to me the peculiarities of the German naming process.
Rainey, I really enjoy your pieces of history. You write well and are spot on about community and building bridges. I learned many years ago through Christian practice we are called to go directly to the source of our concerns. I appreciate your strength and wisdom. Can you imagine what our forefathers would think of today? We need each other. We need love, kindness and good communication. In so many aspects of my own life I am feeling the apathy in these areas. I long for physical time with people and to show them love. I find it in church and where there is a need. It's mostly with people much older than myself (63). The young aren't much interested.
More than anything I want to preserve this history for Gen Z and future generations. So much of it was forgotten. I found these great baseball pictures from a hundred years ago or more in a local history book that had been out of print for seventy years. I was sitting in the historical society, I thought wouldn’t it be great if the younger generations could see this. I started on TikTok, but Substack is where I belong. Writing has been my passion since I was a child and my soul is at home here.
Thank you so much. I have learned to love people where they are at, even when they don’t like me. I have a great church family and the pastor’s wife is one of my closest friends. I have always enjoyed watching people and getting into their head and walking in their shoes. I use that when I write.
Fascinating history of these two men! My own family immigrated from Germany. Many names in our family tree are redundant, and I always wondered the reason why? My uncle tried to explain to me the peculiarities of the German naming process.
Very interesting stuff here.
Rainey, I really enjoy your pieces of history. You write well and are spot on about community and building bridges. I learned many years ago through Christian practice we are called to go directly to the source of our concerns. I appreciate your strength and wisdom. Can you imagine what our forefathers would think of today? We need each other. We need love, kindness and good communication. In so many aspects of my own life I am feeling the apathy in these areas. I long for physical time with people and to show them love. I find it in church and where there is a need. It's mostly with people much older than myself (63). The young aren't much interested.
More than anything I want to preserve this history for Gen Z and future generations. So much of it was forgotten. I found these great baseball pictures from a hundred years ago or more in a local history book that had been out of print for seventy years. I was sitting in the historical society, I thought wouldn’t it be great if the younger generations could see this. I started on TikTok, but Substack is where I belong. Writing has been my passion since I was a child and my soul is at home here.
You're doing a great job and I love your heart. So glad you're here ❤️
Thank you so much. I have learned to love people where they are at, even when they don’t like me. I have a great church family and the pastor’s wife is one of my closest friends. I have always enjoyed watching people and getting into their head and walking in their shoes. I use that when I write.