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Germans -- Michigan -- Keweenaw Peninsula

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Joseph Austrian Autobiography

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-505
Abstract

Autobiography, 1906-1908, of Joseph Austrian (Oestreicher), a German immigrant who moved to Eagle River, Michigan and became a shopkeeper associated with the mining towns of Eagle River, Hancock and Calumet. Written between 1906 and 1908, Austrian covers his life from his early childhood in Wittelshofen, Bavaria and his emigration to America with his sister in 1850 up until his final months before his death in 1908.

Dates: 1906-1908