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Wooden shoes revive old German settlements in Ohio
The article surveys Minster New Knoxville New Bremen and nearby German Lutheran and Catholic communities in Ohio known as the wooden shoe people. It describes craftsmen like Henry He and William Kuhlmann, the long history of wooden footwear, and the region's prosperous development from early log churches to brick schools and modern buildings. It notes the habit of wearing wooden shoes in dairy districts and recalls notable elders and settlers who kept the tradition alive.
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Germany
Minster
New Bremen
Cincinnati
New Knoxville
Sidney, C
Ithus
Sidney
Henry
Nipper
Field
German Township
Bavaria
T of Minster
Ft. Laramie
Greenville
John Randolph
Virginia
Troy
Kentucky
Botkins
William Kuhlmann
Osnabruck
Ludbergen
St. Chrysostom
Kuhlmann
Bachman
Fy .H. W. Kuckherman
Kuckherman
Knoxville
William Aufderhar
Fred Henshen
Christina Slack
William Feldwisch
Sophia Schroer
Elizabeth Wierwiil
William Meckstroth
William Kruse
Adolph Eschmeyer