Holland May Beauty Through Mrs Plemp Sketch
Mrs M Plemp recalls Holland in May with vivid images of Pella roots and a Montana move to Billings. She notes Holland’s water engineering prowess, windmills replaced by electricity, canals shaping life, and a strong respect for thrift and civic order while describing dikes, dunes, farming life, dress, and sea linked traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelia Leo
Pella
J.B. LeCocq
P. Schelte
Pelli
J. F. LeCocq
Amnoon
Pieter Floris
Frank LeCocq
Gorkom
Christina
M. Pleno
America
Holland
Columbus
Montana
Billings
Les Holland
New York
New Amsterdam
Holland American Line
Plymouth
England
Maas
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Lowland
Haarlemmermeer
Helder
Rhine
Zuider Zee
Visitor’s view of Holland and war preparedness
A travelogue notes Dutch life including schooling languages and relief aid. It recalls Queen Wilhelmina, Kaiser Wilhelm, and a water defense boast. The writer compares Holland’s prudence and America’s wasteful living, urging future preservation of national resources.
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Holland
Wilhelmina
Germany
Wilhelm
Kaiser
America
United States
Iowa’s Historic Indian Tribes and Their Long Reach
Seventeen tribes occupied what is now Iowa from 1673 to 1833. The Ioway provided long habitation that shaped the state’s name. Major tribes included Sauk and Fox, Chippewa, Dakota, Oto and Omaha, with brief residencies by Ottawa, Huron, Miami, Peoria, Moingwana, Tapuaro, and Coiracoentanon.
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Iowa
Wittlers
Mildred Motti
Iowa Journal of History and Politics
State Historical Society of Iowa
Towa
Muscatine County
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M. Plemp
Old Country
Christian LeCocq Plemp
Vlemp
Cor
Rotter
Leiden
Hall
Old
Florists
Austria
Hungary
Fisher Village
Loo
Miss Mott
A. M. Lea
Territory of
William Delisle
Bernace Vander Linden
Tulip Bowl
West Market Square
Carl Vogelaar
Carl Vander Ploeg
Fred Lautenbach
Lautenbach & Verought