Her daughter, the author, then takes us back to Germany of the mid-1800's,
and with remarkable detail picks up the story of a Platt Deutsch family
who
eventually emigrate to America. The last section is written with nostalgia
and
humor about life on the Iowa farm, from the early 1930's to the end
of W.W.II. She concludes with the closing of the era of small farms, the
passing of "old Iowa" and finally, the sale of "Spread Eagle Homestead".
from early Americans, and "Dad", the son of German immigrants - is what our mid-west culture is all about. Come, read, and get acquainted with some of Washington, Iowa's early inhabitants!
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