Orange City

by Greta Grond, Sarah Kaltenbach, Doug Anderson, et al.

Book Overview

Orange City was founded in 1869-1870 as a colony of Dutch Americans from Pella. Led by Henry Hospers, the colonists made Orange City the center of Dutch agricultural expansion in northwestern Iowa and farther west. By 1874, the town had railroad connections, was the seat of Sioux County, and had a Dutch-language weekly newspaper that was read in the Netherlands as well as around North America. Hospers, along with others, founded an academy in 1882...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467111589
• ISBN13: 9781467111584
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 9.2"