The Swiss Colony at Gruetli

by Frances Helen Jackson

From 1869 to the early years of the 20th century, over fifty families of Swiss immigrants came to Grundy County, Tennessee with the express purpose of creating a Swiss Colony, a community composed almost entirely of German-speaking Swiss that would preserve their culture in a new land. They gave to the area the inspiring name of Gruetli, the meadow where legend says representatives of three cantons met in 1291 and formed the league which grew, over...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1490594604
• ISBN13: 9781490594606
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"