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  2. Shenandoah Germans - Wikipedia

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    The Pennsylvania German settlers of Shenandoah brought with them many staples of Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine, such as sauerkraut, apple butter, cabbage served with hot sauce, souse, ponhoss (scrapple), buckwheat pancakes, knödel, rivvels and ham bone pot pie. The staple grains were wheat, spelt, and barley.

  3. Germantown, Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Map of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, highlighting Germantown Borough prior to the Act of Consolidation (1854) Germantown (German: Deutschstadt) is an area in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded by Palatine, Quaker, and Mennonite families in 1683 as an independent borough, it was absorbed into Philadelphia in 1854. The area, which ...

  4. Old Stock Americans - Wikipedia

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    The tide of German immigration to Pennsylvania swelled between 1725 and 1775, with immigrants arriving as redemptioners or indentured servants. By 1775, Germans constituted about one-third of the population of the state. German farmers were renowned for their highly productive animal husbandry and agricultural practices.

  5. Belsnickel - Wikipedia

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    The Belsnickel character originated in the Palatinate. When people immigrated to Pennsylvania, they brought their German traditions with them. [6] Belsnickel was known in Pennsylvania in the early 1800s. [4] Amongst the Pennsylvania Germans, Belsnickel is the character who visits homes prior to Christmas to check up on the behavior of the children.

  6. Pennsylvania German Society - Wikipedia

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    The Pennsylvania German Society lowered its profile in World War I. [15] It suspended its annual meetings of 1917, 1918, and 1919, although it did publish annual volumes during those years. [16] The executive committee of the Pennsylvania German Society continued to meet, [17] and several meetings were held at the Historical Society of Berks ...

  7. Conrad Weiser - Wikipedia

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    Conrad Weiser (November 2, 1696 – July 13, 1760), born Johann Conrad Weiser, Jr., was a Pennsylvania Dutch pioneer who served as an interpreter and diplomat between the Pennsylvania Colony and Native American nations. Primarily a farmer, he also worked as a tanner, and later served as a soldier and judge.

  8. Strongheart - Wikipedia

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    Born October 1, 1917, Etzel von Oeringen was a male German Shepherd dog bred by a private breeder, Robert Niedhardt of Quedlinburg, Germany. [1] Etzel was trained in Berlin as a police dog and served in the German Red Cross during World War I. [2] His owner was left in poverty after the war, and was unable to even support the dog.

  9. Tulpehocken Creek Historic District - Wikipedia

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    "It has been written that the Tulpehocken Settlement of 1723-1729 marked the beginning of one of the great population movements in Colonial America - the German migration to Pennsylvania. The original Tulpehocken settlers had formerly been part of a group of some 4000 Palatine Germans who colonized New York State under Governor Hunter in 1710.

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