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Master's Theses

1937

Immigration

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The Story Of A Pioneer Family : A Literary Study Of The Pioneer Life Of The Reverend And Mrs. C. E. Hirschler In Harvey And Hodgeman Counties, Kansas, And Nobles County In The Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma, Edward E. Hirschler May 1937

The Story Of A Pioneer Family : A Literary Study Of The Pioneer Life Of The Reverend And Mrs. C. E. Hirschler In Harvey And Hodgeman Counties, Kansas, And Nobles County In The Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma, Edward E. Hirschler

Master's Theses

This thesis is divided into three parts. The first part tells about the European homes of my parents and about their coming to Kansas. The second part is about their marriage and moving into Hodgeman County where they and other Mennonite families formed a Mennonite colony. Various pioneer experiences are recounted. The third part tells about the opening of the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma Territory and my parents moving to the Strip to take up pioneer life farther south. In this work I attempted to portray the pioneer life of my parents and show that their experiences were typical of …