We're going to the Amana Colonies on Saturday. Here is a short quiz over a few historical facts found on the Amana Colonies website- see history page. The first person to post the correct answers, in the form of a comment, wins a prize!
http://www.amanacolonies.org/
1. What country were the original settlers of the Amana Colonies from?
2. In what year did they arrive in Iowa?
3. What was unique about these settlers' way of life?
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1. What country were the original settlers of the Amana Colonies from?a majority of the residents' ancestors came from the German provinces -- especially from the Frankfurt area -- as well as France and Switzerland.
2. In what year did they arrive in Iowa?The entire community (1,200 total) began moving from New York to the new state of Iowa in 1855
3. What was unique about these settlers' way of life?The original Amana Colonies settlers made their farm implements, formed their bricks from area clay deposits, cut stones from nearby quarries, wove the fabric for their clothing, constructed grandfather clocks and other timepieces, made furniture for residents' homes, created baskets and brooms for a wide range of uses, cultivated vegetables in community gardens, pressed their own grapes for the village wines, printed and bound their own books, and invented many utensils for use in the great communal kitchens where all the colonists dined together everyday.
Congratulations, Revina! You get a prize. Do you want the Mickey Mouse kite? ha ha
thx anne..sure i'm waiting for the kite ^^
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