Document Type

Book

Publication Date

1976

Abstract

A biography of Henry Hospers, the leader of the original Orange City settlement. Includes a genealogy of the Hospers family.

Comments

This biography of Henry Hospers was authored by Nelson Nieuwenhuis. It traces the Hospers family from The Netherlands to Pella then to Orange City and includes genealogical information about the family.

The book is organized chronologically:

  1. From the Moorlands over Overijssel to the Prairies of Iowa
  2. The "Second Expedition" to Iowa
  3. Pella -- "The City of Refuge"
  4. The Decade of the Seventies
  5. Calliope
  6. "The Prince of Orange"
  7. "Booming Sioux"
  8. Prairie Politics
  9. The Centennial Decade
  10. Henry Hospers Goes Home
  11. The Hospers Family

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