Makers of America; biographies of leading men of thought and action, the men who constitute the bone and sinew of American prosperity and life . WILLIAM RISH LOWMAN E3KING out upon the moving pictures of the Germanpioneers as they spread gradually over the vast terri-tory of the New World, we are irresistibly reminded oftheir ancestors in the far off days of the Volkerwan-derung. In the eighteenth century, as in the fourteenth century,the German colonists entered the unbroken wilderness, clearingfirst the lands in the valleys and along the river courses, thenclimbing the mountains/ to other re
Makers of America; biographies of leading men of thought and action, the men who constitute the bone and sinew of American prosperity and life . WILLIAM RISH LOWMAN E3KING out upon the moving pictures of the Germanpioneers as they spread gradually over the vast terri-tory of the New World, we are irresistibly reminded oftheir ancestors in the far off days of the Volkerwan-derung. In the eighteenth century, as in the fourteenth century,the German colonists entered the unbroken wilderness, clearingfirst the lands in the valleys and along the river courses, thenclimbing the mountains/ to other realms of industry. Prior to 1735 Orangeburg County, South Carolina, had butfew white inhabitants. A Swiss gentleman, Peter Purry, hadestablished a settlement on the north side of the Savannah River,calling it Purrysville. By his glowing account of the country,which he had printed and distributed throughout Switzerland,Holland, North Germany and the provinces along the Rhine heinduced many settlers to come to Carolina. Most of these immi-grants came from the Palatinate, the history of which has alwaysbeen most interesting. These Germans, ac
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