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[[Image:LOWDUTCHSTATIONMARKER.jpg|thumb|250px|Low Dutch Station historical marker]] |
[[Image:LOWDUTCHSTATIONMARKER.jpg|thumb|250px|Low Dutch Station historical marker]] |
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'''Low Dutch Station''' was established in 1780 on the middle fork of [[Beargrass Creek (Kentucky)|Beargrass Creek]] in Kentucky. This [[station (frontier defensive structure)|station]] was settled by [[Dutch (ethnic group)|Dutch]] pioneers from [[Pennsylvania]] and was also known as '''New Holland Station'''.<ref>http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/ky.html#nelson1</ref> The |
'''Low Dutch Station''' was established in 1780 on the middle fork of [[Beargrass Creek (Kentucky)|Beargrass Creek]] in Kentucky. This [[station (frontier defensive structure)|station]] was settled by [[Dutch (ethnic group)|Dutch]] pioneers from [[Pennsylvania]] and was also known as '''New Holland Station'''.<ref>http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/ky.html#nelson1</ref> The |
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station was one of a group of six forts established on Beargrass Creek during this period in this area that is now a part of [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]]. The leader of the group was Hendrick Banta.<ref>Kentucky Historical Marker no. 1848 Kentucky Historical Society</ref> The group of settlers were a part of the "[[Low Dutch Company]]" and had their own bylaws, a formal charter, and accounting procedures. The group had as its purpose the preservation of the language, culture and religion of the Dutch.<ref>http://nealsgenealogy.awardspace.info/shkylowd.htm</ref> The Dutch traveled from a settlement near [[Harrodsburg, Kentucky|Harrodsburg]] to Low Dutch Station.<ref>http://www.bar-b-k.tripod.com/id14.html</ref> |
station was one of a group of six forts established on Beargrass Creek during this period in this area that is now a part of [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]]. The leader of the group was Hendrick Banta.<ref>Kentucky Historical Marker no. 1848 Kentucky Historical Society</ref> The group of settlers were a part of the "[[Low Dutch Company]]" and had their own bylaws, a formal charter, and accounting procedures. The group had as its purpose the preservation of the language, culture and religion of the Dutch.<ref>http://nealsgenealogy.awardspace.info/shkylowd.htm</ref> The Dutch traveled from a settlement near [[Harrodsburg, Kentucky|Harrodsburg]] to Low Dutch Station.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bar-b-k.tripod.com/id14.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-04-01 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719111246/http://bar-b-k.tripod.com/id14.html |archivedate=2014-07-19 |df= }}</ref> |
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[[Image:LOWDUTCHCEMETRYTHREE.jpg|thumb|Historic cemetery]] |
[[Image:LOWDUTCHCEMETRYTHREE.jpg|thumb|Historic cemetery]] |
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There is no connection between Low Dutch Station or its settlers and the nearby road known as Dutchmans Lane in [[St. Matthews, Kentucky|St. Matthews]]. The aforementioned Dutchmans Lane was originally named Deutschman's Lane, taking its name from the fact that it was the access road from Taylorsville Road to the farm owned and operated by Louis J. Hollenbach Sr., a prominent German-American businessman in early 20th-century Louisville. Anti-German sentiment in Louisville during [[World War I]] prompted the shortening of the name from Deutschman (<small>lit.</small> "German man") to Dutchman. |
There is no connection between Low Dutch Station or its settlers and the nearby road known as Dutchmans Lane in [[St. Matthews, Kentucky|St. Matthews]]. The aforementioned Dutchmans Lane was originally named Deutschman's Lane, taking its name from the fact that it was the access road from Taylorsville Road to the farm owned and operated by Louis J. Hollenbach Sr., a prominent German-American businessman in early 20th-century Louisville. Anti-German sentiment in Louisville during [[World War I]] prompted the shortening of the name from Deutschman (<small>lit.</small> "German man") to Dutchman. |
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Revision as of 14:30, 7 January 2018
Low Dutch Station was established in 1780 on the middle fork of Beargrass Creek in Kentucky. This station was settled by Dutch pioneers from Pennsylvania and was also known as New Holland Station.[1] The station was one of a group of six forts established on Beargrass Creek during this period in this area that is now a part of Louisville. The leader of the group was Hendrick Banta.[2] The group of settlers were a part of the "Low Dutch Company" and had their own bylaws, a formal charter, and accounting procedures. The group had as its purpose the preservation of the language, culture and religion of the Dutch.[3] The Dutch traveled from a settlement near Harrodsburg to Low Dutch Station.[4]
There is no connection between Low Dutch Station or its settlers and the nearby road known as Dutchmans Lane in St. Matthews. The aforementioned Dutchmans Lane was originally named Deutschman's Lane, taking its name from the fact that it was the access road from Taylorsville Road to the farm owned and operated by Louis J. Hollenbach Sr., a prominent German-American businessman in early 20th-century Louisville. Anti-German sentiment in Louisville during World War I prompted the shortening of the name from Deutschman (lit. "German man") to Dutchman.
See also
- Corn Island (Kentucky)
- Fort Nelson (Kentucky)
- Fort-on-Shore
- Fort William (Kentucky)
- Spring Station (Kentucky)
- Floyd's Station (Kentucky)
- Bryan's Station
- Long Run Massacre
- Shippingport, Kentucky
- Westervelt Massacre
References
- ^ http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/ky.html#nelson1
- ^ Kentucky Historical Marker no. 1848 Kentucky Historical Society
- ^ http://nealsgenealogy.awardspace.info/shkylowd.htm
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-19. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
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