The Wenzel Lodes family left Bohemia in May of 1873 and arrived in New York in June 1873. They first came to Charlesburg, Calumet County, Wisconsin and lived there about three years. Mr. Lodes helped build the Catholic Church at Charlesburg. Then the family moved to Richland County, where Wenzel worked in the mines.
Wenzel Lodes walked from Wisconsin to Palo Alto County, Iowa around 1878 and filed a homestead claim. He returned to Wisconsin in the spring of 1879 and took his family in a covered wagon, arriving at his homestead near Mallard, Iowa on May 8, 1879. Upon arriving they camped on the site that is now St. Mary’s Cemetery, which is also their final resting place. They built a log cabin just across from the cemetery on his homestead claim.
Emmetsburg was being built at that time. Ft. Dodge was the main trading center 60 miles away. The Milwaukee Road Railroad was being built to Emmetsburg and Wenzel worked on it. After he retired from the farm, he lived with his daughter, Mary Dawson in Mallard, Iowa. After son Frank went to California to live, Wenzel spent some time there. When he came back he was a very sick man and not able to be up and around much.
Wenzel Lodes walked from Wisconsin to Palo Alto County, Iowa around 1878 and filed a homestead claim. He returned to Wisconsin in the spring of 1879 and took his family in a covered wagon, arriving at his homestead near Mallard, Iowa on May 8, 1879. Upon arriving they camped on the site that is now St. Mary’s Cemetery, which is also their final resting place. They built a log cabin just across from the cemetery on his homestead claim.
Emmetsburg was being built at that time. Ft. Dodge was the main trading center 60 miles away. The Milwaukee Road Railroad was being built to Emmetsburg and Wenzel worked on it. After he retired from the farm, he lived with his daughter, Mary Dawson in Mallard, Iowa. After son Frank went to California to live, Wenzel spent some time there. When he came back he was a very sick man and not able to be up and around much.
The Wenzel Lodes family left Bohemia in May of 1873 and arrived in New York in June 1873. They first came to Charlesburg, Calumet County, Wisconsin and lived there about three years. Mr. Lodes helped build the Catholic Church at Charlesburg. Then the family moved to Richland County, where Wenzel worked in the mines.
Wenzel Lodes walked from Wisconsin to Palo Alto County, Iowa around 1878 and filed a homestead claim. He returned to Wisconsin in the spring of 1879 and took his family in a covered wagon, arriving at his homestead near Mallard, Iowa on May 8, 1879. Upon arriving they camped on the site that is now St. Mary’s Cemetery, which is also their final resting place. They built a log cabin just across from the cemetery on his homestead claim.
Emmetsburg was being built at that time. Ft. Dodge was the main trading center 60 miles away. The Milwaukee Road Railroad was being built to Emmetsburg and Wenzel worked on it. After he retired from the farm, he lived with his daughter, Mary Dawson in Mallard, Iowa. After son Frank went to California to live, Wenzel spent some time there. When he came back he was a very sick man and not able to be up and around much.
Wenzel Lodes walked from Wisconsin to Palo Alto County, Iowa around 1878 and filed a homestead claim. He returned to Wisconsin in the spring of 1879 and took his family in a covered wagon, arriving at his homestead near Mallard, Iowa on May 8, 1879. Upon arriving they camped on the site that is now St. Mary’s Cemetery, which is also their final resting place. They built a log cabin just across from the cemetery on his homestead claim.
Emmetsburg was being built at that time. Ft. Dodge was the main trading center 60 miles away. The Milwaukee Road Railroad was being built to Emmetsburg and Wenzel worked on it. After he retired from the farm, he lived with his daughter, Mary Dawson in Mallard, Iowa. After son Frank went to California to live, Wenzel spent some time there. When he came back he was a very sick man and not able to be up and around much.
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