WAUPACA REPUBLICAN

December 13, 1895

 

Swedes Will Emigrate

 

            The Evening Wisconsin says:  Quiet preparations are being made for an exodus of Wisconsin Swedes to a million acre territory now being negotiated for in Northern Tennessee, with a view to forming the only Swedish-American colony, where the customs of “Fatherland” as pertaining to dress, occupation, language and religion, will be closely followed as observed on the Swedish mainland and the islands of Gotland and Oland.  This section of land is chosen because of its more equalized, though well-defined seasons, the opposite of the alternating climate extremes of Sweden; also because of a real or imaginary resemblance to the broken, undulating, mountainous and forest lands of that country. While the greater exodus that his expected to occur in March, will be from Waukesha, Walworth and Jefferson Counties, reinforcements will be added from nearly every town and count in the State.  Between 1,000 and 2,000 Swedes have already united with the colonists and many others have the matter under consideration.