Letters from Ora Labora – February 13th, 1864 – $4000 mortgage check
Tag: Emil Baur
Professor Emil Baur was the founder and leader of the Ora Labora colony of Wild Fowl Bay, Michigan. Born in Wittenburg, Germany in 1830. He came to the United States in 1852. Baur died in March 1894.
Letters from Ora Labora – January 26th, 1864
Letters from Ora Labora – January 26th, 1864 – Question concerning incorporation or charter
Letters from Ora Labora – November 28, 1863
Letters from Ora Labora – November 28, 1863 Detroit, Mich. Emil Baur to Baker and Henrici. Check draft mentioned
Letters from Ora Labora – February 19th, 1864
Letters from Ora Labora – February 19th, 1864 – Emil almost freezes to death.
Letters from Ora Labora – October 1863
Letters from Ora Labora – October 1863 October 31st, 1863. Economy, Pa. Baker and Henrici to Emil Baur et al. – Arrange for a $10,000 mortgage loan.
Letters from Ora Labora – March 18th, 1864
Letters from Ora Labora – March 18th, 1864
Emil Baur is in Detroit and noted receipt of funds to purchase the remaining lands for the colony.
Ora Labora Litho Detail
Select areas of the 1865 Lithograph zoomed in for interest and clarity. The German colony was located just north of Bay Port
Introducing Ora-Labora.org
ora-labora.org will be utilized to establish a research and educational site in which to discuss and offer primary source research on the German Colony established in 1862 in Michigan’s Wild Fowl Bay region.
Emil Baur Land Grant Records
Emil Baur land grant records from 1863
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