klsm54 Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 This is an interesting story of failed socialism in our local history. The town of Teutonia, located just north of Elk county in southern McKean county, was a short lived experiment back in the 1840's. The following is an historical article documenting it's rise and fall with some insights to life at that time. The following is an article written by George Rupprecht discussing the foundation and life of the German communist community known as Teutonia: The organization of the Society of Industry had its inception December 28, 1841 in accordance with the following agreement-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klsm54 Posted October 2, 2008 Author Share Posted October 2, 2008 Teutonia was close to the site of the flooded town of Instanter, that except in dry periods is now under the waters of the East Branch Dam. The following is an article taken from the Bradford Era: Teutonia: When Clermont resident Dave Johnson, a graduate student on the West Coast, first wrote seeking background on Teutonia about which he is writing a thesis, the item produced immediate response- as we have told you. We expect to hear more from Oscar Benton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Thank you for this very interesting article. Maybe 35 years ago a friend of mine who was a teacher in DuBois and I rode dirt bikes up the old Shawmut railroad grade north of St Marys and came across remains of a settlement that looked like the people had just walked off and left a lot of stuff behind, we found badly rusted iron cooking pots and tools, dishes and all sorts of stuff laying around in the remains. We must have been in part of this colony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom shade Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 nice article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Very interesting article. Was the group related at all to the Shaker movement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hipower Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Don't recall where it was, but I read that info several years ago and like you I found it quite intriguing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich00 Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Excellent article. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eimilesmom Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 That was cool. Wonder if anyone on this board is related to any of those people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 we ride through the Clarmont area a few times in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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