The following 56 names were mentioned in the general business meeting minutes for Ora Labora. These names were taken from handwritten translated meeting minutes.
Category: Documentation
Biography of Jacob Kolb
Biography of Jacob Kolb, resident and leader of Ora Labora Colony
Biography of of Eduard & Herman Goeschel
Biography of of Eduard Herman Goeschel two of the original “Backwoodsmen” of the Ora Labora Colony.
Biography of John J. Froebe
Biography of John J. Froebe a merchant of the Ora Labora colony near Bay Port Michigan.
Letters from Ora Labora – December 24th, 1864
Letters from Ora Labora – December 24th, 1864
Letters from Ora Labora – December 15th, 1864
Letters from Ora Labora – December 15th, 1864
Letters from Ora Labora – November 30th, 1864
Letters from Ora Labora – November 30th, 1864
Letters from Ora Labora – September 6th, 1864
Letters from Ora Labora – September 6th, 1864
Ora Labora Sketch from Researcher 1970
This is a graphic of a possible representation of the Ora Labora German Colony overlaid on a map showing roads has they existed in 1970 until today. Note that much of the colony is situated away from the shore and abuts Indian Trail (Sand Road)
Ora Labora: Lost Town in Michigan
Another compilation is that of Alan Naldrett’s 2015 Lost Towns of Eastern Michigan. Comments of various researchers on this book place its value just above a tabloid… Read more “Ora Labora: Lost Town in Michigan”
