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    Family Names Noted in Ora Labora Meeting Minutes

    The following 56 names were mentioned in the general business meeting minutes for Ora Labora. These names were taken from handwritten translated meeting minutes.

    December 28, 2018October 2, 2019 by Michael Hardy

    Biography of Jacob Kolb

    Jacob Kolb was the colony’s storekeeper. He was conscripted to the Union Army in 1864 and returned to Ora Labora in 1866. He was acting Secretary of… Read more “Biography of Jacob Kolb”

    October 19, 2018October 2, 2019 by Michael Hardy

    Biography of of Eduard & Herman Goeschel

    Biography of of Eduard & Herman Goeschel two of the original “Backwoodsmen” of the Ora Labora Colony.

    May 2, 2018October 26, 2018 by Michael Hardy

    Biography of John J. Froebe

    Biography of John J. Froebe a merchant of the Ora Labora colony near Bay Port Michigan.

    April 29, 2018October 26, 2018 by Michael Hardy

    Ora Labora Colony Group Photograph

    Inscription on the back reads ” Member’s of the Ora et Labora Community, Wildfowl Bay Michigan. Circa 1865.

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    From the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan.


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    December 29, 2016October 26, 2018 by Michael Hardy

    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)

    December 23, 2016October 26, 2018 by Michael Hardy

    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”

    December 15, 2016October 26, 2018 by Michael Hardy

    Excerpt -A Huron Community Experiment

    A summary of the Ora Labora German Colony from the 1922 book “Pioneer History of Huron County”

    December 14, 2016September 3, 2019 by Michael Hardy

    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

    November 9, 2016December 12, 2016 by Michael Hardy

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