Hi to all,
I was reading Uwe ErichsSon's posting about the "www.routes.de" site, when I
noted the name Maning. Since it is a name I have seldom seen, I went to a
web site in the town of Manning, Iowa, which was about 10 miles from where I
grew up.
On the site "http://pionet.net/~heritag/calendar.htm" I found on the calendar
of events for Mannings Octoberfest the following: "Low German Conference
October 3-4-5, 2003."
If I was still living in the area, I would no doubt attend, but since I now
live about 2000 miles away in CA, I won't be able to attend.
In this part of Iowa there are a number of towns and townships which bear the
names which have come from Germany, i.e. Sschleswig, Holstein, and Hanover.
The people living there often use the term "Flatlanders" when talking about
people from the farming areas. Does Platt mean Flat, or does the use simply
come from their similar sound?
Gale Bosche
Formerly Manilla, Iowa