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This page is a report and sketch to the Archbishop of Vienna from February 1846. He reports that he secured posession of 420 acres of land: 100 acres were a present from the count, 80 acres he bought on credit, 80 acres he had secured through his…

This page in his journal is especially interesting because of the detailed drawing of Sac Prairie, here Inama settled in 1845. The Wilten Mission in the USA in the 19th century states: "Adalbert Inama arrived on November 25, 1845 in Sac Prairie. He…

This is an image of a map in Father Gartner's diary of his trip from Europe across the Atlantic Ocean to the coast (New York area) and then eventually to the Midwest where he met up with Father Inama to do their missionary work together. This image…

Father Inama and Father Gartner performed missionary work together once they both got to the states safely. Together they were two priests strong in trying to spread the Catholic faith and the mission of the Wilten Abbey. This diary entry explains…

In this diary entry Father Inama talks about his experiences when he first came to the United States. He says that he was dressed like a European and because of this everyone could pinpoint him and knew that he was a foreigner. One of the first…

Father Inama writes about how he traveled using many different modes of transportation, including trains and ships. He states that he only saw four Germans and the rest were Catholics. This observation is interesting to me because the reason why…

Father Inama continues his writing about how crucial it was for him to make the trek overseas in order to preach in the United States. As emphasized earlier, Father Inama asked to come to the United States as a result of a high demand for…

Before Father Inama made his way to the Midwest he stopped on the coast, in New York as he was making his way from Europe to the center of the states. Father Inama traveled by train as well as postal boat. He conducted missionary work in Albany,…

The following pictures depict Father Inama's travels and thoughts about his travels during his beginning years of missionary work. As noted, he was born in Austria and participated in several missionary travels in Europe and then extended his…

In order to overcome several German Catholics in the United States switching faiths to Protestantism as a result of a lack of priests who knew German, Father Inama Adalbert began preaching in Southern Wisconsin, more specifically in the small city of…