Browse Items (25 total)

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…

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…

After Reverand Inama retired in 1873. He only had a few years to enjoy his retirement. He died on October 18, 1879, and because he was so important to the history of Dane county and the catholic roots he established there, the community felt he…

This was the first "St.Norbert's House in Roxbury in 1846. In the book "The Wilten Mission in the USA in the 19th Century, it quotes Father Inama's enthusiasm for building this log cabin, which would also become a place of worship. You can see from…

This marker commemorates Father Inama's hand built log cabin. It reads "He came to the Roxbury-Sac Prairie area in November 1845. Early the nect year he built an 18x20 foot log cabin one mile west of here on the banks of Madison Creek which flows…

The following pictures are a collection of Father Maximilian Gärtner's letters and diaries, which he wrote while traveling throughout Europe with Father Inama Adalbert O.Praem. The letters and diaries tell stories of the different countries he has…

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…

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…

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,…

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…