Pioneer Colonists
- Joachim Gans from Prague, a metallurgist, a member of the first English colonization effort in America (Roanoke, 1585)
- Augustine Herman one of the earliest immigrants in America from Bohemia; creator of first accurate map of MD & VA
- Frederick Philipse a descendant of Bohemian aristocratic family, wealthiest person in New Amsterdam (New York)
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“Mead had studied for the ministry, but had lost his faith and took great delight in blasphemy. Capt. Charles H. Frady, pioneer missionary, held a meeting here and brought Mead back into the fold. He then became so devout that, one Sunday, when he happened upon a swimming party, he shot at the people in the river, and threatened to kill anyone he again caught desecrating the Sabbath.”
—For the State of Nebraska, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)