Gottlieb's emigrated to the USA in 1877, the same year that his parents and siblings emigrated. The family settled in Wisconsin for a time, working in a mattress factory. Hearing that some land could be secured in Kansas by "proving up" on it, the whole group came to Ness County and took claims in Highpoint Township. They built sod houses and planted trees to "prove up" the land. After the death of his parents John and Anna, Gottlieb Kueffer built the native stone, two story house, where he and Laura lived. "Gotlieb Kueffer of Highpoint Township is building one of the neatest and commodious farm houses to be found in short grass country, two stories high and 11 rooms" (Ness County News, Apr. 15, 1899). The big stone house was lived in for many years. In summertime climbing vines covered the walls of the house and black currant bushes grew in the front yard. After picking currants there in the summer, one would go home laden with large black currants and a big dose of "chiggers".
Gottlieb's emigrated to the USA in 1877, the same year that his parents and siblings emigrated. The family settled in Wisconsin for a time, working in a mattress factory. Hearing that some land could be secured in Kansas by "proving up" on it, the whole group came to Ness County and took claims in Highpoint Township. They built sod houses and planted trees to "prove up" the land. After the death of his parents John and Anna, Gottlieb Kueffer built the native stone, two story house, where he and Laura lived. "Gotlieb Kueffer of Highpoint Township is building one of the neatest and commodious farm houses to be found in short grass country, two stories high and 11 rooms" (Ness County News, Apr. 15, 1899). The big stone house was lived in for many years. In summertime climbing vines covered the walls of the house and black currant bushes grew in the front yard. After picking currants there in the summer, one would go home laden with large black currants and a big dose of "chiggers".
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