Missouri Wine Country: St. Charles to Hermann

Missouri Wine Country: St. Charles to Hermann
ISBN-10
0738577774
ISBN-13
9780738577777
Category
History
Pages
132
Language
English
Published
2010
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Authors
Dianna Graveman, Don Graveman

Description

Before prohibition, Missouri was the second largest wine-producing state in the union, and for a short time during the Civil War, it was number one. Today the state's lush green area overlooking the Missouri River is officially recognized as America's first wine district. Parts of this district have produced wine since the 1830s, when German immigrants from the Rhine River Valley settled in Missouri. The historic towns of Augusta and Defiance, home of pioneer Daniel Boone, are part of this district. Other towns along the river include Dutzow, the first permanent German settlement in Missouri; Washington, which holds the state record for the most buildings on the National Register of Historic Places; and Hermann, recognized by its settlers as a German utopia.

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