was born in Ellingen, Germany. She arrived in the United States in 1882 to homestead land in Dodds Township, North Dakota. "In the spring of '83 we homesteaded land in Dodds Township along the supposed railroad right of way. Here we planted our first garden. My, how I loved to watch things grow in that newly broken land." An online exhibition from the Palace of the Governors / New Mexico History Museum, organized by TREX— Traveling Exhibitions Program, with generous support from the Dobkin Family Foundation.