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Photographer: K. Linzmeier
Taken: May 16, 2013
Caption: Friedrich Kiesling Biography
Additional Description: Kiesling was born in Kiffern, Saxony, Germany, on July 15, 1829. As a young man, Friedrich worked as a blacksmith, a trade that he later practiced in this city for thirty years. In November 1856, he married Caroline Riehle. Four years later, they emigrated to America, coming directly to New Ulm where two brothers, August and Herman, had already settled. In 1861, with a growing family, Kiesling built this house.
On August 18, 1862, after reports of attacks by Dakota Indians filtered into New Ulm, local citizens erected a barricade around the central part of the city, between Third North and Center Street. The breastworks ran behind Kiesling's house, one of only two intact downtown buildings that remain from the time of the U.S.-Dakota Conflict.
Friedrich lived here until around 1897, when he moved to Winthrop to reside with his children. He died in 1912.
Submitted: May 25, 2013, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.
Database Locator Identification Number: p242804
File Size: 2.945 Megabytes

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