The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The area was settled and named by conservative Lutheran immigrants from Roßtal area of Franconia in Germany. The group of settlers left Germany aboard the Caroline on April 20, 1845, and arrived at Castle Garden in New York seven weeks later. They traveled via canals and the Great Lakes from New York to Detroit and arrived in August 1845. Sailing then on the Nelson Smith, the settlers made their way to Saginaw and traveled over land to what is now the city of Frankenmuth.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Frankenmuth’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Frankenmuth’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewJazz musician Harry Gozzard and h…, 1980: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Frankenmuth
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Frankenmuth, decade by decade
1970s
1990s
Nothing in Frankenmuth is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Frankenmuth has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Gugel Bridge in Frankenmuth, 1.9 miles away.
Frankenmuth and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Jazz musician Harry Gozzard and his wife Wilda (1980) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.