Mary
Henry was an early day settler in Riley County near Winkler, coming from Germany [Löbschütz, a village southeast of Leipzig] in 1858. His land patent was signed by Abraham Lincoln. Four years later, a German girl, Mary Vogelsang, came to visit a sister. Mary fell in love with Kansas and with the young bachelor, Henry Wetzig. They were married in Manhattan, Kansas and moved to a stone house built on a knoll near Fancy Creek.
Wildcats and panthers were so dangerous that the women would band together to do their laundry at Wetzig Crossing while one of the men would stand guard, rifle cocked over the women and children. Later the women learned to shoot and guard themselves.
All the Wetzig children became excellent marksmen. The youngest could pick off a jackrabbit among a herd of cattle with the best of them, being coached by her brothers Henry and Herman. These men won prizes at National and Mid-West Shoots in later years.
~ Pioneers of the Blue Stem Prairie, Wetzig 1082, pg 484.
Henry was an early day settler in Riley County near Winkler, coming from Germany [Löbschütz, a village southeast of Leipzig] in 1858. His land patent was signed by Abraham Lincoln. Four years later, a German girl, Mary Vogelsang, came to visit a sister. Mary fell in love with Kansas and with the young bachelor, Henry Wetzig. They were married in Manhattan, Kansas and moved to a stone house built on a knoll near Fancy Creek.
Wildcats and panthers were so dangerous that the women would band together to do their laundry at Wetzig Crossing while one of the men would stand guard, rifle cocked over the women and children. Later the women learned to shoot and guard themselves.
All the Wetzig children became excellent marksmen. The youngest could pick off a jackrabbit among a herd of cattle with the best of them, being coached by her brothers Henry and Herman. These men won prizes at National and Mid-West Shoots in later years.
~ Pioneers of the Blue Stem Prairie, Wetzig 1082, pg 484.
Mary
Henry was an early day settler in Riley County near Winkler, coming from Germany [Löbschütz, a village southeast of Leipzig] in 1858. His land patent was signed by Abraham Lincoln. Four years later, a German girl, Mary Vogelsang, came to visit a sister. Mary fell in love with Kansas and with the young bachelor, Henry Wetzig. They were married in Manhattan, Kansas and moved to a stone house built on a knoll near Fancy Creek.
Wildcats and panthers were so dangerous that the women would band together to do their laundry at Wetzig Crossing while one of the men would stand guard, rifle cocked over the women and children. Later the women learned to shoot and guard themselves.
All the Wetzig children became excellent marksmen. The youngest could pick off a jackrabbit among a herd of cattle with the best of them, being coached by her brothers Henry and Herman. These men won prizes at National and Mid-West Shoots in later years.
~ Pioneers of the Blue Stem Prairie, Wetzig 1082, pg 484.
Henry was an early day settler in Riley County near Winkler, coming from Germany [Löbschütz, a village southeast of Leipzig] in 1858. His land patent was signed by Abraham Lincoln. Four years later, a German girl, Mary Vogelsang, came to visit a sister. Mary fell in love with Kansas and with the young bachelor, Henry Wetzig. They were married in Manhattan, Kansas and moved to a stone house built on a knoll near Fancy Creek.
Wildcats and panthers were so dangerous that the women would band together to do their laundry at Wetzig Crossing while one of the men would stand guard, rifle cocked over the women and children. Later the women learned to shoot and guard themselves.
All the Wetzig children became excellent marksmen. The youngest could pick off a jackrabbit among a herd of cattle with the best of them, being coached by her brothers Henry and Herman. These men won prizes at National and Mid-West Shoots in later years.
~ Pioneers of the Blue Stem Prairie, Wetzig 1082, pg 484.
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