The Planting of New Bilten

Authors

Duane H. Freitag
Robert A. Elmer

Keywords

New Bilten, Wisconsin, Swiss immigrants

Abstract

Almost forgotten now, the farming region of New Bilten in Wisconsin's Green County was once a pivotal part of the Swiss immigrant community there and deeply intertwined in the founding of the state's renowned cheese-making industry. The region is centered in a valley south of New Glarus once known as the Biltental (Bilten valley), where more than a dozen families from the Canton Glarus village of the same name settled as a group in July of 1847.

Recommended Citation

Freitag, Duane H. and Elmer, Robert A. (2008) "The Planting of New Bilten," Swiss American Historical Society Review: Vol. 44: No. 1, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_review/vol44/iss1/2