Wilhelm Wagner (1803-1877), son of Peter Wagner, was born in Dürkheim, Germany. He married Friedericke Odenwald (1812-1893). They had nine children. They emigrated and settled in Illinois. His brother, Julius Wagner (1816-1903) married Emilie M. Schneider (1820-1896). They had seven children. They emigrated and settled in Texas.

Who owns the West? -- Buffalo Bill and Karl May : the origins of German Western fandom -- A wall runs through it : western fans in the two Germanies -- Little houses on the prairie -- "And then the American Indians came over" : fan responses to indigenous resurgence and political change -- Indians into Confederates : historical fiction fans, reenactors, and living history.

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This work consists of a collection of articles translated from German, which originally appeared in the well-known nineteenth century German-American historical journal, Der Deutshe Pionier, published in Cincinnati by the German Pioneer Society, and which was edited for the greater part of its existence by H.A. Rattermann. This work concentrates on the pre-1848, or pioneer period, of Kentucky's German heritage. Rattermann's articles include: the German Pioneers, the Early Settlers, In and Around Lexington, the Battle at Blue Lick, Lexington's First Germans, the Blue Grass Region, and Settlement in the Blue Grass Region. Additional articles discuss the Ohio River Valley areas of Newport, Florence, Covington, and Louisville.