Cheryl, thank you for this most interesting article. Here is some information on Sauk City, Wisconsin today. It appears to be the oldest incorporated village in the state and features today: Halasz Manor: Charles Halasz Home Charles Halasz, cousin of Agoston Haraszthy, built this home in 1861. He married Emma Rendtorff and founded what became the Lachmund Lumber Company. This house remained in the family until 1944, one of the oldest homes in the village of Sauk City. It is now three apartments on Water Street. The emigration to America has set in only since the eighteenth century, and in 1841 the Hungarians founded in the state of Wisconsin, the colony of Harasztyfaulu, which now, as Sauk City, has long lost all trace of Magyar character. (article written in Feb. 1905) It appears the Freethinkers from Germany gained some influence in the village of Sauk City, coming here in 1852 and having a German language curriculum until WW1 1917. The following hyperlinks are better copy-pasted for viewing: Their historical society features a Halasz Manor. _http://www.saukcity.net/historicregistry.htm#halasz_ (http://www.saukcity.net/historicregistry.htm#halasz) History features: The oldest incorporated village in Wisconsin. _http://www.saukcity.net/historicpreservation.htm_ (http://www.saukcity.net/historicpreservation.htm) Marika