Hello, It seems that everyone sailing from Germany and other parts of Europe went to New Orleans and then took a paddle wheeler up to Alton, (all of the Everts did) where they disembarked. Until the War started. Then in the 1860's it was New York or Philadelphia. Or so I understand. I wasn't around then. I am 75 and THAT is old enough. In reference to Highland Park, it was a high-fallutin place in 1948 when I was at Fort Sheridan (soldiers and dogs keep off the grass; at least soldiers got top billing) which was next to Highwood and people from Highland Park would insist that THERE WAS NO SUCH PLACE AS HIGHWOOD. Rev. Dewey Leon Everts Jr. Santa Barbara CA 93101