Long Grove, Illinois
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Long Grove Baseball Team, circa 1905
(left to right) Henry Krieger, George Umbdenstock Jr., Charlie Sauer, Ed Welfling, Art Miller, Fred Eichler, George Quentin, George Zimmer, Bill Umbdenstock, Gus Fry, Emil Geest, Art Moldenhauer
Long Grove, Illinois was a major destination for many immigrants from Alsace as it was for the first three Barbaras emigrations from Ostheim, France. It is likely that David Barbaras, of the 4th Ostheim emigration, also stopped here in 1873 on his way to Milwaukee.
