[2] Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778–1852) was a teacher in Berlin who started outdoor physical education classes in 1811.

The societies also served as gathering places for people who desired democratic reforms in the governments of the various German states.

[4] Emigration from the German states of Schleswig and Holstein to Scott County began as early as 1836 and continued through the 1880s.

[5] The German free-thinkers who wanted to protect their civil rights, and later those motivated by economic factors, made up a quarter of the county's population by the 1880s.

[4] The Tombergs sold the property to the DelVichio family in 1996 and they operated a restaurant and pub in the building until it was destroyed in a fire on January 17, 2013.