Stylized map of Wimmis, Switzerland
Sectional of Idaho, Utah and Wyoming
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A. The Kaufman Ranch
B. The Alta Cemetery
C. The Wilderness
D. Left Dot: The Edward Durtschi Jr. Farm
Center Dot: Alfred Durtschi Farm
Right Dot: John Durtschi Farm
Top Dot: The Gugger Hora
E. The John Burgener Farm
F. The Fred Feuz Farm
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Map Of The Driggs and Jackson Areas
Margaretha Winkler, mother of Edward Durtschi Sr. | 
Edward Durtschi Sr. |
The Edward Durtschi Sr. Family
Back Row Left to Right: John, Elise, Edward Jr, Clara and Rosa
Bottom Row Left to Right: Fred, Emma, Rosina holding
grandson Rudolph Kaufman, Edward, Caroline and Alfred.
Photo taken about 1902 in Switzerland, three years
before most of the family moved to America.
The Edward Durtschi Sr. Family
Back Row Left To Right: John, Emma, Alfred, Edward Jr, Clara, Fred
Front Row Left To Right: Rosa, Rosina, Edward Sr, Elise
Photograph probably taken around 22 January 1908 when
most of the family were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple.
Caroline would not arrive in America for another 15 months.
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Left: The Wimmis Castle
Above: The Lutheran Church in Wimmis |
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| View of the town from the church steeple. | Typical Swiss Chalet (not in Wimmis area). |
Top Left: What is believed to be the oldest house in Wimmis.
Top Right: Herr Wampfler's milking shed on the Alp.
Bottom Left: Herr Wampfler's summer pasture on teh Alp.
Bottom Right: Herr Wampfler's milking shed in the foreground with the valley floor below.
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of the Durtschi Home. |
The Durtschi home in the foreground with the
Hiltbrand home behind on the hill.
Another shot of the Hiltbrand home on the hill.
The last time we were there it had been turned into a bed and breakfast.
Who knows, maybe you can still stay there.
Interlaken Area Map showing the relationship between
Spiez, Wimmis, Lauterbrunnen, Gsteigweiler and Grindelwald.
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| Above Grindelwald | Looking down into Lauterbrunnen |
A page from the sales book selling the farm from Susanna Hiltbrand to Edward Durtschi on 28 January, 1905 for 59,700 Swiss Franks.
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A page from the sales book selling the farm from Edward Durtschi to Gottfried Wampfler on 27 July, 1905 for 60,000 Swiss Franks. |
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Above: One of the hot pots on the Lundin farm near Midway.
Left: The Lundin farm near Midway, Utah. |
Top Left: The Edward Durtschi Sr. farm house near Midway, Utah.
Top Right: An old shed and cellar on the Edward Durtschi Sr. farm.
Bottom Left: The chicken coup built over a hot pot on the Edward Durtschi Sr. farm.
Bottom Right: The barn on the Edward Durtschi Sr. farm near Midway.
The Gugger Hora - where the Rudolph Kaufman
Family lived up Spring Creek in Teton Valley.
One of the main things that brought
these Swiss folks to Teton Valley.
