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Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time ProgramKoreshan Unity president Hedwig Michel with model of Rectilineator at the Koreshan State Historic Site park in Estero, Florida.
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Collection
N2009- 3, Papers, ca 1887-1990; Box 1, folder 6
Subject Term
Parks--Florida--Lee County--Estero
Historic sites--Florida--Lee County--Estero
Belief systems
Religion
Religions
Koreshanity
Miniature objects
Models and modelmaking
Scientific apparatus and instruments--Models
Measuring instruments--Models
Women--Florida--Lee County--Estero
Research--Equipment and supplies--Models
Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
General Note
Dr. Cyrus R. Teed's utopian community of 200 followers began relocating from Chicago, Illinois to Florida in 1894. Dr. Teed took the name "Koresh," the Hebrew translation for Cyrus, meaning shepherd. The colonists believed that the entire universe existed within a giant, hollow sphere. The Koreshans built and operated a printing facility, boat works, cement works, sawmill, bakery, store and hostelry. After the death of Dr. Teed in 1908 at the age of 69, membership of his religious group began to decline. In 1961, the four remaining members deeded 305 acres of their land to the state of Florida as a park and memorial. The Koreshan Unity Settlement Historic District, a.k.a. Koreshan Unity State Park, was later added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Biographical Note
Hedwig Michel was born in Frankfurt, Germany on March 29, 1892. She became president of Koreshan Unity in 1960 upon the death of president Laurie Bubbett.
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